Growing Up Movies

Four female college students in Los Angeles, who live together and have nursing internships at the same hospital, have their lives complicated by...

Sophie, only 11, turns a day of mourning into a journey of discovery and connection. At her mother’s funeral, Sophie’s imaginative spirit...

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...

The story of a widower and his two sons, focusing on their complex and sometimes difficult relationships.

A film inspired by the life of Polish rock legend Jan Borysewicz. A story of music, rebellion, and freedom in a world where dreams often collide with...

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 wry, warm, and witty coming of (middle) age comedy, RE-ELECTION follows a 40-something underdog who returns to high school to reboot his past and...

Femi is a British boy of Nigerian heritage who, after being fostered in rural Lincolnshire, moves to inner-city London to live with his birth mother....

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

Reality Fatigue tells the story of Adam, a young man returning to his childhood home. In his dusty, neglected room, his mother smokes and longingly...

A group of high school friends reunite in their hometown for the funeral of an old buddy, 'Bender'; they will spend a weekend struggling to accept...

A naive drifter runs away from his army father in hopes of making it on the car racing circuit. In Las Vegas, he meets a young scam artist, who...

Two ordinary teenagers in the countryside, Tien and Tin, aim to earn a scholarship, hoping to pursue the life they want in the big city, but soon...

As the primary caretaker to her mother with Alzheimer’s, Astrid grapples with guilt over their turbulent past and struggles to find direction...

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

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

Inseparable best friends spend their last summer holiday of childhood amusing themselves around the house. As summer progresses their bodies start to...

Delphyne (meaning ‘womb’) discusses the stigma around menstruation. Addressing shame and acceptance, taboos around menstrual blood are...

When did you last talk with your father? Will you ever ask him about those things that hurt you? In FATHER the reality of life is turned upside down...

Daphne is a young woman negotiating the tricky business of modern life. Caught in the daily rush of her restaurant job and a nightlife kaleidoscope...