Parents and teachers around the world struggle with their kids’ dependence on devices today. As Covid has forced our kids to rely on technology more than ever, “#KidsOnTech” looks at the impact on children’s developing bodies and brains, and asks: “How might we better prepare our kids for this digital world?” Voices from India to the U.S., France to China, Mexico to Japan explore what children need to truly excel in a future dominated by tech, including a Google designer, a German brain scientist, and New York Times journalist, Matt Richtel, whose story on a Silicon Valley school created an international media frenzy.
2021
Official Selection
Documentary Feature
United States
Runtime:
54 minutes
Director:
Paul Zehrer
Official Selection
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
21 minutes
16 seconds
Director:
Ross Kagan Marks
Two men form an unlikely bond during Covid in an assisted living facility in the last days of their lives.
Official Selection
Documentary Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
23 minutes
Director:
Kathy Kuras
Meet quarterback Sami Grisafe, San Francisco 49ers coach Katie Sowers and other legends of women’s tackle football who played for the love of the game against all odds. With commentary from Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris and 49ers Head Coach Kyle Shanahan, OPEN FIELD tells the story of the women who leave everything on the field in their drive for greatness, earning recognition and respect.
Official Selection
Narrative Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
33 minutes
Director:
Dane Sears
After being threatened to be ran out of town for repeatedly refusing to help a strange and frightened young couple, a lonely and miserable old preacher must learn to move forward from his troubling past and face the terrifying reason why the couple had fled their rural, dilapidated home in terror.
Official Selection
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
7 minutes
45 seconds
Director:
Josh Funk
A man wakes up locked in a strange bathroom where something is lurking behind the walls.
Official Selection
Narrative Short
India
Runtime:
13 minutes
5 seconds
Director:
Nischhal Sharma
Rimi, a housewife, stuck in the mundane life of domesticity finds herself on the threshold of leaving everything behind and embracing liberation when a desire awakens in her after she encounters young and attractive Riya.