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,...

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...

A story about 6 kids who grew up together and stayed together, once strangers, then friends, now family. Both a video diary and a travelogue, this...

The film follows different stages in the life of Sofía, a young girl born in Argentina of Chinese descent. From her childhood to her...

Elena has ordered dinner at home, but when she opens the door, she discovers that the delivery man is Manu, the one who was her great love and whom...

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

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 summer day. In the middle of a rollerblading ride, you stop by a building long out of use. You don’t come there to swim - there’s no...

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

Tomas, a young actor, tries to balance the young adult lifestyle: relationships, parties and a career. At a party he randomly reconnects with his...

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

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

June and her friends give everything they've got to complete a movie for her college application project.

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 high school student faces uncertainty when presented with the thought of growing up. As he delves into his memories, he uncovers the blissful...

Clara and Luana are leaving a party, with short clothes, a chill in their stomachs and both slightly intoxicated

Once you're old enough to make decisions for yourself, how exactly do you go about doing it? How can you really know which choice is best for you?

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

Ella is about to commence the next chapter of her life. Within three months her world will change, whether she can persevere and deal with whatever...