Youth Made Films at 2019 San Diego International Kids Film Festival
2019 San Diego International Kids Film Festival--Youth Made Films

  Across the Street
USA | 5 min Short | Musical
Director: Caden H. Hollander
Writer: Caden H. Hollander,Tyler Texeira
Producer: Aydin Haleftiras,Caden H. Hollander,Emma Hollander,Tyler Texeira
Synopsis:
After a lonely teenage boy has a bag of candy stolen on Halloween, he goes on an insane bizarre adventure to get it back.
    Diver's Ed
USA |13 min Short | Drama
Director/Writer: Dana Koops
Producer: Samuel Parker, Dana Koops
Synopsis:
An overconfident teen encounters unexpected obstacles when trying to pass her driver’s test.
  Factory
Hongkong|2 min Short | Animation
Director: Sui San Lo, Chun Wai Liu, Ka Kei Chen
Producer: Ka Chun Chan
Synopsis:
A story about two worlds: a forest full of animals, and a factory owned by man. For unexplained reasons, the animals in the forest regularly disappear every day, but one day when the animals don’t disappear as usual, the man decides to go upstairs to understand what’s happening.
    Forbidden Concept Trailer
Canada|2 min Short |Horror
Director: Emily Schooley
Producer: Natasha Heschelle
Synopsis:
This is a supernatural Romeo and Juliet with a cultural twist. A beautiful enslaved African druid in colonial America fell in love with a mistress’s dashing fiancé, the son of a rival family, igniting a centuries-long war between their supernatural and immortal families.
  Harass
Hongkong | 2 min Short | Animation
Director: Hin Shing Lam, Pak Leung Lau, Ming Hang Leung, Chun Wai Lui
Producer: Ka Chun Chan
Synopsis:
One night as a man is going to sleep, the female neighbor who lives upstairs decides to exercise. She turns on music and starts dancing loudly, waking up the man. Angrily, the man goes upstairs to confront her about the problem. Eventually the lady learns how to respect others.
  Light and Day
USA |5 min Short | Animation
Director/Writer/Producer: Sam Kellman, Dexter Gardner
Synopsis:
Having worked a dull job in a brick factory for the entirety of his life along with everyone he knows, a man, Jeff, decides to escape his factory life for something greater.
  Reece
USA | 11 min Short |Drama
Director/Writer: Dusan Brown
Synopsis:
Because of the increasing violence in his neighborhood, a young man, Reece, fights to defend his community, regardless of the consequences.
    Santa's Kidnapper
USA |3 min Short | Family
Director: Caroline Solakian
Synopsis:
Reminiscing old films and tapes transport an elderly woman in and out of the simpler times when she was young.
  The White Mughal: Love & Betrayal in British India
India | 36 min Short | Documentary
Director/Producer: Tanmay Srivastava
Synopsis:
A true story about Lieutenant Colonel James Achilles Kirkpatrick, a British resident of Hyderabad, as well as a Mughal princess, in 17th century India.
    The Seasons
USA | 2 min Short | Animation
Director/Writer/Producer: Alexandra Nickel
Synopsis:
A favorite backyard tree changes through the seasons.
  Try
USA |4 min Short | Drama
Director: Maxine Sutton
Synopsis:
Try to find hope and strength in others in the face of aggression and bullying
    Walking for Water
USA | 3 min Short |Documentary
Director/Writer/Producer: Miles Fesler
Synopsis:
A short documentary depicting the story of a man's dream of clean, accessible water for his village in southwestern Kenya.
  #Slut
USA | 12min Short |Family
Director: Jenna Kanell
Producer: Raymond Wood
Synopsis:
An innocent girl at your every day high school falls prey to a handsome predator in a position of power after being bullied on social media and at school; if she can get out before it's too late, lives will come crashing down.