Chucky visszatért! A sátáni mosolyú gyilkos baba életre kel az új fejezetben, amely elmeséli azt az ádáz küzdelmet, amit a kis Andy Barclay folytat a démoni babával szemben. Chucky az árvaházban áldozata nyomára bukkan, s a kisfiú lelkét akarja megszerezni magának...
Amikor az energikus testvérpár, Andi és Bruce egy olyan nevelőotthonban találják magukat, ahová szigorúan nem lehet állatokat vinni, Andinak a villámgyors észjárását kell latba vetnie, hogy otthont találjanak kutyájuknak, Pénteknek. Noha együttérző nevelőjük, Bernie figyelmezteti őket, hogy kerüljék a bajt, a srácok rábukkannak egy elhagyott hotelre és elkezdik átalakítani, hogy tökéletes lakhelyet készítsenek Pénteknek és a város összes kóbor kutyájának. Ezzel viszont azt kockáztatják, hogy szétválasztják őket egymástól, ha lebuknak. A két kölyök pillanatok alatt valami varázslatosat alkot a hotelből: otthont a kutyáknak és saját maguknak is.
Wisecracking, gum-chewing 12-year-old Gilly is well known in the foster system. Totally unmanageable, she has stayed with more families than she can remember and has outwitted them all. After all, how can she settle down when her real mother, the beautiful and glamourous Courtney, might be out there waiting for her? When Gilly is sent to live with the Trotters, the weirdest family yet, she isn’t planning to stick around. But cheerful, affectionate Maime Trotter isn’t giving up on Gilly just yet...
Joleen Reedy férjét letartoztatják, így kénytelen kiköltözni a lakásból 12 éves lányával együtt. Öccséhez, James-hez (Nick Stahl) költözik, aki szívesen fogadja őket. Hamarosan Joleen lelép egy férfival, lányát pedig testvérénél hagyja, aki pont elvesztette az állását, így nem tud vigyázni a gyerekre, aki ezért állami gondozókhoz kerül. James kénytelen átértékelni és újrakezdeni az életét.
Angel is released from juvenile detention on the eve of her 18th birthday. Haunted by her past, she embarks on a journey with her 10 year-old sister that could destroy their future.
Julia always said that her upbringing as a biological child in a foster family was a happy time. But something is wrong. In The Foster Family, we follow director Julia's journey back in time, where she, together with her parents Ewa and Lennart and the foster child Patrik, recollect the shocking events that changed their lives over thirty years ago. The children are at the center of this strong, touching and warm documentary about a system where you can love, but not too much.
A 14 éves drogdíler Johnny egy ifjúsági otthonban van. Amikor megtudja, hogy hétvégén már nem mehet haza, megkéri egyik ügyfelét, a híres és sikeres színészt, Antony-t, hogy legyen a hétvégi gyámja.
Haunted by his traumatic past and cautious about the prospects of an uncertain future, a fourteen year old boy named Juhani winds up in an isolated boys' home known as The Island. Juhani has been shuttled between foster homes and temporary families for the past six years, leaving any prospect of stability in his life a faded dream. When Juhani winds up in a remote shelter for troubled youth known as The Island, he has little idea of how ruthless superintendent Olavi Harjula can truly be.
Ruben and Gio have been recently adopted by Evelyn and Memo. The four of them try to create a home where the past, the bad and good stories, and the dreams in common for the future blend all together.
Heartless parents C.L. Doyle and his wife take two of their older children, Rosebud & Joseph T. Doyle, on a family vacation to Alaska, but dump their younger ones, Freddy & Margaret Jean, in a Los Angeles foster home. Infuriated by this, Rosebud talks Joseph T. into running away with her so that they can break their younger siblings out of the system, which sparks a manhunt, and an outburst of sympathy among kids everywhere.
A young boy accidentally kills his alcoholic mother and is sent to live in a foster home.
An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.
A Chance in the World is the unbelievable real life story of Steve, a wounded and broken boy destined to become a man of resilience and vision. From the day he is five-years-old and dropped off at his foster home of the next eleven years, Steve is mentally and physically tortured by Betty (his foster mother), Willie (her husband) and his foster siblings. Desperate for a sense of family and belonging, Steve searches for his biological parents, but no one in the system can help him. No one can tell him why, with obvious African-American features, he has the last name of Klakowicz.
Filmmaker Heather Rae trains her lens on America's foster care system and the plight of children whose families can no longer provide proper support.
The power of fostering animals in need is undeniable. Hopalong Animal Rescue, based in Oakland, CA, demonstrates this every day. This short film chronicles Tina Quon and Gary Moore, a couple who have dedicated their life together to fostering dogs in need of forever homes. Their pit bull, Nulo, plays a pivotal role, teaching young puppies how to grow into well-behaved, loving adult dogs. Together, they have fostered over 60 dogs – and counting. This documentary shows the ways in which Tina, Gary, and Nulo – along with Hopalong's larger network of over 600 foster homes throughout the Bay Area – have touched so many lives in profound and deeply moving ways.
Three orphans from very different backgrounds find themselves living with the same foster couple while waiting to be adopted.
The film follows five years in the life of a young girl as she struggles against an onslaught of good intentions. From her first encounter with the social care system, through a range of foster placements, to a haunting climax, we are challenged to question how it is that so many well-intentioned people can do so much unintended damage. And how it is that the £4bn a year that people in the UK spend on children in care has failed to break the cycle of abuse, addiction and abandonment. Written by Tim Kemp
With one in eight American children suffering a confirmed case of neglect or abuse by age 18, there are currently more than 400,000 children in foster care in the U.S., a number that continues to grow each year. Drawing on unprecedented access, FOSTER explores the often-misunderstood world of foster care through compelling stories from the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, the largest county child welfare agency in the country.
"It’s not easy to find a foster family for you," an orphanage supervisor explains to nine-year-old Alicia. "After all, you are a very special girl." Alicia is crying. "I’m not special. I’m just a girl." This disturbing scene sets the tone for this film about Alicia, who was taken away from her teenage mother by the Child Welfare Bureau when she was 12 months old. She’s been living in an orphanage since the age of five, and they have never managed to find a foster family for her. In Alicia, we watch as she becomes a teenager, still craving safety and love. Over the course of three years, filmmaker Maasja Ooms follows her daily life up close. Alicia's yearning and powerlessness are palpable in these observations, which painfully reveal the effects of having no prospects.