Youth & Family is a heartfelt collection of stories about growing up, finding yourself, and navigating first feelings with courage and curiosity. From tender first loves to chosen family and self-discovery, these films celebrate the messy, magical journey of becoming who you are.
Directed by Katie Lambert, United Kingdom
I hate Helen. I hate the way her fat ass jiggles when she’s excited. I hate the way she looks at the boys with gooey sex eyes. I hate her wet spitty mouth. She is a slag and I hate her.
“I hate Helen” is a snapshot of teenage life, a short film about the tidal wave of gay lust some girls feel in school and letting those feelings just wash over you. But our protagonist Priya isn’t going without a fight. She hates Helen, and she hates the way she is feeling.
Directed by Aaren Rackett, Canada
An early 19th century tailor going through the process of making a dress for themselves as a way of coming out to their family.
Directed by Jacob McKee, United States
Directed by Jacinta Gaspar, Canada
When insecure and lonely Charlie stumbles upon a local band’s show in Toronto, he becomes obsessed with the lead singer. What is perceived as a crush turns Charlie’s life upside down when he comes to realize he’s trans instead.
Directed by Cassidy Civiero, Alanna Schwartz, Canada
Needle Tips is a documentary examining the intersection between trans health care and reproductive health care, as a transgender man helps his friend undergo IVF injections. Information on navigating the health system in Canada is interwoven with intimate interviews based on the filmmakers’ lived experience. Rooted in friendship and care for one another, Needle Tips gives a behind-the-curtain look at how to strive for bodily autonomy in the current sociopolitical context.
Directed by Mila Aquilia, Argentina
Summer of 2005 in Mar del Plata. The ‘Bikini Open’ and the ‘Ladies Night’ heat up the season. Pilar (14) and her family spend their afternoons at an upscale health resort in the city. There, she meets Camila (14). They fall in love amid photologs, ringtones, love letters, and plenty of ‘punchy, punchy’ noise. The spa starts to spread rumors that they are girlfriends. The teenage girls experience their first love secretly from a society that doesn’t accept them.
Directed by Lee Knight, United Kingdom
A lonely widow’s quiet life is upended when a teenage boy accidentally kicks his football into her garden.
2 Hr
Wheelchair-accessible
Closed Captioning
