Farhad, a respected math teacher, is engaged to the mother of one of his pupils. But rather than embrace his new father figure, the angry young student spends his days riding around Tehran on a motorcycle with his rebellious friend, refusing to study—or even sit—for his big final exam.

A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her fami...

Tano is 16-years-old and is already sitting in jail. In 48 hours he’s a free man and off to the wedd...

In nineteenth-century Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and invest...

A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth H...

An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a you...

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...

On the one hand, there’s the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of wat...

Sixteen-year-old Poppy has everything her unlimited credit cards can buy, and a spoiled attitude to ...

In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wo...

Rojin is a young Kurdish woman about to take the university entrance exam. Rojin's unhappily married...

Uchiyama Kaede and Shiina Kasumi used to be best friends. Now in high school, Kasumi grew more popul...

One of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one ma...

In 1930s Texas, pulp fiction master Robert E. Howard is introduced to Novalyne Price, a teacher with...

The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexuall...

The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. In...

The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to v...

The fantastical tale of a little girl who won't - or can't - follow the rules. Confounded by her cla...

When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend...

After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering...

Over one intense day, the devoted head teacher of a last-chance reform school strives to keep his st...