coming of age

In a typical day at swim practice our protagonist is bombarded by the whistling of her eccentric coach, the majesty of the older swimmers, the horror of getting her period, and naughty ...

Unsatisfied with college, a filmmaker leaves everything behind to join two friends on their bike trip across the world.

Hop, a wanna-be-alpha bunny, and his timid son, Juniper, struggle to see eye to eye on their first hunting trip together, as Hop expects his son to take on a role that so clearly goes ...

A lifetime of loneliness ends when Elise meets a kindred spirit, finally finding understanding and friendship in an unexpected encounter.

A coming of age celebration about the year of 2023 through the eyes of a young filmmaker.

The year is 1968. Five teenage boys dream of running a movie theater in which they will not show pro-war films. One summer afternoon Giò, Delfo, Max, Ricky and Paolo learn to become ...

A bolstering eruption of chaos and boyhood; an exploration of the human body and how it interacts with the soul.

The three Kadamba Geleyara Balaga (KGB) heads must woo a local Insta influencer, defy wealthier rivals, rally neighborhood elders for funds to set up their Bullet Ganesha pandal; all ...

Everything in 20-something Sinchana's life is high-stakes - her nightmares, her crush, getting her dad's permission to step out of the house. But still, her life looks good until it is ...

Angus, a lonely grocery store worker, finds an unlikely friend in a lobster after working a long night shift.

Spin the bottle. Get stuck in a small room with the person you hate the most for seven minutes. Deal with his egotism. At the end of the timer, neither of you is going to see the other ...

A black teen is determined to make it as a heavy metal artist in defiance of his father, a failed jazz musician.

During the last summer of 2012, before the world's coming to an end according to Maya prophecy.. two best-friend will spend their last couple of days looking for a sign of aliens that ...

Ben is given a Cactus as a gift for his 18th birthday. He places it down on his desk. As this cactus's life passes so does Ben's. He graduates high school and finds himself in a ...

A short film about a child's desire to reach adulthood sooner and a young adult's hopelessness in returning to the carefree stage of life. Attempts at making time move quicker and the ...

In this graduation film and modern interpretation of the famous epic, Odysseus relates how he, after winning the Trojan War, resolutely returns to his home in Ithaca. A story about ...

In a small town of 1960's India, where cinema is forbidden for women, a 14-year-old embarks on a quest to watch her first film.

Bekir is a teenager who has isolated himself from his surroundings and peers. A writer who crosses his path in an unfortunate moment will be the beginning of a chain of mysterious ...

Set in 2003, Quinn and Cyrus are a closeted gay couple fighting through the nature of their sweet teen fling turned drug-fueled toxic relationship. Quinn wants a real boyfriend, but ...

Malika chases a career in basketball but feels constrained by a lack of financial resources that leads to insecurity about her future.

Locked in her apartment, a teenager shares her relationship with food.

A young woman discovers second-wave feminism, while meeting with her estranged half-sister, as they encounter the grief, rage, jealousy and injustice that govern their lives. The ...

Ina, an introverted 11-year-old immigrant, finds herself captivated by Petra, a new classmate coming from the same country as her. Faced with the newcomer’s indifference towards her, ...

Gita, a distraught teenager forced to be a badminton player by her authoritarian father, finds a way out through a strange request she proposed to her boyfriend.

In this coming-of-age story, a once-close mother-daughter relationship takes a tumultuous turn as they navigate the challenging journey of growing up. As the daughter blossoms into her ...

Following a tumultuous breakup, a young college student tries to win back her ex-girlfriend by performing in a confessional-style poetry slam.

Elena wants to record her song in a good studio. Desperate, she reconnects with an old privileged friend to ask for the money.

It is 1810 and fifteen year old Jane is about to meet her fiancée and get her period. Both for the first time. And at the same time.

Óscar has two faithful partners: Lucas, his best friend since childhood, and his Super 8 film camera. Right when he starts shooting his new short film with Lucas as the main lead, he ...

The perpetual underdog, Wanja gets the unique chance to start a career as an architect and becomes an adult. Amongst all the new privileges she starts missing the friends from her youth.

Sixteen-year-old Micki never met her parents. Raised by her ex-gangster grandfather Pops and crazy Uncle Sal, she develops a scheme to set her family up for life. A simple robbery, a ...

The film follows different stages in the life of Sofía, a young girl born in Argentina of Chinese descent. From her childhood to her adulthood, she's conflicted by the clash and fusion ...

A young woman grapples with the untimely death of her sister, seeking solace in an imagined reality where they grew up together.

Three children Ayu, Agus and Laras share something in common - their struggles and living on the fringes of society unite them. Ayu dances so she can get money to pay for her school ...

Timid 14-year old 'Baduday' develops a crush on the new guy in their neighborhood, but he only sees her as a child. With only her best friend’s lip tint and a whole lot of imagination ...