teenager - The Film Verdict

If We Don’t Burn, How Do We Light Up the Night

Posted by Lucy Virgen | Sep 24, 2025 | Featured, Festivals, San Sebastian 2025 |

Kim Torres’ first film is a sober and sensitive coming-of-ager.

Muna

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 16, 2024 | Berlinale 2024, Festivals, Verdict Shorts |

A teenager navigates the social pressures of school and the expectations of family in Muna, a thoughtful coming-of-age drama about personal desires and dislocated grief.

Gasoline Rainbow

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 7, 2023 | Festivals, VENICE 2023 |

The freewheeling independence of the open road is given a Gen-Z spin in the Ross Brothers’ kinetic and affecting hybrid documentary, Gasoline Rainbow.

Sea Salt

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 5, 2023 | Festivals, VENICE 2023, Verdict Shorts |

The inconsistencies of adolescence are the challenges of burgeoning womanhood are central to Leila Basma’s knotty and intoxicating coming-of-age short, Sea Salt.

Tag: teenager

If We Don’t Burn, How Do We Light Up the Night

Muna

Gasoline Rainbow

Sea Salt