Childhood

I Am Somebody is the inspiring story about six street-connected children who represent their country at the Street Child World Cup in Qatar, which will change their lives...

When a war suddenly breaks out, a 14-year-old boy finds himself faced with a decision that could save his family, with no time to think, he embarks on a treacherous 250 kilometer journey to...

Death at Torrevieja is a portrait of a stuck Spain, living on the daily and looking for easy money, working to attract and serve tourists, getting trapped in a vicious cycle of fast income in the summer and financial drought in the winter. Chetia thinks she’s the queen of Torrevieja, a NEET that makes money scamming tourists in illegal balconing bets, but her reality is far more difficult when she gets home: she has to take care of her son, Yeray, a kid she felt forced to have and that Bes...

Balika tells the story of Dipendra and Sushmita, two teenagers living in an orphanage in Kathmandu. The protagonists, like all his friends, were abandoned by their...

In a cabin lost in the woods, Isaac undergoes strange transformations when night falls. During daylight, his father Aarón heals his wounds and protects him from the adverse while the two of them accept that Isaac is transforming into a...

Independence Day in Athens. A girl is not allowed to play with the boys. Neither is a small boy, an immigrant’s son.The girl lights a small fire and tells a small lie about the boy. Small lies easily get out of control. So do small racist...

Three children wander along the Cuban coast. There, they have created their own world and are free: the sound of the wind and waves is their music, and shells are their toys. However, as the day slips by, we begin to see a darker dimension to their intimacy and...

A group of children and adolescents, from Mexico and Latin America, waits in shelters of Tijuana for a resolution to the asylum request to enter the US. The wait is long and...

Melién is 15 years old and has an incredible imagination. She loves to read mystery books, draw monsters and write horror stories. She is happy with her way of being, even though at school they say she is “The strangest girl in the world”. But, the problem she has is above that, apparently, her drawings are coming to...

On Christmas Eve, a peasant family embarks into a surprising revelation about the absence of a dear loved one and the unsettling presence of spooks in the...

In the drought-stricken town of Agua Dulce, in the California High Desert, a ten year old girl challenges her grandfather, a cranky retired firefighter, to follow a crazy plan and bring water back to the dry...

Lucia has been asking his father for a party for some time. But when he finally decides to organize it, she doesn't feel like coming out of her room. Oscar is also invited and he must attend, he has no choice. He doesn't want to go because he knows he won't have a good time there. It's Halloween...

Everybody has a mother. But motherhood still remains a state filled with silences. Between society’s mandate to be a ‘good mother’ -always patient, caring, happy and the reality of mothers around the world. Aiming to break this silence through candid interviews with mothers of all backgrounds and generations in Latin America, MALAMADRE narrates the untold story of motherhood, from the mother’s point of...

Mothers of Derick portrays the daily life of these four women who, together, raise Derick, a nine-year-old boy. The four women – lesbians, bisexuals, non-monogamists and anarchists – built a house to raise their child in a forest on Brazil's southern coast, despite threats of expulsion by the...

A young boy, Anselmo, faces his fears of bullies and his drunk abusive father. He escapes reality by reading his comic-book "The Mighty Blitz" and learns to stand up for himself with the help of his...

Claudia returns to the old family house where she used to spend the summers. Once there, she is haunted by ghosts of her past, seeing no other option but to face the truth from which she has been running all her...

In the Madrid of the 80s, Ivan, a five-year-old boy, is confronted with the birth of a new brother. His sister is dad´s favorite, the newborn is mom’s favorite. Which place does he take in this new situation? What if He could fly and...

Every morning at school, when girls and boys stand in their lines, Sam, a child who thinks of himself as an extraterrestrial being, is confronted with his situation: he doesn’t fit into this society where everything has to be classified. However, thanks to a teacher he will find his place in the...

The story of María José Corrales, a flamenco dancer and teacher who lives in Barbate, Spain, a town affected by unemployment and hashish...

Raúl, a teenager with cerebral palsy shows his concerns and thoughts through a mime. Among them, David's life, a boy with autism who loves planes and is always carrying with...

Every year in Spain, some 16,000 Fiestas are organized, during which animals are used. Honoring the Holy Virgin and the Patron Saints, and with the blessing of religious and political authorities, entire towns -including children- are involved in celebrations of unbelievable cruelty. 60,000 animals are hence abused each year during these “Fiestas of...

An inspiring story about Paul, a 12-year-old boy from the township Dunoon in Capetown, South-Africa. Paul has a dream, a dream he thinks about the whole day; he wants to become a surfer. But for boys from Dunoon it's not easy to surf. There is no transport to the beach and there is no money for...

Jirka (Petr Stehlik), an aspiring MMA fighter picks up his son Radek (Tomas Jelsik) for a weekend of father-son activities, but when the weather ruins their plan, Jirka decides to show Radek his prowess in the cage in a though match, that Radek is less than enthused...

A bride calls her best friend so scared few hours before her...

Irene is eight years old and has just awakened from a horrible...

Do you believe in...

A group of homeless children in Durban are chosen to represent South Africa in the first ever Street Child World Cup. For them, football might be a way to a brighter...

As a toddler, Philly Mayer was healthy and happy. A chubby baby, he was quick to laugh and eager to get up on his own feet. And then, before his first birthday, Philly suddenly stopped walking. His motor skills began to deteriorate. After a slew of tests and endless emotional upheaval, doctors diagnosed Philly with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a genetic disease that occurs in an estimated 1 out of every 6,000 births and leaves the spine underdeveloped. His parents were told that he would not live...

At Camp Winston, uniqueness truly is the norm. The camp accepts children with complex neurological disorders, that include Autism, Tourette Syndrome, and Asperger’s Syndrome. Filmed against the backdrop of a beautiful Muskoka, Canada summer, these children, so often branded as different, are given the opportunity to grow a little, have a bit of fun, learn, and be embraced for exactly who they...

Young people staying in the institute under maximum security ''Almafuerte'' experience their first approach to the audiovisual record. The camera is a rabid toy that generates them fascination and rescues them an innocent smile that seemed forgotten in the...

The remains of an ancient circus can still be seen on the outskirts of a big...