Childhood Movies

Ever since she was a little girl, Iris has wanted to be a filmmaker. For the last five years though, she's been trapped working in reality...

A boy's careless childhood is interrupted when he finds out about his parents' decision to divorce.

The Story Of Leonora is a short film about a little girl who is given a red eye by two giant water bears and follows her demon to the edge of another...

What does it mean to belong to a place, a country? In a south Tel Aviv elementary school, that question is addressed head-on by a fourth-grade class...

Reclaiming what was once stolen from him, a man journeys back to the place of his childhood nearly 80 years after his world came crashing down.

Nostalgic story that revolves around 'Dogu,' a mysterious clay doll.

A short film about dead parents and play, made by 10 year old Janne Elens.

A young woman rediscovers childhood letters, prompting a journey to align present struggles with past dreams. Through challenges and self-discovery,...

While on vacation with Meï at her grandfather's place, Lili decides to build a plane to go and visit the person she misses.

A zebu disappears while children are drawing it. They find it again in the woods. The notes of a harp accompany their multi-coloured joy. This short...

As I´m tiny, the night seems to dark to me, so I swicht on the light in case the wardrobe monster is scared.

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...

Fatma and her mother are Kurdish refugees living in Italy. One day at the hospital, Fatma learns her mother has breast cancer.

An experimental short film about sensory seeking behaviour in childhood. Filmed on VHS.

A house on a small island. As usual, Jules spends his holidays with his parents. One day, the boy ventures into ruins and discovers a box full of...

In 1986, Ross McElwee (Sherman's March) and Marilyn Levine were making a film about the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall, when the imposing...

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...

A lonely 40-year-old man sits on the balcony of a Finnish apartment building. Joonas Berghäll has learned that he will die in 14 years’...

In deep introspection, a Black actor sought for some answer when he found his childhood computer, he explores a video game he started creating when...