Short Films

Ode (Naomi Waring, Ireland, 2020, 3 mins): A visual statement of pride and identity representing young girls and young women in Northern Ireland.

Pete (Bret Parker, USA, 2022, 6 mins): Pete is a little girl who has changed her name. Though everyone within her direct community accepts and loves Pete, she soon realizes that others outside her community aren’t as accepting, especially when she ends up on a little leagues baseball team.

Lil’ Ruby (Bartek Kik, USA, 2023, 9 mins): Based on Little Red Riding Hood, “Lil’ Ruby” reimagines the classic tale with a modern twist. When Ruby, a gifted young Black girl from Brooklyn, visits her grandmother for their annual “Girls Weekend,” she discovers an unexpected visitor at Nanda’s house — a financial advisor named Coleman Howell.

Sea Dragon (James Morgan, United Kingdom, 2020, 17 mins): 12-year old Mary finds a skeleton of an unknown animal – and is determined that her discovery is taken seriously. Based on a true story of scientist, Mary Anning who challenged the worldview of 19th century England by finding the first sea reptile fossil.

I Won’t Stand For It (Caroline Bacle, United Kingdom, 2022, 29 mins): Miyawata, a 15-year old Indigenous activist from Winnipeg, Canada, is on a mission to help Indigenous voices be heard and included. And she’s the very first organizer of school strikes for the climate in her hometown.  Now that the end of the pandemic is in sight, she wants to get the movement going again. There’s just too much at stake!