The Department of Performing and Media Arts presents:

Student Film Screening

Spring 2025 

PMA3570 Film and Video Production I
PMA 1410 Media Production Laboratory

The Kiplinger Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts
430 College Avenue
Friday, May 9, 5:00 p.m.

Content Warning: For mature audiences only. Films contain material that may be triggering to some audience members. The film "Athlete" contains strobing effects that may affect photosensitive viewers.

Directed by Sid Martis

D1 Athlete Cole Bookman struggles to balance his promising future with his debilitating usage of Substance X.

Directed by Kate Thorpe

In a nondescript small American college town, three generations of women face the struggle between responsibility and their own personal desires—ultimately always choosing what is best for others over their own dreams...or do they?

A film by : Ashley Alexander, Elie Dawson, SophieAnn DeVito, Tess Lovell, Danilo Velazquez, Jake Walter, Nicholas York

Directed by Mia Sofia Orengo

Thea tries to comfort her college friend Lyra after she goes through a tragic event, with awkward attempts and missteps, only to realize that a silent presence is more comforting than any words he could offer.

Directed by Emma Alexander

Two aliens adopt a pet rock.

A film by : Brooke Faulcon, Diana Kharchenko, Isabela Perez, Audrey Pinard, Angelina di Maria, Giancarlo Restrepo, Uro Tanasat

Directed by Isabela Perez

When a mysterious man arrives at a celebration for New Years, Carla, a young, apprehensive woman, finds out if her fresh start will be marked by a wonderful hope or an agonizing despair.

Directed by Annette Murray

After {Fauna} ends an unwanted pregnancy, {Flora} decides they must embark on a journey. What follows is a fractured, intimate portrait of friendship, and the silent ways grief reshapes it.

A film by Sofia Echaniz, Nina Ellison, Praise Makinde, James Reinbold, Amere Sloan, Haoxin Zhang

Directed by Ella VanCora

A couple’s camping trip turns into a nightmare when they wake to find a dead woman outside their tent—forcing them into a spiraling battle of suspicion, paranoia, and betrayal with deadly ends.

Directed by Ella Sperling

In desperate need of a job, a “basic” college student navigates the absurdly pretentious and unconventional hiring process of an indie campus café.

A film by : Christian Amadeo, Matthew Correa, Sid Martis, Baleigh Rhodes, Dahyun Ryu, Ariel Stern

Directed by Sophie Basner

A fraternity brother knows the truth about why and how his friend died.

Directed by Bixby Piccolo Hill

As Rhea, a chronically single college senior third wheels her roommate’s date, tensions build to an explosive confrontation with serious consequences.