Coming-of-Age

by Jonas Odell

In Never like the first time! four different people tell us, in their own words, what it was like to lose their virginity. The diverse experiences recounted in the four different animated stories, some tragic and some comic, are told by both the teenagers and the old people that appear in the stories and they all have one thing in common – it is ”never like the first time!” The people behind the voices remain anonymous and they explain sincerely how significant losing their virginity was to them.

• Drama
• Documentary
• Coming-of-Age
• Tragicomedy
• Experimental

by Ru KUWAHATA, Max PORTER

Even though Sam’s father is hardly ever home because he is often away on business trips, he is able to connect with his son by teaching him how to pack a suitcase.

• Drama
• Coming-of-Age

by Sara Gunnarsdóttir

A woman tries very hard to lose her virginity and always searches for “the one.”

• Coming-of-Age
• Comedy
• Romance

by Li Qiwei, Huang Zishan, Fu Yin & others

In a mountain village in southwest China, Nan returns home with his wife and children to visit his relatives. However, his son Xiaowen suddenly finds a strange ‘monster’ while playing in the village. When Nan is unaware of what is happening, Nan’s father reveals a story about Nan’s childhood. It turns out that Nan, who grew up in the mountains as a child, had a predestined relationship with the ‘monster’ in the mountains, so Nan began to tell this part of his childhood story…

• Drama
• Coming-of-Age
• Fantasy

by Lisa Fukaya

Mimi has a pimple for the first time. She is afraid of being different from other girls and is uncomfortable around those who are different from herself. Because of this, she begins to mimic other girls around her.

• Drama
• Coming-of-Age
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Shiika Okada

I was heading to junior high school one day when my maternal instincts suddenly kicked in. After being held hostage to those urges for a decade, I started to wonder if this feeling was really about motherliness. Virgin birth, genes, pregnancy… I journey through 10 years in search of the maternal.

• Drama
• Coming-of-Age
• Experimental

by Toke Madsen

On a slow morning near the outskirts of a Danish city, two brothers learn to take care of themselves. Due to their neglectful mother the older brother feels the need to protect his younger sibling from the struggles of a dysfunctional family. In this broken home a rash decision leads to an unpleasant confrontation.

• Drama
• Coming-of-Age

by Flora Anna Buda

Flora Anna Buda, the director of 27, the multi-award-winning film, gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film. 27 won many awards including the Palme d’Or for a short film at the Festival de Cannes and the Cristal for best animated short at the Annecy Film Festival.

• Drama
• Coming-of-Age
• Experimental
• Making of

by Constance Bertoux, Camille Bozec, Pauline Guitton & others

Louise, ballerina at the Garnier Opera in 1895, rushes home after a show but is stopped by a friend asking for money.

• Drama
• Coming-of-Age
• Romance
• Dance

by Sara Koppel

A Short Handdrawn Erotic Animationfilm by Sara Koppel.

• Coming-of-Age

by Ervin B. Nagy

In the mid 1980’s, although the later multiple time olympic champion Hungarian swimmer Krisztina Egerszegi is only 12 years old, her trainers already recognise her undeniable talent and potentials. Her first ever professional competition is about to start and all the others are stronger and bigger than her. She is going to compete with them.

• Drama
• Coming-of-Age
• Family

by Kelsi Phung, Fabien Corre

In a kitchen, a mother and a child struggle to establish dialogue.

• Drama
• Coming-of-Age

by Hugues Valin

While he is fascinated by every resonating thing, a boy must face his greatest fear: a storm. He’s then going to use his gift for rhythms and sounds to beat his phobia.

• Drama
• Coming-of-Age

by Nicola Bernardi, Alessandra De Stefano, Gabriela Lewandowska & others

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

• Coming-of-Age

by Nicole Di Fresco

In denial of his Grandma’s death, a young boy goes on a bittersweet journey into the underworld in search of her.

• Drama
• Coming-of-Age
• Fantasy
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Zachary Zezima

Everyone is an alien at first.

• Drama
• Coming-of-Age
• Romance
• Experimental

by Rafał Blecharz, Katarzyna Klas, Rafal Blecharz

A short story about a long road. Two siblings try to find their grandfather’s house. During their hitchhike, they meet various people, but their real companion is a plant in a pot. What will happen when they reach their destination?

• Adventure
• Fantasy
• Coming-of-Age

by Vaibhav Keswani, Jeanne Laureau, Colombine Majou & others

A little boy speaks about hedgehogs all the time to everybody.

• Drama
• Coming-of-Age

by Adrienne Nowak

Adrienne goes back to Poland, where she was born, to see her grandmother and ask her family about communism. In her aunt and uncle’s cosy kitchen she will learn that communist spirits aren’t the only ones to haunt the Polish imagination, and that there are many unexpected and old means to face them.

• Drama
• Experimental
• Coming-of-Age

by Joyce van Diepen

A 10 year old boy, Imad, lives in a war zone. When he finds a bird with a broken wing, he brings it home and carefully nurses it back to health. This new friendship brings Imad joy, dreams, and strength. Imad learns to listen to his heart and finds the courage to choose a (new) future.

• Drama
• Coming-of-Age