Writer-director Sabina Vajrača's award-winning short film VARIABLES, made with support from an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant from USC, is newly available to stream on Sloan Science & Film. The film joins a library of over 70 Sloan-supported narrative shorts available for free, all awarded grants for their depiction of scientific themes or characters.

VARIABLES is a coming of age drama based on the true story of a teenager who has a chance to escape the Bosnian War by competing in the International Math Olympiad in Canada. The film won the Directors Guild of America Student Grand Prize and was nominated for the Student Oscars. It was recently named the "Daily Pick" on the streaming site Film Shortage. VARIABLES stars Haris Turčinhodžić, Mira Furlan, Leona Paraminski, Amila Kapetanovic, and Goran Ivanovski.

• Sloan Science & Film Teacher's Guide to Short Films
• Library of Sloan-supported Shorts