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Films about Children
Childhood has been an obsession for filmmakers since the birth of cinema.
While some of these films are suitable for young audiences, these are films about, rather than for, children. Many of the titles are taken from the features discovered in Mark Cousins’ wonderful A Story of Children and Film, with hard-to-see titles from around the world, including Crows, about a neglected girl who kidnaps another girl and acts as her surrogate mother, and charming Iranian fable The Boot.
More recent works include the multi award-winning Beasts of the Southern Wild, for which Quvenzhané Wallis became the youngest ever nominee for the best actress award, the moving tale from the Dardenne brothers, The Kid with a Bike, and The First Grader, the inspiring true story of a Kenyan man who returned to school aged 84.
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Beasts of the Southern WildBeasts of the Southern Wild
Drama201293 minsDirector: Benh Zeitlin
Set in a Deep South delta, Zeitlin’s feature debut takes a child’s eye view of poverty, adult apathy and ecological crisis. Hallucinatory fare
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The Kid with a Bike The Kid with a Bike
Drama201187 minsDirector: Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
The Dardennes' powerful, award-winning drama tells of a troubled and volatile young teenager abandoned by his dad and 'adopted' by a hairdresser
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The First GraderThe First Grader
Drama201199 minsDirector: Justin Chadwick
Inspiring true story of a Kenyan man who returned to school aged 84. With Oliver Litondo and Naomie Harris.
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Supersonic SaucerSupersonic Saucer
Children's195651 minsDirector: Guy Fergusson
A baby from Venus saves the day with his superpowers in this charming sci-fi tale produced by the Children's Film Foundation.