Curated for InterVarsity

Curated for InterVarsity

Since 1941, InterVarsity has established and advanced student-led, witnessing communities on college and university campuses across the country. Today, InterVarsity equips students and faculty to follow Jesus with their whole lives — for the rest of their lives.

InterVarsity's curated collection of short films, conversations, and discussion guides uses the power of story to engage the next generation in thoughtful conversation. To learn more about Windrider, check out our website: www.windriderinstitute.org.

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Curated for InterVarsity
  • Welcome to Windrider Studios!

    Windrider Studios is a curated library of short films, Q&As and discussion guides offered as a resource to the good work of those in the Windrider community.

  • Kintsugi
    Movie + 3 extras

    Kintsugi

    Movie + 3 extras

    Kintsugi is a 16th century process of mending broken shards of pottery. Visual artist Mako Fujimura and Kintsugi Maker Kunio Nakamura, invite us to imagine how this ancient artform might help us find healing in the midst of trauma and come to a deeper understanding of the redemptive character of ...

  • Ebb & Flow
    Movie + 3 extras

    Ebb & Flow

    Movie + 3 extras

    Determined to have her first kiss, a young teenage girl defies her tumultuous world in search of normalcy.
    Download the Exploration Guide to go deeper with the film: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iOKKRZDY8tycmacEAlO69xp1LrbL1KGK/view?usp=share_link

  • Faith + Work

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    Windrider created and curated the Faith, Work and Economics series to offer a unique and important perspective on the way work provides human flourishing.

  • The Last Repair Shop

    Movie

    Academy Award® Winner. In a nondescript warehouse in the heart of Los Angeles, a dwindling handful of devoted craftspeople maintain over 80,000 student musical instruments, the largest remaining workshop in America of its kind. Meet four unforgettable characters whose broken-and-repaired lives ha...

  • A Concerto is a Conversation

    Movie + 2 extras

    Academy Award® Nominated. A virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family’s lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

    Download the Exploration Guide to go deeper with the film: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vYz1D4RCTWJeSbp_f...

  • Gruff
    Movie + 3 extras

    Gruff

    Movie + 3 extras

    A super spy risks life and limb around the world for applause from her gruff Dad, but learns the hard way: not everyone shows love the same.
    Download the Exploration Guide to go deeper with the film: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sAikjJO6W0CoKUsnh_ksc1vFaT51tehA/view?usp=share_link

  • Apart, Together
    Movie + 1 extra

    Apart, Together

    Movie + 1 extra

    Best Student Film Award presented by Family Theater Productions at the 2022 Windrider Summit.

    A Chinese teenage girl travels with her mom to the United States as a translator, in order to find her older sister, who was abandoned under the One-child policy. When she secretly finds her sister on s...

  • Black Whole
    Movie + 2 extras

    Black Whole

    Movie + 2 extras

    Best Student Film Award presented by Family Theater Productions at the 2023 Windrider Summit.

    When a haunting black hole appears in their yard, a pregnant couple must face their fears of miscarriage, to eliminate the phenomenon before it consumes them.

  • Forgiving Johnny

    Movie

    Directed by 2-time Academy Award Winner Ben Proudfoot. CT Creative Storytelling Award recipient at the 2024 Windrider Summit.

    Young lawyer Noah Cox grapples with his own past as he attempts to use a progressive new law and digital system to win grace for his developmentally disabled client, John...

  • Are You Still There?

    Movie

    A dead car battery leaves Safa stranded alone in a strip mall parking lot.

  • The Wind Phone
    Movie + 1 extra

    The Wind Phone

    Movie + 1 extra

    Inspired by true events, THE WIND PHONE follows the emotional journeys of seven strangers. Each is drawn to the same remote, eerie phone booth on a Japanese cliffside, although their conversations couldn’t seem more different. One caller seeks forgiveness for a fatal transgression while another g...

  • Grab My Hand: A Letter to My Dad

    Movie + 3 extras

    A personal story of grief, those we look up to, and how the interactions we may deem insignificant may play a huge part in how we live our lives.
    Download the Exploration Guide to go deeper with the film: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KVVB89XW28Lwq672-uTeoXSUWBD6XyPT/view?usp=share_link

  • The Best Chef in the World

    Movie + 1 extra

    The French Laundry, run by legendary chef Thomas Keller, has often been recognized as the best restaurant in the world, but few know the story of its original founder, Sally Schmitt. In an emotional final interview before her passing in March 2022, Sally tells her own story as a pioneering chef o...

  • Single in China
    Movie + 2 extras

    Single in China

    Movie + 2 extras

    “Sheng nu” (“leftover women”) is a term used to describe single women who are 27 or older in China. Most of these women live in cities and lead rewarding professional lives. The term was coined in 2007 by a government organization responsible for the protection and promotion of women’s rights and...

  • DeKalb Elementary
    Movie + 2 extras

    DeKalb Elementary

    Movie + 2 extras

    Inspired by a 911 call placed during a school shooting incident in Atlanta, Georgia.

  • Beneath the Ink
    Movie + 4 extras

    Beneath the Ink

    Movie + 4 extras

    As society's belief systems are seemingly changing, or even reverting in time, one Ohio artist is challenging his community by saying, "bring me your mistakes". Inspired by recent events, Billy Joe White and his Red Rose Tattoo Studio are promoting one simple concept…ERASE THE HATE. Beneath the...

  • The Lost Astronaut
    Movie + 2 extras

    The Lost Astronaut

    Movie + 2 extras

    His footprints aren’t on the moon. But his fingerprints are on statues across the United States.

    Download the Exploration Guide to go deeper with the film: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1936xoqNmhSxHriY1NVVw2MpvGdSE2181/view?usp=sharing

  • Explore More Windrider Films!

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    Explore the Full List of Movies on Windrider Studios! From award-winning films to exclusive Windrider conversations, this content is available to watch from any device, at home, or on the go. Check out Windrider's Complete Film Catalogue here: https://www.windriderstudios.org/film-catalogue

  • Explore Resources on Windrider Studios!

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    Windrider aims to spark thoughtful conversation around significant topics in our culture. These resources pair with films to aid in guiding and promoting these conversations. Check out Windrider's Complete Film Catalogue here: https://www.windriderstudios.org/film-catalogue

  • InterVarsity Films

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    Since 1941, InterVarsity has established and advanced student-led, witnessing communities on college and university campuses across the country. Today, InterVarsity equips students and faculty to follow Jesus with their whole lives — for the rest of their lives.

    https://intervarsity.org

  • Ousmane
    Movie + 3 extras

    Ousmane

    Movie + 3 extras

    At the end of a long workday, Ousmane, a Burkinabé immigrant living in Montreal, finds his life takes a turn when he meets an elderly disoriented neighbor.
    Download the Exploration Guide to go deeper with the film: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cRO9Pt0wGCeUk17VPO3fflIycbxLfRpz/view?usp=share_link