SHORTS: YOUTH BY YOUTH CINEMA

Year 2020-2021
Runtime 86 mins
Language English
Availability
  • Online & In-Cinema

A stellar selection of shorts from filmmakers under the age of 18!

Countries

Canada
22m

IN THE WEEDS

A teenage girl suspects a local gardener's involvement in the unsolved disappearance of her childhood friend.

2m

ALONE TOGETHER

When a boy is alone and left to his own devices for a weekend, he stumbles across a new friend in a strange situation.

4m

RUNNING THROUGH YELLOW LIGHTS

A TREK student ponders the routine and blandness of living while attending school during the COVID-19 pandemic.

7m

HIDDEN HOURS

Behind perfection, there is dedication and hard work. The journey towards excellence is made up of countless HIDDEN HOURS.

6m

kʷənáŋət néʔ

A young Indigenous artist transcends his feelings of social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic by connecting to community online.

6m

MARLENE HEAVYSHIELDS (GLOWING IN THE DARK WOMAN)

Marlene Heavyshields (Glowing in the Dark Woman), a survivor of Residential Schools, shares her story of overcoming loss and trauma.

6m

A CONVERSATION WITH E

When a girl playfully responds to a mysterious post-it note, she finds herself unable to escape the conversation she began.

6m

LILLY GOES TO THE DOGS

Lilly, a 10-foot tall orange monster, visits a the Victoria Dog Show, but her friend Fluffle gets sequestered in the mutt pen! Will Lilly take Best in Show?

7m

ASIAN BUT NOT REALLY

A teenager living in Vancouver discusses growing up in Canada as a second-generation Asian with her two friends.

9m

REPRESSED - A SHORT FILM ABOUT 2020

A voice of his generation, a 14-year-old middle schooler shares his perspective of what 2020 was like for him.

5m

GRIM COMPANION

A new take on the Grim Reaper, where death is the beginning of something beautiful.