Shorts Program: Rising Stars

Middle School Student Niya Torres explains the importance of the First Amendment in a way she and her peers can truly understand.

Hivemind follows a girl who explores a strange game after all of her friends mysteriously disappear. The film was created in just 72 hours by Dylan S. Baker, Samantha Kennedy, Joey Tangradi, and Josephine Yozzi, four …

Audio-visual, synesthetic translation of Bulgarian poet, Peyo Yavorov’s symbolist work, “Two Beautiful Eyes.” The poem’s mirrored structure, reflected in the animation through reverse movement, lends itself fluidly to visual representation. The malleable tactility of oil …

An awkward high schooler named Jimmy pretends to be a talk show host to socialize with people. Can he maintain his persona after asking out Chloe, the captain of the volleyball team?

Two friends find the body of an ostensible gangster floating in the River Thames. They exchange their theories on what they believe led the body to be in front of them, but will their imaginations …

High School Student Mia Ramos explains how the US grants its citizens unique freedoms by comparing our country to the rest of the globe.

When a low-life gambler’s life threatening debt with a powerful crime boss puts a strain on his family and personal relationships, what lengths is he willing to go to settle his tab.

College Student Emily Kastens creatively uses MS Paint to educate others on the rights protected in the First Amendment, and encourages us to use them!

Olivia, a professional separation agent, breaks up on behalf of her clients to deliver their news impersonally. But when hired to break up with an old love, she has to choose between revealing her client’s …

High Schooler Neha Yalamanchi uses animation to explain the importance of civil civic conversation.

Two local park trash cans clash in a territorial dispute.

Our Precious Autumn is a short film that follows Ami, a manga artist who is burnt out and overworked at the manga studio that she works at. After a few sleep deprived nights, she stumbles …

In the summertime in typical suburbia, four best friends are taking part in their daily tradition: smoking weed in their parents’ basement. All except Lana, who refrains in order to protect her singing voice, are …