These mature shorts concern growing up, getting off, and getting by. Not recommended for those under 16. Twelve-year-old Adriana spends a steamy summer at the sea in Sunspots. Step back to the pre-Internet world of porn in Love Does Grow on Trees. An Irish lad seeks solace from a priest in The Confession. Kenny is a country club lifeguard living in a haze, but one day all that changes in Blue Boy. Sophie hopes for a visit from the tooth fairy in Small Change, and two teenagers ditch school and discover a dark place in Search. Georgia's journey to find her biological mother veers off-course when she meets the Nowhere Kids.

Blue Boy, Dir: Alex Jablonski, Wri: Alex Jablonski, Kevin Canty
The Confession, Dir/Wir: Thomas Hefferon
Love Does Grow on Trees, Dir/Wri: Bevan Walsh
Nowhere Kids, Dir: Eric Juhola, Wri: Eric Juhola, Jeremy Stulberg, Lindsay Goldwert
Search, Dir: Lisa M. Perry, Wri: Aaron Walker
Small Change, Dir/Wri: Anna McGrath
Sunspots (Macchie di Sole), Dir: Stella di Tocco, Wri: Enrique Esteve