| FILM | DIRECTOR | COUNTRY | LENGTH | |
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| A Dreamers Melody | Kendra Ann Sherrill | United States | 4 minutes | |
 A trip to the movie theater sparks a passion for a young girl and her shoes. Film Block: Short Films for Middle Schoolers & Above | ||||
| A Home for Curiosities | Ben Tobin | United States | 17 minutes | |
A young boy discovers a house full of forgotten imaginary friends. Along with his friend Alice, Wallace helps bring these curiosities back to the real world to meet new human companions. Film Block: Short Films for Middle Schoolers & Above | ||||
| A Simple Mistake |
| United States | 4 minutes | |
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| Adelia's Road Trip | Viktoria Schultz | United States | 4 minutes | |
 On a family road trip, everyone is glued to their technological devices except Adelia. When her tablet dies, she gets to the see beauty of the natural world through the lens of a child. Film Block: Animated Short Films for Ages 10 & Under - FREE! | ||||
| Bad Scientist | Falon Danita | United States | 9 minutes | |
 When Mary von Grubenstein thinks she’s finally created a monster evil enough to make her the best evil scientist around and make her late father proud… things go a little awry when the creation wakes up. Film Block: Student Made Short Narratives | ||||
| Behind the Screen | Odessa Reilly | United States | 10 minutes | |
 Behind the Screen examines the film industry’s significant gender imbalance when it comes to women being hired for crew roles. Of the 100 top-grossing films in 2018, women accounted for only 16% of the directors, writers, producers, editors, and cinematographers. As a teenage girl living in Los Angeles, I was disappointed to discover such a disparity. In this documentary, I interview different people in the industry to find out why the numbers are so low and to figure out what, if anything, can be done to address this gender gap. Film Block: Student Made Documentaries | ||||
| Blue & Curt | Jesse Cote | Canada | 2 minutes | |
A stubborn little monster named Curt receives some advice from a clever little bird named Blue. Film Block: Animated Short Films for Ages 10 & Under - FREE! | ||||
| Cardboard Castles | Isabelle Leonard | United States | 12 minutes | |
 A terminally ill father takes his daughter into a cardboard world to teach her life lessons. Film Block: Short Films Great for Ages 10 & Under | ||||
| Daddy's Boy | Mark Alan | Canada | 5 minutes | |
 A young boy, upset with his father’s business trip overseas, creates a “Robot Dad” to keep him company while he is away. Film Block: Short Films Great for Ages 10 & Under | ||||
| Discoveries: Awakening | Noah Semeria | United States | 3 minutes | |
 Discoveries: Awakening is a film that encapsulates beauty, motion, and life that constantly surrounds one’s life but it is that you must become expose/awakened to this reality in order to live a more fulfilling life! Film Block: FC Academy Short Films | ||||
| Dock 24 | Nicholas Danner | United States | 8 minutes | |
 A docking officer on the Antares Space Station is forced to make a decision when the Starship Oberon calls in saying they have a hostile alien life form loose aboard: either let the ship dock and risk the creature getting loose on the station or let the remaining crew of the Oberon die. Film Block: Student Made Short Narratives | ||||
| Double Vida | Sharleny Gonzalez | United States | 4 minutes | |
 Two countries, one teen and her journey discovering that home does not need to be a place. Film Block: Student Made Short Narratives | ||||
| Dreamsheep | Lulú Vieira | Colombia | 9 minutes | |
 Emma, a 6-year-old girl, gets up one morning and discovers that a sheep has escaped from her dreams and is jumping on her bed. Emma and the sheep become great friends and spend the days playing, while they ignore that everything around them has been changing since the day the sheep arrived. Emma will have to discover a way to find the planet where the sheep lives and the dreams are born, to try to get everything back to normal. Film Block: Animated Short Films for Ages 10 & Under - FREE! | ||||
| Driver's Ed | Dana Koops | United States | 13 minutes | |
 An overconfident teen seeks to pass her driving test despite unexpected obstacles. Film Block: Student Made Short Narratives | ||||
| Economic Inequality in Education | Gabriel Nelson | United States | 17 minutes | |
A group of Vermont teens embark on a year-long exploration of economic inequality and its effect on education through interviews with educators who struggled to get where they are, with experts helping students overcome adversity, and with high-profile leaders, such as Senator Bernie Sanders, to create this thought-provoking documentary. Film Block: Student Made Documentaries | ||||
| Families Creating Together: Rhythm of Our Story | Harrison Osborne | United States | 8 minutes | |
 Performing artist and teacher Cornell Coley brings children and families from across Boston’s inner city neighborhoods together, and teaches them about creative expression through drumming, rhythm and dancing. For one mother and daughter living in a tough neighborhood, the Families Creating Together workshop provides a safe space to be together and create music. Film Block: Student Made Documentaries | ||||
| Fire Flower | Stephan Leeper | United States | 6 minutes | |
A nun, four orphans and a glitchy robot on a quest for beauty. . . what could possibly go wrong? Princess, Fabio, Pigtails and Curly, from St. Mary’s Home for unfortunate Children, are on a field-trip to the botanical garden to celebrate Princess’ birthday. On the way they meet a curious grounds keeper and the fireworks begin. . . quite literally. Film Block: Animated Short Films for Ages 10 & Under - FREE! | ||||
| Fish out of Water | Alyssa Asaro | Canada | 16 minutes | |
Fish Out of Water follows the story of 12-year old Henry, a non-verbal boy with Cerebral Palsy. While facing a difficult transition into school and with his brother growing more distant, Henry comes in contact with an alien. Film Block: Short Films for Middle Schoolers & Above | ||||
| Friend Zoned | Aidan Bonner | United States | 4 minutes | |
 The story of heartbreak told through the lens of an immature, emotional teenager. Film Block: Student Made Short Narratives | ||||
| Future Girls |
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| 5 minutes | |
Film Block: FC Academy Short Films | ||||
| Gallery Experience | Jinghan Tian | United States | 4 minutes | |
The girl had a magical experience by visiting the gallery with her dad for the first time. Film Block: Animated Short Films for Ages 10 & Under - FREE! | ||||
| GAME | Jeannie Donohoe | United States | 16 minutes | |
A new kid shows up at the high school boys’ basketball tryouts and instantly makes an impression. Will talent and drive be enough to make the team once they discover a secret? Film Block: FC Academy Short Films | ||||
| Godspeed | Sunny Chan | United States | 3 minutes | |
Godspeed is a story about a mother saying goodbye to her son at the airport. The son asks for a hug, but his reserved mother is reluctant to do so. Thus seemingly small conflict between the two is amplified by their facial expressions, visualizing the weight of the struggle each of them is experiencing Film Block: Animated Short Films for Ages 10 & Under - FREE! | ||||
| Good Night | Makiko Nanke | Japan | 6 minutes | |
For these twin boys, a little sibling rivalry is an everyday occurrence. And no matter how minor the infraction, as far as they’re concerned, each quibble is like an act of war. They’re fighting with all they’ve got… and even in dreams, the battle rages on. Our story peeks in on these two boys, and we have a chance to look on as they grow. Film Block: Animated Short Films for Ages 10 & Under - FREE! | ||||
| Heliocentric | Mike McCraw | United States | 4 minutes | |
Boxer, Verve, Campbell and Herman teach Naomi Money that the Sun revolves around the Earth, foiling her quasi-evil plan, and schooling her about Ptolemy, Galileo and Copernicus in the process. Film Block: Short Films for Middle Schoolers & Above | ||||
| Homes Instead | Mason Wicks-Lim | United States | 19 minutes | |
 This documentary covers my experience witnessing at a private prison, in Homestead Florida, which made millions of dollars a day off of imprisoning kids my age and even younger. These kids were seeking asylum in the US, but as it turned out they were instead imprisoned against their will, against our ethics, and even against our laws. The documentary also talks about a certain kind of activism called “Bearing Witness” and how it helped close the Homestead Facility. I created this documentary to educate people, but also to impact people emotionally. hope this documentary will move people to help stop for-profit prisons and fix our broken immigration system.
Film Block: Student Made Documentaries | ||||
| Kung Fu Joe | Violet Wright | United States | 7 minutes | |
 Violet Wright a senior at Oakland Catholic High School loves to watch movies and make them. Doria Focareta is a funky young filmmaker with big dreams of creating content she can love just as much as the content she consumes. The two have come together to create this short student made documentary about a local in their city, Kung Fu Joe. Film Block: Student Made Documentaries | ||||
| Last Dance at the Cocoanut Grove | Charles Shi | United States | 10 minutes | |
 This documentary tells the story of the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire of 1942 from a perspective of triumph and tragedy. It explores how 492 patrons lost their lives due to improper fire codes and regulations. However, as a result, medical and fire safety innovations arose for the benefit of millions. Film Block: Student Made Documentaries | ||||
| Lost in the Woods |
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| 4 minutes | |
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| Louder than Words | Rachel Larkin | Australia | 13 minutes | |
 Amy Clearwell is eleven years old and all she wants is to be the drummer in her school concert band. However, when both her concert band conductor and her father block her from being involved in the band, Amy begins to want something more. She wants them to realise that she can be both talented, and Deaf. Film Block: Short Films for Middle Schoolers & Above | ||||
| LUZ | John Banana | France | 8 minutes | |
Problems can cloud your vision, but the key to Cloudia’s happiness may be right under her nose. Film Block: Short Films for Middle Schoolers & Above 2 | ||||
| MAGIC |
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| 7 minutes | |
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| Microplastic Madness | Atsuko Quirk | United States | 76 minutes | |
“Microplastic Madness – Brooklyn kids take on plastic pollution” is an inspirational and optimistic take on the local and global plastic pollution crisis as told through a refreshing urban youth point of view with a powerful take action message. Fifth graders from PS 15 in Red Hook, Brooklyn – a community on the frontline of Climate Change that was severely impacted by Superstorm Sandy- spent 2 years investigating plastic pollution. Taking on the roles of citizen scientists, community leaders, and advocates, these 10-11 year olds collect local data, lead community outreach, and use their impressive data to inform policy, testifying and rallying at City Hall. They take the deep dive into the root causes of plastic pollution, bridging the connection between plastic, climate change, and environmental justice before turning their focus back to school. There they take action to rid their cafeteria of all single-use plastic, driving forward city-wide action and a scalable, youth-led plastic-free movement. With stop-motion animation, heartfelt kid commentary, and interviews of experts and renowned scientists who are engaged in the most cutting edge research on the harmful effects of microplastics, this alarming, yet charming narrative, conveys an urgent message in user-friendly terms with a take action message to spark youth-led plastic free action in schools everywhere. Showing | ||||
| Mirror, Mirror on the Wall |
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| 3 minutes | |
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| Monster Days | Chan Ning | China | 14 minutes | |
Ye zi’s mother is stressed out. After suppressing herself under pressure for a long time, she turned into a monster one morning. Now 5 year old Ye zi has to take care of her monster mom, how’s it gonna be? Film Block: Short Films for Middle Schoolers & Above 2 | ||||
| My Beautiful Stutter | Ryan Gielen | United States | 90 minutes | |
Five kids ages 9 to 18, from all over the United States enter experimental, interactive and arts-based programs at SAY, The Stuttering Association for the Young, based in New York City. After a lifetime of bullying and stigmatization, some have found themselves close to suicide, others enter withdrawn and fearful, exhausted and defeated from fluency training and the pressure to not stutter or remain silent. Over the course of a year of SAY events, workshops and camp, we witness firsthand the incredible transformation that happens when these young people of wildly different backgrounds experience for the first time the revolutionary idea at the heart of SAY: it’s okay to stutter. Showing | ||||
| My Beautiful Stutter (Second Screening) | Ryan Gielen | United States | 90 minutes | |
Five kids ages 9 to 18, from all over the United States enter experimental, interactive and arts-based programs at SAY, The Stuttering Association for the Young, based in New York City. After a lifetime of bullying and stigmatization, some have found themselves close to suicide, others enter withdrawn and fearful, exhausted and defeated from fluency training and the pressure to not stutter or remain silent. Over the course of a year of SAY events, workshops and camp, we witness firsthand the incredible transformation that happens when these young people of wildly different backgrounds experience for the first time the revolutionary idea at the heart of SAY: it’s okay to stutter. Showing | ||||
| New Homeland | Barbara Kopple | United States | 93 minutes | |
Every summer since 1914, Camp Pathfinder, a summer camp located on a small island in the wilderness of Canada’s Algonquin Park, invites a community of boys and young men from all across Canada and the United States to spend a few weeks in the backcountry learning how to camp, hike, canoe and fish. Two years ago Camp Director Mike Sladden, heartbroken by the tragic images from the growing global refugee crisis but inspired by Canada’s growing intake of asylum seekers, had an idea. What if he could find a way to bring a group of displaced boys from war-torn Syria and Iraq, who recently settled in Canada, to spend the summer at Pathfinder? If the camp experience could have such a profound effect on generations of boys already, imagine what it would be like for these refugee boys. Directed by two-time Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple, in collaboration with NowThis, NEW HOMELAND offers a unique and intimate perspective into the experience of building a new home after fleeing the traumas of war. Showing | ||||
| Nightmare on Elmo Street |
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| 4 minutes | |
Film Block: FC Academy Short Films | ||||
| Nine Doors |
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| 7 minutes | |
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| No Good Deed Goes Unpunished |
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| 6 minutes | |
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| Out of the Shadows | Raw Student Arts | United States | 4 minutes | |
 Where there is light, there will be shadows. A group of young animators explore their relationships with their shadow side. Film Block: Student Made Short Narratives | ||||
| Outside | Emma Evanson | United States | 6 minutes | |
 When a young girl steps outside on a snowy day she discovers a whole new world to explore. Film Block: Animated Short Films for Ages 10 & Under - FREE! | ||||
| Parallel | Janny Hu | China | 3 minutes | |
A young boy starts to notice somethings that are off about his world Film Block: Student Made Short Narratives | ||||
| Playdate | Matt Aaron Krinsky | United States | 7 minutes | |
 A Boy and a Girl find themselves stuck on a playground with no electronic devices and must rediscover how to play using their imaginations. Film Block: Short Films Great for Ages 10 & Under | ||||
| Pool | Ido Weisman | Israel | 12 minutes | |
 A warm spring morning in the kibbutz’s public swimming pool. Despite being an adult, Aryeh (60) does not know how to swim, so he is led to the deep water by the swimming instructor who, in his opinion, was the most worthy – his 13-year-old son, Yoav. In the early hours of the morning, when the pool is relatively empty, Aryeh and his shameful presence are easier to carry for Yoav. But what will happen with the arrival of Yoav’s classmates? Standing between his shameful father and the popular classmates, the delicate balance in the water becomes unbearable. Film Block: Short Films for Middle Schoolers & Above 2 | ||||
| Project Donuts 2 |
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| 7 minutes | |
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| Rise Above | Ribal Chedid | Lebanon | 9 minutes | |
https://vimeo.com/366181288 Peter, a 9 year old boy, goes through rough days at school, until the starless night when an igniting light rises above … Film Block: Short Films for Middle Schoolers & Above 2 | ||||
| Robot Farmer | Ian Brauner | United States | 2 minutes | |
 Robot Farmer wants his plants to grow big and tall! Stand back and watch him go as he learns all the important steps to making plants grow, like water, sunlight, and love! Film Block: Animated Short Films for Ages 10 & Under - FREE! | ||||
| Rose Bakery | Olive Revis | United States | 1 minute | |
 In beautiful hand-drawn animation, this young filmmaker takes the viewer on a journey through the eyes of a cat. Film Block: Animated Short Films for Ages 10 & Under - FREE! | ||||
| Shadow Woods |
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| 4 minutes | |
Film Block: FC Academy Short Films | ||||
| Sherman |
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| 7 minutes | |
Film Block: FC Academy Short Films | ||||
| Shield | Danielle Lyle | United States | 18 minutes | |
Zoe was put in foster care after the death of her brother. Trauma made it difficult to place her in a permanent home until Rachel embraces the challenges in an inspiring story about facing fears and finding inner strength to overcome. Film Block: Short Films for Middle Schoolers & Above | ||||
| Stick City |
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| 3 minutes | |
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| Stronger than Steel | Jacob Pincus | United States | 7 minutes | |
Three days after the Tree of Life synagogue shooting, thousands of people in Pittsburgh came together to protest the hate and violence in the country. “Stronger than Steel” explores that even after tragedy, there is hope in this divided nation. Film Block: Student Made Documentaries | ||||
| Super | Jasper Sleeman | United States | 4 minutes | |
Two rival superheroes form an unlike bond while racing to save a runaway baby. Film Block: Animated Short Films for Ages 10 & Under - FREE! | ||||
| The Big Questions in Life | Ingrid Hübscher | Germany | 6 minutes | |
 A little girl gets bored waiting for her mother at a cafe and finds a boy to play with. Film Block: Short Films Great for Ages 10 & Under | ||||
| The Eagle has Landed |
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| 7 minutes | |
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| The Genres of Interviews |
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| 7 minutes | |
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| The Holy Water Bottle |
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| 3 minutes | |
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| The Mom Plan | Ella McKeon | United States | 4 minutes | |
A boy and his single father set out to find themselves the perfect mom/wife. Film Block: Student Made Short Narratives | ||||
| The Most Magnificent Thing | Arna Selznick | Canada | 22 minutes | |
The Most Magnificent Thing is about a little girl with a creative spirit who sets out to make the most magnificent thing – but it’s not as easy as she thinks! Film Block: Animated Short Films for Ages 10 & Under - FREE! | ||||
| The Payment |
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| 6 minutes | |
Film Block: FC Academy Short Films | ||||
| The Rule of Fours | Max Rogoff | United States | 10 minutes | |
 James, a young man with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, begins to date Mia, a spunky young woman. When their relationship is threatened, James must learn a valuable lesson in self-acceptance with his obsessive tendencies. Film Block: Student Made Short Narratives | ||||
| The Sacred Crabapple |
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| 8 minutes | |
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| The Shallow | Sydney Geiger | Unites States | 3 minutes | |
 A tragic story of a love that can’t be erased. Film Block: Student Made Short Narratives | ||||
| The Sun is a PATH God | Dekyvere Mathijs | Belgium | 12 minutes | |
 Adam, a nine-year-old boy, decides to become an adult in one summer. Film Block: Short Films for Middle Schoolers & Above 2 | ||||
| The Teacher |
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| 4 minutes | |
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| Thursday the 12th |
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| 4 minutes | |
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| Tough Teeth | Brianna Kastner | United States | 5 minutes | |
 After a long day of chomping, Croc Kid loses his teeth! What will he tell mom? Senior thesis film created at Bradley University in Peoria, IL. Film Block: Animated Short Films for Ages 10 & Under - FREE! | ||||
| Under Pressure | Four Rivers Class of 2019 | United States | 47 minutes | |
As their for-credit senior class project, student filmmakers from the Four Rivers Charter School in Greenfield, MA produced Under Pressure, a documentary film that investigates the 2018 gas disaster in the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts, explores safety issues in the nation’s gas distribution system and challenges the value of gas and other fossil fuels in an era of accelerating climate change. Showing | ||||
| unHEARD | Kian Doughty | United States | 3 minutes | |
 An elderly man wrestles with the past in unHEARD, a silent 16mm film written and directed by 8th grader Kian Doughty. Film Block: Student Made Short Narratives | ||||
| We are Number One |
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| 2 minutes | |
Film Block: FC Academy Short Films | ||||
| Why We Fish | Ronan Robinson | United States | 2 minutes | |
 This film explores the meaning of fishing and why people spend most of their lives in pursuit of fish. Film Block: Student Made Documentaries | ||||
| You Reap What You Sow | Jason Updyke | United States | 2 minutes | |
When 5-year old Thomas is evacuating the city with his mother, he has some questions about why they have to go. Told entirely through animation, the film is a warning and call to action about the state of our climate. Film Block: Student Made Short Narratives | ||||
| Zero Gravity | Lukas Hablitzel | Germany | 5 minutes | |
 When two boys parents start splitting up, the older tells the younger a story to make him understand. Film Block: Short Films for Middle Schoolers & Above 2 | ||||
