Brave Futures Collection
12 Seasons
Brave Futures is OTV’s global filmmaking initiative, challenging emerging filmmakers to create bold, intersectional short films within a limited timeframe. Through film races, artist commissions, and screenings, the program creates space for experimentation, collaboration, and new ways of storytelling.
Since 2019, Brave Futures has supported more than 400 artists across seven countries and four continents to create over 50 original short films exploring identity, culture, and our collective futures.
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05:00Episode 1A Neuroqueer Film is Happening
Episode 1
Created by Cedric Tai for Brave Futures: The Nuance of Neurodivergence.
Un-disciplinary artist Cedric Tai invents an interactive ‘Neuroqueer Film’ asking friends everything from "what does a producer do?" to "what could this film even be?”, a meandering spiral of film ideas, transformations, an...
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04:59Episode 2The CrashOut Diaries
Episode 2
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03:54Episode 3Clean Enough
Episode 3
Created by Gina Chin-Davis for Brave Futures: The Nuance of Neurodivergence.
Trapped in a looping ritual of handwashing, a figure chases the feeling of “clean enough” as the cycle intensifies—until a quiet moment of resistance breaks through.