Childhood Movies

Mirela, a Bosnian woman living in Rimini (Italy), returns to Sarajevo and the orphanage where she grew up, searching for her mother and herself amid...

A young toymaker tries to make sense of the impermanence of life that he has been forced to acknowledge through experiences of separation and death.

In the remote village of El Echo that exists outside of time, the children care for the sheep and their elders. While the frost and drought punish...

Two Elders feel that their grandson is old enough to start learning important lessons about his Country. But is he ready for the challenge?

Maggie's tightly wound life unravels when she gets a call that her estranged sister is in deep trouble. Their reunion reveals a startling diagnosis...

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...

A reflection about growing up

Serhii, a young man who fills his days with volunteer work, loses contact with his mother living in occupied territory. When his mother finally...

Olappeeppi portrays the story of an ordinary Malayali family and the changes in the socio-economic scene in Kerala from 1970's to the 2000's . As the...

It's 1997. Distorted guitars rule the world. In an aging Chinese restaurant, a father and his punk-rock son struggle with their familial roles as...

Small great events of a family summer in the countryside.

When a small boy loses his favourite toy – a small teddy bear – this draws him into the inner world of his childhood. Nonetheless, he...

Marcos tells his grandmother Julia about the last summer that Alzheimer's allowed them to enjoy together. He helps her remember what their walks in...

A group of 10 students struggles with poverty and develop hopes for the future in Gantong Village on the farming and tin mining island of Belitung.

As a young father, watching his daughter go through her life experiences, film director Alexandre Mourot discovered the Montessori approach and...

A strong, human tale about a boy growing up with an alcoholic father, but also an energetic story about teenage lust, pain and passion – about...

Between parental love, youth welfare offices and bureaucracy, three educators try their hardest to create a temporary home for children. This is not...