Ya Koo (1985)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090344/

Director: Franco Rubartelli
Stars: Jose Gregorio Payema, Arantza Fuentes, Emilio Fuentes, Flor Núñez

Pepiwe (played by Jose Gregorio Payema) is a Yanomami boy living in a Catholic mission. After getting into an argument with his teacher about the name of his river (she says Rio Siapa; he calls it Periquitos), Pepiwe decides to return to the jungle to look for his family. He paddles down the Orinoco with his dog and parrot, and during a stopover on land he meets yet another nun (Flor Núñez), but not one from his mission. She pays the boy to show him the way to San Carlos de Rio Negro (by the Colombian border). He reluctantly agrees, but after a day's journey the nun tries to sneak away and loses the canoe. Ya-Koo has elements of a road movie with comically mismatched traveling companions, and the two leads have great chemistry, but it is much more than that. When we see Pepiwe in his own element, wise in his own jungle, feeding and caring for both himself and the lost nun in the beautiful and deadly rain forest, we feel that an entire culture and way of life is being celebrated. And also, perhaps, mourned. Ya-Koo is the Tupi word for good-bye.

Venezuela
In Spanish, with machine translated English subs 
 

Dyo ilioi ston ourano (1991)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0255974/

Δυο ηλιοι στον ουρανο / Dyo ilioi ston ourano / Two Suns in the Sky

Director & Writer: Yiorgos Stamboulopoulos
Stars: Piotr Fronczewski, Benoit Roussel, Katerina Razelou, Nikiforos Naneris, Giorgos Armenis, Panos Thanassoulis, Katerina Didaskalou, Giorgos Kyritsis

A young child brings conflict between a pagan community and an early Christian one.

Greece | Cyprus | France

In Greek, with English subs (.srt)

 

Le neveu du peintre (1989)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0219203/

Le neveu du peintre / The Painter's Nephew

Director: Moustapha Dao

Cast: Oumarou Kabore

Eleven-year-old Ali lives in a little village in Burkina Faso. The hare, the hyena and the imp (little masked characters) live in the magical world that Ali’s grandmother invents for him. To reward him for his good school results, Ali’s father sends him on a trip to the big city. What he finds there frightens him, and he is glad to return to the village and his grandmother’s stories.

Burkina Faso
Language: Mooré, with English subs (.srt)
 

À nous la rue (1987)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3510254/

À nous la rue / The Street is Ours!

Director & Writer: Moustapha Dao
Stars: Oumar Konange, Awa Ouedraogo, Ludovic Ouedraogo, Rose Sare, Tiemoko Kone Kone Vié

The film shows what 6 to 10-year-olds typically do outdoors after school, some of it clearly preparation for adult roles.

  

Short
Burkina Faso
Language: Mooré and Dyula with French hardsubs + English subs (.srt)

A Balinese Family (1952)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31969688/

Directors: Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson

Another anthropological film by Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson that is part of their series "Character Formation in Different Cultures"; a study of a Balinese family showing the way in which father and mother treat the three younger children - the lap baby, the knee baby, and the child nurse.

Documentary short
USA, in English
 

The Children Were Watching (1961)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0945629/

Director: Richard Leacock

The first week of school integration in New Orleans, Louisiana. Violent demonstrations of hatred by white parents as their children looked on.

Documentary
USA

In English, with English subs (embed)

 

Paperboys (2001)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372459/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paperboys_(film)

Director: Mike Mills
Boys: Donny Foster, Greg Gonisor, Nick Judkins, Brandon Kindschy, Andrew Merton, Tyler Rowen

This documentary profiles six paperboys from Stillwater, Minnesota. They invite director Mike Mills into their homes, show him their personal effects, and answer questions about their lives and the future of paperboys. Parents weigh in on the benefits of their children's job and share thoughts on how the city has changed over the years. Mills's camera follows the boys on their routes, and the elegiac footage is accented with contemporary music.

Short, documentary

USA, in English

 

Always zoku san-chôme no yûhi (2007)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0953981/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_Zoku_Sanch%C5%8Dme_no_Y%C5%ABhi

Always zoku san-chôme no yûhi / Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Stars: Shin'ichi Hatori, Maki Horikita, Fumiyo Kohinata, Kazuki Koshimizu, Kenta Suga, Koyuki, Tomokazu Miura, Masako Motai, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Godzilla (in a special cameo)

This is a sequel to the brilliant first film, set in the shadow of the Tokyo Tower. Its now 1959, four months later, and we're still with the same characters. You still have the over the top Suzuki-San, you have Chagawa, who still pines for Hiromi, continues to struggle as a writer and still faces uncertainty as to keeping Junnosuke with him. In this film, the pretty Roku gets a boyfriend, and the Suzuki family takes in a young girl who is a cousin. She is at first very tentative but soon becomes part of the family. Like in the first film, things happen which make you laugh and cry.

Japan (second audio)
In Japanese, with English subs (.srt)
 

Always san-chôme no yûhi (2005)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0488870/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_Sanch%C5%8Dme_no_Y%C5%ABhi

Always san-chôme no yûhi / Always - Sunset on The Third Street

Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Stars: Maki Horikita, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Koyuki, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Kazuki Koshimizu, Kenta Suga, Masaya Takahashi, Kaga Mochimaru, Tomokazu Miura

Based on the long-seller manga by Ryohei Saigan, "Always" inspires Japanese people's nostalgy to its good ol' 50's, with a huge VFX effort to reproduce the era, including the half-built Tokyo Tower. The story is rather simple - everyday life of the good town's people, their dreams, hopes, love and tears, but the film was a big hit and highly acclaimed due to its great balance of its powerful cast, well told story and the nostalgic cinematography.

Japan (second audio)
In Japanese, with English subs (.srt)
 

Going to School with Father on My Back (1998)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168499/

Bei zhu baba shangxue qu / Going to School with Father on My Back

Director: Youchao Zhou
Stars: Jiang Hualin, Danchen Yan, Qiang Zhao

In rural China a father spins a spoon to choose which of his two children will attend school. Shiwa's sister loses out, but she supports her younger brother nevertheless. A river divides the farm from the school, and Shiwa's dread at crossing the river is a legitimate fear, as indicated by the death of his female classmate in the water. Shiwa finds that the knowledge he acquires actually serves to distance him from others.

China
In Chinese, with Chinese and English hardsubs (VobSub)