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shareOne girl’s battle to be a soccer superfan. A Lizzy McGuire-inflected meet-cute. College-applying mania gone too far. These eight films burst with teen spirit in all its aching romance, ‘roids, and rages.
This screening is part of our FREE Films at 4 series.
Post-screening Q&A scheduled with filmmakers.
In this program
Just Kids
Directed by Jackie Bao
When the grindset instilled by his father leaves a businessman high and dry, he finds himself grappling with the cowboy dreams of his youth.
29 Hour Famine
Directed by Etzu Shaw
Devout and stubborn, Jenny starts a 30-hour fast with her Christian youth group. Except when she uncovers dinosaur cookie crumbs, she is dead set on finding the culprit by any means necessary.
Ladke
Directed by Sruchi Patel
A missed campus connection leads Saloni to attend an album launch party, searching for her mystery boy. Her only clue–a unique pair of sneakers.
Stranger Than Toothache
Directed by Jihyeon Oh
A quirky romance blooms as a young woman with a troublesome wisdom tooth begins to fall for her birdwatching partner — complete with hay suits, gigantic teeth, and bird dentist hallucinations.
Lice
Directed by Vindhya Gupta
To hide the fact that she has lice, Roshni tells her peers that Chakor, a poorer student, has them. But Roshni and Chakor begin an unexpected friendship that suprises them both.
One Note
Directed by Jamie Ting
It’s 10:36pm, and Joyce notices a mistake on her college application video. Will the last minute help of a teenage hacker help Joyce achieve her Harvard ride-or-die dreams?
Sweet Lime
Directed by Fatema Abdoolcarim
On the way from the airport, young Amra enjoys a blissful private moment with her mother and aunt, until she gets a horrifying call and must make a split decision.
Amarela
Directed by André Hayato Saito
It’s the day of the 1998 Brazil versus France World Cup final, and Erika is a Japanese Brazilian soccer superfan. As she defends her losing team, she must also defend her right to be a fan at all.
