Teen UPAF! (total screening time: 62min)
Teen UPAF! features amazing videos made mostly by teen filmmakers from around the world.
Hawaii/USA, documentary, 24min, 2011. Dir: Dean Hamer & Joe Wilson. Japan Premiere! Synopsis: Eleven year old Ho'onani dreams of leading the hula troupe at her inner-city Honolulu school. The only trouble is that the group is just for boys. She's fortunate that her teacher understands first-hand what it's like to be 'in the middle' - the Hawaiian tradition of embracing both male and female [Read more...]
Documentary, USA, 23min, 2015. Dir: 13 high school students at the Educational Video Center (EVC) in NYC. Synopsis: EVC youth producers create an intimate portrait of the psychological impact that deportation, incarceration, and substance abuse have on the separation of their families. They analyze the physical and economic effects of family separation through Luis’s story of immigration and [Read more...]
Drama, Japan, 3min, 2015. Dir: Seiryo High School Image Society (a cinema club). A relatable story of a high school student who meets his “dreaming” past selves while falling asleep in an after-school classroom, and comes to realize how pressured high school life has forced him not to believe in himself. The Prize of Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Technology at the Asian Int’l [Read more...]
Drama, Laos, 3min, 2015. Dir: Phakhaypheth Sithphaxai, et al (high school students). A drama depicting the life of a boy who transformed himself from a bully to a nice guy. The Prize of Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Asian Int’l Children’s Film Festival 2015. [2nd photo] At the award ceremony at the Asian Int’l Children’s Film Festival 2015.
2D Animation, USA, 3.5min, 2010. Dir: Jane Wu (a college student at the time of production). Two girls realize the value of their friendship after a journey of broken hearts, torn pages and reconciliation. Director: Jane Wu Bio: Jane Wu is a Chinese American illustrator, animator, compositor and art director. She was born and raised in New York and attended Pratt Institute for her [Read more...]
Experimental, Japan, 3min, 2015. Dir: Teen boys at the Kurihama Juvenile Training School. An expressive and moving video made by young boys residing in a reformatory in Yokosuka. The Minister of Justice Prize at the Asian Int’l Children’s Film Festival 2015. [2nd photo] At the award ceremony of the Asian Int’l Children’s Film Festival 2015. A delegate to the young producers at he reformatory [Read more...]
Music Video, USA, 3min, 2014. Dir: Jaquan Harris, Denzell Huggins, AJ Sumliman, William Herasme, Angela Rowe, Shaquille Matthew, Jamie Collado (7 high school students in NYC). A super cool music video, made by high school students who study music video production at the Urban Arts Partnership in NYC, submitted to the “If I Had A Trillion Dollars” youth film festival. Young people question how [Read more...]