Shorts 3: The Kids Are All Right?

Films About Kids 

Sat Sept 14, 12p, 98 min

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Ashima

Dekel Berenson

Nepal 15 min

In an impoverished country, rife with contradiction, a young girl is torn between her obligation to her family and the influence of foreign visitors.

Betta

June Hucko

USA 12 min

A girl collects her memories and must decide what to do with them when she runs out of space.

How Does It Start

Amber Sealey

USA 15 min

It’s 1983 and 12-year-old Rain wants sex, the only problem is she has no idea what that means. With her self-absorbed parents distracted by their recent divorce, Rain is left alone to navigate the complexities of love and adulthood, and learns to do it her own way.

Sammy

Dana-Lee Mierowsky Bennett

Australia 14 min

In a war torn Australia where survivors seek refuge underneath the ground, 10-year-old Sammy struggles to build a hot air balloon so she and her little brother Max can find their parents.

The Moon Never Dies

Mariona Lloreta

Brazil 13 min

On the brink of becoming a teenager, carefree Leo lives with his father and ailing grandmother. Going through the motions of a seemingly normal day, they navigate the complexities of their relationship and the trials of a changing season.

Baxu and the Giants

Florian Schott

Namibia 29 min

Baxu, a 9 year old girl in touch with nature and tradition but toughened by life in poverty, lives with her older brother Khata and alcoholic grandmother in a village in Damaraland, Namibia.They live a peaceful life until strange men show up and cause change in the village. First the neighbour starts acting suspicious, then Baxu notices changes in her own household.Keen on finding out what Khata is hiding from her, Baxu investigates and learns that her brother started poaching, in order to improve his family’s living conditions.Baxu has to make a tough decision – will she stay quiet or will she listen to the rhinos, the giants of the Savannah, who she talks to in her dreams and risk losing the people she loves the most?

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