(TRT: 90 MIN) Showcasing the best youth animated, documentary, and narrative films from around the world.
THE PUPPET (NARRATIVE, 2 MIN) Writer/Director: Will Nordstrom A strange puppet encounters an old laptop that influences him to make a decision.
LUCID (NARRATIVE, 5 MIN) Writer/Director: Alyssa Young A persistent teen utilizes her newfound ability to foresee the future through her dreams in an attempt to manipulate fate.
LITTLE BIG SHOT (DOCUMENTARY, 3 MINS) Director: Henry Segal A profile of a 5-year-old table tennis prodigy, Allen Mao, with expert commentary.
PANNING FOR GOLD (NARRATIVE, 7 MIN) Writer: Rand Boivie Tensions rise when four hungry prospectors finally uncover a gold nugget.
k. (NARRATIVE, 5 MIN) Writer/Director: Sam Morgan When teenager Brad seeks to end his long-distance relationship, he finds the split to be harder than anticipated.
THE SHOOTING AT RATTLER'S RIDGE (NARRATIVE, 10 MIN) Writer/Director: Reed H. Sharp A young filmmaker, Flicker, in the end of the cowboy age embarks on a job for the local sheriff. Flicker has to prove a case for him by shooting physical evidence of the perpetrator on his camera. The criminal, Moon Man, kills his partner and he tries survive his treacherous escape. Many dangerous obstacles lie ahead of him while he is stranded in the Wild West.
BEAR (NARRATIVE, 12 MIN) Writer/Director: Matthew Connor Wheatley A boy struggles to find his bear.
RODENT REDEMPTION (NARRATIVE, 2 MIN) Writer/Director: Lucy Holden This is an interview of a hamster who narrates the tale of how he tried to escape his cage. He has been planning his escape and dreams of a day when he will be free from his imprisonment.
ART, A POLLUTION SOLUTION (DOCUMENTARY, 5 MIN) Writer/Director: Gabriella Goss A glimpse into the inside world of artist Angela Pozzi, who works to raise awareness about the growing problem of ocean plastic through her nonprofit Washed Ashore.
LIFE WITHOUT YOU (NARRATIVE, 3 MIN) Writer/Director: Chase Bolnick A loving husband is forced to make a difficult decision at the start of the apocalypse.
PROJECT DECIUS (NARRATIVE, 7 MIN) Writer/Director: Aidan Guerrero Survivors of a deadly virus work to defy nature with a machine that will turn back the clock on humanity’s end.
JAQUES (NARRATIVE, 9 MIN) Writer/Director: Gabriel Zakaib Mockumentary focusing on the creative process of fictional photographer, Jaques Celian, and how his process affects those around him.
THE WALTZ OF TIME (NARRATIVE, 9 MIN) Writer/Director: Mario Martínez Sáenz An old man escapes from the nursing home and appears lost in the middle of the pasture. Near a tree, he begins to waltz to the rhythm of his memories.
