Dog Days of Summer
A collection of films attuned to the idle boredom and languorousness of summer in Mexico, Long Island, Montréal, and Belgium.
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Güeros
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Alonso Ruizpalacios • 2014 • Mexico • An angsty youth's journey through Mexico City's hidden streets
Capturing the buoyancy and insouciance of youth, and the undercurrents of class conflict through the eyes of its young protagonists, Güeros is a shrewd and stylish journey into the...
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It Felt Like Love
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Eliza Hittman • 2013 • USA • Lila decides to lose her virginity during a summer in South Brooklyn.
A gauzy summer in South Brooklyn. Lila, an awkward adolescent girl, passes her time breaking into beach homes and tagging along on dates between her pretty friend Chiara and Chiara'...
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The Giants
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Bouli Lanners • Belgium • 2011 • A coming-of-age film about small kids with enormous hearts.
Teenage brothers Seth and Zak are in for a long summer. With their mother working abroad, they’ve been left to their own devices at their deceased grandfather’s cottage in rural Belgium. T...
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Tu Dors Nicole
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Stéphane Lafleur • France • 2014 • Luminous black-and-white, sultry melancholy coming-of-age tale.
Nicole is adrift after college graduation, working a dead-end summer job at a second-hand clothing shop in her small Quebec hometown. She spends her evenings with her best friend, Vé...