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Sterling Johnston, his work is not easy to find now (they all used to be on YouTube) but the kids in his movies are just so great and unique, and the movies themselves are full of good, clean fun. Hirokazu KoreEda, a bit singular but exceptional when it comes to stories about kids. Challenging, obtuse, and sometimes overly ponderous, but his movies always move me so deeply. Benh Zeitlin, his 2 films WENDY and BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD are incredible and I hope he makes more of them. Many middle eastern, Persian, Afghan, Turkish, etc, such as Abbas Kiarostami, Bahman Ghobadi, Mohammad-Ali Talebi, Amir Naderi, they all are good at telling stories about children in a way that is serious in many the same ways that Ivan Noel’s films are. I’d highly recommend THE RUNNER. Ken Loach, while not always focused on children, has a stronger grasp on the complex emotional lives of children than most filmmakers do. KES is a must-watch. Lynne Ramsay’s movies, specifically SMALL DEATHS, KILL THE DAY, RATCATCHER and WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, remind me very much of Ivan Noel’s more disturbing films and I would love to see her tell stories about troubled boys because she’s really good at it. Larry Clark’s works, to me, tends to be a bit too druggy and skanky for me today as an adult, and truthfully I don’t really enjoy his work, but his movies meant a lot to me as a teen. Take that however you want. Lukas Moodysson’s movies are mostly focused on young girls, but his pictures are moving. I’d highly recommend TOGETHER specifically, if you’re looking for something a bit similar to Ivan Noel’s style. Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson seems to have a growing theme going on in his movies involving adolescent sexuality. I’ve liked the movies of his I’ve watched so far. Lasse Nielsen, who directed the ever popular YOU ARE NOT ALONE, seems to specifically be interested in boys’ lives throughout his filmography. Pier Pasolini seemed to really go for energetic Mediterranean male beauty much of the time and is reflected evidently in much of his works. Eloy de la Iglesia is troubling but interesting. He was one of the more noteworthy filmmakers behind the QuinQui sub-genre, which were movies about teenage delinquency and addiction. He became immersed in the same world of addiction that his boy actors occupied and ended up becoming a heroin addict. |