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Babies 2010
Documentary
A non-narrated documentary following the lovesome lives of four infants from birth to their first birthday. The babies featured are two from rural areas: Ponijao from Opuwo, Namibia, and Bayar from Bayanchandmani, Mongolia, as well as two from urban areas: Mari from Tokyo, Japan, and Hattie from San Francisco, USA.
The sides of Babies
- Four babies in Namibia, Mongolia, Tokyo and San Francisco
- Their first year of life
- No narration, just everyday moments
Good for you if
- you like a gentle, funny watch about babies discovering the world.
- you want something to watch with children.
Bad for you if
- you have no patience for babies. It's 79 minutes of baths, feeding and naps.
- you need a story that moves, not scenes of babies playing.
About: childhood · parenthood · culture
Faces Places 2017
Documentary
Director Agnès Varda and photographer/muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.
The sides of Faces Places
- Agnès Varda and the artist JR
- A photo truck across rural France
- Giant portraits pasted on walls, barns and containers
Good for you if
- you like an old filmmaker and a young artist becoming friends.
- you like a gentle road trip full of kind people.
- you like huge photos of farmers and dockers covering whole buildings.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles to follow Varda and JR chatting in French.
- you need a story that goes somewhere fast.
About: friendship · old age · ordinary people · memory
Spellbound 2002
Documentary
This documentary follows 8 teens and pre-teens as they work their way toward the finals of the Scripps Howard national spelling bee championship in Washington D.C.
The sides of Spellbound
- Eight kids heading for the national spelling bee
- Parents and coaches drilling word lists
- A final round in Washington
Good for you if
- you hold your breath over one letter in a hard word.
- you want kids you root for, from very different homes.
- you like real kids and their real families, followed all the way to the national final.
Bad for you if
- you need more happening than children spelling words.
- you roll your eyes at hard work and the American dream.
About: ambition · immigration · childhood
Mi vecino Totoro 1988
Anime
Dos chicas jóvenes, Mei y Satsuki, se mudan a una nueva casa cerca del hospital en el que se encuentra su madre. En el patio junto a la casa, existe un gran árbol que es el hogar de tres Totoros, dioses de la selva. Poco después, reciben noticias desde el hospital de que su madre no puede venir a casa como había prometido, por lo que Mei (la más joven) se escapa para ir a visitarla. Satsuki tiene que recurrir a un Totoro para ayudar a encontrarla.
Las caras de Mi vecino Totoro
- Dos hermanas en una casa de campo
- Un espíritu gigante del bosque
- Un gato que es un autobús
Buena para ti si
- quieres una película suave y sin ningún villano.
- te gusta la magia que los niños ven en la naturaleza.
- te gustan los arrozales, la lluvia y los bosques.
Mala para ti si
- no ves películas de animación.
- necesitas ritmo. Largas escenas siguen a las niñas explorando la casa y esperando un autobús bajo la lluvia.
Temas: la infancia · la naturaleza · la familia
Little Girl 2020
Documentary
7-year-old Sasha has always known that she is a girl. Sasha’s family has recently accepted her gender identity, embracing their daughter for who she truly is while working to confront outdated norms and find affirmation in a small community of rural France.
The sides of Little Girl
- A seven-year-old girl named Sasha
- A mother fighting for her daughter at school
- A family in rural France
Good for you if
- you like a family standing together around one child.
- you like being moved by a mother's love and doubts.
- you want a gentle, close portrait of a real childhood.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles.
- you can't watch a child face rejection from adults around her.
About: identity · childhood · acceptance · motherhood
The Mole Agent 2020
Documentary
When a daughter becomes concerned about her mother's well-being in a retirement home, private investigator Romulo hires Sergio, an 83-year-old man who becomes a new resident—and a mole inside the home, who struggles to balance his assignment with becoming increasingly involved in the lives of several residents.
The sides of The Mole Agent
- An 83-year-old man hired as a spy
- A retirement home in Chile
- Residents who become his friends
Good for you if
- you like a gentle, funny film with a kind old man at its center.
- you love Sergio and the women he meets in the home.
- you like being moved by loneliness in old age.
Bad for you if
- you want real spy suspense. Sergio's missions are mostly notes and phone calls.
About: old age · loneliness · kindness
Usagi Drop 2011
Anime
By force of circumstances, a 30-year-old single man with a full-time job suddenly starts raising a 6-year-old girl. While running each other ragged, the two of them gradually grow into a "family".
The sides of Usagi Drop
- A single man of thirty taking in a little girl
- Kindergarten runs and school lunches
- A family built day by day
Good for you if
- you like small, warm everyday moments.
- you like Daikichi learning to be a father to Rin.
- you like watching Rin grow up, from her first days at kindergarten.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need stakes bigger than finding a nursery school.
About: parenting · adoption · growing up
Barakamon 2014
Anime
After punching a famous curator in the face for criticizing his work as "textbook and lifeless," Handa Seishuu is sent to Gotō Island to calm his nerves and find new inspiration for his calligraphy. Growing up in the city all his life, though, Handa must adapt to country life while meeting an assortment of quirky people during his tenure.
The sides of Barakamon
- A calligrapher sent away to a small island
- A village girl who never leaves him alone
- Finding his own style far from Tokyo
Good for you if
- you like slow island days of fishing, kids and neighbours dropping by.
- you like a proud city artist outsmarted by a little girl.
- you want a series where nobody gets hurt.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need something bigger to happen than village life.
About: finding your voice · community · growing up
Kedi 2017
Documentary
A profile of Istanbul and its unique people, seen through the eyes of the most mysterious and beloved animal humans have ever known, the Cat.
The sides of Kedi
- Stray cats of Istanbul
- The people who feed them
- A city seen at cat height
Good for you if
- you want a gentle, low-stakes film for a quiet evening.
- you love cats and want to follow them through the streets.
- you like Istanbul filmed at cat height, through alleys and over rooftops.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for the Turkish interviews.
- you need a story that moves, not cats wandering.
About: kindness · the city · animals and people
On the Way to School 2013
Documentary
These children live in the four corners of the earth, but share the same thirst for learning. They understand that only education will allow them a better future and that is why, every day, they must set out on the long and perilous journey that will lead them to knowledge. Jackson and his younger sister from Kenya walk 15 kilometres each way through a savannah populated by wild animals; Carlito rides more than 18 kilometres twice a day with his younger sister, across the plains of Argentina; Zahira lives in the Moroccan Atlas Mountains who has an exhausting 22 kilometres walk along punishing mountain paths before she reaches her boarding school; Samuel from India sits in a clumsy DIY wheelchair and the 4 kilometres journey is an ordeal each day, as his two younger brothers have to push him all the way to school…
The sides of On the Way to School
- Jackson and his sister walking past elephants in Kenya
- Carlito riding a horse across Argentina
- Samuel pushed in a wheelchair by his brothers in India
Good for you if
- you want to show children what getting to school means elsewhere.
- you like savannahs, plains and mountain paths of the Atlas.
- you're moved by children who walk for hours to learn.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles.
- you need a plot, and this is four journeys to class.
About: education · courage · childhood
Non Non Biyori 2013
Anime
Elementary school student Hotaru Ichijou has moved with her parents from Tokyo to the middle of the country. Now she must adapt to her new school, where there are a total of 5 students in the same class who range through elementary and middle school ages. Join their everyday adventures in the countryside.
The sides of Non Non Biyori
- A Tokyo girl moving to the countryside
- A school with five students of all ages
- Rice fields, rivers and long summers
Good for you if
- you want small days where nothing bad ever happens.
- you like quiet country roads, fields and seasons passing.
- you like five children of all ages sharing one classroom and every afternoon after.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need a story that goes somewhere.
About: childhood · friendship · country life
Won't You Be My Neighbor? 2018
Documentary
For more than thirty years, and through his television program, Fred Rogers (1928-2003), host, producer, writer and pianist, accompanied by his puppets and his many friends, spoke directly to young children about some of life's most important issues.
The sides of Won't You Be My Neighbor?
- Fred Rogers and his TV neighborhood
- Puppets talking to children about hard things
- Three decades of archive footage
Good for you if
- you like being moved by plain kindness.
- you want something warm and gentle for the evening.
- you want to know the real man behind the cardigan.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at gentle, sincere speeches.
- you find old television footage dated. Much of it is archive from the 1960s to the 1990s.
About: kindness · childhood · television
The Elephant Whisperers 2022
Documentary
Bomman and Bellie, a couple in south India, devote their lives to caring for an orphaned baby elephant named Raghu, forging a family like no other.
The sides of The Elephant Whisperers
- Bomman and Bellie in south India
- An orphaned baby elephant named Raghu
- Forty minutes in an elephant camp
Good for you if
- you want a gentle film about a couple raising a baby elephant.
- you like the forests of south India and the animals in them.
- you like a family built around an orphaned elephant.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a film in Tamil.
- you want a full evening's film. This one runs forty minutes.
About: care · family · bond with animals
Dolphin Reef 2018
Documentary
Echo is a youngster who can't quite decide if it's time to grow up and take on new responsibilities-or give in to her silly side and just have fun. Dolphin society is tricky, and the coral reef that Echo and his family call home depends on all of its inhabitants to keep it healthy. But Echo has a tough time resisting the many adventures the ocean has to offer.
The sides of Dolphin Reef
- A young dolphin named Echo
- A coral reef in French Polynesia
- Whales and reef creatures
Good for you if
- you like long underwater shots of a living coral reef.
- you want a nature film you can watch with young children.
- you'd rather see the ocean without hunts and blood.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes when animals get names and feelings in the narration.
- you need momentum, and long stretches simply drift along the coral.
About: growing up · the ocean · family
The Gleaners and I 2000
Documentary
Varda focuses her eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads from forgotten corners of the French countryside to off-hours at the green markets of Paris, following those who insist on finding a use for that which society has cast off, whether out of necessity or activism.
The sides of The Gleaners and I
- Agnès Varda with a small digital camera
- People picking up what fields and markets leave behind
- Heart shaped potatoes
Good for you if
- you like meeting real people who live off what others throw away.
- you like Varda herself, filming her own hands and her own age.
- you want a gentle, curious film that wanders where it likes.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles to hear Varda and the gleaners talk in French.
- you need momentum. Varda stops to film trucks on the road and a clock with no hands.
About: waste · ageing · what we keep

Baby's Meal 1895
Documentary
A dad feeds his lunch to a baby.
The sides of Baby's Meal
- Auguste Lumière and his wife feeding their baby
- A family meal in a garden
- Less than a minute of film
Good for you if
- you want to see one of the first films ever shown.
- you like a small family moment saved from 1895.
- you want something gentle with nothing at stake.
Bad for you if
- you want people with a story to follow.
- you need something to happen besides a baby eating.
About: early cinema · parenthood · everyday life
Honeyland 2019
Documentary
When nomadic beekeepers break Honeyland’s basic rule (take half of the honey, but leave half to the bees), the last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and restore natural balance.
The sides of Honeyland
- Hatidze, a wild beekeeper in North Macedonia
- Her old, bedridden mother
- A nomadic family moving in next door
Good for you if
- you like bees, rocks and light in a remote Balkan valley.
- you like a real life filmed over three years, with no narrator.
- you're moved by Hatidze caring for her mother alone.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles.
- you need momentum. The film follows the bees season by season.
About: balance · solitude · greed
David Lynch: The Art Life 2017
Documentary
An intimate journey through the formative years of David Lynch's life. From his idyllic upbringing in small town America to the dark streets of Philadelphia, we follow Lynch as he traces the events that have helped to shape one of cinema's most enigmatic directors.
The sides of David Lynch: The Art Life
- David Lynch talking while he paints
- A childhood in small town America
- Art school in a dark Philadelphia
Good for you if
- you love Lynch and want to see where his strangeness comes from.
- you like watching paintings take shape in his studio.
- you like a portrait of an artist before he became famous.
Bad for you if
- you want answers. Lynch tells his memories and leaves them unexplained.
- you need momentum, and long quiet shots of painting bore you.
About: art · childhood · becoming yourself
Life, Animated 2016
Documentary
At three years old, a chatty, energetic little boy named Owen Suskind ceased to speak, disappearing into autism with apparently no way out. Almost four years passed and the only stimuli that engaged Owen were Disney films. Then one day, his father donned a puppet—Iago, the wisecracking parrot from Aladdin—and asked “what’s it like to be you?” And poof! Owen replied, with dialogue from the movie. Life, Animated tells the remarkable story of how Owen found in Disney animation a pathway to language and a framework for making sense of the world.
The sides of Life, Animated
- A boy with autism who speaks through Disney films
- A family learning his language
- Owen growing up and living on his own
Good for you if
- you like parents and a brother finding a way to reach Owen.
- you're ready to cry when a puppet of Iago gets a reply.
- you like following Owen as he grows up and moves out.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather a story that doesn't end on hope.
- you roll your eyes at heartfelt family moments.
About: autism · communication · family love
Expedition Happiness 2017
Documentary
A German couple and their dog travel across North America in a school bus searching for a state of pure bliss.
The sides of Expedition Happiness
- A German couple and their dog
- A school bus turned into a home
- A road trip across North America
Good for you if
- you like wild landscapes seen from the road.
- you want a gentle film that makes you dream of leaving.
- you like following a real couple and their dog as they turn a school bus into a home.
Bad for you if
- you need real stakes to stay interested.
- you need momentum more than long scenic drives.
About: freedom · happiness · travel