Swimming Upstream
Curated by COMMFFEST
Film & Animation – 15 min
Swimming Upstream documents the Japanese Canadian community’s case against the British Columbia…
Premiering on May 1st, 2021
The Mime
Curated by KIDS FIRST!
Film & Animation – 19 min
At a fish restaurant in Jeju Island, there is a mother who has been living as a sea woman for her life and…
Premiering on May 1st, 2021
Hero
Curated by Battery Dance
Dance & Music – 7 min
Hero is a breathtaking short dance film highlighting personal growth. Featuring gravity-defying…
Premiering on May 1st, 2021
Unharnessed
Curated by NFFTY
People – 13 min
Documenting the connection between human and horse, “Unharnessed” explores a unique rehabilitation…
Premiering on May 1st, 2021
NSP: Ethan Wang
Curated by Young Artists & Writers/Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
People – 3 min
Ethan reads “Zero.”
Premiering on May 1st, 2021
Olivia’s Birds
Curated by Young Voices for the Planet
Activism – 7 min
11-year-old Olivia raises $200,000 to clean oiled birds after the BP spill and then speaks to her congressmen…
Premiering on April 1st, 2021
All It Gives
Curated by NFFTY
Dance & Music – 15 min
From dancing in the hallways at her high school to winning battles across the globe, Nigerian immigrant Kosi…
Premiering on April 1st, 2021
Take a Stand for Animals
Curated by Xtalks
Activism – 5 min
Mphukira talks of the need for animal protection in Africa from an African’s perspective.
Premiering on April 1st, 2021
Addiction & Art
Curated by Addiction & Art
People – 7 min
The visual arts team up with science to promote needed dialogue about substance abuse and addiction…
Premiering on April 1st, 2021
I’m a Child
Curated by KIDS FIRST!
Film & Animation – 3 min
I’m a Child leads us on a simple, whimsical journey to understanding the importance of coming to grips with the Climate Crisis.
Premiering on April 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
Melody
Curated by Global Nomads Group
People – 4 min
This is the story of youth in Jordan and New York, U.S. who connect across distance and difference…
Premiering on June 1st, 2021