2026 Shine Global Resilience Awards

Short Films about Children's Resilience

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Shine Global presents a selection of award-winning short films highlighting children's resilience.


  • Stalin Boys, directed by Bianca Giaever and Ora DeKornfeld — Children’s Resilience Short Documentary Award, Sheffield DocFest
  • The Boys and the Bees, directed by Arielle Knight and produced by Sean Weiner — Shine Global Resilience Awards
  • JASON, directed by Gabriella Canal — Children’s Resilience Short Film Prize, Indy Shorts Film Festival
  • Sūnna (Listen), directed by Radha Mehta — Disability Stories Award, ReelAbilities Film Festival


Watch the films on your own time, then join us for the live virtual Q&A with the filmmakers on Tuesday, November 3rd at 5pmPT/8pmET

The Boys and the Bees follows a year in the life of a Black family on a small farm in rural Georgia. Through a patient, verité lens, the film moves at the pace of two young boys, alive with curiosity, as they wander fields, tend hives, and grow in their relationship with the land around them. Their parents, Eliza and Nehemiah Ray—partners in life, parenthood, and beekeeping—set out to reimagine Black family life, rooting it in the wisdom of the natural world. As they work toward restoring their homestead, the film traces their quiet efforts to raise their sons, Carver (6) and Aaro (4), close to the land, transforming the rhythms of daily life into a tender meditation on childhood, inheritance, and legacy. From small, luminous moments—a frightened boy finding the courage to tend a beehive—a larger story unfolds: one of reparative healing and the deliberate work of building a family bound to the land. The Boys and the Bees is a tender yet radical portrait of self-determination, kinship, and love.

  • Year
    2025
  • Runtime
    19 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    USA
  • Genre
    Documentary Short
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  • Director
    Arielle Knight
  • Producer
    Sean Weiner
  • Executive Producer
    Ramell Ross, Stacey Reiss
  • Cast
    Nehemiah Ray, Eliza Ray, Carver Ray, Aaro Ray
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