EDU FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS: YOUTH SHORTS
4:00 PM, Friday 10/6, Spirit of the North Theatre
Water, Star Medicine - Directed by Middle School Students from Turquoise Trail Charter/ MESA w/ Mentor Llysa Spencer
A teacher and her students study the nature, science, and brilliance of water. They visit the Rio Grande in New Mexico and interview Veda Austin, a New Zealand Māori scientist to learn that water is life, memory, and healing.
05:00, Documentary, NM USA / New Zealand
Me. My eleven years. War. - DIrected by Marusya Shuvalova
The debut film of Marusya Shuvalova, an 11-year-old director, actress, swimmer, and dancer from Ukraine. The short film shows an ordinary day of a Ukrainian girl during the war with the Russian occupiers. Her life is filled with fear, air raids, and a great desire to learn, train, develop, and most importantly, stay alive.
09:54, Documentary, Brovary/Kyiv Ukraine
My Dinner with Dean - Directed by Nico Rivera
An hour before the world ends, lifelong lovers Dean and Eveline share a final meal.
12:38, Narrative, MN USA
Savitri - Directed by Crestwood 4th & 5th Graders w/ mentor Luke Bassuener, WI, USA
One girl's quest to find an equal becomes a journey beyond the grave. A witty and slightly irreverent retelling of myth from India by the 4th and 5th-grade students of Crestwood Elementary in Madison, WI
09:53, Annimation, WI USA
The Power of Water- Directed by Marusya Shuvalova
Meteorologists predict that the peak of the flood will be in a week. Many villages in Ukraine have already been flooded. I could not stand aside, looking at the flood of my native river Dnieper. This isa film about the power of water.
03:57, Experimental, Brovary/Kyiv Ukraine
What is wrong with us? - Directed by Marusya Shuvalova
My thoughts run like deer in my head. different emotions replace each other at the speed of light. Especially when it comes to Ukrainians. What do we all think about during the war?
00:59, Experimental, Brovary/Kyiv Ukraine
The Girl Next Door - Directed by Danna Gilbertson and Jocelyn Rose Sanchez, MN, USA
A teen struggles with her self-confidence and sexual identity. Written and co-directed by Jocelyn Rose Sanchez when she was 10 years of age.
07:00, Narrative, MN USA