Childhood Movies

A decade spanning story of love, loss, and memory, witnessed through the lens of a working-class family.

A young Dutch girl (my mother, filmed by my father in-love). A little redhead (me, filmed by my father). Boys (my brothers). And through the images...

Embark upon a dreamlike journey into childhood stories as they become broken bits of tales and images always in the back of our minds, just out of...

Tippi is no ordinary child. She believes that she has the gift of talking to animals and that they are like brothers to her. 'I speak to them with my...

Blending candid interviews, experimental moments, and reflective narration, this 55-minute personal doc explores what it means to grow up when the...

Little María has been left in the care of her grandmother Matilde. The relationship between them is not very good. While María spends...

Marcos tells his grandmother Julia about the last summer that Alzheimer's allowed them to enjoy together. He helps her remember what their walks in...

Mizuki Kiyama's short animation utilizes a paint on glass technique to render a young girl's visit to a neighborhood sento (bath house) with her...

James May celebrates the toys that made his childhood hell as he opens the lid on his sisters' toy box. Sandwiched between elder sister Jane and...

During a cold night, 9-year-old Ana has her room invaded by the Tailorman, an evil spirit who seeks an innocent soul. She is only safe when within...

Habub and Marcos establish a relationship through “video letters” during the wintertime. Through these videos, we see what daily life is...

Jose, an eleven-year-old luchador, retreats into a fantasy world until it is infiltrated by a tough 12-year-old girl. He uses his vivid imagination...

Oli wants to finish her book. Jo wants to get over her breakup. What they don't want is to share a house.

Marina, a trans woman and singer in São Paulo's nightlife, reunites with her father, who has Alzheimer's, after years of estrangement. In an...

Amirali who has came to Iran for a short trip 7 years after his emigration to Germany, goes with his old friend Mahyar to their family villa in the...

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

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...

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...

I was very small, but I still clearly remember. Dad and mum didn't see it but I, I knew straight away. What was in the crib wasn't my little brother....