Dir: Destin Cretton USA 2013 96 mins Cert: 15A
Starring: Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever, Rami Malek, Keith Stanfield, Kevin Hernandez
Language: English
Winner - Best Actress, Locarno International Film Festival 2013
Grace is a Twenty-something supervisor at Short Term 12, a foster-care facility for at-risk teenagers. She is passionate about her work and takes great care of the kids, though she struggles with her own troubled past. When Jayden, a gifted, restless teenager, arrives at the facility, Grace finds herself no longer able to ignore the difficulties of her own childhood, putting the delicate balance of her life and work at risk. She must find her way through a crisis that both pushes her to the edge and allows her to discover unexpected glimmers of hope. - Locarno International Film Festival
