Childhood Movies

Luisito, an 8-year-old boy, experiences the grief that has been denied to him when his mother decides to get rid of his late father's clothes.

Ma and his friends trace a sea monster from a fairy tale they heard on the floating island.

An experimental short film about sensory seeking behaviour in childhood. Filmed on VHS.

What does it mean to belong to a place, a country? In a south Tel Aviv elementary school, that question is addressed head-on by a fourth-grade class...

Two sisters navigating the no man's land between childhood and adulthood have to deal with the consequences of their actions after one of the horses...

Through one woman's experience as an adopted person and also as a mother who relinquished her child in 1971, this documentary highlights the many...

Little María has been left in the care of her grandmother Matilde. The relationship between them is not very good. While María spends...

A Chinese girl returns home to Helsinki, with a desire to reassess her feelings about home, perfection, friendship, and regret. A tender dialogue is...

The juvenile artist take the viewer on a tour of their vacation home in Orlando. In contrast to their earlier childhood home documentary, the artist...

A reflection about growing up

A young woman awakens from sleep only to begin a journey of memories. After encountering memories of her past, she awakens.

A day in the life of young boy with a distorted vision of the world. 3 short little claymation episodes - Ricardo Discovers "Sex," Ricardo's Hero...

An experimental film about the morality of space travel, based on a child’s dream

By a hot summer day on the lakeshore, three siblings face death for the first time through their contact with nature.

Kim and Bob have been inseparable since childhood. Does puberty end their friendship?

The camera wanders around old spellbinding cars in the Sahara desert. Two playful and witty little boys show up and alter the course of events. From...

Two sisters are deciding whether or not to play with a dead fish.

My childhood memories carry two important symbols, a large magnet that I pulled around behind me and a dead friend.

A transfixing, rarely-seen 16mm miniature made as part of Rohrwacher's opera production of La traviata in 2016.

As the end-of-year concert approaches, Théa, a young student pianist at a conservatory, finds herself losing all her nerve due to her...