Charlie is a gifted footballer despite his youth. Renowned clubs have already signalled an interest in him, lucrative contracts are in store. But what fills his father with unspeakable pride means nightmares and deepest uncertainty to the boy.

This last school week before the holidays does not seem to be normal to the clever ninth-grader Kolya Smirnov. A series of unlikely events and accidents overshadows the preparations for the “day of school”. Kolya falls in love with his intelligent and charming English teacher, who really seems to make approaches to him.

As long as they can remember, 15-year-old Sander, Chris and Maarten have only be known as a trio – both at school and on the football field. Sander is rather considerate, Chris, who is dreaming of a career as a professional footballer, is ambitious and impulsive, and Maarten is always there when he is needed.

Ranta is so tall that he could tie a necktie for giraffes. This is how his companions tease their somewhat lanky and always hungry friend. His sports teacher is profoundly convinced Ranta would be a born basketball player, but his first games are failures and earn him laughter of the spectators.

Herzliya, a small place just north of Tel Aviv: 17-year-old Asher has always been the impulsive troublemaker, from primary school, all through junior high and high school. It’s hard for him to  concentrate in class, and he is compelled by a lot of rage and violence.

After the tragic death of her mother, 16-year-old Lia is sent to her grandma to Fort McPherson. Abandoned by her father, she is to cope with living in the small subarctic community. But the local habits seem strange to the fancy city-child, and the environment is too monotonous. Lia feels lost and alone.

At a party, 18-year-old figure skater and singer Carley gets to know her classmate John more closely. He immediately tries to make friends with Carley. Although she seems disinterested and unapproachable, he manages to invite her to a date.

16-year-old Sam is a fanatical skateboarder who spends his spare time in the skate park and emulates his great idol, Tony Hawk. At 16, Hawk was already celebrated as the world’s greatest skater. He was just as old as Sam’s mother, Antonella, when she gave birth to her son.

Santiago de Chile, 2005: Avi, Estefany and pregnant Cindy are 13 years old and best friends. They live with their families in “La Toma”, the largest slum on the edge of the Chilean capital. The girls love going to richer districts, strolling through the department stores and sometimes pinching clothes or make-up.

17-year-old Kamal lives in Helsinki, Finland. He was born in Finland but he comes from Africa originally. His father left Kamal and his mother when Kamal was 10 years old. His mother got married again and they are moving to his stepfather’s place. Kamal decides to go to Nairobi, Kenya where his father lives.

Gyechun is a “Haenyeo”, a traditional diver on the South Korean island of Jeju. She lives with her little granddaughter Hye-ji. Her father, Gyechun’s son, died shortly after her birth, while her mother soon ran away. The girl is lovingly looked after and is the old woman’s one and everything.

When Nassim’s depressive mother dies of an overdose of pills, the 16-year-old is sent to a youth centre and finds himself in two completely different worlds. In the morning, he attends a “hip” Paris grammar school and is surrounded by his fellow students coming from a privileged background.

Mimi and Lala are adorable twin sisters and normally they have everything in pair till one day their grandparents send them only one big bunny. Who can own this gift?

One day Miriam’s Hen sees a flock of birds heading southwards and she starts dreaming about flying to the south too. But all her attempts to fly end up on the ground. Can Miriam help her?

A penguin finds life in the North Pole too chilly for its liking and decides to go to the tropics.

Messy and his girlfriend, the spider, got kicked out of his beloved old and dusty attic. Finally, they end up at kindergarten.

Suddenly on a beautiful day in the jungle erupts a volcano, whereby a small elephant is separated from his parents. With the help of a small elf he tries to find his family.

A paper snowman is pinned to a board. He is fixed, but he wants to be free to travel. He dreams of distant wanderings and tries different ways in vain to free himself. But one day he succeeds.

Koyaa wakes up to a new day. He tries putting on a warm pair of socks, but there's a problem – they go wacky, run away and hide! Koyaa manages to catch one. Can he get the other one, too?

What can happen if crab will find a pineapple on the beach?

Aami and Taami are inseparable, every day they experience new adventures. Unfortunately, Taami cannot catch the rainbow for Aami until he suddenly has a great idea.

Little girl can’t wait to play with her father in the park. But it seems he does not have time for it. The little rascal turns on her fantasy and imagines a fairy tale of a dragon sleigh ride. But who saves the little princess?

1979, Falkenwerder near the inner-German border: Fred and Jonas are ten years old and close friends, although their parents are so fundamentally different. While Jonas’ mother believes in God, goes to church and is critical of the policies of the GDR government, Fred’s father works with the customs, proudly shows his uniform and his belief in socialism.

“Nice is the little brother of shit,” says Tom, who has just graduated from high school. Tom is nice, but seemingly invisible to girls. So far, he has not known any girl who would be keen on him. He does not have any friends either, apart from red-haired Dodie, who is a little too fat. But that’s not all.

Tim Thaler lives in Berlin in the 1920s and has a special gift: he can infect other people with his wonderful laughter. Rich Baron Lefuet, who watches Tim and his father at a horse race, absolutely wants to possess this laughter. It would make it much easier for him to manipulate people.

This summer it is supposed to happen: their first time! The two 14-year-old friends Nini and Jameelah decide this at the end of the school year. The two girls live in a tower block housing estate in Berlin and have known each other since they were four years old.

The “Peppercorns” – that is eleven-year-old Benny, his friend and fellow pupil Mia and more or less her younger sister Alice too. The junior detectives have already solved a lot of tricky cases in Hamburg. Now they have to investigate during their class trip in South Tyrol.

Shortly before Christmas, a wild snowstorm rages across the country, so Pettson and tomcat Findus cannot leave their small, red wooden house. But so much has to be done for the feast! The larder is empty, the Christmas tree has not yet been felled and no gifts have been made.

“You are a single surprise,” says father Michael, a successful and well paid architect, to his son. Karl is hardly interested in anything beside his blog “The Language of Many Others”, in which he unscrupulously posts private shots of his family.

Once the people of the Black Forest believed in good spirits. But now they want to dominate nature and only bring poverty into the country, while only few people wallow in money. Peter Munk, a poor charcoal burner’s son, has fallen in love with Lisbeth, the daughter of a wealthy glassmaker.

Once again, Jana has overstepped her limits and has to be taken to hospital with emergency lights flashing. The 17-year-old has a congenital heart defect and urgently needs to “shift down into first gear”. This is what her doctor thinks, who also recommends another operation.

Phil is too small for his age. This makes him the target of provocations by Samuel and his friends. The unexpected help from the older, lesbian Jo comes at the right time.

At Night, a young woman is running down the street. Fear of the lurking creatures of darkness. And the desire to be taken along.

Escape your shitty life with the Relaxatron 5000.

Measuring their power and proving themselves is part of the boys’ everyday life. Even for the 13-year old gentle natured Yannik. Until his best friend’s upcoming sexual curiosity suddenly puts him in a threatening situation.

Little Ravi dreams of owning a nice bicycle, which his father can’t afford. He saves money only to buy it but the cost of the cycle has been increased. There the shop owner makes a suggestion.

In drawing lessons, the girl's attempt to attract the attention of her classmate becomes a hair-raising affair.

The lighthearted story follows an airport security guard who in ignorance of his own responsibility inflicts considerable damage upon the world.

Five pieces of life showing the path of a young man from childhood to his twenties, as he visits his imprisoned father with his mother.