Growing Up Movies

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?

In this semi-fictional film, a group of friends goes on a trip to Malino, a well-known region in South Sulawesi. The fictional plot focuses on...

Bryan Wilmoth is the oldest of eight children who grew up in a very strict household. Eventually, all the siblings became estranged from their...

It's the day before Grace Fitzgerald's 18th Birthday -- a.k.a. the last day of her childhood. Desperate to have one last 'golden' day, Grace and her...

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...

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

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

A Charles Bukowski poem is put to animation. Four kids who are friends are drawn to a strange house that their parents tell them to avoid. One day...

Lía is a dedicated and hard-working seventeen-year-old student but, despite her efforts to give her best, she carries a secret that is...

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...

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

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...

Ella is about to commence the next chapter of her life. Within three months her world will change, whether she can persevere and deal with whatever...

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 happy young boy is enjoying his 16th birthday when he begins having fears about reaching adulthood, but his caring parents notice this and try to...

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

A young girl grows up in the company of her imaginary friend, a silent and friendly monster. As she matures and experiences all the joy and tragedy...

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...

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

A short film about adolescence, growing up and nostalgia.