Let these genius youth filmmakers inspire you! Take an art walk in Capitol Hill, solve a mystery to save orcas in an aquarium, and go on an impossible voyage to the moon in these short films made by young individuals just like you. Several of the films were made in summer camps hosted at Northwest Film Forum, so be sure you get on the mailing list for next year’s sessions!

Nature vs. Nurture
(Joanna Polak, US, animation, 2016, 3:20 min, in Polish with English subtitles) A stop-motion film about the many forms of wind and nature, made during a workshop co-hosted by the Seattle Polish Film Festival and Northwest Film Forum.
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The Dupe
(NWFF Film Academy Intensive Camp, US, live action, 2016, 4:23 min, in English) Filmmakers in attendance! Taking a test can be stressful!
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The Pawn
(NWFF Mobile Filmmaking Camp, US, live action, 2016, 5:39 min, in English) Filmmakers in attendance! A child discovers a chess piece with magic powers that are more problematic than awesome. Can he make things right before he runs out of time?
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The Impossible Voyage
(NWFF Classic Film Fun Camp, US, live action, 2016, 12:23 min, in English) Filmmakers in attendance! This remake of Georges Méliès’ “The Impossible Voyage” (1904) was made during Northwest Film Forum’s 2016 Classic Film Fun summer camp.
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Pokémon Go
(NWFF Citizen Minutes Camp, US, live action, 2016, 2:57 min, in English) Filmmakers in attendance! This youth-produced documentary about Pokémon Go was created during Northwest Film Forum’s 2016 Citizen Minutes summer camp.
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Community Change
(NWFF Citizen Minutes Camp, US, live action documentary, 2016, 2:30 min, in English) Filmmakers in attendance! This youth-produced story was created during Northwest Film Forum’s 2016 Citizen Minutes summer camp.
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Art in Capitol Hill
(NWFF Citizen Minutes Camp, US, live action documentary, 2016, 2:49 min, in English) Filmmakers in attendance! This youth-produced documentary about art in Capitol Hill was created during Northwest Film Forum’s 2016 Citizen Minutes summer camp.
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Balloon
(Theo Taplitz, US, live action, 2016, 5:42 min, in English) World premiere! Balloons, hormones, and anger issues: what could go wrong?
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Oliver O’Malley, Orca Cop
(Sorchia Zilavey, US, live action, 2016, 12:34 min, in English) World premiere! Filmmakers in attendance! A lowly marine park janitor uncovers a plot to endanger its Orca Whale population, and with the help of a park veterinarian, he strives to stop the perpetrator.
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The Lego Land Crook
(Henry Curran, US, 2016, 1:31 min, no dialogue) Filmmaker in attendance! A crook gets caught.
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Sea of Stories
(Azure Allen, US, live action/animation, 2016, 1:58 min, in English) When a greedy man steals a daughter of the sea, she must summon her own magic to free herself.
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Human Lights
(Emma Mills, Canada, live action, 2014, 4 min, in English) Emma’s life is flipped upside down when she discovers she has a neurological condition called synesthesia.
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The Bicycle
(Giorgi Chakvetadze, Georgia, live action, 2015, 7:55 min, in Georgian with English subtitles) West coast premiere! One boy wants to purchase a bicycle but has no money. He begins to collect the bottles and sells them for a suitable sum.
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Romeo and… Zhuzhuna
(Veronika Kutsia, Georgia, live action, 2016, 5:25 min, in Georgian with English subtitles) West coast premiere! The miller Romeo is fallen in love with Zhuzhuna and asks her to marry him.
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Circus Klown
(Karson Monger, US, animation, 2016, 3:04 min, in English) Northwest premiere! The clowns are causing problems for the ringleader of a circus.
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“9” – Swell Tides
(Zach Ashby, Jago Gould, Bertie Sackson & Nick Tennery, US, live action, 2016, 2:30 min, in English) World premiere! A music video for the song ‘9’ by the band Swell Tides. A lonely shark does everything he can for friendship.
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Flying Books
(Ayşe Seda Ulusu, Turkey, animation, 2016, 5:06 min, in Turkish with English subtitles) World premiere! The kindergarten students at Tepeören campus made an animated short film called Uçan Kitaplar (Flying Books) to enhance reading routines and make reading an enjoyable part of their daily life.
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Felicity
(Max Kang, US, live action, 2016, 3 min, in English) World premiere!A short film about the pursuit of happiness.
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The Flames
(Deepak Jain, with 70 students at King’s School – Al Barsha in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, live action, 2016, 15 min, in English) A popular schoolboy must win over his fear of exams and kick the addiction of fake medicines.