| FILM | DIRECTOR | COUNTRY | LENGTH | |
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| A Simple Mistake |
| United States | 4 minutes | |
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| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | |
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| 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.
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| 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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| MAGIC |
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| 7 minutes | |
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| Mirror, Mirror on the Wall |
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| 3 minutes | |
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| Nightmare on Elmo Street |
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| 4 minutes | |
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| 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 | ||||
| Project Donuts 2 |
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| 7 minutes | |
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| Shadow Woods |
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| 4 minutes | |
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| Sherman |
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| 7 minutes | |
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| 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 | ||||
| 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 Payment |
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| 6 minutes | |
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| 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 Teacher |
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| 4 minutes | |
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| Thursday the 12th |
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| 4 minutes | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | ||||
