Film Festival Titles from KIDS FIRST!
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SO MUCH TO LIVE FOR TODAY
ALAN CHRIEST / POWERSPASH PROJECT
Series: SHORT, AGES 2-18
Description - Music Video celebrating life.
Runtime: 3 minutes
KIDS FIRST! Juror Recommended Age: 2-18
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LAUREN E. ROMAN
Series: STUDENT ANIMATED SHORT, AGES 8-12
Description - A father, out of loneliness, sings his daughter into existence, but as she grows older, her curiosity leads her to a dangerous new voice.
SILKWORM
AMIR HONARMAND
Series: FOREIGN SHORT, AGES 12-16
Description - A used smart phone sends a boy in rural Iran on an unexpected journey of reconnecting an estranged couple.
KIDS FIRST! Juror Recommended Age: 12-18
MARK LESCHINSKY
Series: STUDENT SHORT, AGES 12 - 18
Description - "Fitting In" is a symbolic social-impact film that draws a parallel between fitting into shoes and fitting into society, and, in doing so, it inspires us to embrace our unique personalities.
BLOOD SISTERS
ANASTACIA PUERTAS
Description - Three pre-teen girls Daphne, Ivy, and Hanna bond at summer camp through helping Daphne figure out how to deal with her first period.
MY SUPERPOWER
MAXWELL WILLIAM ANDREWS
Series: FOREIGN SHORT, AGES 2-12
Description - In his search for his superpower, nine year old Maxwell discovers that his words have the power to help and to harm.
ROBOTS DON'T TELL JOKES
KELLI CALDWELL
Series: ANIMATED SHORT, AGES 2-18
Description - Robot thinks he has a wonderful joke, so he keeps trying to tell it, but none of the other robots ever laugh. They tell him "robots don't tell jokes..." Will Robot give up on his awesome joke or will he find his tribe? Stop-motion using mainly wood scraps and metal pieces.
GENERATIONAL TRAUMA
Series: DOCUMENTARY SHORT, AGES 12-18
Description - We may inherit many things from our family such as heirlooms and how we look, and sometimes we may inherit trauma.
STORY OF THE OPERA, THE
YUE ZHANG
Description - In order to compile a children's recitation book of ancient poems, Ms.Qingmu goes to visit Mr. Yao in Zhufeng Village. There, Ms. Qingmu meets a girl named Douya who has talent as an opera singer and she invites her to come to the city to learn. Two singers, Qianqian and Zixuan are jealous of Douya and they bully her. In order to beat Douya at the Elite Youth Art Competition, Nana deliberately makes Douya eat fruit shake, which makes her hoarse. When the results are released, Nana doesn't win; all the students talk about Nana, but Douya helps her out. Ms. Qingmu has no money to continue running the school and Douya's mother loses her job. Just as they are going to return to the village, Douya receives an admission letter from the Opera School.
GIULIA E IL CAPOPOSTO
ANTONIO MARIA CASTALDO
Description - Giulia e il Capoposto is a small fairy tale based on a true story. Giulia has recently lost her father and she wishes to communicate with him. She decides to buy a balloon to which she attaches a letter which, flying up into the sky, will reach her father. However, when the balloon begins to rise, something goes wrong. It is thanks to the intervention of the chief of the fire brigade that Giulia will be able to make her wish come true.
#NANAROCKS
LETICIA AGUDO
Description - A woman celebrates her 78th birthday with her two granddaughters. Rachel regales her with loud attention, gifts, and photos she posts online. Rosie quietly works away cleaning, cooking, and sorting Nana's meds. Rachel almost kills her diabetic Nana with a high-sugar cake and Rosie rushes to the rescue. Still, Nana seems to enjoy Rachel's visits most, taking Rosie's quiet nature for granted until Rosie falls ill. Rachel visits Nana and leaves her with no food, a shoddy cleaning job and a broken telly. Moved by seeing the last container of food prepared by Rosie, Nana embarks on an epic cross-country journey on her mobility scooter.
MULBERRYHOOD
PEDRO AUGUSTO ALMEIDA
Description - It's the summer of 2004. Three boys play ball in a parking lot. Two brothers interfere with the game. One ball.
HUANSHUO WANG
Series: FOREIGN STUDENT SHORT, AGES 12-18
Description - A boy tries to attract a girl, who he assumes is deaf.
LEGEND OF QUALICUM BAY, THE
JIM GARRISON
Description - A nine-year-old girl overcomes her fear of being bullied at school after confronting a mythical cougar in the woods of Qualicum Bay on Vancouver Island.
STAGE PRESENTS
GREG JESCHKE
Series: DOCUMENTARY SHORT, AGES 8-12
Description - Stage Presents: The Gifts of a Shared Experience in Theater is an engaging, intimate film that uses time to reveal what was gained by a group of youngsters who performed together in children's theater. Their presence on stage resulted in the presents they still keep with them a decade later. Stage Presents has been recognized as an Award Winner at the 19th annual Black Swan International Film Festival.
LOST LETTERS AND WHERE DO THEY GO
ANA GRACA
Description - Rupert Bell, a 7 years-old aspiring pilot, is bored at home when the mailman arrives with a miss-addressed letter. When Rupert ventures out onto the streets on a mission to find the right addressee - an apparent grumpy old lady named Clarabella - he finds out that first impressions can be miss-leading and that they actually share a mutual passion.
JAMES SKINNER
Description - Novice teacher Mike is worried his new class won't be able to see past his disability but soon realizes that he too has lessons to learn.
DON T HANG UP!
JORDYN DIEW
Description - A short thriller about a young girl being harassed by an unknown caller.
BE A GREEN HERO
DONNA BRITTON-BUKEVICZ
Series: ENVIRONMENTAL SHORT, AGES 2-8
Description - Learn how to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle right every day with catchy upbeat songs sung by fun puppets (Mr. Recycle man, Chef Green and Daisy). Our song lyrics will teach children (and adults) how to "Think Ecologically" and Be a Green Hero!
KIDS FIRST! Juror Recommended Age: 2-8
MOMO IN DUBAI
ZAKARIA ZARGANY
Series: FOREIGN FEATURE, AGES 8-12
Description - Momo in Dubai' is a children's movie narrating the life of a middle class Kerala (India)family travelling to UAE to spend their summer vacation with their NRI father. The movie is narrated in a humorous style and approaches the shift from expectations of a family to the realities they are required to confront.
BOY'S DREAM, A
ZHE ZHANG
Description - In 2004, Yeerxiati, a 9-year-old boy who lost his mother as a child, lived here with his grandparents in the deep mountain pasture in Northern Xinjiang. The boy's lamb also lost its mother since childhood and has been taken care of by the little boy. One day, Yeerxiati's father returned to the grassland to pick up his son to study in the city. The little boy who just arrived in the city can't quickly adapt to urban life, and the lamb often appears in Yeerxiati's fantasies and dreams. After a long time, one day, Yeerxiati's grandfather suddenly died, and his grandmother was received by his father to the city. Yeerxiati gradually realized that his life was changing
DOM LEE
Description - Shy book lover Jane is unexpectedly tasked with saving her beloved library from closure...but help arrives in a surprising way.
TELL ME ANOTHER STORY
NOAH BASHEVKIN
Series: SHORT, AGES 12 - 18
Description - Directed by Damani Baker (The House on Coco Road), edited by Jon Henry Fine, and with original music by Meshell Ndegeocello, TELL ME ANOTHER STORY shares the passionate dedication of artistic giants, who have, for over one hundred years, attempted to combat stereotypes and fight for loving, authentic cultural representation in the books children read. The film highlights the creators, past and present, whose focus has uplifted children's literature, from W.E.B. Du Bois, Augusta Baker, Pura Belpr� and Ezra Jack Keats, to Pat Cummings, Marley Dias, Grace Lin, Christopher Myers, and Andrea Davis Pinkney.
MYSTERIOUS PLACES
ANDREW LEOPARD
Series: STUDENT SHORT, AGES 5-12
Description - A young boy finds a mysterious map which leads him on a hunt, where he comes across a mysterious friend. Where this map, and this mysterious friend lead him, nobody knows.
TWO WAYS
TOM WANG
Series: FOREIGN DOCUMENTARY, AGE 12-18
Description - Two 16-year-olds in Beijing and Qinghai Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China. After graduating from high school, they chose two completely different paths in entirely different cultures. One went on to study abroad, and the other inherited the traditional art of his culture---ThangGa
RISE, FALL, HOPE
PEDER HILL
Series: FOREIGN DOCUMENTARY, AGES 5-12
Description - 14-year-olds explore humanity's stumbling struggle for sustainability.
AS SIMPLE AS THIS
RAHA RAZAVI
Description - A square-headed child puts a mirror and scissors into a weapon to change the imperfections he sees. Mortified and hopeless of the damage done to himself, he faces an altering truth about life in a simple conversation with his mom.
WILLOW'S TALE
MARLENE SHARP
Description - With animation by the neurodiverse artists of The Center for Learning Unlimited's Brainstorm Productions, here comes a motion picture that is the kitten's whiskers! Willow, a highly creative cartoon black cat, lives a domesticated life indoors with her human mama. However, her wild daydreams take her on flights of fancy around the world . . . and beyond!
BETTERAVE & THE DRAGON
ORANE DELONGEAS
Series: FOREIGN STUDENT SHORT, AGES 8 -12
Description - Betterave, a young teenager, crosses the mountain to meet the legendary White Dragon, master of the Beyond. She has a favor to ask him : resurrect her dog. Dragon can't fulfill her request, but he nevertheless takes her to bid her final farewell to her deceased pet.
LE BALLON BLEU (THE BLUE BALLOON)
KATHERINE GRIFFIN
Description - A curious blue balloon leads a girl on an adventure through the streets of Paris, but when she crosses paths with a little boy and his red balloon, it becomes clear there's a greater magical force at work between the balloons. The 1956 classic French film Le Ballon Rouge has a single scene with a girl and a blue balloon. Le Ballon Bleu is her story and the origin story for the red and blue balloons from the classic children's film. Like the original film, this is a story about the magic and innocence of childhood and the importance of friendship. The film showcases many of the same Parisian locations as the original film as the filmmakers designed the film so it could be intercut seamlessly with the original. Dialogue is in French with English subtitles and the film was shot on iPhone.
RAFAEL DE ANDRADE
Description - Famous superheroes take care of adult problems, but children also have their superheroes, always ready to help solve their dilemmas. Anonymous heroes may be closer than we think, and in this fun movie, they will be taken back.
CARLOS HUMBERTO TEJEDA
Description - Dressed as a revolutionary, Panchito, a little 9-year-old boy, finally arrives at his elementary school classroom only to realize that all the other children are wearing their uniform, now he must decide whether to face his classmates or hide.
BEYRO
SOUREH CINEMA CENTER
Series: FOREIGN FEATURE, AGES 12-18
Description - The life story of Alireza Beyranvand, the successful Iranian soccer player who has tries a lot to be a hero.
WEI HUNTER
Series: SHORT, AGES 8 - 12
Description - 'Power Forward' is a family-friendly short film about a pre-teen boy who moves into a new neighborhood in the American South, and his struggle with the bullying and racism that he encounters there. This passion-project short film is bilingual because many students AND families are bilingual. We believe it is our duty as artists to help kids share their stories and allow them to be heard.
BROWNWHITE
RUCHAMA EHRENHALT
Series: FOREIGN STUDENT DOCUMENTARY, AGES 8-18
Description - From the perspective of Israeli biracial kids, BrownWhite explores how skin color influences the development of identity. Weaving their lived experiences with findings from academic research, the film reveals their dilemmas around identity in a world that's more complicated than brown or white. From Israel
ROCKING IN THE WIND
ALISSA SOPHIE LARKAMP
Series: FOREIGN ANIMATED SHORT, AGES 5-12
Description - The little stone is at his place, they gets visitors and can experience the world at a different pace, but as they watches the wind - how it plays with leaves and pebbles by whirling them around - they no longer wants to sit still. Can the wind grant them theirs wish?
LOUPETOO
Description - Mr. Kamali is the owner of a sanitarium who treat the patients by teaching them to make toys. The toys are creative, so they are very attractive for the children. But the toy studio shut because of sabotage and it led to patients' critical mental status. Mr. Kamali tried a lot to solve the problem but he couldn't do anything and he got terribly disappointed and sad. And then an angel of hope appeared...
COME ONE COME ALL - THE SALIDA CIRCUS
NATHAN WARD
Description - Come One Come All is a 27 minute documentary telling the story of a small mountain town circus and its incredible power to change lives for the better. The Salida Circus is a social circus, using the circus arts to address social justice, promote personal wellness and create community among children and adults. Through unicycling, trapeze and juggling knives, the circus is changing lives.
HOW CAN WE FIND OUT WHAT PLANTS NEED TO SURVIVE? WITH CHRIS!
GREEN OUR PLANET
Series: SHORT, AGES 5-8
Description - How Can We Find Out What Plants Need to Survive? With Chris!" is an entertaining and educational film, a part of the Virtual Academy's environmentally-themed STEM series. This collection aims to help teachers engage students in STEM while sparking curiosity and care for the one planet we have to call home. Hydroponics Teacher, Chris Anderson kicks off this film by embarking on a trip to Mars! Traveling to space makes Chris think about what she'll need to bring to space to survive. Besides water and oxygen, Chris is going to need food! She decides she will need to grow her own food on the spaceship to last her long journey with hydroponics! First, she'll need to know what plants need to survive. To find out, she launches an experiment with her friend Lucia to see what plants need to grow. In the end, Chris finds out that with a little bit of help, anyone can be a space farmer!
HOW TO KNOW IF SOMETHING IS ALIVE?
Description - Environmental education is more critical than ever. We cultivate students' connection to the natural world at a young age through school garden programs, so they want to conserve it for the rest of their lives. Using V-Tubing, we're anthropomorphizing the plants and creatures they find in their gardens into friends and teachers, fostering a deeper connection with the natural world. "How to know if something is alive?" is an entertaining and educational film, aiming to help teachers engage students in STEM while sparking curiosity and care for the one planet we have to call home. In this film, Sunny the Sunflower navigates through different natural environments during a tornado trying to remember who she is and what her name is with the help of a shark, an otter, and an owl.
CAN WE PRACTICE COMMERCIAL HYDROPONICS ON EARTH AND ON MARS?
Series: DOCUMENTARY, AGES 5-12
Description - In the film, Farmer Tom blasts off from Earth in his vessel, the Green our Planet Orbiter. His mission: to plant seeds brought back from Earth on a hydroponic farm on Mars. Why does he have to go about farming differently on Mars than we do here? He sets out to find answers to this question and more while demonstrating how unique planet Earth is and exploring a new sustainable form of growing food.
BEAUTIFUL DREAM, A
ALP KAMBER
Series: FOREIGN FEATURE, AGES 12 - 18
Description - In the summer of 2005, two children (Alper and Ilker(13)) living in a small town embark on a difficult journey from Samun/Ladik to Istanbul to reach the movie star Meryem, whom Alper falls in love with. This journey enables them to gain a new understanding of themselves, their families and their identitie
ESHAAN MANI
Series: STUDENT DOCUMENTARY, AGES 8-18
Description - "Ascent" follows the journey of Sanjna Pandit, a high school student and Bharatanatyam dancer, as she prepared for and performed her arangetram, the debut three-hour performance in the Bharatanatyam dance form.
ROBERTO SANCHEZ
Description - Rigo, the new kid in town, finds himself being bullied by some of the local kids. A chance encounter with Miguel, a comic book store owner, introduces Rigo to the vast world of superheroes. But are they fiction or real?
RIGHT ONE, THE
ANTHONY DEPTULA
Description - A young girl is forced to pick between a violin and a cello only to discover the right instrument for her is something entirely out of the ordinary.
D.A.D.
JAMES A SIMS
Description - A workaholic father comes home to discover his twin daughters have built a digital android doppelg�nger that they lovingly call D.A.D.
KIND OF FISHY
ALEKSANDER NORDAAS
Description - A unique fish tale - made with driftwood. Dive in with the fun, fast and furious fish in this animated children's short film! There's life in everything - if you just imagine. Just like Danny Driftwood does, as he creates his own underwater world in a bucket; with rocks, sand, leaves - and driftwood. And down here, magic dwells --new friends, exploration - and an angry halibut. Can Danny and his two friends trick it and escape?
COMMON THREAD
FRANK FAZZIO
Series: ENVIRONMANTAL SHORT, AGES 8-18
Description - Climate and global warming are mental health crises, and our children are among the most vulnerable. The Common Thread project joins global filmmakers speaking with children worldwide about their concerns for the planet and future. These children and filmmakers are not celebrities or activists, but they have a Common Thread - They all want a sustainable and livable planet and future for their generation.
ANYONE CAN SAY I, BUT WHO SAYS WE?
KATHARINA RABI
Description - At the Senior Class of a New Middle school in Lower Austria, currently the topic of "democracy" has been dealt with. Although the pupils have been divided into two groups due to the Corona pandemic, they should learn how to make decisions collectively as part of a class council. At the same time in a different location, covered chandeliers and offices wrapped in tarpaulins hint at the state of an abandoned pomp building. While empty meeting rooms and old lecterns are being renovated in the Austrian parliament building, the pupils find themselves in the new roles of their everyday school-life. What processes and conflicts are the young people confronted with, at a time when life as a class community is being put to the test?
GRAMMY GREEN THUMBS
ANNIE CREMONT
Series: FOREIGN ANIMATED SHORT, AGES 2-8
Description - Grammy Green Thumbs is a tale about a young girl called Elaine and her friends. Along the story, she will understand the power of nature, the respect for everything surrounding herself and discover different aspects of life.
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