Charlie fights the feeling of being different from the other kids by doing the things he loves -surfing and dancing.
● Pia Strømme
● 15'
● Norway
As her sixth birthday approaches, a girl is choosing some presents - not for herself, but for her favorite doll Sonia, who is waiting for her at the store.
● Natalia Beliaeva
● 15'
● Slovakia, Russia
Ready to leave her UK boarding school and enter the working world, a young Black woman faces pressure to change her name and natural hairstyle.
● Ethosheia Hylton
● 15'
● United Kingdom
Yves is the sole target of his bullying classmates. His only refuge is in synchronized swimming, which he practices nightly in secret. But when Charlotte, a fellow classmate and member of the team spies him at the pool, he will no longer be able to hide...
● Matthieu Ruyssen
● 22'
● France
In an interestingly subliminal way, many young girls are taught how to watch and not how to do. Girls are led on to think that they are more fragile and weak. Stoke Chasers aims to get women to stand up and fight this notion of just watching and to break the connection between being feminine and being fragile.
● Jo Anna Edmison
● 8'
● USA
A young woman walking home alone from a party encounters three different types of men. Whom can she trust?
● Beck Kitsis
● 13'
● USA
A beautiful young social media star livestreams her terrifying home invasion to gain more follows.
● Sean Q. King
● 9'
● USA