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Chile, Please! Shorts

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An animated film still from ChikaBOOM!! shows a young Black girl and a smaller pink creature sitting on a cloud facing the New York City skyline as the sun sets. The girl is wearing a pink bow and dress.

The kids are alright.

Thank you to our screening partner: PhillyCAM.

Films in this Program

An animated film still from ChikaBOOM!! shows a young Black girl and a smaller pink creature sitting on a cloud facing the New York City skyline as the sun sets. The girl is wearing a pink bow and dress.
World PremiereShort Narrative

ChikaBOOM!!

Chika Batstone is an aspiring young magician whose curiosity accidentally unleashes Kaboom, a chaotic magical creature,…

A black-and-white film still from Don’t wake the sleeping child shows a young Black girl fast asleep on her bed. She’s sleeping over the covers on a diamond-patterned pillow, facing a white curtain.
United States PremiereShort Narrative

Don’t Wake the Sleeping Child (Ne réveillez pas l’enfant qui dort)

Diamant is a 15-year-old girl from Dakar who dreams of making films, but her family has other plans for her future. On…

A film still from We Act Like Children shows two Anishinaabe children sitting in a brown tent. The girl on the right wears a red plaid flannel shirt and has her hair pulled back in a braid. She is looking towards the older boy on the left who is facing the camera. He wears a teal plaid flannel over a green shirt. On the floor of the tent, there’s a small table and a collection of colorful blankets.
Philadelphia PremiereShort Narrative

We Act Like Children (Abinoojiikaasmin)

Rooted in the universal experience of feeling stuck, this gentle story follows two siblings who retreat from an…

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A film still from Treasure Island shows two boys and two girls in a park through a binocular overlay. The boy on the left wears a red cap, a red-and-white striped shirt, and jean shorts. The girl in the middle wears a pink dress with bows in her hair. The boy on the right wears a blue shirt and khaki shorts. They all stand and look towards the taller girl in a red shirt and blue overalls, who is facing to the right and holding a large piece of red fabric.
World PremiereShort Narrative

Treasure Island (L’île aux trésors)

Summer 1993. Marthe, 12, convinces her brother to run away from home and from the Haitian heritage they both reject…

An animated film still from Tell Me When You Get Home shows an older Brown woman sitting in a shallow pond with a younger Brown child resting on her lap. The woman is wearing a long green dress and looking down solemnly while the child is wearing a white tank top and shorts and has a pink mark on their left eye. Around the lilypads and tree roots in the pond, butterflies, hummingbirds, and amphibians gather.
East Coast PremiereShort Narrative

Tell Me When You Get Home

Fifteen-year-old Honest Cardamom hasn’t seen her mother since she was 4, but at a crowded family party, she begins to…

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Saturday, August 85:00PM EDTSuzanne Roberts Theatre
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