Best Documentary Short (Student)

Maximilian Miesen - 17, Gabriel Yung - 17, Max Mereminsky - 17, Riley Scott - 17
California

A documentary about Joshua, an 18 year old rock climber diagnosed with autism, who has surpassed expectations despite challenges he has faced in his life.

Morning Eclectic

Lucy Rosenthal - 21
New York

A filmmaker revisits her complex personal history with a popular webcamming site.

Reclaiming Me

Adam Hersko-RonaTas - 22
California

"Scaling Iceland" explores how the country – a selectively membranous cell removed from, yet still connected within a rapidly globalizing world – is geologically, biologically, and culturally unique. Driven by voices ranging from geophysicists to musicians, folklorists to fishermen, geneticists to children on a playground, the film weaves together a collage of faceless images taken primarily from above and from various heights.

Our Changing Earth

Jordyn Romero - 22
New Mexico

Of the Sea is an inspirational, feminist surf film that follows a mother and her entrepreneurial efforts to raise awareness of the world’s plastic consumption.

Our Changing Earth

Marisa Kelly - 19, Taylor Killefer - 21, Claire Imler - 19
California

A young Sikh poet toes the line between her community and personal beliefs, but finds solace in spoken word.

Closing Night: Generation NOW

Annalise Pasztor - 20, Ty Leet - 20, Bogui Adjorlolo - 20
California

This documentary enters the surreal world of The Aetherius Society, where prayer can be stored in a battery, Jesus was an alien, and an unusual but kind-hearted community works towards the betterment of humanity.

A Screening Darkly

Joji Baratelli - 18
California

A short film on film about some friends and maybe a generation. What is Generation Z? What do we have to say?

Art in Motion

Miriam Guttmann - 24
Netherlands

"Seeds of Deceit" tells the story of fertility doctor Jan Karbaat, who secretly used his own seed instead of of donors'. An intimate film about two mothers and their children, who must face this new reality and try again to live with each other.

Centerpiece