CHANGING MINDS  STREAMING

Filmmaker: Max Blanche Location: Vancouver, Canada Age (At Time of Submission): 19 Festival Year: 2019 Runtime: 9:03 While everyone else seems to have a spring in their step and a song in their heart, a young man struggles with depression. Until, at last, the spark of friendship changes his tune as well.

Filmmaker: Teo Nalani Location: New York, USA Age (At Time of Submission): 21 Festival Year: 2025 Runtime: 1:41 A mixed media animated short film about getting out of your head and accepting help from your friends.

Filmmaker: Karsten C. Singleton Location: Philadelphia, USA Age (At Time of Submission): 18 Festival Year: 2020 Runtime: 9:13 Through the use of theatrical dramatizations, two teenagers attempt to bridge the gaps between those with behavioral health and those without it. How different could they be?

Title of Film: Enough Filmmaker: Morgan Smartt Location: Virginia, USA Age (At Time of Submission): 17 Festival Year: 2025 Runtime: 5:02 Grappling with the effects of obsessive-compulsive disorder on a monotonous daily basis, one teenager rises above the persistent voice of their personal enemy. How will this interaction change them? How can it change how you face your demons?

Filmmaker: Denise Chan Location: California, USA Age (At Time of Submission): 24 Festival Year: 2019 Runtime: 5:37 Mitsuko is a photographer struggling with self-doubt. Can she somehow rediscover the simple creative joys of childhood?

Filmmaker: Arthur Chen Location: Connecticut, USA Age (At Time of Submission): 23 Festival Year: 2025 Runtime: 7:08 A loving and caring daughter needs to re-negotiate her relationship with two different versions of her mother, who was unexpectedly diagnosed with bipolar disorder in her 60s.

Filmmaker: Kendra Brown Location: New York, USA Age (At Time of Submission): 20 Festival Year: 2019 Runtime: 9:51 From one generation to another: the pain of trauma, the hard work of trying to overcome it, and the love that can finally make a difference. *Includes descriptions of sexual assault.*

Filmmakers: Alysen Rose, Shreyansh Dixit, and Sarah Dewitt Location: Texas, USA Age (At Time of Submission): 17 Festival Year: 2023 Runtime: 6:48 After lashing out at a friend, a regretful teenager must face her actions through her own worst critic: herself.

ilmmaker: Simone Thomas-Rowe Location: New Jersey, USA Age (At Time of Submission): 20 Festival Year: 2025 Runtime: 4:16 After getting caught in the middle of a school shooting, a boy hides in a bathroom and thinks back to specific moments in his life where he was happy.

Filmmaker: Grey Anderson Location: Minnesota, USA Age (At Time of Submission): 22 Festival Year: 2025 Runtime: 3:15 A short film about creating a life that is joyful to live through the experience of transness, building community, breaking free of public perception, and cultivating the things in life that bring happiness.