FutureWave: Teenage Hearts

98 min.

This shorts package explores the messy, hilarious, and sometimes tragic journeys of the teenage heart. These films made by filmmakers aged 18 and under explore love in all its permutations, including romantic love, self-love, and familial love.

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Sunday, May 18, 2025

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  • Matinee

Monday, May 26 - Sunday, June 1, 2025

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  • Running Time: 98 min.
  • Format: DCP

Packaged Films

Abuela's Cookbook

USA | 2024 | 5 min. | Isabel Kembel-Rodriguez

A young girl is transported back in time upon finding her late Spanish abuela’s old recipe book.

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Acting Out

Australia | 2024 | 6 min. | Mellony Ledo

Two actors rehearsing a raw and intense breakup scene over a Zoom call blur the lines between reality and performance.

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As You Are

USA | 2024 | 7 min. | Daria Strachan

A young queer girl is forced to learn the true meaning of self-acceptance and love after an unfortunate event at her church.

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Did you take the chicken out of the freezer?

USA | 2024 | 6 min. | Mayra Elize Estrada

The universal Latina experience of forgetting to remove chicken from the freezer at her mother’s request comes to life with hilarious consequences.

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Eras

USA | 2024 | 3 min. | Anna Samuels

A tween girl struggles to navigate the tempestuous world of social media with her self-esteem intact as she transitions into becoming a teenager.

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ISAAC

USA | 2025 | 7 min. | Trip Breslin

A group of friends reminisce about the good times as they tackle their grief over the loss of their friend, Isaac.

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THE MECHANIZATION OF MAN

USA | 2024 | 10 min. | Eion Nunez

After being diagnosed with terminal insomnia after a failed experiment to achieve eternal life, Cillian attempts to find another way to connect with his past.

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Red Peter

South Korea | 2024 | 4 min. | Woo-joo Hyun

In a world where everyone wears a mask, Peter must decide if abandoning his individuality is worth the rewards of conformity.

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Seventh Heaven

USA | 2025 | 9 min. | Syrus Gupta, Davis Knocke

A boy transcends into a dreamlike state of ecstasy, only to discover the fragility of his control as the lines of dream and reality start to blur.

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The Spells That Bind Us

USA | 2024 | 9 min. | Ellie Nishino

After stumbling upon a mysterious ritual in the woods, a bold girl and an anxious boy come together to cast a spell while navigating something much scarier than any witch's ritual—friendship.

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To The Max

USA | 2024 | 12 min. | Sundiata Enuke

A young Black woman is on a quest to obtain the last tub of her mother's favorite hair product, Doo Grease, in a world where hair care is becoming increasingly commercialized.

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Where

China | 2024 | 5 min. | Ziquan Wang

Xi Jinwen storms out of her mother’s English tutoring session when she is unfairly blamed for a scuffle between students, leading to an unanticipated visitor at the door.

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The Wish

Mexico | 2025 | 10 min. | Francesca Varese

A terminally ill woman returns to the beach of her youth and remembers her first love in this emotional tale of magic, love, and sacrifice.

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Yours and Mine

USA | 2024 | 5 min. | Quinn Yurasek

A girl studying in New York City confronts an unexpected pregnancy as she figures out how to tell her mom.

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