Movies: Difficult childhood

"Childhoods without Borders: Voices in Motion" is a documentary in which migrant boys and girls narrate the experiences and challenges they have faced in search of a better life....

A bitter coming-of-age story about boy who grows up in a remote Bosnian village shortly after World War II....

A lonely twelve-year-old boy with problem parents experiments with drugs and enters an idealised fantasy world....

Maya is Ayaibex's daughter, an addict in recovery that feels a blame for damages that caused her daughter, Maya decides to remember her mother's childhood experiences in her world of addiction to seek the redemption of the weight that her mother has ...

Božidarka Frajt (playing herself) is an actress who is unsuccessfully looking for a job in Zagreb. The film follows her everyday life: she spends time with her friends and colleagues, shoots a television commercial, goes to a party, remembers her dif...

Set in the pastoral mountains of northern Iran, eight-year-old Sahand has been rendered mute by the loss of his mother during the war. He is taken care of by his older sister as he struggles to process his trauma....

Jordy, a 12 years old dreamer, has locked himself into the imaginary universe of his favorite movie, “Stand by me”. His elder brother Chris never leaves his bedroom. One day, Jordy adventurously uses vouchers he’s been given to explore the haunt of ...

When his father runs off and his mother hooks up with a mustachioed new beau, eleven-year-old Mark becomes convinced that an uninvited talkative space alien, going by the name "Split," has taken up telepathic residence in his mind, and is leading him...

A student searching for hope recalls his childhood memories...

In a world left behind, 12-year old Clara Is forced to take care of her dying father...

The family breaks up. The boy Jonukas feels very lonely. He wants to find his mother himself. The search is long and difficult....

Rapper and breakdancer Teekay from Eindhoven is known for his somersaults and vlogs that are causing a stir. During the corona riots in 2021, he not only gained national fame as a vlog reporter, but also ended up briefly in jail. After his junior yea...

A look at the trials and tribulations of school and childhood....

A young man, severely addicted to drugs due to childhood abuse, has his life impacted even further after a meeting with his dealer goes horribly wrong....

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 and live another day of small conflicts and family omissions. But this may not be a Saturday like any...

A short film we made that brought together collectively all of our fears...

Gum is a child born and raised at Gamboa island. He admires his older brother, who works as baggage carrier for tourists. Gum wants to be like him....

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Franz Holl, 6 years old, is sent off by his mother and stepfather to live on his father's farm. His father turns out to be a mischievous man who won't grant him any chance in life. The roles are played by amateur actors from Carinthia....