COMING OF AGE SHORTS 1

Includes:

BOYS WILL BE BOYS - IN COMPETITION
Two moms argue about the peculiar prank the son of one of them has pulled on a little girl.
DIRECTOR: Mónica Negueruela
PRODUCER: Mónica Negueruela
WRITER: Mónica Negueruela
CAST: Lola Marceli, Elena Esparcia, Sergio Castellanos
RUNTIME: 00:07:08
COUNTRY: Spain
LANGUAGE: Spanish (with English subtitles)
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
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DOG DAYS -
A portrait of adolescence, brotherhood, and a moment of discovery. Stephen and Isaac are bored to death on a hot summer day when their dog mysteriously disappears.
DIRECTOR: Nathan Deming
PRODUCER: Aslak Danbolt
WRITER: Nathan Deming
CAST: Joran Backes, Clayton Backes
RUNTIME: 00:19:05
COUNTRY: USA
LANGUAGE: English
Programmer's Note: No animals were harmed
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THE SCHOOLBOY -
Claire, a former teacher is haunted by her memories of a mysterious event that happened a year ago. In order to come to terms with her past, she decides to return to the place where her sense of guilt originates from: School.
DIRECTOR: Paloma Lommel
PRODUCER: Raluca Ionescu, Katelyn Connerty
WRITER: Paloma Lommel
CAST: Charlie Heaton, Kim Evans
RUNTIME: 00:19:24
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
LANGUAGE: English
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ARTUN -
A young boy wants to have his first kiss but has no luck in the small village he lives in. His best friends tell him about girls in the city that get high and easy to make out with when they smoke cigarettes. He questions their story but still decides to join them to the city and find out for himself.
DIRECTOR: Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson
PRODUCERS: Anton Máni Svansson, Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson, Jacob Oliver Krarup, Darin Mailand-Mercado
WRITER: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
CAST: Flóki Haraldsson, Viktór Leó Gíslason, Daníel Óskar Jóhannesson, Jónína Þórdís Karlsdóttir, Heiða Ósk Ólafsdóttir
RUNTIME: 00:21:00
COUNTRY: Iceland
LANGUAGE: Icelandic (with English subtitles)
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REFLECTION -
After ruining a chance with the girl he likes, an insecure teenager chastises his reflection in the mirror. Moments later, the reflection disappears.
DIRECTOR: Lee Cipolla
PRODUCER: Katherine Borda
WRITER: Lee Cipolla
CAST: Andrew Hellenthal
RUNTIME: 00:09:46
COUNTRY: USA
LANGUAGE: English
WORLD PREMIERE
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MAGIC WORLD -
Maud, Adrien and Johann are three teenagers living in a port town in the south of France. During one of those endless summer days, the wandering of this love triangle will lead them to cross that invisible barrier that separates the innocence of childhood to cynicism of the adult world.
DIRECTOR: Pierre André Marion
PRODUCERS: Pierre-André Marion, Anne-Marie Duffey, Julien Hosmalin
WRITER: Julien Hosmalin
CAST: Fantin Ravat, Eloïse Parramore, Anthony Bajon, Michael Vander Meren
RUNTIME: 00:30:00
COUNTRY: France
LANGUAGE: French (with English subtitles)