Growing Up Movies

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

A short film following Anthony, a young child from the small, rural town of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. We see him in different moments of...

Isa and Zoe are eleven years old, they are best friends. Through their video diaries, they tell their perspectives on the transition from childhood...

The industrial noise of a factory in the Isle of Grain provides a percussive backbeat as a group of local children rap about their lives and play in...

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...

Four high school graduates go on one last camping trip before separating for college.

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...

Everyone in town knows Simón's story, because like a rumor or an urban legend, it has been spreading among its inhabitants, the few who...

A young girl named Destiny writes a letter to her future self after the recent loss of her father. While expressing her thoughts concerning what...

The New Gaither Growing Series presents the premiere of Lil' Gaither. This feature is filled with lots of fun and fantastic visuals including the...

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...

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

Inspired by the aesthetics of live-staged performances, "Waiting Room" offers a unique artistic portrayal of handling one's childhood and growing up.

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...

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

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