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
Rainshadow
Curated by KIDS FIRST!
Education – 37 min
A documentary film about when “success” in education fails us all.
Premiering on June 1st, 2021
Saving Africa with Feathered Flight
Curated by Ryan Wong Classroom
Film & Animation – 3 min
An innovative example of the ideas that can be generated by creative young minds, to benefit the health…
Premiering on June 1st, 2021
Rhythms of Life
Curated by COMMFFEST
Dance & Music – 60 min
Rhythms of Life is a feature-length documentary about the community drum circle movement and how…
Premiering on June 1st, 2021
Scaling Iceland
Curated by NFFTY
Science & Technology – 32 min
Scaling Iceland succinctly explores the country’s geological, biological, and cultural histories. Driven by…
Premiering on June 1st
Luke’s Black Lives Matter Poem
Curated by Xtalks
Activism – 2 min
Luke’s Black Lives Matter Poem highlights the youth perspective of the Black
Lives Matter movement.
Premiering on June 1st, 2021
Can AI Help Doctors Catch Sepsis Before It’s Too Late?
Curated by Planet Classroom
Science & Technology – 2 min
Sepsis can look like a mild fever or confusion—until organs begin to fail. Catching Sepsis Sooner follows clinicians racing against the clock and spotlights a new backup in their workflow: Sepsis ImmunoScore from Prenosis.
Premiering on July 1st, 2026
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