Children's Island (Swedish: Barnens ö) is a Swedish drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 25 December 1980,[1] co-written and directed by Kay Pollak, starring Thomas Fryk and Ingvar Hirdwall.

The film became controversial in Australia, being banned in 2014, over thirty years after its original release.

[2] The story is set in Stockholm where 11-year-old Reine is on the verge of puberty and afraid of sexual maturity.

He lives in a suburb with his single mother who sends him to one of the traditional Swedish summer camps which were common at the time of the setting and were managed by the cities for children in need of visiting the countryside.

Instead he spends the summer exploring the city of Stockholm on his own, where he meets several strange adults.