Stick around after the films to watch a recorded Q&amp;A with filmmakers Steven Hoffen from Growing Peace in the Middle East and Kaylen Run from Hidden Treasure.

A Ship Called Lili: The Lillian Trilling Story is an animated film about Holocaust survivor and activist Lillian Trilling which chronicles her life at age 12 of escaping the Warsaw Ghetto, surviving a #MeToo experience, working as a nanny in a German castle, and her eventual liberation and journey to America.&nbsp; The film was created by teens who worked with an artist mentor over Zoom, using their phones as cameras and cardboard boxes as animation stands. It is a production of The Righteous Conversations Project, a collaboration of Holocaust survivors and teens, based in Los Angeles and now in its tenth year.

A Ship Called Lili: The Lillian Trilling Story

"Hidden Treasure" investigates Ali Baba's Kitchen, a well-known Indian-Pakistani restaurant in Hamden, Connecticut. Jamshed and Sobia Khalid, along with their daughter, Huda Khalid, have a rich history in regards to the restaurant, and the film explores the hard work and talent devoted to reaching their current stage as restaurant owners. From owning food trucks, to altering their menus, to exploring ways to increase the quality of their advertising, the Khalids have reimagined their way to success.

Hidden Treasure

Aiden (18) is a rat lover with 20 pet rats. But can he convince rat hater Abe that rats are lovable? Find out in this special Reel Teens documentary!

Rat Lover

In this short, the filmmaker reflects on the ancestral history, knowledge and consciousness passed down through a traditional dish.

Having a Meal with my Ancestors

A teenager drives home from school.

Impact

During a visit to Israel, a 7th grader from New York is inspired by a visit to Sindyanna of Galilee, a non-profit organization led by a team of Arab and Jewish women working together to create social change from the ground up. Through remote interviews conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, he documented the hydroponics project at Sindyanna, which strives to create economic opportunities for Arab women, to showcase the power of science in uniting the Arab and Jewish communities

Growing Peace in the Middle East

African In America

Student-Made Documentaries

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Welcome to a weekend of workshops and screenings of family-friendly films, both professionally and student-made, hailing from countries that span the globe! Filmmakers Collaborative created the BIKFF in 2013 with a goal of showing kids that making a film can be a powerful way to tell a story.

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