Childhood Movies

In an Andean village in Peru, in 1982, Tato, a 12-year-old boy is forced into exile when his family is threatened.

Baldies – What About My Hair? is an animated short about a fearless group of kids battling cancer who meet in hospital and turn their fight...

Rafael is a creative boy who finds support in his grandmother and sister to be his true self, despite the prejudiced looks around him, drawing...

How have the changing views on children been reflected in their representation in art? From Baby Jesus to the first photographic portraits, an...

10 year old Maude is too young to understand why her mother disapproves of their new butch neighbour. But Maude does understand she can’t be...

Roch Carrier recounts the most mortifying moment of his childhood. At a time when all his friends worshipped Maurice "Rocket" Richard and wore his...

During her traumatic childhood with an abusive father, Emma relied on an imaginary friend for strength. She is now an artist struggling with mental...

Radit wants to take part in the Campground Week which will be held by his elementary school. But he turned into sadness and disappointment because...

A 13 years old girl is forced to go living with another family for reasons unknown.

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 descent into the maelstrom of anguish that tormented Arthur Lipsett, a famed Canadian experimental filmmaker who died at 49. A diary transmuted...

His school is closed. There are no other children on those mountains. To keep studying, this young kid must go to another place - unknown place. He...

A reflection on love and identity with detours towards magical realism, which winks at the oral tradition of coastal populations and introduces us to...

A young girl grows up in the company of her imaginary friend, a silent and friendly monster. As she matures and experiences all the joy and tragedy...

Experiencing extreme sleep deprivation for months, a young man tape-records his memories for preservation against sinister, clandestine watchers.

Between parental love, youth welfare offices and bureaucracy, three educators try their hardest to create a temporary home for children. This is not...

Two 9-year-old boys, Jontti and Länki, grow up in a Finnish seaside town in the 1960s. Länki's biggest dream is to run away on a ship to...

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...