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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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How AI Tech and Policy Can Stop the Wildfire Crisis

Curated by Planet Classroom

Science & Technology – 3 min

Wildfires are growing deadlier, lasting longer, and destroying more land than ever before. Traditional detection methods are too slow—but AI is changing the game. Pano AI’s 24/7 surveillance spots fires within minutes, Bellwether AI delivers instant fire maps, and OroraTech predicts outbreaks before they start.

Premiering on May 1st, 2025

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Eternal Illusion

Curated by KIDS FIRST! Film Festival

Film & Animation – 2 min

This short film offers a 3D zoetrope that was created by director Daniel Gomez Sancho after the death of a loved one with the intent to address fear as part of the mourning process, based on his personal experience.

Premiering on May 1st, 2025

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