Growing Up Movies

In this quiet, naturalistic dramatic short, six-year old Sarah grapples with understanding mortality after the sudden death of her older brother,...

Molly anxiously awaits her first sign of menstruation, which means that she'll be able to date and go dancing. The school nurse explains exactly what...

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...

The film offers several variants of growing up at the Mediterranean coast.

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

When did you last talk with your father? Will you ever ask him about those things that hurt you? In FATHER the reality of life is turned upside down...

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

When your knife turns blunt, do you sharpen it or let it become a glorified butter knife at dad's company brunches?

Inseparable best friends spend their last summer holiday of childhood amusing themselves around the house. As summer progresses their bodies start to...

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

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

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

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

Kati, a nine-year-old girl whose mother is suffering from an incurable illness. She must go through steps of happiness and sorrow, bonding and...

Based on the award-nominated graphic novel by Benjamin Rivers. Dana is a woman who doesn’t deal well with confrontation. She likes her job, her...

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

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...

A short film depicting adolescence.

'Alan Smithee' is a film about a boy growing up. It delves into the darker side of what 'growing up' sometimes means: growing into your flaws,...