Talented young sketch artist Jerome Platz escapes from high school to a tiny East Coast art college. Here his ambition is to become, like his hero Picasso, the world's greatest artist. Unfortunately the beauty and craft of Jerome's portraiture are not appreciated in an art class that he finds bewildering and bogus, neither his harsh judgments of his classmates' efforts nor his later attempts to create pseudo-art of his own win him any admirers, though he does attract the attentions of his dream find out more...

Slacker director Linklater takes us back to the swinging 70's for his latest Generation X offering in this tale of teenage decadence. It's the last day of high school and the kids intend to party till dawn, or till they drop, whichever comes first. Fans of Reality Bites will love it. Bust out the biscuits, turn up the volume and dig those crazy, pretty kids.... find out more...

The film follows a group of high school students growing up in southern California and is supposedly based on the real-life adventures of Cameron Crowe. They hang out in malls, listen to rock'n'roll and hunt for sex like any normal teen slackers. The centre of the film is held by Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer dude, who faces off with the resolute Mr Hand, a man convinced that everyone is on dope. A superior teen comedy about a bunch of kids facing the hassles of growing up dealing wi find out more...

Following their mother's tragic death in a car accident two young girls, 10 and 16, and their academic father move from Chicago to Genova (Genoa to us Brits). Here family tensions emerge, but what they find in Genova is a different kind of darkness, from the streets of the city into their hearts... find out more...

Juno Macguff is sixteen years old and already hard at war with the world she's on the cusp of entering; but though bright, vivacious, cynical and fiercely individual, one thing she has not prepared herself for is pregnancy. When Juno finds herself with child from her sweet natured, geeky and adoring best mate she decides the only sensible thing to do is find a good home for the baby and in the small ads finds a young, affluent couple desperate to adopt. Sadly life is rarely that simple, thoug find out more...

Napoleon may look like a super-nerd, but this lad's got attitude! find out more...

12-year-old Dre moves with his mother to China, where, a victim of bullying, he comes under the protection and life enhancing guidance of zenlike kung fu teacher Miyagi.
A solid remake of the classic coming of age martial arts drama, though this time the protaganist is younger and the action has moved to mainland China. find out more...

Four 16-year-old girls spend their first summer apart from each other, but stay in contact sharing their troubles, experiences, etc. Lena visits her grandparents in Greece and meets Kostos, Tibby stays at home, makes a movie, and befriends a young girl named Bailey, Bridget goes to soccer camp in Mexico and gets a crush on one of the coaches, and Carmen visits her dad in South Carolina and discovers a shocking secret. Chick flick stuff, if somewhat American in its cultural context. find out more...

Six teenage girls are on the cusp of adulthood, formed in no small part by the slightly dilapidated place of their birth, Margate. Using a mixture of DV footage and Super 8, Top Spot is a full-on confrontational depiction of that uneasy transition from childhood and an intriguing addition to the canon of Tracey Emin's autobiographical artistic work. find out more...