Peaceful Paths: A World Without Violence
School Screening
For Middle and High School students (from 2nd Middle School)
Dangers and tensions lurk in everyday life. The films in this program masterfully show how differences can be resolved without violence and toxicity and how we can handle interpersonal relationships in a healthy and empathetic way.
Camouflage is about the impact of an unsafe home on fourteen-year-old Deniz. The film shows how it affects the relationship with his mother, the interaction with his friends and his behavior at school.
● Bregt Verhagen
● 16’
● the Netherlands
A fragmented portrait of a moment, a person, and a place, seen through the subjective memories of a young Black girl, Imani, and a rookie police officer, David, who both have wildly different recollections of the same faithful moment in a corner store that will leave their lives altered forever.
● Robert-Jonathan Koeyers
● 15’
● the Netherlands
Selena (14) plays football as the only girl on a boys' team. Her teammates see her as one of the boys. When a new girl joins the team, the dynamic in the group begins to change. Selena does everything she can to protect her position within the group.
● Catherina Iosifidis
● 12’
● the Netherlands
Malika chases a career in basketball but feels constrained by a lack of financial resources that leads to insecurity about her future.
● Reinout Hellenthal
● 29’
● the Netherlands