Coming of Age

I Want To Live On Mars

By Abhishek Sharma | March 2024

Written and directed by Mariya Somova, I Want To Live On Mars is a coming-of-age teen drama. However, the narrative thrust is not typical…

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Written and directed by Mariya Somova, I Want To Live On Mars is a coming-of-age teen drama. However, the narrative thrust is not typical of the genre....

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I had the privilege to interview directors Raul Sanchez and Pasal Gutierrez, discussing their film Shut Up & Fish. They share their experiences from...

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The French Canadian coming-of-age animated feature, When Adam Changes (Adam Change Lentement), written and directed by Joel Vaudreuil, paints a bullseye...

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NOW ON NETFLIX! Only in Narnia will you find a boy more devoted to a white witch than the Stevie Nicks-loving Benny (Keir Tallman) in indigenous...

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AWARD THIS! 2023 NOMINEE! Every young person faces a crossroads in their life. They must choose between a comfortable go-nowhere life or making something...

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People get into all sorts of silly situations in life. Most of these you would think could never happen in a film or those that do make it to the large...

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How would you spend that final year if you were given a year to live? Living for yourself or living for others? This question is explored in Quentin Lee's...

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No adolescent can escape the draw of peer pressure. From the directing duo Cliqua, Shut Up & Fish is the coming-of-age tale of Aiden and his...

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Troubled children in need of parental love and a stable home have been a staple of French cinema as far back as Jean Vigo's films from the 1930s, as well...

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NOW ON VIMEO! In Big Break, writer-director Julian Berger taps into that moment of our biggest heartbreak and then walks us through when we can put it...

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