Ella Janes

Mati, a six-year-old girl, spends her last day with her foster siblings before being adopted. Guided by her protective older sister Valeria, the children sneak past the park fence and onto the train tracks, where they pass the time flattening pennies. But when Mati finds a dead cat, she insists on spending the day preparing a funeral for it.

A sleep-deprived filmmaker faces his insincerities by explaining his outlook on various smells.

The Thrilling Adventure of Amos Waters is the story of a ten-year-old boy, Amos, filled with a childlike curiosity about the world and a craving to understand all aspects of life. The film follows Amos' journey to understand his single, alcoholic father. He travels to a liquor store armed with his father's ID to buy alcohol, but no matter his determination to present himself as his father, everything keeps going wrong. Eventually, on his way home, he passes by a Sunday mass service and attends service to get drunk on the Communion wine. After tasting alcohol, meeting unlikely friends, and going on the journey of a lifetime, Amos has to decide whether or not he can find contempt in the incomprehension of his father's illness.

A 14-year-old writer must write a short composition to get accepted into a summer program. The writing must include a color, a fruit, and the rain. As she begins writing, she slowly begins challenging the ideas of honesty and her truth. A love letter to the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute.

Life in rural Oklahoma can be beautiful, filled with the freedom to roam and time to grow up slowly. Unless you are Kiara Folsom and your mother is incarcerated. With the small town knowing everyone’s business, Kiara finds safety in her one close friend. She builds a wall around the outside world that comes crashing down on her the day she gets her first period and the entire lunchroom is made aware of it. Code Red is the story of one young lady becoming a woman, all alone.

Sixteen-year-olds Ameel and Estella love like adults, healthily and hard, but Estella craves the carefreeness and innocence of being sixteen.

A writer and her old English teacher, both equally set in their ideas, meet up for the first time in years and challenge each other to find themselves again.