Life can be hard, but we persevere and keep soldiering forward. Whether they’re up against systemic injustice, health concerns, or even spiritual malaise, the subjects in these shorts make sure they never lose sight of themselves in the face of adversity.

A woman longs for snowfall to finally see her lover's promise.
'Snow' is an experimental, nostalgic micro-short, shot on 16mm film, based on Cherubina de Gabriak's poem 'When the Snow Falls' (written in 1907). A story of heartbreak, it ponders the nostalgic notion of hoping one's life will eventually get better.

Snow

Bailey, a mentally ill undergrad student is struggling through life. In a last ditch effort to try and salvage her academic career and turn her life around she goes to her school's mental health clinic looking for help.

Our Highest Priority

An overweight girl goes to the gym and falls prey to a toxic trainer.

A 19-year-old young man's lung spontaneously collapses. We see him physically and mentally struggle throughout his physical healing process and his mental perspective of the situation during a global pandemic.

Senseless

STILL HERE, a profoundly personal film about a Latino family in the Midwest, tells the story of three brothers whose coming of age was stained by violence, poverty, and prison.

Still Here

November 2001: Charles follows his Martin, another victim from the AIDS epidemic of the 90's, to the end. Twenty years later, we dive back in.

Beyond the Void

Coping for the Best

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The National Film Festival for Talented Youth - 16th Anniversary Edition

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