Growing Up Movies

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

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

Monolinguist Josh Kornbluth's meditation on growing up as the child of Communist parents.

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

When Arjun, a 8-year-old-boy, expresses his desire to switch from daily car rides with his grandfather, Mr. Chaturvedi, to taking the school bus with...

Living in a trailer by the ocean, Carmen does everything to give her half-sister May a better childhood than the one she had.

A young filmmaker accidentally claps her idol’s mystical clapperboard, throwing the two on a frantic journey through film genres and beyond.

Bryan Wilmoth is the oldest of eight children who grew up in a very strict household. Eventually, all the siblings became estranged from their...

Shows how an 11-year old boy and his brothers share each other's interests and activities. Shows projects such as building a tree house, baking...

A found footage assignment turned autobiography - piano, girl kissers, skating, you know how it goes.

This short film tells the story of a childhood, of a friendship and of growing up. A young man returns to the village where he grew up and discovers...

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...

The New Gaither Growing Series presents the premiere of Lil' Gaither. This feature is filled with lots of fun and fantastic visuals including the...

Bunny Head don't want to grow old. The beginning of Cabeça de Coelho's story before the short film "Cereja do Bolo"

Sofia grew up taking refuge in the river of the village where her grandmother, Salomé, lives. The lightness of summers spent swimming comes to...

Fran is a passionate kid that loves skateboarding, but seems to have a small concern about reaching a certain age: 'For me, thirteen is when the...

Maya is a teenage girl with teenage problems, suffering with her self-esteem and dealing with her bully Pedro, that she's deeply in love with....

Between the hustle and bustle of music, drinks and questionable bathrooms, three girls with different lives have more in common than what they might...

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...