Childhood Movies

A documentary about young people with autism, and how arts and creative therapies help them to lead fuller lives.

When her mother died, 10 year old girl Misa's world stopped. And when her father, along with his new girlfriend, wants to spend the summer in the...

Handed over to foster care by his mother—who's unwilling to give up permanent custody—the now-adolescent François understands that...

A reflection on love and identity with detours towards magical realism, which winks at the oral tradition of coastal populations and introduces us to...

A young orphan wakes up after wetting his bedsheet. Living under the supervision of nuns, he'll spend night and day attempting to amend his "mistake".

15-year-old Tom is going to spend another calm summer with his parents and younger sister at their summer house. But by fate, another family comes to...

Telling the true story of Marvin Bijou, a young boy from a working-class family in a small village, who suffers constant bullying at school and home...

After her mother's death, six-year-old Frida is sent to her uncle's family to live with them in the countryside. But Frida finds it hard to forget...

Pepito The child misbehaves because his stepfather is scolding. Buy a sauceboat but when his cat rubs it a genie appears. The child understands that...

Smiley Greevins is a cheeky, mischievous, imaginative little boy who lives in the small town of Murrumbilla in the Australian outback. His father...

One night Mia has a premonition. So after saying a few words of parting at her mother’s grave, she sets out on a cross continent journey,...

Two young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood. Ozu's charming film is a social satire that draws from the antics of...

Based on a real testimony, "Where the cold burns" takes us back in time through an atmospheric journey towards the feelings of a woman. Aurora...

Dreaming of the West, Boryana is determined not to have a child in communist Bulgaria. Nonetheless, her daughter Viktoria enters the world in 1979,...

Honour West and Joan Camuglia-May share their experiences in this upbeat roller-skating documentary.

Migrant families experience violence, but they also keep beautiful memories when they arrive in new lands. Fantastic and intimate stories, recalled...

A 13 years old girl is forced to go living with another family for reasons unknown.

A coming-of-age story of a girl wanting her mother's approval and validation in Burbank, CA.

A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother.