This film’s goal is to show the perspective of someone with a friend in need to show how sometimes people put masks up to stop the pain and guilt of struggling with suicide or self-harm. It’s to show that even if your friend looks okay it doesn’t mean they actually are.
Our submission is a one minute short following the struggles of a half hispanic teenager who struggles to connect to his hispanic family, this disconnect similarly brings him to feel isolated with his friends and interests. However he comes to the conclusion that being between all of these titles: a hispanic, a friend, and a teenager; these factors make him rather than divide him. Everything and everyone in his life contributes to his identity, and to come to this conclusion our protagonist learned to speak up about his mental health problems. Mental health can make someone feel alone or alienated, all it takes is for you to notice all your friends and family who are there for you to lean on.
I made a fun video that gives some ideas of how to deal with mental health. I really hope that my video spreads throughout schools and/or the county so that people (especially kids) who are extremely struggling with their mental health can get some ideas.
I did a voice over for my project, and I was running low on time to complete the video. Since I didn’t have time for another rewrite I decided to use my own voice and critical thinking to do the work. I did pretty well for remaking the process where I was speaking like an autistic person because I already had experience with autism
Our entry is about a teenage boy who is mentally not doing well, but refuses to tell anyone about it because he thinks that if he does, he’ll be seen as weak. In the film, he sees that his grades are terrible and drops his head on the desk. Then his friend walks in and they talk about his struggles. He then gets the confidence to talk to his mom about it.
My short film tells the story of Jordan, a gifted basketball player quietly battling performance anxiety. The visual language reflects his isolation and inner tension, we avoid eye contact with him until the final moments, his hood stays up as a barrier, and he practices alone at night on an empty outdoor court. Subtle details, shaky hands, a distant, zoned-out expression, repeated missed shots, and the exhaustion of chasing the ball, capture the weight of unseen pressure. After a moment of frustration, Jordan chooses to turn back, reclaiming his focus and confidence. Only then do we finally meet his eyes, symbolizing resilience, self-belief, and the importance of empathy, reminding viewers to “walk in someone else’s shoes,” because struggles with mental health are often invisible.
Our story is about how anxiety piles up on you and why you should speak up about your situation and remove the weight off your shoulders and mind. It is important to get the weight off because it can show how much of a different person you are.
Our submission follows themes of substance abuse, working against addiction, and nonconformity. It follows the story of Lucia, a girl who is passionate about sports, and her friend Addisyn, who easily falls to peer pressure.
My submission is honestly a vent that I have held in since freshman year of high school, when i went to the beach with my church, and when the hangout was over i looked at my phone and saw it had been blowing off, which i didnt find weird because my friends were always blowing up my phone when I wasn’t paying attention. When I realised what had happened, I felt extremely guilty. Another time, that same friend, around a year later, cut his wrists and sent me a photo in a group chat on Discord with a few other mutual friends. Making this animation is a way to thank my friend for not pushing me away while he was struggling and for pushing through and surviving. He is still alive, and I’m thankful that he is.
Our film describes the symptoms and solutions to seasonal depression . We made it entertaining but also informative, and added subtitles in Spanish to reach out to non- English speakers.