Coming-Of-Age Collection
Coming-Of-Age films are some of the most lauded in film history, from classics such as Rebel Without A Cause and The 400 Blows, to the John Hughes movies of the 80s and beyond, it is one of cinema's most beloved genres. This collection of international films features a multitude of stories all focussed on the exciting, emotionally volatile and perilous period between adolescence and adulthood.
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La Leyenda Negra
"...a deft blend of the intimate and the political that recalls the fire-in-the-belly feistiness of early Spike Lee joints." Screen International
Sundance Film Festival
IndieLisboa International Film Festival
BFI FlareIn writer-director Patricia Vidal Delgado's debut feature, a soon-to-be undo...
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Wander Life
Wander Life is a tender portrait of middle school for introverts. Hinano, a soft spoken and unassuming student, hides from her school mates in fear of being bullied. One day, seeking shelter at the school's infirmary, Hinano befriends her school nurse Shindo. The two confide in each other and Shi...
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Roads In February
Toronto International Film Festival
Göteborg Film Festival
Miami Film FestivalKatherine Jerkovic's poignant, intimate debut feature follows Sarah (Arlen Aguayo-Stewart) who, after the death of her father, travels from Montreal to a small village in Uruguay to visit with her paternal grandmother...
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Demolition Girl
"... among the strongest of recent films to bluntly speak about class difference." Slant Magazine
Slamdance Film Festival
Raindance Film FestivalSet in rural Japan, this is a remarkable coming-of-age drama features a stunning performance by Aya Kitai as the tenacious titular character. She pla...
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Borealis
"Full of rich comic moments and euphoric revelations." Toronto Star
Vancouver International Film Festival Winner
Brooklyn Film Festival
Canadian Film FestivalAn unemployed gambling addict drags his pot-smoking teenage daughter on a road trip to Churchill, Manitoba, in hopes of showing her the ...
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Girls' Encounter
"The filmmaking debut of actress-turned-writer/director Yûka Eda, it might be the latest recent Japanese effort to take on female yearning and marginalisation, but this involving feature is a mature addition to the growing thematic subgenre." - Screen Daily
Hong Kong International Film Festival
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Dhalinyaro (Youth)
Lulu Ali Ismail's directorial debut pens the beautiful and poetic coming of age story of Hibo, Asma, and Deka, three girls navigating their final high school semester. The blossoming young women question what it means to be educated in Djibouti and where class separates them as they select school...
