Adolescence Movies

A disturbing film of lost innocence portraying the experiences of a 12-year-old girl who is torn between the child that she is and the woman that she...

A teenager tests his limits by attending a costume party, where his anxiety manifests itself in the form of a looming shadow.

10 years after being diagnosed with scoliosis, Helena revisits her experience with the orthopedic braces she wore during adolescence.

Charlotte Castang is a working-class 13-year-old girl, who lives in a drab, run-down neighbourhood, and is ready to become an adult. Her mother died...

The peculiar antics of Laurel, an emotionally troubled young girl, are the focus of The Chalk Garden – a stately household drama set on the...

Sone and Utsunomiya are best friends who share the same hobby. When Utsunomiya realizes Sone has become a target of hazing, she offers help, but Sone...

In 1973, the 20-year-old Svante has a heart condition that the doctors cannot fix. When he has a breakdown on a subway platform, a strange train...

Loup, thirteen years old, deaf from birth, spends his summer vacation on a campsite with his mother, Léa. They have developed an exclusive...

Sweet, chubby, theatrical Billy was never cut out to be a farmer or a rugby player, but as the only son of a ‘good kiwi bloke’ he’s...

A young adult recounts childhood memories involving his 6th grade teacher and the lessons she taught, particularly her unconventional assignment: to...

Baby Bagnell is fourteen years old. She has two dead parents and one adult boyfriend. A 1980s coming-of-age story about death, dysfunction, and...

During tender years, a companion can guide you through awkward moments when the heart rules the head, or be a partner in crime in the face of danger....

Two friends, a boy and a girl, at the age of 16, decide to deal with the taboo of being naked.

It’s summer in Copenhagen, it’s a time of endless days and careless nights. Simon is a 23-year-old medical student. He and his friends...

South of the Moon is the story of a young boy and his uncle, one dealing with the complexity and confusion of adolescence, the other with the pain...

Robert Eastwood is an innocent, brought up in a world of Born Again Christianity that's taught him to look for signs and to believe evil in waiting...

These five award-winning coming of age short films offer a glimpse of how boys and young men tackle life's difficult desires: confronting one's...