Now in it’s 18th year, this program continues to inspire youth filmmakers from around the world to share their talents with our festival audience. This showcase presents some of the very best films submitted this year from around the world by filmmakers in elementary, middle and high schools. All films, 5 minutes and under, are eligible for cash prizes in several categories.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (K-5)
METAMORPHOSIS
Filmmaker: Bryn Wright | 2 min | Carlsbad, CA
NOT SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Filmmakers: Sloan Gregory, Allison Gregory | 5 min | Missouri
MIDDLE SCHOOL (6-8)
BLUE BUTTERFLY DAY
Filmmakers: Rohan Desai, Greta Bartczak, Jacobus Bell, Ava Fourticq | 2 min | Colorado
KUINERRAQ
Filmmakers: Magnus Shipe, Ella Marquez Benavidez, Isaac Boss | 4 min | New Mexico
WHEN YOUR BROTHER GETS HANGRY
Filmmaker: Benny Eldridge, Corban Lewis, Max Eldridge, Lulu Lewis | 4 min | SLO, CA
HIGH SCHOOL (9-12)
ANNA MCGEE’S WILD RIDE
Filmmakers: Ava Bounds, Alex Osborn, Casey Wood, Leo Beever, Alex Marsden | 2 min | United Kingdom
BOO
Filmmakers: Lewis Adomako-Mensah, Nickan Khazali, Harvey Loakes, Juli Gorodilova, Sabine Kemp, Milly Adey | 5 min | United Kingdom
BREAK THE MOULD
Filmmaker: Samantha Chim | 5 min | Australia
BUBBLES
Filmmaker: Alicia Yoon | 2 min | Fullerton, CA
CARRIER
Filmmaker: Ezra Dov | 3 min | Los Angeles, CA
CAULISIOUS
Filmmakers: Tilley Aga Thom, Jahlaya Lafortune-Spencer, Nessie Hamilton | 5 min | Canada
DREAMER
Filmmakers: Piotr Kaźmierczak, Damian Borowiec, Ira Karapetyan | 3 min | Poland
FRANK
Filmmakers: Junho Cabral, Jon Alpert, Frank Arroyo | 5 min | New York
THE HILL WE CLIMB
Filmmakers: Daniel B., Destiny B., Aminah E., Zalthea E., Jordyn H., Ellie M., Indigo T., Janeya W., Janae Y. | 2 min | Maryland
KITCHEN HANDS
Filmmakers: Meredith Whitcher, Joanna Rawlings | 4 min | SLO, CA
THE LIFE OF RAUL PEREZ
Filmmakers: Malakhi Perez, Fernando Gutierrez | 5 min | Fallbrook, CA
OUT OF POCKET
Filmmakers: Indiana Ford, James Lee, John Taylor, Jack Quintana | 2 min | Virginia
PURPLE DEATH
Filmmakers: Samuel Cornejo, Nathan Freeland, Adan Garcia, Anabel Martinez, Zephyr Delute | 5 min | Guadalupe, CA
UPON RETURN
Filmmakers: Emily Sedgwick, Devan Jordan | 4 min | Connecticut
UP TO YOUR INTERPRETATION
Filmmakers: Gareth Cartier, William Kizer, Esme Roberts, Kady Serlin | 4 min | Redwood City, CA
