Family Shorts: Kid at Heart

Doggozord

Directed by Kelsey Norden

4:46 • United States • Southern US Premiere

WOMEN IN FILM

The Moon has risen early to threaten dog utopia, and Major Walnut has called his team of guard dogs to pilot Doggozord, a giant canine mecha, to fight it off.

Chasing Dreams

Directed by Gerald Crummie

7:46 • United States • Alabama Premiere

ALABAMA

Raeann "Rooster" Gibbs is a rising racecar driver from Weaver, Alabama with big dreams. At the age of 12, she is currently competing against adults in 602 and 604 late models.

Sunspark

Directed by Danny Bourque

11:00 • United States • Southern US Premiere

While scavenging for spare parts, a lonely robot discovers someone who desperately needs his help.

Symphony in the Skies

Directed by Nathan Winston Burrell

7:13 • United States

ALABAMA, BLACK LENS, TEEN

Amid the urban landscape of Birmingham, a 12-year-old filmmaker and birder discovers a different kind of world through his binoculars.

Jamie’s Cosmic Chase

Directed by Gabrielle Foret

5:39 • United States • World Premiere

ALABAMA, STUDENT, WOMEN IN FILM

Shortly after a rookie zookeeper's shift begins, a baby creature escapes its enclosure and begins to wander around an intergalactic zoo resulting in chaos and comedy.

Creep

Directed by Daniela Abarca

2:16 • United States

STUDENT, WOMEN IN FILM

In a library where nothing happens, a kid gets a creepy feeling he's being hunted by a creature of the night.

The Epic of Enkidu

Directed by Mike A Smith

9:26 • United States • Southern US Premiere

When the catastrophic king Gilgamesh meets the grass-fed Enkidu, things don't go according to the clay tablets. A fractured take on the cuneiform tale, featuring doom, despair, deception, and sheep.

Flick: A Fingerboarding Story

Directed by Graham Abney

11:08 • United States • Southern US Premiere

BLACK LENS

An ambitious entrepreneur reflects on how the fingerboarding community has changed his life and given a space for passionate creatives to express themselves.

The Ottoman

Directed by Mike Stamm

12:00 • United States • Southern US Premiere

The Ottoman, a hotshot mechanic and amateur robot gladiator, is looking forward to proving himself in the arena. But when his obsession with winning endangers the lives of his family, the Ottoman must face harsh lessons about what victory truly requires.