2012 Film Festival

This comedy portrays the rocky relationship between three very different students and their long-suffering guidance counselor as they progress through their senior years. Mina Healey completed this film in 2011 under the auspices of the Lynn Raw Arts Film School when she was on her way from Lynn Classical High School to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Newburyport's ace raconteur A J Mungo tells the shaggy cat story of his sister's attempt to establish a cat rescue mission and the unintended consequences of that attempt. Note the hilarious illustrations by Marty Riskin.

While children play, Peabody city workers cut down an old Linden tree. Although an entertaining film with a light touch, but there might be more at work in this piece than you think. Perry Hallinan is a North-Shore based filmmaker with directing, camera and editing credits to his name.

She’s about to turn 14, and cosmic forces decree that she has to kill off her imaginary friend. But he’s acting out, and she’s not sure she can do the deed. Find out what happens! This film, by prolific filmmaker Sam Stratton, was shot in Marblehead and Swampscott; and its cast features local families.

Young Lynn residents tell their moving stories about growing up in a tough environment. The Oasis Film Institute is one of the activities of Lynn’s St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church.

Life’s a journey, and we are all given tests that are "only" tests, but which have more impact than we think. Bill Sorice is a Manhattan-based director, writer and actor.

Here’s another journey, an experimental music video based on Brenna Sahatjian’s Moonsong (Trash Monster): Jane Urban made this video under the auspices of the ICA Fast Forward teen production program, and it was a finalist in this year’s Salem Filmfest Five Minute Student Film Festival.

Fahisha (which means "abomination" in Arabic) documents what happens when kids who’ve grown up in strict Muslim families decide to come out as gay. Although the stories discussed here occurred in the Muslim community, the heartrending conflicts between parents and children, and children and peers, will be familiar to many American families. Nabila Eltantawy is a 19-year-old filmmaker living in New York.

It’s colorful and it’s sweet, but as this short animation shows, that’s part of the problem. Alexandra Miernicki lives in Minnesota and her film was part of the 15th Annual National Youth Video and Film Festival, which was recently screened in Cambridge.

Stuck in a rut, a middle-aged suburban couple decides to repaint their bedroom. Doing so turns out to be better than years of therapy. Many improvements follow.

The editing and filming of this work describe the experiences and emotions of a child who has lost a loved one. Peter Rodriguez is an 18-year-old Lynn resident who made his film under the auspices of the Raw Arts Real to Reel Film School.

This is a mordant comedy about a man who knows how to take advantage of the housing crisis. Damien Patrik is a Colorado filmmaker whose works have been shown in previous Arts Festival screenings.

Three students from the Harvard-Westlake school in Culver City, California, collaborated on a visual interpretation of the Shel Silverstein poem about a special place where the imagination reigns supreme. Their film was part of the 15th Annual National Video and Film Festival, which was recently screened in Cambridge.