Ademoka, a literature enthusiast, likes to draw comics. Her family immigrated illegally to Kazakhstan and urges the 15-year-old to find a husband quickly. But she would rather study and write. The neglected teacher Ahab seems to be her only hope.

Dima has been in a wheelchair since a childhood accident. Despite his fulfilled life, he cannot shake the feeling that he is only "almost" like everyone else. When his friend Aisen comes to visit, he wants to show Dima the "real" adult life. Dima hopes that this will help him come clean with himself.

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Even if the child friends Azur and Asmar grow up separately in different countries, Azur and Asmar dream of freeing the fairy of the Djinns. When they grow up, they set out to search for her, each for their own, but soon their paths cross again. Now they have become rivals in the fight for the liberation of the fairy.

A guitar-playing and carefree cricket named Ket and an ant named Antoinette meet by chance and are attracted to each other. But she is the heiress of an anthill where only discipline as well as hard work count. And this brings some problems with it.

Esteban is nine years old and lives with his mother in Havana. Miriam sells cosmetic products on the street without a license and can thus only just feed the small family. Esteban also has to help after school. One day he hears an old man wonderfully playing the piano at an open window. At the gate, he discovers the sign saying “piano lessons” and gets to know the grumpy composer and teacher named Hugo.

From an early age on, his grandmother told Balu that it starts to rain as soon as frogs cry. Believing this story, the boy is laughed at at school. So he catches one of the animals to prove to everyone that he is right. But how is he supposed to make a frog cry?

Since her sister Tawi disapeared, Jax has been looking after her niece Roki on the Seneca Cayuga reservation. But when the Child Protective Services wants to place the 13-year-old with her father, an exciting road trip to the upcoming powwow begins for Jax and Roki, as does the search for Tawi. 

13-year-old Reyhan lives in Istanbul and is on a holiday visit to her grandmother. She is increasingly disturbed by the rigidity and intolerance in the village, but above all by the lack of a bathroom and the scheming grandmotherʼs gossip. In the end, the girl, who is just growing up, bursts her neck.

Four young people living as undocumented immigrants in the United States talk about their hopes and dreams for a better future and describe their experiences of growing up in a country and being constantly afraid of possible deportation.

The constant arguing of her parents becomes too much for twelve-year-old Justine and she plans to divorce her parents with the help of her friends. A staged court case is to become the means to an end.

Yuta lives in a childrenʼs home, but longs to be with his mother again. On the coast, he meets the homeless Sakamoto and schoolgirl Shiori, who are also searching for a true family. Together they try to find a place in the world and the meaning of life.

No one knows who is hiding behind the mask of the mysterious hero Super Lion – except Hedwig. The eleven-year-old is supposed to follow in her fatherʼs footsteps one day. But when the magical superhero suit shrinks in the wash, she has to face the task sooner than planned.

14-year-old Jimmy is a gifted kung fu trainee and sees his big chance coming when the squad of the new lion dance team is put together. But his dream is quickly shattered. Because his teacher selects the newcomer Li Jié for the breathtaking martial arts jumps in the lionʼs head.

A group of Israeli youths travels to Poland to visit former concentration camps. All of them are affected by the terrible past, as they themselves have victims in their families to mourn. Despite the grief, two of the teenagers fall in love. 

13-year-old Isabel lives with her aunt Gilma in Caracas, Venezuela. She is hospitalised after being beaten up by her partner. In the middle of the chaos of political and social injustices that surround her, Isabel would do anything to help her aunt.

Ukraine, 1990s: Ten-year-old Tymophii make friends with older Felix, a veteran of the Afghan war. Felix suffers from PTSD, loves music as well as weapons and lives as if he has nothing left to lose. For Tymophii, he quickly becomes a role model worthy of imitation.

Seven-year-old Romy misses her budgie Mimi, who flew away. Although her mother buys her a new bird, Romy is not consoled by her loss. With the help of her friend Cypko, she sets out to find Mimi. In the process, she meets some strange people.

The latest animated film by the French master Michel Ocelot tells three stories set in three ages, in three worlds. A young pharaoh becomes the first black king, a wild boy steals from the rich and two lovers flee in 18th century Turkey.

Max, Vivian and Tom are inseparable, but then everything changes. Vivian has to move. Also, when Maxʼs brother Seb is released from prison and begins to drag the 12-year-old into his troubles, the friendship of the three is put to the test.

The street boy Rá goes deep into the Colombian hinterland with his friends to claim a piece of land that was stolen from his grandmother by the military. Life in Apartadó is hard and without prospects. A desperate journey for survival begins.

In the spring of 1981, nine-year-old Cáit is taken to live with distant relatives on the country side. Here the reserved and silent girl is to spend the summer so that she will not be a burden to her parents at home. She does not know when or if she will return to her family.

Mitya is ten and has cancer. At the hospital, he befriends the slightly older orphan Marina. She doesnʼt care about anything. But she still has a spark of hope. At Crooked Cape, she has heard, oneʼs heartʼs desire is granted. For her, it is clear that she must go there. And Mitya follows her.

In 1926, airship engineer Nobile finds the young dog Titina in the streets of Rome. After Nobile has constructed an airship for the polar explorer Amundsen, Titina accompanies the first successful expedition to the North Pole. Everything goes well until Nobile and Amundsen quarrel.