Growing Up Movies

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

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

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

This short film tells the story of a childhood, of a friendship and of growing up. A young man returns to the village where he grew up and discovers...

A filmmaker celebrates his inspiration for movies by recreating what it was like for his 9-year old self in 1972 when he journeyed downtown to spend...

When Arjun, a 8-year-old-boy, expresses his desire to switch from daily car rides with his grandfather, Mr. Chaturvedi, to taking the school bus with...

The film RYTMUS Housing Estate Dream took 8 years to create and closely documents the life of one of the most famous personalities of the...

This short movie takes us through beautiful landscapes and oppressive spaces. A dream sequence that leads to liberation, on the border between...

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...

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

All the stories told, all the memories, dreams and lost moments were left in a tank from other generations.

Carl, an old mushroom person, was heading home when he saw a newly born mushroom named Belle. Although Carl didn't want anything to do with her, he...

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

A found footage assignment turned autobiography - piano, girl kissers, skating, you know how it goes.

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...

The weekend before their high school graduation, longtime best friends Hally and Joe visit their old hometown haunts to reminisce about the past....

Matilda has been stuck in a memory loop, replaying the same moments over and over again. But this blissful act of remembering quickly turns into a...

During the day of her eighteen's birthday, Alice decides to have a walk where she used to play when she was a kid. Upon reaching adulthood, she will...

A boy in early teens finds himself in danger of being demoted from his solo part in a choir due to his changing voice. He tries to fight against it,...