Teen Shorts: Tomorrow's Filmmakers

Love You

Directed By Davy Forrester

02:53 • United States

NARRATIVE

An exploration of teenage female friendship and all the emotional ups and downs that can sometimes lead to fights that include dresses, boys, knives, and flamethrowers.

Time Will Tell

Directed By Peyton Cooper

09:27 • United States • Alabama Premiere

NARRATIVE, WOMEN IN FILM

When two high school classmates are assigned to debate whether love is fate or chance, their partnership quickly blossoms from friendship into romance.

MIME

Directed By Gabri Blankson

06:39 • United States

BLACK LENS, NARRATIVE, WOMEN IN FILM

Sixteen-year-old Bri is on the verge of a significant soccer opportunity when the COVID-19 pandemic forces her into isolation. Trapped in a silent, monochrome world, Bri faces the overwhelming presence of these mimes.

Dualists

Directed By Worthy Culverhouse

14:54 • United States

ALABAMA, NARRATIVE

When two friends are given the lead parts in their school's play about an academy for dualists, they follow their instructor's tradition of "embodying characters" and find their friendship tested and the line between reality and fantasy blurring.

Grow Up

Directed By Dari Justin

08:21 • Australia • Southern U.S. Premiere

INTERNATIONAL, NARRATIVE

When 12-year-old Kai is forced to recognize that his older brother has outgrown their childhood fantasy games, he decides it's time to grow up. But is he ready?

Magnacamp

Directed By Landon Zimmer

05:01 • United States

ALABAMA, NARRATIVE

A look at a successful camp months after a zombie apocalypse. 

CHAD

Directed By Maria George, Silverr King

08:11 • United States

ALABAMA, NARRATIVE, WOMEN IN FILM

In the current world where AI is taking precedence over thinking and relationships, Izzy finds herself on a self-journey through intense realities. Sidewalk Teen Board 2026 film.

Rocket

Directed By Luke Ashton Beall

04:40 • United States • World Premiere

ALABAMA, NARRATIVE

A boy attempts to build a model rocket without being discovered by his father.

The Prime Candidate

Directed By Joseph Pickens, Graham Cason

03:30 • United States • U.S. Premiere

ALABAMA, NARRATIVE

A young job candidate participates in an interview where the questions become increasingly concerning. Unemployment may be preferable to what this company has in store.

Dwell

Directed By Luke Ashton Beall

09:57 • United States • World Premiere

ALABAMA, DOCUMENTARY, LIFE & LIBERTY

Dwell Mobile works to resettle refugees in Mobile, Alabama. This documentary sheds light on the experiences of those whom Dwell assists.

No Small Matter

Directed By India Anne Mitchell

05:37 • United States • Alabama Premiere

LIFE & LIBERTY, WOMEN IN FILM, DOCUMENTARY

Through the lens of a 15-year-old filmmaker, "No Small Matter" pulls back the curtain on a radical shift: a court designed not to punish, but to provide a final, desperate lifeline.

Instant

Directed By Hudson Hillin

09:59 • United States • Alabama Premiere

NARRATIVE

For teenage photographer Bennett, memories are made to be captured; for free-spirited Grace, they're meant to be lived.

Draupadi

Directed By Rishan Sathiyaa

10:02 • United States

NARRATIVE

A story about forgiveness and religion set in the grassroots Hindu culture of the San Francisco Bay Area, an Indian girl must attend a karayalu for an uncle who wronged her.