Short Forum 10: Are the Kids Alright? VIFF Short Forum Image: Skinny Bottines

The future kinda depends on it.

This short film program includes the following films:

Pacific Spirit

Antoine Bourges, Canada (15 min)

Two university students walk through a forest to complete a photography assignment.

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I Think You Should Be Here

Anna-Marija Adomaitytė, Élie Grappe, France/Switzerland (12 min)

Seven teenage girls are filmed in their rooms performing TikTok dances committed to memory.

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A Breath of Fresh Air

Alexandre Pelletier, Canada (13 min)

Trapped in a room without air conditioning, four judges must agree on the winning act in a teen talent competition.

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Concrete Kids

Saulius Baradinskas, Lithuania (20 min)

Rokas, a lonely teen targeted by a local gang, sings in the school choir while desperately waiting to emigrate to the US.

Content Considerations: Bullying

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Pankaja

Anooya Swamy, India/USA (14 min)

When her husband goes missing, Pankaja and her daughter Lalli embark on a search.

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The Comet

Julie Charette, Canada (12 min)

An unspeakable act of cruelty interrupts the idyllic summer of siblings Émile and Françoise.

Content Considerations: Animal cruelty

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Skinny Bottines

Romain F. Dubois, Canada (20 min)

Dan, a nimble-fingered pickpocket, is accompanied by his cousin Pinpin for 24 hours.

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