I AM AN ASIACAN

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Director Jesus Olvera | USA | 10 min Director Jesus Olvera captures how a Mexican teen overcomes his insecurities and struggles by joining a dance club that previously only had Asian members. The group, which is finally named "Asiacans", shows how two ...

LOVE LIFE, LIVE YOUR DREAMS

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Director Anthony Anglin Jr. | USA | 5 min Directed by 17-year-old Tony Anglin, this short documentary interweaves interviews and live performances of the young artist Craig Furnivall, based in San Diego, who talks about how music is the passion and asp ...

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COcE-KWAauw Director Jayshree Janu Kharpade | India | 27 min Jayshree Janu Kharpade was born to an indigenous family (aka tribals) that have been disenfranchised at the very bottom of India’s poverty ladder. With a str ...

THE ASCENSION

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Director Gershon Sng | HongKong | 6 min A beggar comes upon a box with the power to change his life for the better. However, to his horror, upon witnessing the box’s power, his fellow beggers plot against him to obtain it. Eventually, they realize that ...

ADIOS

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Director Akshay Akkineni| India | 7 min Every human being has his or her own ways of escape from the complexities of the contemporary world. One such young man tries to find solace in an isolated space, only to realize that his own soul has other plans ...

LOVE EARTH

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Director Chien-chun Tseng and Yu-hsuan Tseng | Taiwan | 3 min Through the eyes of children you will discover that the most obscure is the most wonderful, beautiful and interesting. Using found objects and recyclables, this animation presents the imagin ...

BIG CITY, SMALL TOWN

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Director Stefanos Tai | USA | 14 min BIG CITY, SMALL TOWN is one 16-year-old's account of the neighborhood in which he has grown up, and the unsettling changes it has undergone as a result of the real-estate and economic downturns. The film shows t ...