In rural Tennessee, Austyn Tester, a 16-year-old newcomer to the live-broadcast ecosystem, attempts to ride a wave of optimism to become the next big internet crush.
● Liza Mandelup ● 99' ● USA
After winning her first international title, an 11-year-old gymnast experiences both new pressures and a new degree of self-aware-ness. The more recognition she gets, the more she realizes that the game only has begun.
● Leonardo van Dijl ● 15’ ● Belgium
A group of girlfriends prepare for the anticipated summer party in a cramped bathroom. Between boy talk and makeup, Mercedes navigates her blossoming attraction for her friend Julia.
● Paloma Lopez ● 6' ● USA
Lekha Ramaswamy is a high school senior who’s determined to go to prom. She sneaks out and hightails it to a pre-prom party at the home of her crush, Michael.
● Swetha Regunathan ● 11' ● USA
The inner trials and revelations of a South London young girl as she wades through the pain of female adolescence, alongside navigating family dynamics and her brother's recuperation from addiction issues.
● Tiggy Bayley, Oscar Downing ● 22' ● UK
Sexual assault is part of everyday life. Zoe and her friends have decided to do something about it. At night they go out to bring women home safely. As the violence escalates, Zoe is getting more and more caught up in it.
● Natascha Zink ● 15’ ● Germany
Over the course of a theatre workshop for youngsters, a teenager finds himself sexually intimate with a slightly older girl. But did he really mean to? Congratulated or blamed for, everyone has a strong reaction.
● Cristina Grosan ● 22' ● Romania, Czech Republic
Anna and Eleni are unwillingly spending their summer in Berlin. On a Saturday evening, they find themselves strolling around, carrying an empty suitcase. They start singing. Soon they will have to face the unpredictably fatal consequences of a single wrong lyric.
● Ioanna Kryona ● 22' ● Greece
A teenage girl attempts to flee from the grief she has felt since her mothers’ death by going on a post-exam trip to a Portugese party town. But the faster she runs the more the feeling she is trying to escape catches up on her.
● Zara Dwinger ● 14’ ● Germany
Clara is a nine-year-old girl with a distorted view of reality. She'll fall into a pit from which she can only make her way up through great effort and assistance from the people close to her.
● Juan Carlos Mostaza ● 11' ● Spain
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