Growing Up Movies

Baby Bagnell is fourteen years old. She has two dead parents and one adult boyfriend. A 1980s coming-of-age story about death, dysfunction, and...

A 14-year-old tries to express himself by wearing a purple cape to school for a day.

A father who is confused about explaining the definition of sex to his daughter who is still in first grade, because she feels that it is not the...

​Luna is a vibrant young Chinese-American girl who dreams of becoming an astronaut. From the day she witnesses a rocket launching into space on...

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

With the coming of summer, three high school buddies--Kenny Leeds, Mike Decker, and Tommy Kingsley--anticipate their initiation into the pleasures of...

Following a tumultuous breakup, a young college student tries to win back her ex-girlfriend by performing in a confessional-style poetry slam.

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

A wee look into my teenage years.

Jo's world is thrown into utter disarray when her wife Amanda passes away and she starts chasing a dream that she and Amanda had once shared -...

A young adult recounts childhood memories involving his 6th grade teacher and the lessons she taught, particularly her unconventional assignment: to...

Promotional short film for "Toy Story 5" produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio. The short tells the story of a bond between a boy and his Buzz...

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 coming of age story of members of a Nahal group, volunteering in a kibbutz named "Kissufim" ("Yearnings" in Hebrew), on the outskirts of the Gaza...

The lives of a group of young Chicago men, as seen through the eyes of one of them, a writer.

Children of alcoholic parents have been fighting for a precarious normality within their family since early childhood. They look after the addicted...

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

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

Friendly Pumpkin is trying to make friends with the forest dwellers. A story about stereotypes and the importance of friendliness.

A young man learns a valuable lesson on his nineteenth birthday that leads towards a remarkable discovery about his youth. Whether it be past,...