Venice, the Menace!

Maedeli the Breach

March 1979 •French

While his parents are away, a little city boy goes to the countryside. This stay will be one of initiations and forbidden games in the company of Maedeli, a little girl who is not afraid.

The Other Side

March 2021 •English

After the tragic loss of their parents, Sofi and Boban are forced to grow up way faster than kids their age. With the help of their loved ones, they try to figure out the reality that they live in. Their outlook on the world drastically changes when they find the world that they've always dreamed of. All that's left is a seemingly impossible decision: the real world or the other side?

What Will I Be?

January 1975 •English

Vancouver s two leading authorities on sexism in the school system, Linfa Shuto and Reua Dexter, relate their opinions on the problem and some solutions that they are working on. The tape also includes a short historical look at women s position in education and a critical discussion on sex stereotype roles by Grade 6 students.

Venice 2024 Journey Australia

May 2024 •English

Venice travels from Vietnam to Australia on a vacation. Her experiences becomes overwhelming fun and astonishing as she gets to see the different breeds of dogs, the lifestyle of Australia and the fireworks of 2024.

BURNING OUT

November 2022 •Russian

A short film, based on a series of poems, about childhood, the break with parental, and war.

BULIR

February 2024 •Portuguese

All the stories told, all the memories, dreams and lost moments were left in a tank from other generations.

The Tesla Case

March 2023 •Bulgarian

The Tesla case is a contemporary story about the adventures of the ten-year-old Tony and Raya, who have become friends after the previous Curie case. As a promising young "inventor," Tony develops a wireless synthesis device inspired by eccentric scientist Nikola Tesla. Tony strongly believes that his discovery will solve the global energy crisis. For his disappointment he had to go to camp with his classmates. He calls for a company his beloved girlfriend and neighbor Raya, who gladly welcomes her because she is once again abandoned by her eternally traveling parents. Surviving nature will not be the only obstacle that Tony expects to be. Chief of local scouts, Victor, is jealous of Tony, decides to break his scientific experiments and win the heart of Paradise as she unfolds the mystery of a mysterious werewolf wandering in the woods.

Moshpit

June 2024 •Spanish

Ana spends the day playing alongside her mother, Elena, with the intention of getting closer to her, as they have been distant lately. A series of phone calls to Elena’s mobile will make Ana suspect that her mother is hiding something more than just her feelings.

Facka od holky!

January 1976 •Czech

La mia danza

January 2023 •Italian

Filippo returns to the Ticino dance school where the desire to dance was awakened in him as a child. He traces his relationship with dance, from childhood to adulthood.

Forced Orphans

September 2018 •English

Parents Divorced. Children suffer.

Cantar ou Morrer 2

February 2024 •Portuguese

When it's leaked that the princess Yasmin killed a citizen of the kingdom over the no singing rule, her parents punish her and she is forced to live with the image she made for her family. Meanwhile Ingrid is trying to go back to her old life after being betrayed by the boy she loves. She makes frieds with Kevin, the prince of the kingdom, and his childhood best fried Alicia, and when a singing contest with a non identified prize is announced by the school she thinks of it as a way to honour her sister that passed away soon after her performance on the same contest many years ago.

Snake

January 2019 •Macedonian

A bittersweet story about an unusual friendship between a nine-year-old daredevil Mario and an eccentric gay man Borche, challenged by the prejudices and hatred of the parents in a remote Macedonian small town.

Ben's Kid

July 1909 •English

Buck Minor was the most detested man in Wolf Hollow, partly because he was quarrelsome and treacherous, partly because he abused and neglected his little wife, Molly, whom all the camp adored, and for whose sake it tolerated Buck.

The Lesson

June 2016 •Azerbaijani

The film tells about school life, the mutual relations of teenage schoolmates, views on friendship and life, and the formation of these views.

Santa's Boot Camp

November 2016 •English

When kids become so bratty and self-centered that Santa's elves go on strike, Santa, in desperation, must bring six unscrupulous youths to his boot camp to help save Christmas.

Baby Geniuses

March 1999 •English

BabyCo is the world's leading manufacturer in baby products. However, what the public doesn't know, is that Drs Kinder and Heep, two of its most brilliant scientists, are tirelessly working in complete secrecy to crack the indecipherable code to 'baby talk': a highly sophisticated language, and the key to the secrets of the universe. Before long, problems arise when mischievous Sly, the smartest of the toddlers, escapes confinement, bent on uniting all babies to free those trapped in the laboratory. Now, Kinder and Heep must find Sly before it is too late.

Odyssey

October 2023 •English

Six California kids test their brains and talents against students in Odyssey of the Mind, a problem-solving competition requiring mechanical, creative and intellectual skills. With little money and zero adult participation, the teens build a robot to tell a story about bullying, exclusion and mental health. But how does their solution measure up?

Amelia (the Twin)

November 2021 •English

When 5th-grader Amelia receives an assignment to write one thing unique about her, she sets out to make herself different from her identical twin sister.

We Can Be Heroes

March 2024 •English

Sometimes, finding your tribe requires a bit of magic. For attendees of a live action role-playing (LARP) camp in upstate New York, the deeply accepting environment has given neurodivergent, queer, and self-proclaimed "nerdy" teenagers the space and community for self-discovery that they have never found anywhere else. As the campers immerse themselves in this imaginative world, they discover inner strength, heal from past traumas, and emerge as the heroes they are meant to be, both in the fantasy realm and in real life.