Ever find yourself daydreaming and wishing you could reclaim the beauty and wonder of childhood divergent thinking? These shorts help shake up your perspective by offering the opportunity to see the world anew through the eyes of youth as they experience what the rollercoaster of life has to offer.

A young girl visits her friends and delivers them each a piece of cake for her birthday.

Lonely Birthday

At a dinner with both her parents, little Mei sees the crack in the family as it explodes.

梅Mei

Caught in the crossfire of a parental war zone, 7-year-old Charlie seeks comfort in the plastic flamingos flocking her yard to avoid the stress of her parent's inevitable separation.

Pink Flamingos Everywhere

In the winter of the Korean War, a North Korean family escapes to the sea, where they must quietly sneak across the water on a fisherman's boat to reach freedom.

Other Homes

Bon gets ready for her school photoshoot when she gets her first period.

Blue Honey

SUNFLOWER FIELD follows a young girl in Ukraine who awaits a call from her father. As she waits, the day turns into night and she sinks into various dreamscapes from which she must find her way home.

Sunflower Field

A young girl faces a test of friendship at an orphanage in 1970 South Korea | Based on a true story

Julia

Together, Alone is a short film about an 8-year-old daughter who witnesses her father's first symptoms of Parkinson's. His hand begins to shake and they both notice quietly. The film addresses the complicated dynamics of a father’s reckoning with his illness while raising a young child — an emphasis on their loving relationship, as they navigate the everyday.

Together, Alone

Fresh Eyes

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