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
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
Ritmo En Los Barrios
Curated by Actuality Abroad
Activism – 9 min
Ritmo en los Barrios is a short film directed by Sarah Baker that takes us to the streets of Bogotá, Colombia, where music becomes a tool for personal expression and community building.
Premiering on March 1st, 2026