NYICFF Girls’ POV

This edition of Girls’ POV celebrates trailblazing young scientists who are developing creative solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges. From a 19th century fossil hunter to today’s innovators, these girls lead the field. In English or with English subtitles.

Complete Lineup:

• Not the Science Type: Gitanjali, United States, Documentary, Julio Palacio, 2021, 7 min. In English
  Gitanjali Rao was named TIME Magazine’s Kid of the Year in 2020 and, at just 16 years old, she’s already an accomplished scientist on a mission to create a global community of young innovators to solve problems all over the world.
• Sea Dragon, United Kingdom, Live Action, James Morgan, 2020, 17 min. In English
  A young fossil hunter makes a groundbreaking discovery, challenging the worldview of 19th century England.
• Balam, Mexico, United States, Animation, Guillermo Casarin, 2023, 10 min. In Spanish and Mayan with English subtitles
  Itzel, on a camping trip deep in the jungle, frees a jaguar from captivity. When a furious poacher gives chase, she stumbles upon a mysterious lost Mayan city.
• 7 Planets, United Kingdom, Live Action, Milda Baginskaite, 2018, 6 min. In English
  A space-obsessed girl realizes that in cosmic matters, it’s all about the long game.
• Knights in Newark, United States, Live Action, Nic Yulo, 2017, 11 min. In English; In Spanish with English subtitles
  Armed with her vivid imagination, a young girl engineers a secret project on the roof of her apartment building to protect her immigrant family from the dreaded curse of the Knights in Newark.
• Horizon, United States, Live Action, Nic Yulo, 2021, 15 min. In English
  To realize her dream of launching into uncharted space, a determined astronaut must choose to leave her humanity behind.
• Generation Impact: The Coder, United States. Live Action Documentary, Samantha Knowles, 2021, 7 min. In English
  Jay Jay Patton was only 13 when she designed and built an app to help kids connect with their incarcerated parents, inspired by her own experience. Now she is creating a coding academy to help other kids do the same.

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