Event Details
The Department of Performing and Media Arts presents:
Student Film Screening
Spring 2026
Day 1: Thursday, May 7, 6:30 p.m.
PMA 4585: Film and Video Production II
Day 2: Friday, May 8, 5:00 p.m.
PMA 3570: Film and Video Production I
PMA 3508: Material Filmmaking
PMA 1410: Media Production Laboratory
The Kiplinger Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts
430 College Avenue
Content Warning: For mature audiences only. Films contain material that may be triggering to some audience members.
Day 1
Lo que se queda (That Which Remains)
Directed by Christian Stefan Amadeo
A young Hispanic woman is forced to decide if she can exist without her family and the environment that's defined her upbringing when a looming danger gives her one night to pack her life away or stay in the country forever.
Zebra
The Night Shift
The Forgotten
The Man Behind The Curtain
Lived
Modern Crimes
The David Gilmore Problem
Directed by Bixby Piccolo Hill
A young man's life is upended when he's given a sinister ultimatum: it's up to him to decide whether his best friend David Gilmore is ontologically good or evil.
Inertia
Directed by Emma May
A woman has an abortion right before her baby shower and tries to hide it from her husband.
Day 2
Lab 1 Fish Project
By Grace Beck, Gus Dupin, Sasha Gadalov, Amaranthe Lirenman, Sylvan Martin, Adam Schaban
Globs Prying Eye
Hunt of the Grouper
My Little Bay Laurel
Directed by Dahyun (Roo) Ryu
Living under her overprotective mother’s care, a young woman begins to transform into a houseplant until an unexpected flesh friend disrupts her slow green mossy decay.
Hand
Toshiba
Evidence
Directed by Samantha Miculinich
In a distant future where creative expression is forbidden, the last artist makes a desperate escape through a forest overtaken by hysterical art and memory, which urges her to leave the world one final masterpiece before her death.
Blur
Directed by Laurel Thun
A 16mm experimental film about a dream
Aluminum Rhythm
Directed by Laurel Thun
An animation about the first memory of a movie
The Man-Moth
Directed by Annie Yeonwon Park
After moving to Earth, an alien named “Man-Moth” deals with judgement and comparison due to their unique appearance and behavior. After a horrible first day, he decides to escape our world through the moon.
Lab 3 Fish Project
By Julia Cho, Katelynn Han, Andy Kim, Ethan Kwok, Adam Lease, Renee Lee
Spring
Directed by Hamza Ayad
A 16mm experimental film about a dream
Night Vision
Directed by Hamza Ayad
An animation about the first memory of a movie
I Feel Sorry For Your Husband
Directed by Nika Lalic
After a single phone call disrupts his ordinary routine, a devoted husband has to decide whether he can continue playing the role everyone expects from him.
Apples & Oranges
Directed by Cesaire Jose Carroll-Dominguez
A 16mm experimental film about a dream
Christmas Story
Directed by Cesaire Jose Carroll-Dominguez
An animation about the first memory of a movie
Nebulous People
Directed by Jess Yao
Told through a series of flashbacks and deconstructed timelines, three college students find commonality in their struggle for artistry.
Saturday Morning Cartoons
Directed by Judah Garlic
A 16mm experimental film about a dream
Making Faces
Directed by Judah Garlic
An animation about the first memory of a movie
Dotdae
Directed by Emily Lee
A young woman begins to feel out of place in her relationship as ordinary moments blur into distorted memories. The "we" they once were belong to the past, and she must let it go to return to herself.
Lab 2 Fish Project
By Nathan Bo, Grace Downing, Arhant Gupta, Olivie Kim, Suri Li, Kian Pixton
The search
2 Eggs Walk Into a Bar
Choices Make You
Directed by Tanmaey Gupta
After a conflicted hitman decides to abandon his violent life and return to his family, he unexpectedly discovers the man responsible for his son’s death, forcing him into a final confrontation where he must choose between revenge and the life he is trying to reclaim.
Passage
The Theater
Littermates
Directed by Zikora Nwankwo
Littermates tells the story of a young ostracized girl reconnecting with her brother, who is a cannibal, over a nostalgic game night.
Mens Fracta
Directed by Ajay Josyula
A 16mm experimental film about a dream
The Three Skeletons
Directed by Ajay Josyula
An animation about the first memory of a movie
Breathe
Directed by Yin Dai
A graduate student helping build a fully automated AI farm stands on the eve of a great change. Quietly, repeatedly, she slips away: to the ocean, the forest, the last light of the day.