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Growing Up Is Hard To Do

Year 2011
Runtime 85 mins

TURNING
DIRECTOR Karni Arieli and Saul Freed, UK, 2010, 10 MIN
Robert’s sixth birthday is a magical event thanks to his endless imagination and a
visit from three glorious old birds.

POOKA
DIRECTOR Maurey Loeffler, Canada, 2011, 23 MIN
A poignant coming of age story about an awkward teenager named Abigail Cooke
and her imaginary friends.

GRANDMA MUST GET DRY
DIRECTOR Alfredo Covelli, Italy, 2011, 14 MIN
When a beloved Italian winery owner leaves her estate to the people, her family
desperately tries to reclaim their inheritance, but the key may lie with her young
grandson.

BUKOWSKI
DIRECTOR Daan Bakker, Netherlands, 2010, 10 MIN
The poet laureate of drunks, druggies and degenerates everywhere, Charles
Bukowski lives on in the form of 12-year-old Tom.

SCENES FROM THE SUBURBS
DIRECTOR Spike Jonze, USA, 2011, 28 MIN
The life-or-death scale of teenage emotions is made manifest in this short from
Spike Jonze (ADAPTATION, WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE), inspired by Arcade
Fire’s album, THE SUBURBS.