Growing Up Movies

Bori (17) refuses to be harassed by the boys. Her artistic, but unstable mother does not give her the support she needs. Her caring grandfather enroll...

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...

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?

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

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 ta...

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

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

5 years old Yang spends an afternoon with his mother on a shopping trip. When he throws a tantrum after feeling neglected, she decides to punish him b...

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

A film about a boy's turbulent time in high school.

In this semi-fictional film, a group of friends goes on a trip to Malino, a well-known region in South Sulawesi. As they listen to the recordings from...

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

Faced with unemployment, a young paperboy must choose between his trade and his friends.

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

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 th...

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

Following a single father & his 3 kids, watch the struggle, stress, & strength of what the everyday life is like growing up & those growing pains call...

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 sh...