Childhood Movies

On a night of reckoning, an immigrant teen confronts her mother’s fury—and finds a mirror of her own fragility

Young Maxime’s mother starts worrying about him when his 2nd grade teacher declares him “abnormal”. She goes straight to the...

When her medical school scholarship was at risk of being revoked, Alin, who had been living away from home, was forced to return. After coming back,...

In an Andean village in Peru, in 1982, Tato, a 12-year-old boy is forced into exile when his family is threatened.

Toymaker Geppetto is desperate for a son, so he is overjoyed when a wooden puppet boy, Pinocchio, is magically brought to life. However, the...

A glamorous Hong Kong performer struggles to make a home in suburban 1960s Australia.

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...

August 1914. While the German army is gaining ground in the North of France, four boys aged 10 to 15, LUcien, LUcas, LUigi and LUdwig are left behind...

Tells the story of five people from the last generation of Soviet children who were brought up behind the Iron Curtain. Just coming of age when the...

During her traumatic childhood with an abusive father, Emma relied on an imaginary friend for strength. She is now an artist struggling with mental...

Small great events of a family summer in the countryside.

A lonely preteen stumbles onto an antique PC in the attic of his new home, and begins chatting with another boy named Virgil. However, our young hero...

A young man likes spending time in the shower, too much according to his girlfriend. She thinks he is too slow and throws him out of her place. Armed...

An Iranian boy moves to Luxembourg and forms a friendship with a girl with whom he has no language in common.

Ana, a 7 year old girl, tries to understand and be a part her grandfathers funeral despite her mothers efforts to keep her away.