S02E03: The Kids Are All Right?
September 14 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
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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