New Level Unlocked! Confronting adulthood can be daunting, but each new experience offers an opportunity for evolution. These films capture the raw, brutal, beautiful, and unexpected moments that shape our identity and help us find our voice.

A young Indigenous woman is preparing to leave her community. This departure makes her reflect that with the move into adulthood, she feels as much a stranger in her village as in her new town.

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A woman recounts her experience living in a dysfunctional queer household while California repealed gay marriage during the 2008 election.

2008

A recent college graduate must confront his fear of adulthood, his childhood nostalgia, and the supernatural entities which pursue him through the halls of his old elementary school.

My Child

A girl studying in New York City gets knocked up and has to figure out how to tell her mom.

Yours and Mine

Pavel finds himself in the middle of a fall afternoon that slowly reveals the uncertainty of his future, dissolving into a mark on his neck by night.

The Hickey

Ashamed to sing, a choir boy finds his true voice in the underground punk scene.

The Lame Shall Sing

As the fear of her impending adulthood becomes louder, a sedentary girl is asked to go to a party.

Glint

An eighth-grade girl on the cusp of self-awareness gets more than she bargains for after she steals her first bra.

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The 18th National Film Festival for Talented Youth

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