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Dare to Dream Features Ages 9-11
	The Wild Soccer Bunch3 (germany) 93 minutes Director: Joachim Masannek Producer: Ewa Karistroem Procuder: Andrea Ulmke-Smeaton After losing an important game, the dejected Wild Soccer Bunch splits up. Some time later, the gang is forced back together when they are challenged by a new opponent: the Beastly Beast-a gang of girls. The Wild Soccer Bunch reunites to prove they are the world’s wildest soccer team ever and that the motto is still applies: “if you want to be cool, you got to be wild.”
	Helen the Baby Fox (Japan) 109 minutes Director: Keita Kono Producer: Tsutomu Iwamoto Producer: Tatsuya Mouri Producer: Takashi Yajima Tachi, a Young boy who has just arrived from the big city, discovers a “northern fox” puppy crouching near the side of the road. Despite the objections of those around him, Taichi decides to take care of the charming creature… but, somehow the baby fox puppy cannot see, cannot hear and cannot bark. The baby fox, now named Helen, Responds to Taichi’s devoted efforts to care for her and begins to strive to live.
	The Goofy Ghost (Germany) 102 minutes Director: Sebastian Niemann Producer: Christian Becker Hui Buh is a terrible ghost. Having lived in a castle for hundreds of years without anyone to scare, he’s a bit out of practice. So far Hui Buh has gotten away with it, until now. When the castle is bought by Prince Julius, Hui Buh has to pull out all the stops and scare the Prince out of the castle in order to save his precious home and keep his official Ghost License!
	Gilles (Belgium) 100 minutes Director: Jan Verheyen Producer: Dirk Impens Soccer means everything o 12-year-old Gilles, who, together with his friend Désirée, is one of the most talented players in his team. Gilles’ enthusiastic father coaches the team and cheers his son on. Suddenly his father dies, but with magical tricks Gilles manages to get his father back. The team continues on towards the national top league. But with Gilles’ aching leg, will he be able to make the trials for the top team?
	Skymaster (Denmark) 90 minutes Director: Steen Rasmussen Director: Michael Wikke Producer: Mette Nelund When Kalle, a normal 10-year-old boy gets a sister- a weird sister with two skin flaps on her back that look like wings- life becomes a struggle. No one but Kalle sees the true nature of his sister’s odd appendages and soon she is off to the Plastic Palace to have them removed. Determined to prevent the amputation of his sister’s wings, Kalle sets out on a rescue mission.

	Seeds of Inspiration Short Films By Kids


	Why Are We Filming This (USA) Director: Producer: A fast-paced look into the world of stop-animation.
	The Pet Rock (USA) Director: Emmanuel Sadorra Producer: Priscilla Perez A young boy must prove he can care for a rock in order to convince his parents he is ready for a real pet.
	Drive (Canada) Director: Joseph Procopio Producer: Joseph Procopio An 11-year-old boy organizes his thoughts while sitting in the back seat of a car.
	The Showdown (USA) Director: Edwin Tevez Producer: Edwin Tevez Producer: Whitney Nelson Producer: Gina Mandracchia Longtime rivals Mac and PC have a old-fashioned showdown to prove once and for all which is the best computer.


	Reach the Sky Features Ages 12-14

	America the Beautiful (USA) 100 minutes Director: Darryl Roberts Producer: Darryl Roberts In a society where “celebutantes” like Paris Hilton dominate newsstands and models who weigh less than 90 pounds die from malnutrition, female body image is one of the more dire problems facing today’s society. In “America the Beautiful,” Darryl Roberts illuminates the issue by covering every base he can think of. Child models, plastic surgery, celebrity worship, airbrushed advertising, dangerous cosmetics - no rock is left unturned.
	The Push-Pedal Car (Portugal) 92 minutes Director: Ramon Barea Producer: José María Lara Pablito doesn’t care that much about politics, he’s too young and he can’t understand some things. His father is a good man, Pablito loves him so much; and he does not understand why some people makes fun of him, why they despise him. He doesn’t know that his father is a man that thinks different, in a time in which “thinking different” was the biggest of the crimes. His father is what some people call “an idealistic”; which it means that he doesn’t agree at all with the state of things in his country.
	Hello, Brother (Korea) 95 minutes Director: Im Tae Yong The film centers on nine-year old Han Yi who takes sibling rivalry to a new extreme by picking on his timid older brother Han Byeol. But things change dramatically when the twelve year old boy is diagnosed with a brain tumor, has to receive brain surgery, and finds himself stuck in a pediatric ward. Through these trying times, little Han Yi begins to learn the value of family and true brotherly love!
	Salvatore (Italy) 90 minutes Director: Gian Paolo Cugno Producer: Pietro Innocenzi Marco Brioni, a young schoolteacher who works and lives in Rome, is offered a one-year contract to teach in a small village school in Sicily. Here he meets a child called Salvatore, who, due to family problems, cannot attend school as often as he should. Since both his parents are dead, Salvatore lives in a small house close to the sea with his grandmother and the little sister. Marco gets quite concerned about Salvatore’s difficult situation and tries to help, giving him private lessons. Gradually, the child and the teacher become very close.
	We Shall Overcome (Denmark) 106 minutes Director: Niels Arden Oplev Producer: Peter Aalbaek Jensen Producer: Peter Garde The year is 1969 and change is in the air. Influenced by Martin Luther King Jr. and a groovy new teacher, thirteen-year-old Frits learns to stand up to authority and rock out, as he brings the counterculture movement to Denmark .

	Seeds of Inspiration Short Films By Kids


	Wishful Thinking (USA) Director: Raphael Flores Producer: Raphael Flores When wish bracelets are handed out as a graduation gift, 5 students discover the bracelets really do work, Too bad they weren’t careful for what they wished for...
	Second Wind (USA) Director: Frederick Teo Producer: Frederick Teo Zhang is tired of getting bullied and wishes to be popular. But when God steps in and offers Zhang an alternate life, Zhang realizes the choice to become popular isn’t so easy.
	Smoothie Criminal (USA) Director: Mark Ayala Producer: Catelin Araujo Smoothie Criminal is a classic tale of a young man trying to fill the void his former job left in his heart.
	Shoe Hijack 2 (USA) Director: Quan Worthwealth Producer: Quan Worthwealth A young man channels his inner Rocky, in order to defend his shoes.


	Make it Happen Features Ages 15-17

Boxboarders (USA)
91 minutes

Director: Rob Hedden Producer: Jay Smith
Producer: Rob Hedden Producer: George ElderTy

Neptune and James James are fatally bored one day when they spot a refrigerator box in a dumpster. Naturally, they decide to put wheels on it, thus creating a new sport called boxboarding. After several intense runs testing out their creation, the underdogs gain instant fame at their school. This thoroughly annoys archenemy Alexander Keenes. Seeing the potential for marketing the boxboards, Alexander sets a high-stakes competition in motion, where the winner will secure all rights to boxboarding.

Red Needles (France)
93 minutes

Director and Producer: Jean-François Davy

September 1960. An unruly band of scouts, aged between 12 and 16, is sent on a three-day hike to climb the Brévent massif and its punishing 8,202 feet. In their backpacks they’re carrying their inexperience, carefreeness, differences, stories about girls, a letter from a brother in the military in Algeria. The beautiful mountain reveals its hidden face and the Eagle Patrol finds itself in an extremely perilous situation…

Call Me Elizabeth (France)
90 minutes

Director: Jean-Pierre Améris Producer: Fabienne Vonier
Producer: Laurent Champoussin

Ten year-old Betty is afraid of ghosts and dark corners. When her sister Agnès leaves to go to high school, Betty is left by herself. That’s when Yvon steps over the wall of the garden of the family house. Moved by his frailness, Betty hides Yvon for several days inside the cottage and begins to tell him her fears and joys. Slowly Yvon becomes her best friend and confident, even though Yvon does not speak much. However, little by little, they grow closer...

French for Beginners (2006)
92 minutes

Director: Christian Ditter Producer: Torben Struck
Producer: Philipp Schall Producer: Christoph Menardi

Henrik thinks France is really uncool, in particular his finicky French teacher Monsieur Nouvelleville, who is always hassling him. Then along comes the German-French exchange program. Not much later, Henrik finds himself with his best friend Johannes in a bus on the way to France . Upon arrival, Henrik gets bitten by the savoir-vivre bug: a crazy host family, night-time outings, his first big love and his lack of knowledge of the French language make what looked like an undesired holiday the most unforgettable summer in his life.

Never Again As Before (Italy)
106 minutes

Director: Giacomo Campiotti
Producer: Giacomo Campiotti Producer: Guido Simonetti

Exams are over and six former classmates decide to leave for an adventurous holiday in the wilderness. The discovery of nature teaches these young people to take important decisions for themselves and for the others. They will discover freedom, friendship, pain and solitude. After that summer nothing will ever again be like before.

	Seeds of Inspiration Short Films By Kids

	I Can (USA) Director: Carlos Chavez Producer: Carlos Chavez I Can, is a morality story about two homeless men - one is filled with envy and selfishness, which keeps him from accomplishing more in life while the other, being humble and optimistic, proves he can make a better life.
	Sugar Water (USA) Director: Billimarie Robinson Producer: Billimarie Robinson A high school girl confronts biracial stereotypes in order to prove that labels do not always make the person.
	The Bully (USA) Director: Producer: A new bully, Chris, threatens to beat up Jon and Jerry. Jon and Jerry come up with the perfect plan to get out of their situation, bring in someone from Chris’s past.
	Lost and Found (USA) Director: Stacey Guan Producer: Stacey Guan Dustin meets his true love as a child, but when he moves away he figures he’ll never see her again. 18 years later, at a chance encounter at the dry cleaners, Dustin finds his lost love.

**Films are subject to change without notice**