Growing Up Movies

'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,...

5 years old Yang spends an afternoon with his mother on a shopping trip. When he throws a tantrum after feeling neglected, she decides to punish him...

Julia always said that her upbringing as a biological child in a foster family was a happy time. But something is wrong. In The Foster Family, we...

Sofia grew up taking refuge in the river of the village where her grandmother, Salomé, lives. The lightness of summers spent swimming comes to...

At fourteen years of age, Tomás is entering adolescence, that time in your life in which not only do you have to face physical and emotional...

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,...

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 young girl named Kacey is forced to grow up by someone she trusts. Once she realizes what he's doing, she decides to fight back and reclaim what is...

Benin has left Adelaide for a new life in Sydney, but he will soon realize that there is only so much charm to a fresh start. The struggles of...

The film follows three boys as they play and interact, revealing a familiar dynamic: teasing, bullying, and testing each other’s limits. We see...

Kati, a nine-year-old girl whose mother is suffering from an incurable illness. She must go through steps of happiness and sorrow, bonding and...

Fran is a passionate kid that loves skateboarding, but seems to have a small concern about reaching a certain age: 'For me, thirteen is when the...

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.

A teenager who dreams of becoming a pop star learns a lot about life, love, and friendship at summer camp, and that lies have short legs.

The lives of a group of young Chicago men, as seen through the eyes of one of them, a writer.

Peter Pan is an adolescent boy who has escaped from his parents to the dreamland of Nowhere. Peter is determined to remain a little boy forever;...

Nils and his two best friends are invited to a 25 year reunion for their student years. Nils is given the task of holding the main speech. This comes...

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