In suburban America, three close knit 12-year-olds, introverted Jacob, bright Malee and vulnerable Leonard, begin to find their own voices. Sparked by the tragic death of Jacob’s twin brother, the trio band together as they face the harsh realities of death, hormones, family dysfunction, and grief.

Capturing the transitional stage between childhood and adolescence with piercing empathy, this coming-of-age drama negotiates the fallout from a tragic, inciting event. Granting complex emotional agency to its young protagonists, Twelve and Holding is a sensitive study in trauma and growing pains.