2018 UMFF Youth Made Films

CRACKERS USA | 7 min Short | Youth-made | Romance | Drama Director Julia Massey  Writers Julia Massey, Gina Ayyoub Producers GinaAyyoub, Mary Liu  Cast IanDembeck A young artist struggles for inspiration as he meets a unique girl.   HOUSE DETENTION  Germany | 10 min Short | Youth-made | Family | Drama| Action Director/Writer DominikSaal Producers DominikSaal, Lukas Götz Cast AlexisRaptakis, Anna Wagner, Lukas Götz, Evelyn Jahn A bank heist is what Damian and his friend are planning, because their money is very scarce..                 IN THE TREES USA | 8 min Short | Youth-made | Horror Director/Writer Will Nordstrom  Cast SpencerFlippen, Spencer Sherman Teenagers on a school field trip become lost in the woods and strange things start to happen   OVERRIDE USA | 8 min Short | Youth-made | Drama | Sci-Fi Director/Writer Jacob Chang-Rascle Cast Aidan Pearce, Jessie Duska, Dan Pearce, Serge Rascle, Vincent Pearce In a post-apocalyptic world, a spy infiltrates a small group of survivors with a sinister mission, and will be forced to choose between following orders and doing what he knows is right.                 RAW ART WORKS: HOME USA | 7 min Short | Youth-made Director Meghan Ayer Students find home through their art.     THE RESIDENCY  India | 9 min Short | Youth-made | Documentary Director/Writer/Producer Tanmay Srivastava This Short Documentary is about a Building Complex in the North Indian City of Lucknow called The Lucknow Residency.                 THE ROYAL TASTE India | 7 min Short | Youth-made | Documentary Director/Writer/Producer Tanmay Srivastava This Short Documentary is about the history of the cuisine of the North Indian state of Rajasthan.      THE SUNRISE STORYTELLER Canada | 65 min Feature | Youth-made | Documentary  Director/Writer Kasha Sequoia Slavner Producer Global Sunrise Productions Inc. This documentary follows the hero's journey of teenage filmmaker & social justice advocate, Kasha Sequoia Slavner, as she sets out for six months on her 16th birthday across the world in search of stories of hope and resilience that shine a light on what it means to be a global citizen and how we can all make a difference.