En djungelsaga (1957)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050321/

En djungelsaga / The Flute and the Arrow

Director: Arne Sucksdorff

With Chendru, Ginjo, Riga, Tengru-Shikari

A documentary about the muria people of the Bastar jungle in central India.

The story revolves around Chendru, a small boy who lives in Bastar with his grandfather, his cousin Ginjo and Ginjo´s wife, Riga, who is not a Muria. One day a leopard appears near the village. Chendru reaches for his bow but is stopped from shooting; it might be a bad omen. Maybe it is the same leopard that once killed Chendru´s father. The next day Chendru, again, spots a leopard, which triggers a series of dramatic events, involving the lives of both animals and human beings.

Sweden

In Swedish, with English and other subs (embed)

 

Le Carrefour des enfants perdus (1944)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042317/

Le Carrefour des enfants perdus / Children of Chaos

Director: Léo Joannon

Stars: René Dary, Raymond Bussières, Jean Mercanton, Janine Darcey, Robert Demorget, Aman Maistre Julien, Serge Reggiani, Michel Barbey, Gérard Blain

Marseille, 1940. In the chaotic aftermath of France’s capitulation to Nazi Germany, three former inmates of a reform school meet up by chance. They are Jean Victor, a journalist, Émile Ferrand, a recently demobbed solider, and Joseph Malory. All three are moved by the plight of a homeless young orphan boy, La Puce, whom they save from the hands of the police. Victor suggests that they open a home for abandoned youngsters like La Puce, a home that provides its inmates with hope and an education, instead of iron bars and beatings. With the support of a local notable, Victor obtains the authorisation to go ahead and he converts an old hotel into what will be called The Crossroads for Lost Children. But not all of the youngsters appreciate the kindness they are offered…

France

In French, with English subs (.srt)

 

Edad difícil (1956)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0201585/

Director & Writer: Leopoldo Torres Ríos

Cast: Oscar Rovito, Bárbara Mujica, Julia Dalmas, Miguel Dante, Enrique Colombo, Margarita Corona, Duilio Marzio, Carlos Benso, Jorge Salcedo

The love between two teenagers awakens.

Argentina

In Spanish

 

Kyoshitsu no kodomotachi (1954)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046854/

Kyôshitsu no kodomotachi / 教室の子供たち 学習指導への道 / Children in the Classroom

Director: Susumu Hani

Initially conceived as an instructional film on the discipline of troubled children, the Ministry of Education sponsored Children in the Classroom became an important showcase for Hani’s remarkable observational filmmaking and a catalyst for decisive changes in Japanese documentary cinema. Boldly anticipating its Anglo-European counterparts of American direct cinema and French cinema vérité, Hani’s objective camera exhaustively and masterfully interrogated his subjects’ inner worlds. This sensational debut by the then only twenty-six year old Hani stunned documentary and educational film circuits in Japan, who heralded the young director as the emblem of a new breed of film artist.

Documentary, short

Japan, in Japanese, with English subs (.srt in the archive)

 

When Pomegranates Howl (2020)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13376084/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Pomegranates_Howl

Director: Granaz Moussavi

Stars: Arafat Faiz, Elham Ahmad Ayazi, Saeida Sadat, Freshta Alimi, Amir Shah Talash, Hashmatullah Fanai, Andrew Quilty

Hewad is an irrepressible kid from Kabul hustling everything from pomegranate juice to protection from the evil eye. His real ambition is to be a movie star, and this comes a step closer when he meets an Australian photographer. But in a city where it is easy to be "martyred," the streets are as perilous as they are vivid.

Australia - Afghanistan

In Pashtu, with Portuguese (embed) & English subs (.srt)

 

Time for School: 2003-2016 (2016)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6520324/

Director: Nina Chaudry

Time for School: 2003 - 2016 puts a human face on an underreported global crisis, by spotlighting the journey of five extraordinary children in five countries as they struggle to get a basic education. Time for School introduces viewers to Nanavi in Benin; Jefferson in Brazil; Neeraj in India; Joab in Kenya; and Shugufa in Afghanistan on their first days of school and follows them from for the next 12 years. Told primarily through the point of view of the children and their families, Time for School presents the contrasting lives of those who were forced to abandon schooling and those who are still following their dreams. It tells a gripping story of what's at stake when war, abject poverty, or just being a girl stands between a child and the simple promise of a basic education.

Documentary

USA, in English, with English hardsubs for non English parts

 

Uçurtmayi Vurmasinlar (1989)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098573/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Let_Them_Shoot_the_Kite

Uçurtmayi Vurmasinlar / Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite

Director: Tunç Basaran

Stars: Ozan Bilen, Nur Sürer, Füsun Demirel, Güzin Özipek, Güzin Özyagcilar, Meral Çetinkaya, Ayla Arslancan

Baris, a 5 year-old little boy, has to stay in a prison with her mother during her detention period. Baris develops a special relationship with Inci, a young woman who also stays in prison. She promises him that the kite will fly someday.

Turkey

In Turkish, with English, English SDH, Spanish, French, Dutch, German, Italian, Portuguese subs (embed)

 

Saz Dahani (1974)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072117/

Saz Dahani / ساز دهنی / Harmonica

Director & Writer: Amir Naderi

Stars: Abbas Pourahadi, Jomeh Vafabakhsh, Mehdi Javadi, Mahmoud Vafabakhsh, Shahla Darvishi, Masoud Gudarzi

Set on the sun-drenched southern coast of Iran, from which director Amir Naderi hails, "Harmonica" begins as a young boy receives a musical present from abroad. Fascinated and envious, his friends make him the leader of the pack, as they compete for the privilege of holding the harmonica or even blowing a few notes. No one is more obsessed than Amiroo, gentle and heavy-set, who seems willing to do anything to get close to the harmonica and its owner. Few films have more powerfully depicted the cruelty that is also part of childhood, as games and horseplay take on an increasingly sinister edge.

Iran

In Persian, with English hardsubs

 

Jostoju-ye dovvom (1981)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0347288/

Jostoju-ye dovvom / جستجو‌ی دوم / Second Search

Director & Writer: Amir Naderi

An ultra-rare film about a boy who is recruited to fight in the Iran-Iraq War. It was banned before it was even released for criticizing the official government line that the war was a holy war against secular Iraq. It has only been shown once in a private screening in Iran, and again during a retrospective of Naderi's films in France.

Iran

In Persian

 

Entezar upgrade

Iranian Entezar (1974) was upgraded with 2.47 Gb DVD5, enjoy!