coming-of-age
noun
com·ing-of-age
ˈkə-miŋ-əv-ˈāj 
: the attainment of prominence, respectability, recognition, or maturity
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Produced by Hairabedia and Azza Hourani) Armenian-Jordanian filmmaker Sareen Hairabedian brings a deeply personal lens to ‘My Sweet Land,’ a coming-of-age documentary about 11-year-old Vrej growing up amid the trauma of war in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).
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Essie Assibu, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
With the fadedness of old Piff Gang and the coming-of-age spirit of early Mac Miller, the tape is mostly stories of Feng, who is from south London’s Croydon neighborhood, and his friends running around town, going to parties, meeting girls, and staying out too late.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 18 Sep. 2025
Kogonada anchored this intellectual coming-of-age story in keenly perceptive images of the city’s buildings, as if seen through Casey’s mind’s eye, lending detailed and specific material reality to Casey’s inner life.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
The show is a coming-of-age series about young love set in a fictional beach town.
—Idaho Statesman, 15 Sep. 2025
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Essie Assibu, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
With the fadedness of old Piff Gang and the coming-of-age spirit of early Mac Miller, the tape is mostly stories of Feng, who is from south London’s Croydon neighborhood, and his friends running around town, going to parties, meeting girls, and staying out too late.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 18 Sep. 2025
Kogonada anchored this intellectual coming-of-age story in keenly perceptive images of the city’s buildings, as if seen through Casey’s mind’s eye, lending detailed and specific material reality to Casey’s inner life.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
The show is a coming-of-age series about young love set in a fictional beach town.
—Idaho Statesman, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Coming-of-age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coming-of-age. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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