Growing Up Movies

Everyone in town knows Simón's story, because like a rumor or an urban legend, it has been spreading among its inhabitants, the few who...

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

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

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...

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

Four high school graduates go on one last camping trip before separating for college.

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...

In 1970s Belfast two young boys discover the facts of life, aided by the help of their pet chickens.

The two 15-year-old girls Zoe and Asal are best friends. They are spending their last summer holidays together before the earnestness of life begins....

This SECOND live broadcast aired a year after the success of the first. Utilizing much of the same cast, it nevertheless is its own unique...

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...

At fourteen years of age, Tomás is entering adolescence, that time in your life in which not only do you have to face physical and emotional...

Inspired by true experiences of grief, girlhood, and growing up, Jessie Barr’s SOPHIE JONES provides a stirring portrait of a sixteen-year-old....

The film follows three boys as they play and interact, revealing a familiar dynamic: teasing, bullying, and testing each other’s limits. We see...

When Mette and her father are left alone over the Christmas holidays, he starts feeling increasingly rejected and jealous, as his adolescent daughter...

The industrial noise of a factory in the Isle of Grain provides a percussive backbeat as a group of local children rap about their lives and play in...

Filmed over five years in Kansas City, this documentary follows four transgender kids – beginning at ages 4, 7, 12, and 15 – as they...

On Halloween, estranged friends Asger and Esther, must work together to rescue Asgers kidnapped sister Petra, while Petra battles the thieves that...

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...