Youth Visions

Media Arts Center San Diego presents its annual Youth Visions showcase, a collection of short films from teen filmmakers, representing a burgeoning population of youth who are finding creative expression and empowerment in telling stories through visual media.

March 19, 2022, 2PM @ AMC Mission Valley 20

ALONE

Dir. Alejandro Delgadillo (Eastlake High School, Chula Vista, CA, 16 min.)

A teenager faces the horrors of his own mind on his first night home alone.

THE CHASE

Dir. Bradley Niccosia, Lena Faeskorn (Real to Reel Film School, Lynn, MA, 1 min.)

Experimental short film.

CHICANO PARK: A CINEMATIC POEM

Dir. Cesaire Carroll-Domingue (San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts,, 2 min.)

An unnamed narrator explores the history and beauty of Chicano Park.

DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS

Dir. Teen Producers Project (Media Arts Center San Diego, 3 min.)

Documenting the annual celebration in the neighborhood of City Heights.

ERES PERFECTO

Dir. Él Avalon Sandoval Reilly (California State Summer School for the Arts, 2 min.)

Santiago always loses to Armando, and it makes them angry. One day, they agree to race, and both of them realize that they need each other.

FIGHTING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: HEALTH CRISIS AT THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER

Dir. Ilan Jinich (Francis Parker School, San Diego, CA, 3 min.)

This film highlights efforts by the community of San Ysidro to mitigate the environmental injustice following a major federal expansion of the US-Mexico border port of entry crossing in 2019.

FIRST TIME HOME

(Berkeley, CA, 29 min.)

When they learn their grandfather is gravely ill, four cousins travel from their Indigenous Triqui immigrant community in California to their ancestral village in Mexico for the first time. In the midst of border politics and violence, the cousins forge a link across thousands of miles, with a newfound pride in their indigenous immigrant identity and understanding of the meaning of family.

POCOS HUEVOS

Dir. Juanpa Brenis (Babafilms, Mexico, 16 min.)

What is the risk of normalizing misogyny? A story from the point of view of a group of boys..

SAFE AND UNSOCIAL

Dir. Ethan Almonte(Real to Reel Film School, Lynn, MA, 1 min.)

An experimental short film.

STREET VENDORS: THE FORGOTTEN

Dir. Aldon Caba, Jailyn Diaz, Jeremy Caba (Educational Video Center, New York NY, 7 min.)

This film focuses on the impacts of COVID-19 on local street vendors in the community of Washington Heights and ways to advocate for and support this struggling community.

TAKING IT BACK

Dir. Mia Gonzalez (Reel Voices, San Diego, CA 5 min.)

A look into how affecting misogyny can be through the stories of different girls, a skateboarder and tarot card reader.

Total running time: 86 minutes

Curated by: Larry DaSilveira, MACSD Education Coordinator

Made possible by Clare Rose Foundation, California Endowment, California Humanities, SDG&E & California Arts Council, San Diego Foundation, The Conrad Prebys Foundation, Art Pratt Foundation.