A program chosen with younger viewers in mind, selected from many different cultures and languages. But don’t be fooled – this selection of intelligent and entertaining cinema isn’t just for kids; there are many surprises here to rejuvenate your festival palette.

More information about Next Gen >

Feature Films

	32A (Ireland, The Netherlands, 88 min) "Taking the inevitable step to womanhood is a universal female experience... It's an age when seemingly trivial events have a huge importance." - filmmaker Marian Quinn… The debut feature from … More >
	ASTERIX AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES (PG) (France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium, 116 min) Gallic mischief-makers Asterix and Obelix once again take on the entire Roman Empire in their third live-action adventure.… With the Olympic Games approaching, Brutus has hatched a plot to over… More >
	BUDDHA COLLAPSED OUT OF SHAME (Iran, 77 min) "When they become adults how will these children, who mock the game of war in childhood, play with each other and with the future of humanity?" - filmmaker Hana Makhmalbaf… In 2001 the Taliban … More >
	FIGHTER (Denmark, 97 min) “Quality teen drama boasts an appealingly feisty heroine and high-energy martial arts action.” – Variety… Aicha, the teenage daughter of conservative Turkish immigrants, lives… More >
	GACHI BOY - WRESTLING WITH A MEMORY (Japan, 120 min) Overflowing with raucous humour, heart and guts, Gachi Boy is about putting tragedy in a headlock and not letting it define you. … When undergrad law student Ryoichi joins a university pro-wres… More >
	PERSEPOLIS (M) (France, 95 min) “Any stragglers still unconvinced that animation can be an exciting medium for both adults and kids alike will run out of arguments in the face of Persepolis.” – VarietyAn engaging … More >
	RED LIKE THE SKY (Italy, 95 min) “You’ll grow up, and by that time you’ll have outgrown everything about this place.”… Inspired by the true story of Mirco Mencacci, one of Italy’s most gifted soun… More >
	SON OF RAMBOW (PG) (France, UK, Germany, 95 min) “If you only see one Rambo movie this year, make sure it’s this one.” – EmpireTrapped in 80s English suburbia, 11-year-old Will lives with his widowed mother, a devoted member… More >
	SUBSTITUTE, THE (Denmark, 93 min) Say goodbye to your last day on Earth.What’s the one quality humans have that aliens don’t? Empathy, of course – the lack of which has led to endless wars raging across alien worlds… More >
	VASERMIL (Israel, 92 min) “A courageous representation of a conflicted human reality, full of pain, hatred and ethnic tensions.” – Jerusalem Film Festival Jury… Growing up on the tough streets of Be&rs… More >
	WAVE, THE (MA15+) (Germany, 103 min) “What is there left to be against? All we want is to have fun.”Faced with having to teach autocracy for project week to a class full of disaffected youth, a high-school teacher decides to… More >
	WINDS OF SEPTEMBER - THE TAIWAN CHAPTER (Taiwan, 107 min) Tragedy tears a close-knit group of high-school friends apart, forcing them to forge individual paths.… For the Taiwan chapter of the Winds of September trilogy, director Tom Shu-Yu Lin brings … More >