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United States | 6:45 Youth-made | Drama
Directors: Solomon Goluboff-Schragger, Amelia Maxham, Cate Slaughter, Zaharra Colla, Turner O'Neal
A quiet, moving meditation on grief and the ways in which the loss of a loved one can manifest in other parts of a young person’s life. |
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Alice in Instagram
United States | 10:22 Youth-made | Documentary
Director: Khang Nguyen
Through a parallel to Alice in Wonderland, high school students explore the rabbit holes of inspirations and tensions that social media has imparted on their social and creative lives. (Selected for San Diego Asian American Film Festival; Pacific Arts Movement Reel Voices Program) |
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Alienated
United States | 2:58 Youth-made | Comedy
Director: Drew Andrade
A boy surprises his best friend with a shocking secret! Created through The Acting Gym’s summer independent film program. A rigorous program for young professional and pre-professional artists in the film and entertainment industry. The program provides practical hands-on experience in every aspect of the filmmaking process - acting, writing, design, tech, post-production, etc. Each film is written, acted and crewed by students who work alongside experienced industry professionals. |
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Bootees
United States | 4:07 Youth-made | Experimental
Director: Shreya Jayamohan
A short musical film that shows the eventful journey of a couple, starting from their wedlock. Painted with a brush of love, happiness, expectations, loss, and pain, this piece raises the question - what is the actual worth of things we dearly love? This film conveys its message through the expressive hands of talented actors and a simple story. Conceived by the student filmmaker Shreya Jayamohan, this film was shot on 16mm film using an old spring-wound Krasnogorsk-3 camera using Lomo lenses. |
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Depressed Fish
Korea, Republic of | 29:54 Youth-made | Drama
Director: Junhyeok Seong
Little mermaid the Hikikomori had become alone. The little mermaid was filled with depression and decided to die. The time when she attempted to suicide, a goldfish came out from her mouth. Hikikomori tried to kill a goldfish because she wanted to kill herself. |
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Frills
USA| 2:50 Youth-made | Comedy
Director: Lauren Lakra
A young girl learns the consequences of treating her friends poorly. |
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Late Midsummer Day
Lithuania | 2:19 Youth-made | Animation
Director: Barbora Vekterytė
In midsummer, after the end of the school year on St. John's Day, when it seems that the whole summer is ahead. We don't even notice how it ends and it hardly turns out to be an instagram story full of adventure and travel. The long-awaited summer days in the suburb turn into a routine of boredom. Soon the summer will end and we will go back to school, where we don't want to be at all. At the end of August, we dream it to be just midsummer. This animation short covers a day of two suburban teenagers when nothing happens. |
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Lemonade
United States | 7:16 Youth-made | Comedy
Director: Colin Konstanty
Four young entrepreneurs must learn to work together before it's too late. A hilarious take on the summer tradition of a Lemonade Stand. |
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Love Don't Bully
USA| 10:00 Youth-made | Other
Director: ?
A teacher and her middle school students talk about, interview, act out and research bullying, both at school and as a society.
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Not My Circus
United States | 5:28 Youth-made | Drama
Director:Mila Brener
A young girl named Charlie dresses up as a clown every day in honor of her deceased mom who was in the circus. Charlie gets bullied for the way she looks until she unexpectedly meets a new friend.
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Rinna
United States | 6:50 Youth-made | Documentary
Director:Kyle Tianshi
A piano teacher born in Odessa, Ukraine chronicles her journey as an American immigrant in a turbulent century. Grieving the Russian invasion of her homeland and battered by family loss, she turns to classical music as a light, a unifier of diverse communities, and a home. |
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Sole Searching
United States | 8:00 Youth-made | Drama
Director: Colette Avril Samek
Sara, a snarky teenage girl, is down on her luck. Walking home from a tiresome swim practice, she is nearly hit by a car, saved by a shoe on the road. She finds the shoe to be the solution to all her problems, as it seemingly lands her a date with her crush Josh, helps her in the classroom, and makes her a far more skilled swimmer. However, her world comes crashing down when she is stood up by Josh. When all her hope is just about lost, she meets the owner of the shoe, forming an immediate connection with him, forgetting all about Josh. |
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The Baseball Cap
United States | 10:00 Youth-made | Drama
Director:Lucas Pierce
A boy struggling in school is eventually diagnosed with dyslexia. With the help of his family and guided by the strong bond he shares with his brother, he begins his journey of overcoming it. |
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The Dark Side of Pet Breeding
United States | 9:36 Youth-made | Documentary
Director: Asher Anantham, Alana Keira Anantham, Zarina Penn Aronson
For thousands of years, humans have been breeding dogs for work and companionship. When breeding was done in the right way, both species were arguably better off from it. But today, puppy mills profit by catering to cost conscious and whimsical consumers. It's time congress put a stop to irresponsible breeding or, sooner or later, we will no longer recognize “man’s best friend’. |
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The Hive
United States | 9:30 Youth-made | Drama
Director: Marco Esteban Delgado
Two orphaned siblings try to take down a hypnotizing VR platform and discover a surprising secret on the way |
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