Pioneering Real Stories for Today’s Savvy Young Minds
In the 2026 project selection for REALYOUNG©, you will find a dynamic range of bold, inquisitive, and inventive projects. The lineup reflects a commitment to documentary storytelling that resists didactic formats, instead stimulating curiosity, empathy, and critical thinking. Together, these works offer a glimpse into a vibrant ecosystem of makers who are redefining how real stories can speak to young audiences.
REALYOUNG© builds on over ten years of experience in nurturing documentary talent for young audiences. After eleven editions of our workshop, we now see projects that are not only ambitious but sharper in vision, stronger in form, and more daring in their artistic language.
One of the selected projects for REALYOUNG© Pitch is
She Wrestles (US)– Feature, Documentary, 12-18 years, Azul Turquesa Films
Main producer: Lucila Moctezuma
Still photo © Azul Turquesa Films
Women’s wrestling is now the fastest-growing youth sport around the world. She Wrestles artfully interweaves remarkable stories of young women in the American heartland who surmount trauma and find joy by embracing the ancient sport of wrestling. Though patriarchal societies have long discouraged women from wrestling, that dam is breaking just in time to give teenage girls a courage-building, deeply embodied, community-based antidote to social media, depression, and our always-online culture.
Pitches take place Wednesday March 11 and Thursday March 12 from 9 am at the forum venue.
REALYOUNG© started by m:brane in 2015 is now part of m:branes extended crusade to raise awareness, redefine and create business opportunities for non-fiction storytelling through our extension: The Non Didactic Universe©
