The Moon & Back (2024), dir. Leah Bleich, 75 min.

A light-hearted dramedy in the spirit of Lady Bird meets Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl. One year after her father’s death, high school senior Lydia Gilbert feels completely lost… until she discovers something unexpected: “Space Chronicles,” the screenplay for a $200M+ space opera written by her dad. Equipped with just a VHS camera and pocket change, Lydia decides to make this script a reality.

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Bubble (2019), dir. Alyssa Lerner, 18 min.

While her world crumbles from the 2008 financial crisis, a Filipina teenager is determined to avoid two unstoppable forces: her family’s home foreclosure and her creeping realization that she’s gay.