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Films that leave you wanting to do something. Shorts about people who didn't give up.

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Gaming for Love
Drama
Gaming for Loveby Erin Gavin

A terminally ill gamer unites family and strangers worldwide

12 min·emotional · heartwarming
Breaking Glass
Documentaries
Breaking Glassby Jessica Levin & Alexander Krause

Three glass artists forge a new future for their craft

18 min·cinematic · inspiring
Livestreams with GrandmaPuzzles
Documentaries
Livestreams with GrandmaPuzzlesby Emily Sheskin

A lifelong hobby becomes a lifeline for an unexpected Twitch streamer

6 min·heartwarming · inspiring
Sometimes It’s Happened
Documentaries
Sometimes It’s Happenedby Ian McMillen & Ethan Oldham

An inspiring doc about an old man telling some of his stories

21 min·entertaining · inspiring
Sprache ist Leben
Drama
Sprache ist Lebenby Stanko Pavlica & Joel De Giovanni

A deaf boy flees from Syria to Switzerland and faces the challenges ahead

5 min·emotional · inspiring
My Journey to Switzerland
Documentaries
My Journey to Switzerlandby Luigi Costa & Gianluca Sarbo

A doc about a search that led a young Spaniard to Switzerland

4 min·heartwarming · inspiring
The Afghan Plasterer
Documentaries
The Afghan Plastererby Christina Ruloff

A short doc about an Afghan finding work and goals in Switzerland

5 min·heartwarming · inspiring
Hawker
War
Hawkerby Daniel Arbon

A true story of WW1 fighter pilots at the dawn of Aviation Combat

22 min·epic · historical
Squeeze
Drama
Squeezeby Mike Clarke

A high school wrestling coach recruits an outsider, a student with Autism

20 min·cinematic · emotional
To Be Enjoyed
Documentaries
To Be Enjoyedby Stephen Stinson

The unlikely story of a musician experiencing a life-changing opportunity

17 min·heartwarming · inspiring
Karma Khazi
Documentaries
Karma Khaziby Lee Phillips

An artists becomes a connoisseur of toilet doors

13 min·inspiring · reflective
Tanagokoro
Documentaries
Tanagokoroby Victoria Fistes & Masashi Nozaki

How a Japanese chef sparked a fish revolution in the UK

30 min·inspiring · reflective
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Curator’s note

Short films that make you want to begin

Inspiring short films do not lecture. They simply show someone refusing to quit, and let the lift come on its own. Shadow Boxer follows one man's fight to step out of his father's long shadow, Squeeze puts a high school wrestling coach behind a student with autism nobody else believed in, and To Be Enjoyed hands a musician the unlikely chance to change everything.

Many here are true, which is its own kind of fuel. Sprache ist Leben follows a deaf boy fleeing Syria for Switzerland and the wall of obstacles ahead of him, Tanagokoro tracks how a single Japanese chef sparked a fish revolution in the UK, and The Simplicity of Happiness goes looking for contentment in the one place we keep overlooking. All free, all chosen to leave you a little braver than you started.