You know that feeling when you spend your whole life with a well loved jello mold, only to then discover a labyrinthian mom &amp; pop shop with limitless supply of different jello mold shapes, and then you have nothing but time and gelatin mix? That is the wonder and experimentation on display with these adventurous filmmakers.

An exploration of identity, perception, and stereotypes that challenges the "single story" narrative.

A Portrait of NOT Struggle

A young woman's search for identity as a mixed American and Hispanic daughter, exploring the sense of loss and failure that comes from not speaking both of her parents' languages.

Forastera

With 400 sheets of paper, 37,213 square inches, and 3,100 square feet of frames, and 2388 total frames, the technique of mixed media animation is adopted to externalize the complex, overly vibrant, and garish sensations of a flashback.

EXHALE

After arriving on sacred natural land, two souls share a physical dispute over the importance that natural land has in our lives.

Ko Wai Au

Teenage girls in Kyrgyzstan speak about everyday expectations and social roles they grow up with.

Because, I am a girl

An exploration into the significance behind naming children in Ebira and Muslim culture.

Ozovehe

A young boy is haunted by idea of spiders crawling into his ears at night to eat his brains.

Arachnophobic

A dancer confronts the haunting reality of constant performance as he navigates the line between art and identity.

Thalia

A compilation of 5 visual poems reflecting on culture, heritage, and belonging within these worlds.

About:

An essay of a Hazara girl from Afghanistan searching for a home.

Home for runaway girls

A non-binary teen goes on a journey towards acceptance after being kicked out.

NAIL POLISH

Written and sung in Dinjii Zhuh K’yàa, the Gwich’in language, this first-of-its-kind music video explores grief from an Indigenous perspective.

Vidrìi Tr'ahtłoo

A struggle with episodic spirals of self-hatred in an expressive blend of live action and animation.

look at me

A young boy ventures through his shadow-filled home in search of his parents, piecing together fragments of a life he thought he knew, while remnants of the past seem to linger in every corner.

This House Creaks

Breaking the Mold

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The 19th National Film Festival for Talented Youth

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