Growing Up Movies

Director Carolin Genreith takes a warmly ironic look at her mother and her female friends but also addresses her own fears and vanities. A vibrant...

Monolinguist Josh Kornbluth's meditation on growing up as the child of Communist parents.

Tomas, a young actor, tries to balance the young adult lifestyle: relationships, parties and a career. At a party he randomly reconnects with his...

The film RYTMUS Housing Estate Dream took 8 years to create and closely documents the life of one of the most famous personalities of the...

One day, Saki, who lacks self-confidence, is revealed to her best friend Umi about her dream of becoming a model.

A young couple embarks on the exciting journey of adoption, preparing to welcome a new member into their family. As they navigate the ups and downs...

As summer ends, Ren's bandmates and childhood friends are leaving for college. He struggles to write the lyrics of their final song.

The two 15-year-old girls Zoe and Asal are best friends. They are spending their last summer holidays together before the earnestness of life begins....

The weekend before their high school graduation, longtime best friends Hally and Joe visit their old hometown haunts to reminisce about the past....

In this quiet, naturalistic dramatic short, six-year old Sarah grapples with understanding mortality after the sudden death of her older brother,...

Once you're old enough to make decisions for yourself, how exactly do you go about doing it? How can you really know which choice is best for you?

A story about 6 kids who grew up together and stayed together, once strangers, then friends, now family. Both a video diary and a travelogue, this...

June and her friends give everything they've got to complete a movie for her college application project.

The New Gaither Growing Series presents the premiere of Lil' Gaither. This feature is filled with lots of fun and fantastic visuals including the...

A young filmmaker accidentally claps her idol’s mystical clapperboard, throwing the two on a frantic journey through film genres and beyond.

Between the hustle and bustle of music, drinks and questionable bathrooms, three girls with different lives have more in common than what they might...

When Arjun, a 8-year-old-boy, expresses his desire to switch from daily car rides with his grandfather, Mr. Chaturvedi, to taking the school bus with...

Clara and Luana are leaving a party, with short clothes, a chill in their stomachs and both slightly intoxicated

Hiraeth is a short film about youth long gone, about growing up, about looking at old photos and not recognizing the person within. It’s about...