By: 2013 Aspire Awards

  Do you ever wonder about the most important things in your life? What really makes you happy? For us, the most beautiful experiences are those we live with our families and friends. They are a gift that we must take care because no matter how far apart we ar…

By: San Jose Sites

Based on a true story. A story of two siblings separated at a very young age.  Both journey through similar challenges and obstacles while separated, but manage to help each through the hardships after being re-connected.

By: San Jose Sites

Every day our lives are filled with choices whether we choose to acknowledge them or not. Some of our choices are even consequences of previous decisions influenced by others, but during that deciding moment, we ultimately make the call. See how one teenager uses his myste…

By: Exhibits

Youth uncover the truth about all kinds of relationships across the globe in this collage of motion graphics, text, and personal writing. A multiplicity of voices reveal that love, friendship, and romantic relationships are always a work in progress, some more worth worki…

By: Redwood City Adobe Youth Voices Peapod Academy

 "ANGEL IN MY SKY" is a coming of age story of young man who searches for answers during a tragic time in his life. He learns a powerful lesson in faith, forgiveness, and staying true to your word. Members of the Adobe Youth Voices Peapod Academy worked together to wr…

By: Mt Pleasant High School

This is a documentary about the filmmaker and his family as they struggle to deal with the deportation of his Father. The filmmaker interviews his father, via a phone conversation, his mother at home and ends with the filmmaker talking directly into the camera. This doc…

By: Boynton High School

A stop motion style PSA that highlights the challenges of a society that is hooked on water. The water glass represents the contents of the Earth's water supply and it drastically decreases as the availability of fresh does as well.

By: Bronx Guild

This documentary is the personal story of the young filmmaker who bravely shares her journey through coming out to her family. Despite the difficulties she's encountered and the pain she has been enduring, she doesn't regret her decision. She hopes to shed some light on th…

By: Watsonville High School

"Forced to walk home from school, a child is deeply disheartened to find his drunken father passed out on the couch. Growing up, he reflects on his father’s destructive actions, which greatly influence his own. Eventually becoming a father himself, he is faced with a…