Family Ties
Curated by KIDS FIRST! Film Festival
Film & Animation – 11 min
After almost two years indoors due the pandemic, a father, Andrew, takes his tech-addicted son, Nicky, on an overnight hike to reconnect.
Premiering on December 1st, 2025
A23a: What are you trying to tell us?
Curated by Planet Classoom
Film & Animation – 16 min
A dance video inspired by the iceberg A23a choreographed by Darla Johnson of ACC.
Premiering on December 1st, 2025
Step Into the Movie: Inside VR
Curated by Planet Classroom
Science & Technology – 3 min
Two highly successful entertainment leaders, Robert Stromberg & Guy Primus, founded The Virtual Reality Company, a company dedicated to using VR technology to tell captivating and engrossing stories based on Hollywood blockbusters.
Premiering on December 1st, 2025
This Is My Place
Curated by Actuality Abroad
Activism – 9 min
This Is My Place is a short film directed by Zach Mather, that follows Armando, a bear research technician with Fundación Cordillera Tropical (FCT) in Cuenca, Ecuador.
Premiering on December 1st, 2025
Net Zero Speaks to Michael A. Taylor
Curated by Protect Our Planet & Planet Classroom
Activism – 11 min
Caribbean climate scientist Professor Michael A. Taylor explains the first major impacts of climate change—hotter nights, flash flooding, and coastal loss—and how communities can respond.
Premiering on March 1st, 2026
Sandbox VR: Step Inside the Future
Curated by Planet Classroom
Science & Technology – 2 min
In a world teetering on the brink of an environmental collapse, Dr. Aris Thorne, a disgraced climatologist, discovers a hidden ancient artifact with the power to manipulate weather patterns.
Premiering on March 1st, 2026
Giving Women A Choice
Curated by Actuality Abroad
Activism – 16 min
Giving Women a Choice is a short documentary directed by Andrea Keating that takes place in Antigua, Guatemala, where the organization Manos Abiertas offers Mayan women an alternative to the traditional paths often dictated by their circumstances.
Premiering on March 1st, 2026
Kapaemahu
Curated by Planet Classroom
Filme & Animation – 9 min
Long ago, for extraordinary beings of dual male and female spirit brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaii and imbued their powers in four giant boulders.
Premiering on March 1st, 2026
Custom Jeans, Zero Waste: The Unspun Revolution
Curated by Planet Classroom
Science & Technology – 2 min
Fast fashion is fueling landfills and climate change, but one California startup is rewriting the story. Meet unspun, a company using cutting-edge body scanning and 3D weaving to create custom-fit jeans with zero waste.
Premiering on March 1st, 2026
The Friend
Curated by KIDS FIRST! Film Festival
Film & Animation – 14 min
12-year-old introvert Charlie finds herself mercilessly teased by her dorm mates at boarding school.
Premiering on March 1st, 2026
Keys
Curated by NFFTY
Film & Animation – 4 min
A college student sits down to write his final essay an hour before it’s due, when he suddenly discovers…
Premiering on July 1st, 2021
The Gospel of Combat
Curated by NFFTY
People – 12 min
Threatened by the aftermath of Kenya’s 2017 elections, a fledgling Aikido sensei ponders whether…
Premiering on July 1st, 2021
Moon River
Curated by Bard College Conservatory of Music
Dance & Music – 2 min
At the age of 6, Esther Roestan picked up the violin, and her life changed…
Premiering on July 1st, 2021
Plastic: Villain or Hero
Curated by LXL Ideas
Activism – 3 min
It is widely known how much destruction plastic can cause to the environment. But have we ever…
Premiering on July 1st, 2021
Fairy Tail
Curated by KIDS FIRST!
Film & Animation – 4 min
A hopeless romantic discovers an unlikely intruder and finds love at first fight.
Premiering on July 1st, 2021