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CineYouth Program

Between Me and You

  Australia, Canada, China, United Kingdom, United States     7 shorts | 69 minutes

Screenings & Events

Virtual Screening

Available to stream Mon, April 28 @ 12:00pm CT through Sun, May 4 @ 11:59pm CT for a 48-hour watch window.

Synopsis

Captivating visuals and unconventional storytelling illuminate a wide range of relations between parents and children, best of friends, and bitter enemies. These seven shorts explore how the different people we encounter in our lives can have a lasting effect on us for better or for worse.

Note: Films in this program contain themes, images, and language that may not be suitable for all ages, including guns and violence.

Films

Two Korean guys fighting with one guy holding a steel plate upward and the other guy using a broom to hit the plate

Check Please

Shane Chung | Chicago, Illinois | Age 22

In this comedy action film, a Korean and a Korean-American fight over their pride, honor, and who gets to pick up the tab.

A woman reads Karl Marx while another woman lies on her stomach looking through binoculars.

Bi-Nocular Panic

Anouk Witkowska Hiffler | United Kingdom | Ages 22

Two young girls spend an afternoon in the park spying on boys when one of them discovers something new about themself.

A man and a boy look at a large "One Child Policy" poster.

Until He’s Born

Qingxuan Wang | China | Age 18

Years after the death of his unborn brother, a teenager comes face to face with his guilt and grief in this beautiful rumination on tradition and family set during China’s one-child policy.

Close up of a man's smiling face on the right side of screen.

Loose Lace

Emma Snyder | Chicago, Illinois | Age 20

Lighten up with this lighthearted film, which unites two of our favorite things – skating and pizza – to subtly depict humans being human.

A woman in the middle of the foreground with two other people in the background, looking straight forward

Desync

Minerva Marie Navasca | Canada | Age 22

Confronting the past, a young Filipina filmmaker re-lives a painful conversation with her mother to produce the perfect movie scene of a mother and daughter cooking. Sophisticated camera work shifts the scene between the present-day movie set and her memory exploring the complexity of the mother-daughter dynamic.

A young man wearing headphones moves expressively while other young people sitting at tables in the background look at something unseen.

Just. Drop. Dead.

Yael Green | Australia | Age 22

Two inept hitmen struggle to complete their latest job. Their target? A man with dance moves so rhythmic that he seems to dodge death at every turn.

Three people sitting on the beach with their backs to the camera.

The New Raymond

Joe Blaugrund | Chicago, Illinois | Age 22

After an attempted break-in goes wrong, a burglar is held captive by the homeowners–a grieving couple with a sinister plan for bringing their son back.