Coming of Age Tag Archive

Live Action

Luigi Sibona Filters a Child’s Personal Apocalypse Through a Magical Realism Lens in ‘Far From the Plains’

An urban stable becomes a sanctuary for a boy carrying his mother's grief as great storms loom in Luigi Sibona's Grey Moth produced South London short.

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Live Action

Grace Tan Transforms Trauma Into a Story of Visceral Reclamation Through the Radical Power of Queer Pole Dance

Grace Tan navigates personal grief and the physical vocabulary of pole dance to transform Madison Godfrey’s memoir-in-verse into a triumphant short film.

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Live Action, Premiere

Mylissa Fitzsimmons Navigates the Messy Territory of Performing Adulthood in Two-Hander Motel Drama ‘I’m Not Sure’

Mylissa Fitzsimmons unpacks crafting a predatory game, blocking actor movement in a cramped motel to amplify the tension of every glance and approach.

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Live Action

Emma Miranda Moore Reconstructs a Pivotal Evening Through Fractured Memory in Haunting Drama Short ‘That Night’

Emma Miranda Moore explores how we rebuild—not just recall—our pasts, using jazz-like editing and a constantly moving camera to question memory

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Live Action, Premiere

Amir Youssef Constructs a Tender Child’s-Eye View of Personal Loss Amongst Historical Rupture in ‘Dawn Every Day’

Using wide lenses and a meticulous B&W palette, director Amir Youssef locks us at eye-level with an eight-year-old boy grappling with a world coming apart.

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Live Action, Premiere

Love and Loathing Intertwine in Katie Lambert’s Perfectly Formed Teenage Desire Comedy ‘I Hate Helen’

Katie Lambert take us all back to school and maps out the disco choreography and swimming pool shooting of her effervescent coming of age comedy short.

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Live Action

Imran Perrettas ‘Ish’ Captures the Seismic Heartbreak of a Childhood Friendship Fracturing Under External Pressures

Imran Perretta details using black & white to recast Luton as a timeless landscape in his story of a friendship torn apart by a racially profiled police

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Live Action, Premiere

Callie Carpinteri Derails Female Sex Shaming in Her Empowering Comedic Drama ‘Dirty Towel’

Callie Carpinteri recounts the motivation that led her and Emma Parks to provide a fresh take on sex, shame and self-worth in their coming-of-age short film.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Middle-Aged Woman’s Entire World Slowly Unravels in Nick Richardson’s Powerful Monologue Short ‘Still Life’

Nick Richardson shares how the women he grew up around inspired his intimate character study of a middle-aged woman who suddenly finds her life in freefall.

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Live Action, Premiere

Gerardo Coello Escalante Transforms Childhood Status Symbols Into Devastating Class Commentary in ‘Business Trip’

Gerardo Coello Escalante dissects how he confronted cultural malinchismo through his story of a sneaker revelation that unravels a Mexican boy's worldview.

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Documentary

Lucy Knox Weaves Voices of Adolescence Into a Poignant Snapshot of Youth, Growth and Modern Struggles in ‘Eighteen’

Lucy Knox jumps into her newest offering weaving the collective hopes, dreams and fears of a generation tipping into adulthood into a cultural snapshot of now.

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Music Video

Giada Bossi Blurs the Space Between Film and Music Video in ‘To Call Home Always The Same Place’

Giada Bossi breaks down how she and musician Arssalendo built a visual/sonic journey capturing the vibrant euphoria and profound introspection of adolescence.

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