***Advanced tickets for Tuesday, June 17 at 4:15 p.m. have sold out.  Standby tickets will be available at the AFI Silver box office approximately 45 minutes prior to showtime.  Tickets are not guaranteed and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.***

The Friday, June 20th screening at noon is free. Tickets will be available at the AFI Silver on the day of the screening.

52 PERCENT
Rafal Skalski
Poland, 2007, 20 minutes
In ballet, ambition is irrelevant if your physical structure falls short of perfection. 52 PERCENT is a chilling observation of one Russian girl’s attempt to enter a ballet academy. The film reveals how young girls’ bodies are weighed, measured, twisted and stretched to determine if they meet an almost impossible standard.

THE CHAMP
Peter Jordan
USA, 2007, 7 minutes
Fatima’s petite frame and pretty face complement her pink boxing gloves, but her story is far from rosy. She is the protégé of Johnny, a trainer who teaches at-risk youth to channel their aggression in the boxing ring. Johnny helped Fatima get her act together, and now she helps others do the same.

SMILE PINKI
Megan Mylan
India, 2008, 40 minutes
Pinki, a rural Indian girl, does not go to school because she has a cleft lip. A simple surgery could fix her problem, but instead she must suffer extreme social ostracism. Pinki’s destiny changes when she meets a social worker who gathers patients for a hospital that provides free surgery.