Curated by filmmaker Mark Cousins, The Cinema of Childhood presents a selection of the best films about childhood. Many have rarely, if ever, been shown in UK cinemas, so this is your once-in-a-lifetime chance to enjoy them all. Feel young again. See the world through the eyes of a child.
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Willow and Wind
A school window has been broken and the culprit isn’t allowed back into class until he mends it. Determined to right his wrong, he carries…
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Little Fugitive
After their mother leaves them home alone in New York for the weekend, seven-year-old Joey is tricked into thinking he has killed his brother with…
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Palle Alone in the World
A boy wakes up to find that he’s alone in the world. Deserted, silent Copenhagen becomes his giant playground. Adapting a famous novel, Astrid Henning-Jensen…
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A Story of Children and Film
Two children, Laura and Ben, play in a room in Edinburgh. At first they are shy, then they get stroppy, show off, tell stories and…