Growing Up Movies

Lía is a dedicated and hard-working seventeen-year-old student but, despite her efforts to give her best, she carries a secret that is...

A 14-year-old tries to express himself by wearing a purple cape to school for a day.

Director Carolin Genreith takes a warmly ironic look at her mother and her female friends but also addresses her own fears and vanities. A vibrant...

During the day of her eighteen's birthday, Alice decides to have a walk where she used to play when she was a kid. Upon reaching adulthood, she will...

Four young people searching for their place in life and in society. Over ten years, the director observes how the protagonists, between success and...

A short film following Anthony, a young child from the small, rural town of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. We see him in different moments of...

Children of the Arctic is a portrait of five Native Alaskan teenagers growing up in Barrow - the northernmost community in the United States. As...

Life drums the playfulness out of a boy as he grows up.

5 years old Yang spends an afternoon with his mother on a shopping trip. When he throws a tantrum after feeling neglected, she decides to punish him...

This movie is about the simplicity of life and more specifically the simplicity of growing up.

Faced with unemployment, a young paperboy must choose between his trade and his friends.

Mila and María are two teenagers who get to know each other through video correspondences they send to each other. One day, they arrange to...

A free-flowing, poetic short film filled with expressionist imagery, old photos and abstract moments, led by a voice-over in which the director tells...

A foreboding glimpse into the life of a girl under pressure from her parents concerning her eating behavior and childish tastes. Ignoring the family...

A young girl named Destiny writes a letter to her future self after the recent loss of her father. While expressing her thoughts concerning what...

All the stories told, all the memories, dreams and lost moments were left in a tank from other generations.

Jagoda and Zuzia giggle in the opening scenes in the way that only 11-year-old girls can. Together they are the center of their own changing world....

A lonely boy finds his passion in football and pursues the sport to endure the difficulties of growing up.