A selection of short films from students grades K-12, college and university students.Audience Award balloting is not available for shorts in this package.

A father sits down with his daughter to tell the story of how he became a superhero.

Babam

A father sits down with his daughter to tell the story of how he became a superhero.

How kids can help with the climate change crisis.

Never Too Small

How kids can help with the climate change crisis.

A NASA scientist in 2063 creates a powerful energy source, but before he can transmit it for mass production, a mysterious force shows him a desolate future. Will he choose fame and fortune or will he save the world without anyone knowing?

One Minute to Midnight

A scientist creates a powerful weapons energy source, more powerful than he knows.

This student film captures the journey of a racist young man as he discovers beauty within people's differences. After an existential realization, the character learns to see that differences create beauty, and he begins to observe the uniqueness, or the "purple flower," within in those he once hated. The film was created to speak against a series of racially-violent events in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania community.

Seeing Purple

The journey of a bigoted man learning to see the beauty within difference.

Two high school science fair lab partners, with opposing approaches to botany, engage in an emotional argument that disrupts the chemical reactions of their experiment, thus turning them into bacteria. Now,, in bacterial form they must work together to return to human form, fix their project and win the science fair.

Bacterium Delirium

After an emotional argument, two high school lab partners must work together to win the science fair and return to human form.

After carrying the burden of misfortune throughout his life, a single father seeks redemption as he raises his son.

Sonnie

After carrying the burden of misfortune throughout his life, a single father seeks redemption as he raises his son.

A dying man and his nurse have one last conversation. It changes her life forever.

Applebaum

A naïve teen discovers just how hairy growing up can be when she embarks on an overnight class camping field trip, braving big rumors, big boobs, and even Bigfoot.

Pine Mountain Overnight

A naïve teen discovers just how hairy growing up can be when she embarks on an overnight class camping field trip, braving big rumors, big boobs, and even Bigfoot.

A 13 year old Afghan refugee hustles around in a refugee camp, trying to survive the harsh circumstances. In Dari with English subtitles.

Ghazaal

A 13 year old Afghan refugee hustles around in a refugee camp, trying to survive the harsh circumstances.

In a lonely retirement home where the retired folks have resorted to keeping spiders for company, one man meets a spider who is determined to not let the neglected elderly miss out on the Christmas party they all deserve.

Jitterbugs

In a lonely retirement home where the retired folks have resorted to keeping spiders for company, one man meets a spider who is determined to not let the neglected elderly miss out on the Christmas party they all deserve.

A conversation with filmmakers from Bacterium Delirium, Babam, Never Too Small, One Minute To Midnight, Seeing Purple, Applebaum, Pine Mountain Overnight, Ghazaal, and Jitterbugs.

TalkBack Q&A: Shorts Package 6: Student Filmmaker Showcase

A conversation with filmmakers from Bacterium Delirium, Babam, Never Too Small, One Minute To Midnight, Seeing Purple, Applebaum, Pine Mountain Overnight, Ghazaal, and Jitterbugs.

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