Genre

Coming-of-Age

1–20 of 76 films

  • Fur

    2022 Adults 7 min

    by Zhen Li

    A crush gone moldy.

    • Coming-of-Age
    • Romance
  • by Hargaux Cazal, Jeanne Hammel, Louis Holmes & others

    Treachery! Lou’s mum sold his beloved roller skates at the garage sale. A series of strange and revealing encounters begin when he inevitably goes looking for them in the buzzing crowd.

    • Drama
    • Coming-of-Age
    • Fantasy
  • by Trine Vallevik Håbjørg

    Five Ivorian children had to flee when war broke out in the Ivory Coast after the presidential election in 2010. The children talk about hopes and dreams for the future.

    • Drama
    • Documentary
    • Coming-of-Age
  • Welcome to My Life

    2015 13+ 9 min

    by Elizabeth Ito

    Welcome to My Life is a glimpse into a day in the life of Douglas, aka T-Kesh, a Monster-American teenager. He’s doing his best to fit in, and make it through high school.

    • Comedy
    • Coming-of-Age
    • Family
  • We Were a Sterile Bomb

    2020 16+ 15 min

    by Dotan Moreno

    We Were a Sterile Bomb is a coming-of-age story of 21-year-old Avi, living in a small southern town in 1997’s Israel. Avi, a lonely introvert, wanders in and out of the city. An encounter with a young man his age shakes his numb world.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Coming-of-Age
  • by Nur Firdaus

    It tells the story of four children who are very different in terms of physicality, where they live, the clothes they wear, the food they eat and the traditions they carry out, but the feelings such as happiness, sadness and affection they feel are the same thing, even though they live in different environments. .

    • Family
    • Coming-of-Age
  • Wanda

    2018 13+ 13 min

    by Denise Hauser

    Bored in school and tired of her arguing parents, Wanda escapes running into the woods. Luckily she has good company.

    • Drama
    • Coming-of-Age
  • Turning Red – Live Movie Review

    2022 All audiences 116 min

    The full review (note – spoilers will be discussed) and break down all of the details from Turning Red. We discuss the story, the characters, the music and, of course, dive into the many Easter Eggs we’ve spotted. Join us to chat along and share your thoughts with us! We’ll have some special guests as always (joining us this time are Drew Taylor, along with our regular pals Gio, and Paulina).

    • Comedy
    • Coming-of-Age
    • Family
    • Making of
  • Tough

    2016 16+ 5 min

    by Jennifer Zheng

    Some things can only be understood with maturity. New light is shed on childhood cultural misunderstandings when a Chinese mother and her British born daughter speak as adults for the first time.

    • Drama
    • Documentary
    • Coming-of-Age
  • Tommy and the Lion

    2020 4+ 12 min

    by Zsolt Pálfi

    Based on Veronika Marék’s famous book. Tommy is frightened of the dark. When he sees a dog he just runs away. How can such a timid little boy ever become a pilot? Only the lion can help Tommy to conquer his fears. But then the lion disappears.

    • Drama
    • Coming-of-Age
    • Family
  • THE WEEK OF SLOVAK FILMS

    2018 All audiences 1 min

    by Iveta Grófová, Tereza Nvotová, Jonáš Karásek & others

    Visual concept & illustration & animated spot for the festival “The week of Slovak Films”.

    • Drama
    • Coming-of-Age
    • Making of
  • The Shadow of the Sun

    2019 16+ 8 min

    by Ido Hartmann

    7 years ago Boaz has cut all ties with his parents, brother & sister, his friends, and his previous world. The film tracks the story of his disappearance and embarks in a surreal journey into the memories he left with his family.

    • Drama
    • Coming-of-Age
    • Tragedy
  • The Sea Within The Room

    2019 16+ 4 min

    by Fang-Yi HSUEH

    The girl left home with her luggage and got on the desolate train. During the trip, she took off her clothes one after another. Finally, she arrived at the lively beach. Looking at the vast sea, she smiled. However, her father’s hand dragged her back to reality.

    • Drama
    • Coming-of-Age
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • The Giving Tree

    2016 7+ 7 min

    by Jordan Hendrickson

    A tree is willing to give a boy whatever he wants, no matter the cost.

    • Drama
    • Coming-of-Age
    • Tragedy
  • The garden of heart

    2022 16+ 10 min

    by Olivér Hegyi

    Dániel Juhász, a young aspiring painter with low self-esteem, is in his last round of interviews at the painting department of the Academy of Fine Arts. While waiting for his interview, his demons appear to him in the form of garden pests.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Coming-of-Age
  • The Eel

    2018 13+ 8 min

    by Silvia Bassoli, Maria Virginia Moratti, Giacomo D’Ancona

    The friendship between two children raised together in the Po Valley countryside is lost when one has to move with his family. They will meet again as adults, thanks to the eel, a call from the dephts of the earth. The film is dedicated to the land and the people of the Emilia region, shaken by the earthquake in 2012.

    • Drama
    • Coming-of-Age
    • Tragedy
  • The afternoon of Clemence

    2017 13+ 10 min

    by Lénaïg Le Moigne

    Clemence and her parents take part in a large country picnic. They arrive late, and Clemence joins the other children who are already playing away from adults, but everything does not happen in the good mood expected.

    • Drama
    • Coming-of-Age
  • T-Rextasy: Gap Yr Boiz

    2016 16+ 4 min

    by Christian Larrave

    Music video.

    • Drama
    • Music Videos
    • Coming-of-Age
    • Tragedy
    • Comedy
    • Fantasy
    • Romance
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
    • Tragicomedy
    • Musical
  • Sledge

    2019 13+ 13 min

    by Mickaël DUPRÉ

    Marion would like to go sledding on « the » hill of her childhood, she brings her brother in the mountain in order to find it once more.

    • Drama
    • Coming-of-Age
  • Sent Away

    2019 13+ 6 min

    by Rosa Fisher

    The film explores themes of masculinity, and also speculates how the cultural practice of sending children to boarding school has politically shaped the UK.

    • Drama
    • Coming-of-Age
    • Experimental