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
What If the Best Place to Heal Is Home?
Curated by Planet Classroom
Science & Technology – 3 min
What If the Best Place to Heal Is Home? explores how overcrowded hospitals and an aging population are straining the UK’s NHS—and leaving families overwhelmed.
Premiering on August 1st, 2026
Net Zero Speaks to Jong-Seong Kug
Curated by Protect Our Planet & Planet Classroom
Activism – 9 min
Why does El Niño keep catching the world off guard—and why are extreme weather events getting worse? In Net Zero Speaks, host Pranav Kumar Gahadwal sits down with leading climate scientist Professor Jong-Seong Kug (Seoul National University) to break down how El Niño is evolving in a warming world.
Premiering on July 1st, 2026
AI for a Better World – The Future of Entry-Level Jobs
Curated by Planet Classroom
Science & Technology – 10 min
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming entry-level jobs, disrupting traditional career pathways and redefining how young people enter the workforce.
Premiering on July 1st, 2026
In The Shallows
Curated by Planet Classroom
Film & Animation – 17 min
In the Shallows is a coming-of-age psychological drama that follows a high-school swim prodigy whose life fractures as unresolved guilt manifests itself into a mysterious figure from his past.
Premiering on July 1st, 2026
The Legend of The Lost Notes
Curated by Planet Classroom
Film & Animation – 2 min
What if losing all your notes was the beginning of something legendary? In this original animated short, a young writer named Alex faces every creator’s nightmare — scattered files, messy drafts, and research chaos.
Premiering on July 1st, 2026