Every year, members of the Programming department work to assemble the Official Selection Screenings from films submitted to our festival from around the world. Join us in celebrating student filmmaking!
Official Selections
Echoes
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Robinson Drossos
Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris (ENSAD), France, Graduate
Guided by a distant melody echoing through concrete and rock, we follow a character wandering into the depths of a noisy world.
Saturday, April 19 @ 4:30 – 6 PM EDT
Granoff Martinos Auditorium
Culture war
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Celi Mitidieri
Ringling College of Art & Design - Documentary
United States, Undergraduate
Guided by a distant melody echoing through concrete and rock, A small liberal arts college in Florida 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.
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Weldy’s creperie
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Soo Park
Rhode Island School of Design - Animation
United States, Undergraduate
One evening, Weldy, a creperie owner, dozes off while waiting for customers. As he heats the pan, a splash of sizzling dough pulls him into a molten metal paradise.
blue land
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Marine Auclair March
Escola Superior de Cinema - Drama
Spain, Undergraduate
Elionor discovers the intricacies of adulthood in 1940’s Mallorca. She lives in a remote farmhouse, but everything changes with the arrival of a movie.
house of modern art
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Matthew Mugweru
Columbia University & University of Cape Town - Experimental
South Africa, Undergraduate
A cult performs a grotesque ritual, constructing a distorted idol of worship that reflects on our indulgent relationship with media in the 21st century.
if the creek don’t rise
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Andrew Stevens
Brown University - Drama
United States, Undergraduate
In rural Georgia, the 2008 recession rips nine-year-old Tommy out of his imaginary world, forcing him to reckon with his mother's financial instability and tumultuous marriage.
Friday, April 18 @ 4:30 – 6 PM
Granoff Martinos Auditorium
Two Breaths
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Kateryna Kurganska
USC School of Cinematic Arts - MFA Film & TV Production Hawai’i, USA, Graduate
After a man-made disaster decimates an evergreen island, a stranded 11-year-old girl must find the tenacity to leave behind her home with the help of an unlikely friend.
bug
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Ali Masoumi
Tehran University of Art - MA in Animation Directing
Iran, Islamic Republic of, Graduate
BUG follows the impact of positive and negative actions and the reactions of parents on the mind and behavior of children from childhood to adulthood.
fly away
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Tian Hao Pei
New York University/FAMU - Drama
Czech Republic, Undergraduate
A Czech father adjusts to life alone after his son moves halfway across the world.
walk on water
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Chris Zou
Brown University - Drama
United States, Undergraduate
During the summer before college, a runner and a swimmer discover an old revolver around a lake as they battle with their sexuality.
CW: Use of gun
trying to speak but deciding not to
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Qingyu Huang
Rhode Island School of Design - Animation
United States, Undergraduate
Slippery words, fragile objects, and silent hands.
red thumb
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Kolya Kishinsky, Geneva Huffman
Rhode Island School of Design - Animation
United States, Undergraduate
A gardener tries to control his environment as he discovers a pulsing red plant. As it physically grows so does their connection, becoming his prized blooming obsession.
CW: Disturbing imagery, dark themes, allusions to blood
Last Day
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James Joseph Valiyakulathil
Ohio University School of Film
United States, Graduate
Mark learns he's terminally ill. Uncertain about his future, he discovers an old pistol, forcing him to confront his fears and reassess his life.
CW: Presence of gun, suicidal ideation
CIAO PESKAO
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Andrea García García, Guillermo González Fidalgo
University of Technology, Arts, and Design - Animation
Spain, Undergraduate
What does a pink cat do on a remote island? Well, starve to death, get stalked by creatures from the depths of the ocean and ride a boat five meters above the water, of course! And best of all: he is not alone!
Sunday, April 20 @ 6:30 – 8:30 PM EDT
Granoff Martinos Auditorium
you can’t beat the feeling
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Mohammad Hossein Khodabandelou
Tehran University of Art - Experimental
Iran, Undergraduate
A surreal and satirical journey through the world of advertising, where the boundaries between consumerism and reality blur.
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the feast of no return
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Sabrina Bomberg
Rhode Island School of Design - Animation
United States, Undergraduate
A greedy horse attempts to eat every flower in sight. Will he go too far?
beicon
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Jose Montero
La Casa del Cine - Drama
Spain, Undergraduate
When Ander takes his dog Beicon for a walk, he runs into his ex-partner, Carlos. Under the pretext of collecting his remaining belongings, Carlos takes the opportunity to address a pending issue: Beicon’s custody.
CW: Blood
tethered
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Sebastián Alejandro Conway, Luke Gil
University of Notre Dame - Experimental
United States, Undergraduate
A faceless man's surreal sojourn into his dreams and masked repression.
the swan
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Ian Jacquel Kelewae
Rhode Island School of Design - Animation
United States, Undergraduate
A waiter serves a picky customer in a magical restaurant.
CW: Death
zhabiz
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Mehdi Bagheri
Iranian Youth Cinema Society
Iran, Graduate
Khosro is looking for his son, but he is unaware of one important thing.
palace
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Alejandro Ferrandiz
Rhode Island School of Design - Drama
United States, Undergraduate
Carole rides a carpet extractor in America's largest carpeted mall; a dreamscape full of false hope, commerce and confusion.