By: 2013 Aspire Awards

  The overall intent of the film is to convey through art and interviews the need for significant funds to give the Healing Paintbrushes Project the ability to provide art and technology resources to children in hospitals.  

By: 2013 Aspire Awards

  This film looks at the successes of Canada in terms of its music, culture, languages and the integration of different cultures into the nation. Students from Mexico visited Canada to create this film with Canadian students and to celebrate the diversity and …

By: 2013 Aspire Awards

  In our city we have many young artists. We made this video to express our admiration for them. It is also a tribute to all the young people in the world who are not afraid to follow their passions and creativity.

By: 2013 Aspire Awards

  This media piece is about changing your community one act of kindness at the time. Jeanviêr used Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere to create a fun and creative animation to encourage teens on a easy and practical way to contribute to their communi…

By: 2013 Aspire Awards

  Science and art are essentials subjects of life. There is a merge of both when an ESL student is determined to get the attention of his crush. He uses the universal language, science, to try and communicate with her. As we learn and grow, we can find solutio…

By: 2013 Aspire Awards

In this video, Angelo brings the viewers in to the world of Marshall Maria. Marshall has been bullied since kindergarden. Angelo embarked on a mission to find out the role a parent play in supporting a child that is being bullied. As Angelo was listening to both sides of t…

By: 2013 Aspire Awards

  "Life's a Fight" documents the issue of teenage bullying, and explores how the landscape has evolved to include not only the schoolyard, but the internet as well. In this film we hear stories from teachers, parents, and victims, and learn from a group of loc…

By: Spy Hop

SHIFT student participant of the 2013 AYV Film Camp at SHIFT. SHIFT in partnership with Spy Hop Productions hosted a 3-week AYV film camp that culminated in a big-screen exhibition at the Tumbleweeds Film Festival, March 16. We selected 24 students from the ages of 13-19 f…

By: Chicago Public Schools

Thousands of children in Africa are abducted into war every year by corrupt soldier militias. These child soldiers are placed into extremely violent situations and girls are frequently abused and forced into unimaginably heinous acts. As 8th grade students living in Chicag…