Who are you when no one is watching? And what is it that YOU want? It's time to gaze into the mirror with this collection of personal and intimate shorts. Light a candle, bust out your trusty journal, and prepare for a journey of self-reflection and discovery. Ready or not -- change is coming.&nbsp;

An Asian adoptee struggling under her white mother's expectations finds confidence and cultural connection through an unexpected bond with a maternal nail technician -- until a bittersweet goodbye forces her to embrace her identity on her own terms.

Searching For Color

With a fresh, short haircut (by her own doing), tomboy Juul hesitantly enters her mother's exhibition, wishing to be seen in a new light, but is immediately confronted with a horribly girly portrait of herself.

Zie, Zo

A reimagination of memory and the necessary courage one must take upon themselves in order to feel fulfilled.

Violence of Our Own

Masculinity and pride divides two teenage boys on a night out.

Shallow

After Caleb is almost caught in the back of a pickup truck with Logan Balfe, he has to keep things quiet while driving Logan home.

pansies

Robin wanders a landscape shaped by their own desires, caught between the person they've always been and the person they're terrified to become.

Marble Tissues

As Tết (Vietnamese Lunar New Year) approaches, a young Vietnamese immigrant grapples between cultural expectations and their desire to explore a masculine identity, especially when pressured by their mother to wear a feminine áo dài.

Mùa Xuân Của Mẹ (Mother's Spring)

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The 19th National Film Festival for Talented Youth

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