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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 | 6 mins
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 | 16 mins
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 | 14 mins
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 | 16 mins
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 | 13 mins
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 | 13 mins
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 | 11 mins
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 | 15 mins
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.
