A residential care home in Geneva is a family replacement for the girls living there – but also the setting of explosive conflicts. The film tells its protagonist’s stories episodically. Being so close to the adolescents you cannot shake of the impression of watching a documentary. But it is fiction: THE FAM was developed over two years in close collaboration with the ensemble, reinforcing the authentic impact of this harsh but also empathetic film. In differing perspectives THE FAM depicts the young women’s situation and reflects the weaknesses of society’s fragile social and political structures, which are supposed to catch these kids. The film strikes at the heart.

17 people died at the school shooting in Parkland, many others were hurt and traumatized. The anger of the survivors formed the „March for our lives“-movement. For 18 months Kim A. Snyder watched the central protagonists behind it. Their political activism is enriched with adrenaline and emotions.  The group of teenagers demand effective actions to control the private possesions of firearms. Within a short time period the local initiative not only grows into one of the biggest protest actions in US history, but a worldwide mass movement.

It is supposed to be the summer of their lives. 16-year-olds Sami, Joe and Leyla are inseparable. They dream of freedom, parties and their future after graduation. But reality catches up with them. Sami suffers from her strict parents, Joe needs to take constant care of her siblings and Leyla nervously starts her apprenticeship as a chef. And when a traumatic experience befalls Joe her friends are badly needed. Post-migrant Zurich is the showplace of this energetic film, which brings the turbulent emotional world of adolescence to the point. At the end of this crazy rollercoaster ride they need to ask themselves: Will their dreams withstand reality?

Leshka lives in a remote village at the Bering Strait. Like every other man in his Inuit-Community, he is out there in the rugged nature as a whaler at only 15. When the internet finally reaches his area it is a welcome distraction for him. It does not take long until Leshka „meets” „HollySweet999“ on a webcam-erotic website. To him it is love at first sight. He is extremely determined to find this woman in the real world. Against all resistances he goes on a daring journey to Alaska. This Coming-of-Age-Drama impresses with an extraordinary setting, a dry sense of humour and a great soundtrack.

They call it „The Game“ but it is a life-threatening endeavor. Alone or as a group, adolescents try to reach the EU through the Balcan route. They sleep under motorway bridges, traverse raging rivers at sub-zero temperatures at night and hide in trains and trucks. It is an Odyssey which they document on TikTok and Instagram. Over WhatsApp they keep in contact with their families. If the border police catches the minors, they have to expect mistreatments and illegal pushbacks. Their mobile phones become film cameras and show us close-up that the fortress Europe does not want them. But a return to their home countries is no option.