Dawning Shorts

Seeing and living through the eyes of children.
Thank you to our screening partners: Big Picture Alliance
Films in this Program

Axel
Axel is a happy 2-year-old. As long as mommy is near, the world brings something exciting every day. But one day, mommy ...

Bukra (بُكرا)
After winning a soccer ball in a sweepstakes, a young Syrian refugee must race to claim her prize and play one final gam...

Children of the Waves (Enfants des Courants d’Eaux)
Noakim, Alassane and Ilan, three young friends from Marseille, meet up after school as they always do. Amid their carefr...

Leaving Ikorodu In 1999
During a road trip to the airport, Fade questions whether her niece’s departure from Nigeria is truly for the best. ...

Teaching America
Teaching America explores the battle around the teaching of African American studies from inside the classroom, focusing...

The Last Harvest
The Last Harvest is a short film that follows three characters navigating life within Lisbon’s Cape Verdean immigrant co...