Childhood Movies

In Cape Verde, where the majority of the population is young, children use olive oil cans, bits of sandals, leftover tires and pieces of cardboard to...

Children play amidst cycles of thunder and violence.

A man has an argument with his girlfriend that spurs a journey through his past–with the help of a childhood toy–to fix his present and...

Three girls—Emma, Kenzie, and Kayleigh—spend their childhood and adolescence beneath a beautiful tree. Shifting between memories of the...

As an elderly man on his deathbed looks to give his name to one of his newborn grandsons, he's unable to acknowledge any of them. The three boys grow...

This is a film which challenges our notions of child labor. It peeks into a world where the concept of childhood as we know it has no meaning, where...

Staffan returns to Svalöv, his childhood town. The visit becomes an odyssey of his memories with his friends Maria and Janne when they grew up...

His school is closed. There are no other children on those mountains. To keep studying, this young kid must go to another place - unknown place. He...

Through one woman's experience as an adopted person and also as a mother who relinquished her child in 1971, this documentary highlights the many...

A seven year old girl discovers her mum is having an affair.

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".

A couple moves to Patagonia escaping from the impositions of modern capitalist society. At first, the place, the people, the life seems to be what...

During a mountain trip, three children spend the afternoon playing war. When a local child asks to join them, he is given the role of the "enemy"....

14-year-old Zain, a Palestinian swimming champion, faces war and man-made famine. He becomes the sole caregiver to his little brother. When aid drops...

Seven-year-old Chloé imitates her big brother Théo doing tai chi on a snowy plain. A group of starlings are watching.

A Chinese girl returns home to Helsinki, with a desire to reassess her feelings about home, perfection, friendship, and regret. A tender dialogue is...

Lalia is a Saharaui girl who lives in a refugee camp in Algiers. She has only heard her grandmother and grandfather talk about her country, about the...

Skal vi være kærester? is a 1997 Danish short film directed by Birger Larsen. In the story, a boy tries to win a girl's heart through the...

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

The true story of a young man's battle with bone cancer and his family's fight to carry him through. Written and Directed by the older brother of the...