Colleen Ryan - 21

Luis, a child of a lower income family In Panama during their impedimentary water crisis, hears the Legend of an ancient spirit that could bring nourishment to the people of a struggling community as long as they believe.

Choose Your Own Adventure presented by ShotDeck

Jestke Lieber - 24

A twenty-something's new year begins with heartbreak. Freshly single, he struggles through various social moments and discovers he has to reinvent himself.

Friday Night Spotlight presented by MUBI

Nuria Schettino González - 22

In 1856, at a Mexican rancho in Los Angeles, a Tongva woman fights for her land and daughter when the ranchero’s wife leaves to defend her land grant.

Opening Night presented by MoPOP

Deniz Akyurek - 21

A recent college graduate must confront his fear of adulthood, his childhood nostalgia, and the supernatural entities which pursue him through the halls of his old elementary school.

Experience Points (XP)

Alex Shuryepov Witt - 22

A Ukrainian grandmother suffering from dementia is transported back to moments of her life in the Soviet Union.

Centerpiece presented by Adobe Premiere Pro

Rahul Koul - 22 & Ford Cowan - 22

While preparing for a sacred Hindu thread ceremony, an Indian American college senior struggles to open up to his mother.

Opening Night presented by MoPOP

November Nolan - 24

A young trans woman travels back to places she visited as a child with her estranged mother, reflecting on memory, loss, and grief.

Faces Places presented by FSU

Martin Lee - 21 & Airham Almonte - 23

An exploration of the graffiti of the elusive “Poet” in the neighborhood of Fields Corner, Boston.

Centerpiece presented by Adobe Premiere Pro

Lucas Salm-Rojo - 18

A small character study on Ruth Barton and her experiences in the arts and in life.

Local Legends

Audrey Song - 16

A filmmaker attempts to piece together who her grandmother is through family memory and archives.

Familial Frames

Latoria Hicks - 21

Three professors explore the history, significance, and ongoing challenges of African American Vernacular English in higher education and the United States, reflecting on its cultural impact and the fight for linguistic acceptance.

Channel Surfing

Jasper Fletcher - 20 & Lukas Fletcher - 21

The youngest kid in a combined family of nine navigates moving houses for her very first time. Documented over the course of a year by her oldest brothers.

Opening Night presented by MoPOP

Sungbin Moon - 23

A filmmaker calls her now-sober mom, who lives halfway around the world, to confront their traumatic past. This mini-documentary explores the raw realities of addiction, the complexity of motherhood, and the healing power of distance and movie-making.

Closing Night presented by Adobe Premiere Pro

Thibeaux Hirsh - 22

Richard Reid, aka “Evel,” works at a crocodile sanctuary and tends to his beloved fighting fowls. He hopes to raise enough money to pay for his daughter to get her hair braided by entering his best bird El Chapo in a fight.

Friday Night Spotlight presented by MUBI

Julio Aceituno - 20 & Barkın Öztürk - 21

Charlie Brouwer, a Virginia sculpture artist, shares his experience of becoming legally blind later in his career. Unexpectedly, he finds acceptance through an unlikely muse.

Having a Body is Weird

Nidhi Kumar - 21, Zola Franchi - 20 & Vivienne Ayres - 21

A visual scrapbook of individuals' memories of colorism, recounting the messages they received about skin tone during their youth and examining how these experiences have left lasting imprints on their lives today.

Having a Body is Weird

Laura Calzada - 20

An exploration in how the experience of sound changes throughout the process of vision loss, using visual and aural language to interpret the subjective experience of blind individuals.

Closing Night presented by Adobe Premiere Pro

Ilse Moreno - 24

A poignant glimpse into the harsh realities of migrant farm workers in Canada through one worker's journey and his
daughter's perspective.

Faces Places presented by FSU

Rebeca Spiegel - 24

In an alternate reality where Laika the Soviet space dog survives her mission, Amandine rushes to rescue her.

Memory Lane

Shriya Surana - 15

A visual letter to the filmmaker’s Nani, or maternal grandmother, that serves as a space for her to explore the too-familiar, diasporic feeling of losing a language.

Memory Lane

Mika Lim - 20

In a barren technological future, a thief sneaks into a super-advanced computer to steal back the spirit of creativity.

Morning Medley presented by Interlochen

Yezy Suh - 18

Growing up 6,000 miles away from her grandparents, a filmmaker reflects on the stories that are getting lost over time and the feeling of her culture being uprooted.

Opening Night presented by MoPOP

Skye Schoenhoeft - 22

Moved into this apartment under extenuating circumstances, and life only got crazier from there. And then I graduated college and moved away before I processed any of it. Here is my processing.

Experimental Visions

Cameron Carr - 24

A non-verbal autistic boy with a deep desire to communicate creates a world through drawing in this colorful musical.

Opening Night presented by MoPOP

Sunny Rae Keller - 21

After witnessing a tragic accident, a metropolitan pigeon spends the rest of the day questioning her life in the city.

Centerpiece presented by Adobe Premiere Pro

Aerin Wu - 24

After his birthday party, Nono waves goodbye to his friends. He suddenly feels very empty and disoriented.

Friday Night Spotlight presented by MUBI

Phoenix Park - 19

The future of advertisements strive for a complete distortion of reality, turning the world into an overwhelming parade.

Wired In presented by Blackmagic

Huijun Wang - 24

An exploration of existence that unfolds through the metamorphosis of a character as she journeys through the evolving environment.

Having a Body is Weird

Anjali Pulim - 21

On a classic summer afternoon, two sisters ponder life, death, and everything in-between.

Closing Night presented by Adobe Premiere Pro

Maia Helvy - 22

The powerful words of the late June Jordan's 'Poem About My Rights' serve as a poignant backdrop to the vibrant lives of a group of black lesbians embracing joy and solidarity amidst the serenity of nature.

Experimental Visions

Joshua Stoker - 24

A lost man awakens to find his former muse beckoning him into the forest, where he must confront the haunting symbols of their eroding relationship.

Breaking the Mold

Joe LaFrance - 21 & Brenden Mascherino - 22

Within the fading echoes of their once-intimate bond, a long-time married couple parts ways with the familiar comforts of their home and the memories held as the move into the final chapter of life.

Memory Lane

Gabi Fedoroff - 23

This experiment in projection art recounts a ceramic vase's journey from a childhood home in New Orleans through the devastation of Hurricane Katrina until its eventual demise in a mundane accident.

Breaking the Mold

Nathan Cowles - 21

A brother reads aloud two notes written in secret, at different points in time, for his sister: one after his old suicide note was discovered by his sister, the other after his sister's own suicide attempt.

Experimental Visions

Justin Kaminuma - 24

A hallucinatory journey through the eyes of a patient experiencing a deterioration of their senses and perception as they confront uncertainty, anxiety, and the fragility of memory and identity.

Experimental Visions

Mia Sato O'Neal - 22

A kaleidoscopic city symphony exploring the over-consumption of technology and human disconnection.

Experimental Visions

Esther Kong - 22

As Joseon woman faces persecution, her nose is severed as punishment for alleged infidelity. Her fleeting death wish transcends through the history of Korean women from Joseon to the Korean War.

Experimental Visions

Sarah Jean Williams - 22 & Luna Garcia - 24

A girl follows her sister into the afterlife to have one last conversation.

Choose Your Own Adventure presented by ShotDeck

Luke Donovan - 20

Two dreamers collide on a quiet night.

Experimental Visions

James DeLisio - 21

A flock of Cliff Swallows oscillates between their nest along the Interstate 5 Freeway, and the San Dieguito River.

All Around Us presented by ScanDesign Foundation

Jordie Simpson - 21

An abstract reflection on grief, growth, and how we choose to remember our loved ones.

Memory Lane

Elise Schatz - 24

While on the night shift, a janitor is transported to a world of his own.

Seismic Soundtracks

Christopher Consoli - 23

A gang of masked kidnappers capture the duo Fifteenøeight and take them for everything they've got.

Night Terrors presented by Chapman University

Justin Nguyen - 21, Ethan Frank - 22, Devon Again - 23 & Zayd Ezzeldine - 21

Devon does a live performance in an empty swimming pool.

Closing Night presented by Adobe Premiere Pro

Luciana Baldovino - 24

Diving into a world that confronts the harsh reality of reaching a dead-end in a relationship, this piece acknowledges that fighting for a one-sided love is futile.

Seismic Soundtracks

Benjamin McGregor - 24

Sam Darkoh goes Stainless.

Seismic Soundtracks

Minerva Navasca - 22

A man engulfed by heartbreak. His search for closure leads him down the road to madness.

Seismic Soundtracks

Amanda Chen - 21

Rosie, an imaginative yet clumsy dreamer, wants to achieve her dream by flying to outer space on a homemade airplane.

Morning Medley presented by Interlochen

Sonora Grace Wright - 20

A girl finds out that her lover is cheating on her with another woman.

Seismic Soundtracks

Helena Augsberger - 17

A high school boy is certain he's meant to be with the college girl of his dreams - she just thinks they're better off with a restraining order.

Seismic Soundtracks

Ama Buzo - 23

Adrift in the middle of the ocean, writer's block brings the artist to the Garden of Dreams, filled with dandelions. There, a dancer, a photographer, and a painter find strength in his music.

Seismic Soundtracks

Victoria Mezquita - 22

Karina is trapped in a seductive cycle, her movements dictated by an unseen force she can’t escape. With each eerie repetition, reality shatters, and freedom fades.

Seismic Soundtracks

Celi Mitidieri - 21

A small Liberal Arts College in Sarasota, FL finds itself in a culture war against the government for the basic right of educational freedom. Now, the community must learn how to find resistance amid a reality they didn't sign up for.

Reel Impact presented by Team Soapbox

Skylar Kim - 24

A young woman, expelled from college and forced to return home to her tight-knit Arab community, tries to restore her reputation. However, complications arise when she becomes entangled in an alien conspiracy.

Channel Surfing

Isabelle Leonard - 22

While contestants compete to achieve their dreams on a singing competition TV show, a fading celebrity judge must square off against a ruthless, up-and-coming producer for control of the show’s future.

Gray Areas