THE ADULTS ARE TALKING, 9min., USA
Directed by Xuepei Hou
Alex is a young graduate who is struggling to balance her life. She pretends to have it all together and breaks down all of a sudden when her mom tells her the secret she has been hiding for a year.

Get to know the filmmaker:

This is a semi-autobiographical story that happened between me and my mom years ago. It is the first time facing the fear of losing someone that close and the fact that she held that secret from me set off a scary awareness in me that my mother, is also a human who gets sick, makes mistakes, gets scared, and eventually faces the inevitable death. It is silly to acknowledge or make a sane judgment call when it comes to your nearest and dearest. To explore this unsolvable dilemma is what drove me to make this film.

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MISSING YOU, 6min., USA
Directed by Anika Jensen
A teenage girl visits a beach where she often went to as a child and reminisces about how things aren’t the way they used to be.

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Get to know the filmmaker:

This might come as a surprise, but the song featured in my film is what came first. I’ve struggled with relatively severe mental health issues this past year and a half and so I wrote a song expressing how I felt about missing the simplicity and innocent joy of childhood. Many people who are in pain use art as a way to express themselves. Honestly, I wasn’t sure whether I would even share the song due to its personal nature. However, in a film class I took over the summer, I was trying to come up with ideas and remembered this song. Even though it’s difficult to be so vulnerable, I knew I could make an impactful story with it. I’m glad I made that decision. Opening up to others always makes me feel less alone and (hopefully) my film will make others who are struggling feel less alone as well.

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I DON’T WANNA GO, 4min., USA, Drama
Directed by Max Vadset
A kid doesn’t want to go to school because he’s worried about the possibility of a school shooting.

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From Filmmaker Max Vadset:

I wanted to make this film because of how much gun violence is permeating the consciousness of kids these days. It’s a fear that I have personally experienced and I’m sad that it’s become a normal part of growing up and going to school.

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BAOBEI (BABY) played at the June 2022 STUDENT Film Festival.

Conversation with teenage filmmaker Josh Li on the making of this personal documentary about this mother.

“This short film highlights the struggles of my mom trying to teach me about the piano and pass down her passions that were never achieved.”

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