Press & Events
2025 World Premiere on November 9th
Sunday, November 9
Doors open at 2:00pm
• World Premiere of 11 new films
• Join Host and Moderator Ashley Cornelius
• Q+A with filmmakers (and you!)
• Connections Corridor with 20+ community groups
• Watch Sizzle Trailer HERE
Join us for the “World Premiere of New Films” from the Youth Documentary Academy!
Eleven new bold works of art that will inspire, illuminate and surprise. This year’s class presents films on topics ranging from body image to black brotherhood, aging to immigration, religion to single parenthood. And much more.
Plus join us in the lobby for our annual Connections Corridor where 20+ non-profits, media organizations and colleges will share valuable community resources and networking opportunities. Join our host and moderator, Ashley Cornelius, as she introduces us to the next generation of filmmakers in the Pikes Peak region. Meet our filmamkers in person and experience courageous storytelling that is as diverse as the artists who made them.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2025
2pm: Doors open to our Connections Corridor
3pm: AFTERNOON SCREENING BLOCK
5-6:00pm: A VIP Reception and more mingling in our Connections Corridor
6-8:30pm: EVENING SCREENING BLOCK (of even more new films!)
Join us for one or both screening blocks.
Connect with friends and colleagues in our resource-rich Connections Corridor.
VIP tickets: Meet the filmmakers privately in person as we celebrate them and all of YDA’s supporters in Studio C.
See you at the movies!
To become a sponsor of this event, please contact Tom Shepard (tom@youthdocumentary.org) or Mari Moxley (mari@youthdocumentary.org)
DIRECTIONS
Cornerstone Arts Center
825 N. Cascade Ave
Colorado Springs, CO
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
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LIMITED SEATING
Bring your friends and family!
Topics are appropriate for ages 14+
