Childhood Movies

By a hot summer day on the lakeshore, three siblings face death for the first time through their contact with nature.

Heta ysyryre gueteri jahasata. Translating from guaraní: Many ways to go! Olga inhabits this world. Just like every day, Olga gets up to have coffee a...

Arthur, a young boy with a wild imagination, develops a preoccupation with death and disease and begins to explore mortality in the vivid images he se...

Ma and his friends trace a sea monster from a fairy tale they heard on the floating island.

A normal day for little Riko at home and at school. A vivid snapshot pervaded by the calm flow of reality that creates an authentic sense of wonder.

A father recounts to his daughter the extraordinary journey of four young explorers throughout the world. Fascinated by this story, the little girl wi...

A reflection of childhood memories back home seen through the eyes of a young girl.

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 po...

Three boys grow up in war torn Syria.

Childhood best friends Eelu and Manu waste their last afternoon together trapped in the local beauty parlour, drinking, napping and fighting.

A new documentary film about the nature of play, risk and hazard, set in a European adventure playground. Here, children climb trees, light fires and...

A story inspired by real events that took place in the port of Valparaiso. Four poor children have been abandoned because their father, who is out of...

A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother.

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 young...

Twenty-one-year-old Julia had to leave her daughters under the care of a children's shelter house. Five years later, Julia keeps fighting to rebuild h...