Childhood Movies

Mexico in the 90s. Alex, a 7 year-old boy and his little siblings are left in the care of senile Aunt Lola while their mother works as a host on a...

The narration of a letter which consists of themes such as the passing of time, the unexpectedness of life, the fear of death, and the fear of change.

An eulogy to growing up in freedom with its ups and downs. The director, Sara Bonaventura gives us an insight in radical pedagogy and Emilia Reggio's...

In 2010, director Michiel van Erp started filming a group of children in Utrecht. He kept filming them till 2018, the year they turned 18. The film...

A poor boy whose slippers are broken tries to repair them while watching a rich boy continuously cleaning his new and shiny shoes.

Documentary about twin brothers who go back to their childhood home to discover what happened to a Patrick Lurzing, a boy who disappeared who nobody...

An allegory about the moment when a child is forced to choose between ideology and humanity while living and playing in a dangerous war environment.

In this WW II drama based on an autobiographical story by director Michel Drach, a Jewish boy and his family living in Nazi occupied France, attempt...

10 year old Maude is too young to understand why her mother disapproves of their new butch neighbour. But Maude does understand she can’t be...

A story about children and adults who migrated from eastern Ukraine because of the war and found themselves far from home in a hostel for displaced...

Michele, a young boy, while playing football with a friend, stumbles upon a remarkable encounter.

A young girl rediscovers her love for photography, and what made her photos so magical in the first place.

A young woman makes amends with someone from her past.

Hit Him on the Head with a Hard, Heavy Hammer departs from the handwritten memoir of the filmmaker’s father and his experience of displacement...

Inspired by the aesthetics of live-staged performances, "Waiting Room" offers a unique artistic portrayal of handling one's childhood and growing up.

A short film based on a real interview with a kid survived the 2006 war on Lebanon.