‘Water Lilies’ and the Journey of Identity
A gentle coming of age story, Water Lilies takes its time in exploring what it’s like to be a young girl trying to make sense of her sexuality in a heteronormative world.

Demi swims across the screen leaving traces of blue and china ink in unexpected ways.
A gentle coming of age story, Water Lilies takes its time in exploring what it’s like to be a young girl trying to make sense of her sexuality in a heteronormative world.
Ruben Östlund muses about his characters, “As soon as you get close to a person, you see them as just another human being”. It is widely recognized that aboard the luxury yacht in ‘Triangle of Sadness’, the different groups of people represent a small society as a commentary on classism and gender binaries.
The Last Son of Krypton returns as the kind-hearted, blue-eyed boy scout we all know and love.
A young boy who runs away from home discovers friendship when he befriends a young dragon in this animated movie.
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The human experience is described through the eyes of a marginalized outsider, neither judgmental nor invested, just an observant donkey.