Growing Up Movies

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 story of two people in search of a new life, who leave their birthplaces - traveling to a whole different world trying to find a place where they...

Two desperate eighth graders at an elite NYC prep school recruit a crew of misfits to shut down their school, one day at a time, to avoid finals...

Two brothers try to raise money with a lemonade stand.

Roald is thrown into a peculiar situation when his grandmother's watermelon is suddenly worth 20 million kroner.

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...

On a night that promised to be filled with games and bonding, Eva and Bianca, two 15 year old friends, decide to escape their routine to test the...

A child who just loved to skate from the age of eight, Poppy Starr Olsen became the number one female bowl skater in Australia at 14 and went on to...

Anthea is 25, single, hates her job – and all her friends are leaving Brisbane. Should she follow the herd to Sydney or London? Is there...

Inspired by the aesthetics of live-staged performances, "Waiting Room" offers a unique artistic portrayal of handling one's childhood and growing up.

Made with a message of hope, Rites of Passage is a raw, uncensored and honest film inspired by the life experiences of the young people involved in...

A filmmaker sits down with her father through a simple dinner, revealing her heart out on a platter and the quiet tensions they don’t know how...

Short biographical documentary about comedian Michael Palin and his early interest in acting and comedy. Includes his education at the Shrewsbury...

Delphyne (meaning ‘womb’) discusses the stigma around menstruation. Addressing shame and acceptance, taboos around menstrual blood are...

Based on personal memories and experiences of childhood, set in and around a Glasgow housing scheme. A triptych of moments of reflection and loss in...

The corner Schönhauser Allee in East Berlin is the main meeting-point for a group of adolescents. Dieter is a construction worker who falls in...

Follow Andre as he experiences an existential crisis right before his 20th birthday...

A student who is bullied repeatedly develops a deep bond with the leader of a youth gang. As they grow closer, he understands the true meaning of...

Filmmaker Morley Markson shows Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, and other '60s rebels, then and now in a follow up to his...

At a new years eve party, high school grad Maya discovers her new year won't unfold as she planned, when her scholarship results and her...