Framing Youth

Javi and his mother are in front of the hospital with a suitcase for staying there for a few days. She’s just suffered a mild schizophrenia episode, but she feels good and she doesn’t want to go in. Javi wants her to enter the hospital voluntarily. Two people with a common enemy, but with opposing goals. Who will win?

When a B-list actress gets canned from her network show, she takes the only other job she's qualified for: a Christmas Elf at the mall.

Haley Hoult, a student of Est Harrison High, creates a sarcastic video essay about his school.

A graduating high schooler navigates a world of seemingly inevitable chaos by finding order in the number 7.

The Division employs time agents to go and fix events from the past to make a better future. Presented in a mockumentary style, this project was created as part of a 48 hour film competition to make a trailer for a non-existent movie.

A Mexican-American brother and sister come upon a mysterious stone. The stone shows Mia a vision of the future that she’s always wanted. Alex travels with his sister to the edge of everything they know, not ready to let go, but needing to say goodbye.

Two estranged siblings, a botanist and a magician, come together to try and raise their mother’s body from the dead.

Gina, a Filipina Gemini doing her best, takes the advice of her sliding scale therapist to spend a day with her INNER SABOTEUR. Enter Gianna. Will they make peace, or does Gianna, like, literally want Gina dead?

A nasty chef bites off more than he can chew.

After his mutt accidentally eats some loose change, a man is soon bewildered to discover that his furry companion has passed the currency with compounded interest.

A podcaster implicates her step-father in a series of unsolved murders, which makes for a compelling show but an awkward family reunion.

Adapted from Arthur Schnitzler's La Ronde, Another Round explores ten couples struggles with life, love and relationships around (literally) a bar.

A tragic story filled with tears and money of the audience, telling about the life of a simple food deliverer Nurlan, who fell into the insidious clutches of the world-famous comedian Bogdan.

After her hands are severely damaged in an accident, an over-zealous hand model hatches an ill-conceived plan to get back in the extremity modeling game with her feet.

After winning a soccer tournament, four team friends spend the night alone in the sports club. Ramiro, announces that he is moving to Ushuaia with his father tomorrow morning. Tomás, his best friend, receives the news as a shock since he is in love with him and has never been able to confess it.

A disillusioned diner waitress decides to take matters into her own hands with rude customers and deal with them how she's always been told - kill them with kindness.

Hannah returns home to face her dysfunctional and emotionally-repressed family after her attempted suicide. Her journey towards healing intertwines with the humorous clashes and unique bonds within the family.

Host Scott Forrest presents a curated compilation of eight independent short films in this rapid-fire science-fiction feature. Genres collide, narratives twist, aesthetics clash, and even humor, both campy and dystopian, showcase the vast creative possibilities of each story's individual world, offering the viewer a brief glimpse into the lives of every character's attempt to survive the otherworldly chaos around them. Released in 2001, the selected shorts span original creation dates of 1997 to 2001; most of the featured filmmakers also appear as themselves in short video interviews to talk about their inspirations, creative process and motivations while working on their individual shorts.

Otto Baxter, a filmmaker with Down's Syndrome, directs and stars in this musical horror-comedy short based on his life, set in Victorian London.

Created for Disney's 100th anniversary, the short features Mickey Mouse corralling a gallery of legendary Disney characters for a group photo.