Childhood Movies

A young girl, frustrated with the never-ending peace process, hopes to hand over a letter containing her suffering and dreams of independence to the...

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

Embarka, Sahrawi girl, born in a world that wasn't her world.

Hit Him on the Head with a Hard, Heavy Hammer departs from the handwritten memoir of the filmmaker’s father and his experience of displacement...

A film student returns to his family home in search of identity, uncovering hidden family secrets and discovering that the answers he seeks lie...

In this quiet, naturalistic dramatic short, six-year old Sarah grapples with understanding mortality after the sudden death of her older brother,...

Yadira, a creative young Cuban girl, struggles packing on her final day home. Embarking on an immigration journey alone, her suitcase feels too small...

Living in a village full of slopes can drive you mad. Those who have climbed them in the old-fashioned way are fully aware of that. What they...

A nine-year old girl, Naha, who in day-to-day life studies primary education en Wilaya de Smara is the point of departure for this documentary....

Solidarity in the eyes of Sahrawis’s children

A poetic exploration of the multi-generational affects of Canada's Indian Residential School system, based on the personal trials of Aboriginal...

A reflection about growing up

A girl disappears without a trace while playing hide and seek with her friend. The friend is asked to explain how it happened, but the adults around...

The story follows Iris at three points in her life: childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Divided into three chapters, the narrative adapts the...

The story of a man who remembers his last happy moments with his father.

Morocco, 2004. Adil, aged 11, spends the summer playing with his friends and waiting for his idol, Olympic runner Hicham El Guerrouj, to compete in...