Attraction
Curated by KID FIRST! Film Festival
Entertainment – 4 min
This is a comedy short film by three high school students in China: directed and edited by Huanshuo…
Premiering on September 1st, 2024
Empowering Green Energy Revolution: The Jackery Solution
Curated by Planet Classroom
Science & Technology – 2 min
Empowering a Green Energy Revolution: The Jackery Story…
Premiering on September 1st, 2024
AI For a Better World: The Future of Human-Robot Collaboration
Curated by Planet Classroom
Science & Technology – 20 min
In AI For a Better World: The Future…
Premiering on August 1st, 2024
Superemos (We Will Overcome)
Curated by Planet Classroom
People – 11 min
A woman from a small city in Nicaragua attends a night school to…
Premiering on August 1st, 2024
Solving Climate Change One Tree at a Time
Curated by Planet Classroom
Science & Technology – 3 min
Climate change, a global crisis with melting glaciers, extreme temper…
Premiering on August 1st, 2024
Pianist
Curated by Planet Classroom
Film & Animation – 9 min
Yusuke is a young man living in Fukushima, Japan who has won two international piano competitions…
Premiering on August 1st, 2024
Love Letters for New Bedford
Curated by KIDS FIRST! Film Festival
Film & Animation – 16 min
In 2022, New Bedford Creative at the NBEDC oversaw the successful…
Premiering on August 1st. 2024
Death of a Star
Curated by KIDS FIRST! Film Festival
Science & Technology – 10 min
Two NASA engineers work late one night on a failing Mars rover. When it’s revealed that the younger of the two…
Premiering on August 1st, 2024
The Future of Renewable Energy Storage
Curated by Planet Classroom
Science & Technology – 3 min
The Future of Renewable Energy Storage addresses the pivotal questi…
Premiering on August 1st, 2024
Between Two Piers
Curated by Planet Classroom
Dance & Music – 20 min
“Between Two Piers” explores Brighton’s seafront busking scene. The film uses observational and…
Premiering on August 1st, 2024
Net Zero Speaks With Andrew Blakers
Curated by Protect Our Planet & Planet Classroom
Activism – 10 min
Can the world run on 100% renewable energy without blackouts or rising costs? Professor Andrew Blakers joins host Ivan Ransom to explain how low-cost solar power and pumped hydro storage can deliver reliable electricity around the clock.
Premiering on August 1st, 2026
The Happiness Shop
Curated by Actuality Abroad
People – 10 min
The Happiness Shop is a short documentary directed by Brianna Avnell that takes viewers into a small retail shop in Vietnam where creativity and opportunity meet.
Premiering on August 1st, 2026
Can Los Angeles Pull Off the 2028 Olympics?
Curated by Planet Classroom
Entertainment – 4 min
Los Angeles is about to host the 2028 Olympics—but there’s one big problem: the city might not be ready. After pulling off one of the only profitable Games in history in 1984, LA is trying it again with a risky “no-build” plan.
Premiering on August 1st, 2026
Your Necklace
Curated by KIDS FIRST! Film Festival
Film & Animation – 5 min
“Your Necklace” is a personal narrative film that explores the social isolation director Kayla Ling struggled with as a young girl, and how she received kindness from older students to find her voice and lead with inclusivity and compassion.
Premiering on August 1st, 2026
Late Night Lifeline AI Help for East Asia Youth
Curated by Planet Classroom
Science & Technology – 2 min
At 2:13 a.m., the city glows and a teen can’t sleep. Late-Night Lifeline follows East Asia’s youth as they turn to always-on chatbots—ChatGPT and China’s ERNIE Bot—for breathing tips, journaling prompts, mood check-ins, and links to real help.
Premiering on August 1st, 2026