Smallie
Curated by LXL Ideas
Film & Animation – 1 min
Smallie at the very surface level is a simple story of an oddball finding his way and fighting difficulties to…
Premiering on February 1st, 2022
Le Charme, Ernest Chausson
Curated by Bard College Conservatory of Music
Music – 3 min
In this musical cover, opera singer Hailey McAvoy sings the…
Premiering on February 1st, 2022
The Rise of Machine Learning
Curated by Planet Classroom
Short Film – 2 min
In The Rise of Machine Learning, created by Nicole Avidon as part of Planet Classroom’s Problem Solvers Series, Avidon asks the question: How can we use Machine Learning to improve learning?
Premiering on February 1st, 2022
Beyond The Pipeline
Curated by Planet Classroom
Activism – 8 min
UN Special Rapporteur of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples meets the Standing Rock Sioux leadership and community in March 2017…
Premiering on February 1st, 2022
Shadow
Curated by NFFTY
Film & Animation – 3 min
A town of children faces incoming dark creatures. A story of experimental narrative. A visual experience of lyrical expressions.
Premiering on February 1st, 2022
Silent Crescendo
Curated by Global Oneness Project
People – 4 min
An intimate portrait of ex–Yugoslavian émigré artist Slobodan Dan Paich, Silent Crescendo follows his daily ritual of…
Premiering on January 1st, 2022
Coughing Up Flowers
Curated by KIDS FIRST!
Dance & Music – 3 min
Coughing Up Flowers is based on the fictional Japanese manga and anime concept called ‘Hanahaki Disease’ where one’s lungs fill..
Premiering on January 1st, 2022
Without A Map
Curated by KIDS FIRST!
Film & Animation – 18 min
Rebecca is a teenager who plans to jump into the void…
Premiering on January 1st, 2022
Tuning the Student Mind
Curated by Planet Classroom
Education – 26 min
The Tuning the Student Mind documentary follows the journey of three students enrolled in Molly Beauregard’s course…
Premiering on January 1st, 2022
Preheated
Curated by NFFTY
Film & Animation – 6 min
A boy’s plan to bake a birthday cake becomes disastrous when his scientist father’s latest experiment…
Premiering on January 1st, 2022
IMPOSSIBLE BURGER vs Beef: The Carbon Slowdown
Curated by Planet Classroom
Science & Technology – 3 min
Could plants look and taste like meat—and help the planet? Our film follows Impossible Foods, founded by Stanford biochemist Patrick O. Brown, on a mission to cut the footprint of what’s on our plates.
Premiering on July 1st, 2026
Net Zero Speaks with John Nielsen-Gammon
Curated by Protect Our Planet & Planet Classroom
Activism – 10 min
Texas State Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon joins Pranav Kumar Gahadwal to explain how climate change intensifies Texas drought, flooding, and extreme heat.
Premiering on June 1st, 2026
Mr Moore’s Gift
Curated by KIDS FIRST! Film Festival
Film & Animation – 15 min
t’s almost Christmas in modern day NYC, and Maggie wants to hear her favorite poem, Twas a Night Before Christmas. But how did this poem come to be written? And who was Clement Clark Moore? Settling down to sleep, there’s magic in the air.
Premiering on June 1st, 2026
Personas de Pixan
Curated by Actuality Abroad
People – 8 min
Personas de Pixan, is a short film directed by Dominique Sample, that looks inside the lives of indigenous women in Guatemala.
Premiering on June 1st, 2026
Smarter Learning With Sana Labs
Curated by Planet Classroom
Science & Technology – 2 min
Outdated training systems slow companies down, creating inefficiency, frustration, and missed opportunities. Polestar, the electric vehicle innovator, faced these very challenges—rigid platforms, slow translations, and disconnected learning tools.
Premiering on June 1st, 2026