Growing Up Movies

The film offers several variants of growing up at the Mediterranean coast.

A poetic journey of memory and fantasy told through the eyes of four versions of an artist as she creates her own self-identity.

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

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

Jimmy is a young man who is going through a very difficult time in his life. He meets Joe, who works for a private company that offers free health...

Roald is thrown into a peculiar situation when his grandmother's watermelon is suddenly worth 20 million kroner.

Dutch comedy about three school friends that return to The Marsman College for a reunion of their middle school. Their lives have changed completely...

You didn't waste it.

A foreboding glimpse into the life of a girl under pressure from her parents concerning her eating behavior and childish tastes. Ignoring the family...

Between the hustle and bustle of music, drinks and questionable bathrooms, three girls with different lives have more in common than what they might...

Based on personal memories and experiences of childhood, set in and around a Glasgow housing scheme. A triptych of moments of reflection and loss in...

'Alan Smithee' is a film about a boy growing up. It delves into the darker side of what 'growing up' sometimes means: growing into your flaws,...

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 quiet, naturalistic dramatic short, six-year old Sarah grapples with understanding mortality after the sudden death of her older brother,...

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

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

In a non-linear portrait of youth, the lives of several teenagers dealing with heartbreak, loneliness, and identity gradually intertwine, revealing...

A young filmmaker accidentally claps her idol’s mystical clapperboard, throwing the two on a frantic journey through film genres and beyond.

As summer ends, Ren's bandmates and childhood friends are leaving for college. He struggles to write the lyrics of their final song.