AGES 15+
“Take my hand and run with me out of the past called yesterday, And walk with me into the future of tomorrow.” From scheming teens and high school daydreams to magical VHS tapes and acts of courage, this youth-produced shorts program celebrates inventive storytelling and imaginative worlds. These shorts explore the humor and heart of their characters, capturing moments both whimsical and profound. The Buttercup Mafia (Noam Rignault Clement, US, 12 min), Eggs Benedict (Johnny White, US, 3 min), Hypnos: The Morphing (Yilian Ma, China, 4 min), 404: An Internet Archive Documentary (Jacob Stoelting, US, 7 min), Luisa (Kiyomi DallasKidd, US, 2 min), How It Should Be (Natalie Yerelekian, US, 13 min), Self Portrait II (Paula Benu, Romania, 1 min), Shrimp Wiggle (Mason Barnhardt, Jade Kelly, US, 9 min), I Remember, I Feel, I See, I Am Seen (Collective Work, Romania, 4 min), White Crow (Ruslan Khromin, US, 2 min), Dancing in the Stars (Lazar Jovanović, Serbia, 15 min), Find Me in the Void (Denver Humphrey, US, 7 min), The Scene (Ramina Rezaie, Iran, 14 min). ––Diana Sánchez Maciel
Total run time: 93 min

(Advisory: Some violence and gun use)