Some of the biggest names in Aussie music assemble in this youth-focused road-trip movie about the bonds we make when we throw caution to the wind.

Bold works from emerging Australian and New Zealand filmmakers.

Preview the next generation of homegrown directors.

Normal People’s Paul Mescal stars in this drama about a father–daughter bond and the small moments that build it, and those that threaten to break it.

Forms collide in this assorted collection of visual storytelling.

An exquisitely told coming-of-age drama about a young Senegalese girl whose relationship with her father undergoes a significant shift.

Impassioned narratives from this continent’s best.

A traumatised girl manifests a dragon in this imaginative fable from acclaimed visual artist Del Kathryn Barton, starring Simon Baker and Yael Stone.

A crowd favourite at Sundance, Brian and Charles is a quirky, cheerful comedy about robots, cabbages and friendship.

An exciting American director transforms an ordinary childhood into something sublime – and even sacred.

A delicately handled documentary portrait of a sparky teen girl torn between her community’s traditions and an independent future.

Star-crossed teens meet across time, space and ancient myth in this romantically ravishing journey through the cosmic cycle of life and death.

Mixing realism and myth, this award-winning film uses a unique animation style to tell the story of two war-torn siblings with beauty, light and hope.

Far-reaching, resonating subjects pulled from various corners of the world.

Acclaimed filmmaker Maya Newell (Gayby Baby) collaborates with trans trailblazer Georgie Stone for this story of activism and gender affirmation.

Unconventional cinema that tests the boundaries of form and function.

Actor Charlotte Le Bon makes a bold directorial debut with this haunting coming-of-age romance set during a summer vacation, straight from Cannes.

Stories about unfathomable loss and forbidden lust. These storytellers reflect colonisation's continued impact on the people left in its wake.

In this Safdies-produced coming-of-age black comedy, a comic-book nerd thinks he’s hit the jackpot when he meets a cranky fiftysomething ex-colourist.

Three of Italy’s finest filmmakers take to the road to craft a humanistic portrait of the country today, as seen through the eyes of its youth.

This Sundance winner offers a timely, immersive glimpse at the lives of Ukrainian children near the frontlines of the pre-invasion war with Russia.

Marion Cotillard stars in this powerful, Gothic coming-of-age tale from Lucile Hadžihalilović, based on a late-19th-century novella by Frank Wedekind.

Remarkable short-form favourites from Cannes, Sundance and Berlin.

An award-packed cornucopia from directors known and new.

A revealing (in more ways than one) look at sexually charged gay youth and the connections made in the heat of naked self-discovery.

A girl and her community prepare for her Ihuk, the once-dormant coming-of-age ceremony of the Karuk tribes of Northern California.

An imaginative, deeply personal story about the tensions that develop between an immigrant mother and a young woman as she prepares to head abroad.

A Male is a distinctly authentic coming-of-age story that doubles as a smart and probing study of the havoc wreaked by toxic masculinity.

The first Australian film to win the prestigious Clermont-Ferrand International Grand Prix, Mate is a relentless encounter with self-destruction.

Animation, Alan Cumming and an academic hoax come together in this stranger-than-fiction documentary about an infamous Scottish scandal.

Hirokazu Kore-eda protégé Ema Kawawada debuts with this heart-rending drama exploring the little-seen world of Kurdish asylum seekers in Japan.

When strangers appear outside her window and lure her mother away, seven-year-old Sophie follows.

Goran Stolevski’s heart-meltingly tender, quintessentially Melbourne queer coming-of-age tale will make you swoon from beginning to end.

Goran Stolevski’s heart-meltingly tender, quintessentially Melbourne queer coming-of-age tale will make you swoon from beginning to end.

In this powerfully unsettling examination of consent and predation, which won a Sundance Directing Award, a teenager falls for a man twice her age.

The first Korean animated short to be selected for Cannes’s competition, Persona is a bizarre trip through the toxic beauty standards of social media.

The cruelty of teenage girls is more distressing than the growing pile of bloodied bodies in this ferocious study of the horrors of bullying.

A gripping child’s-eye view of the cycles of bullying and how the schoolyard mirrors the ‘playground’ of adult life.

An adopted young French woman journeys back and forth over several years to connect with her Korean roots – but she’s not sure what she’s looking for.

The story of a lamb and a boy faced with the challenge of becoming a man.

A Karachi schoolgirl’s world falls apart after she shares a sensual dance video with her virtual boyfriend, who proceeds to blackmail her.

Women open up about menstruation, childbirth and their bodies in this cathartic 1974 feminist documentary.

A poetic and powerful drama about a Syrian teenager who returns from a long day in the field to discover she’s about to be sold into marriage.

For one teenager, queer identity collides with familial expectation and the intricacies of the immigrant experience.

A mother’s love for her son is tested by his increasingly alarming behaviour.

Made in collaboration with the Oglala Lakota community, Riley Keough and Gina Gammell’s Cannes Caméra d’Or winner is a powerful tale of coming of age.

From the ancient past to a dystopian future, this genre-hopping First Nations anthology film challenges colonial myths and celebrates resistance.

An rare look at life in the Central African Republic as four students are thrown personal and emotional curveballs on their path to a better future.

Winner of Cannes’ Short Film Queer Palm, this tender, ethereal essay follows a Chinese filmmaker returning home in search of love and acceptance.

Toronto’s 2021 Platform Prize winner is a vibrant yet bittersweet portrait of adolescent girlhood colliding with the weight of cultural expectations.