Teo Nalani's animated film 'Heads Full of Light' addresses mental health challenges faced by young people, drawing from his own experiences. Initially aspiring to be a writer, Nalani shifted his focus to animation during high school after helping a friend with a project. Now a student at the School of Visual Arts in Brooklyn, his film will be featured at the Changing Minds Young Filmmaker Festival. It metaphorically illustrates the weight of bottled emotions as the protagonist's head shell grows, reflecting Nalani's childhood struggles.
"In my film, the shell on [the main character's] head gets bigger and bigger, and it kind of takes over his body and I think that was, like, a good metaphor for how I felt growing up."
"I was encouraged to submit the project to competitions, which led me to showcase my work at the Changing Minds Young Filmmaker Festival, focusing on mental health."
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