2018 Official Selections
The Night I Lost My Favorite Jacket
A girl tells her friend about her Saturday night. She loses her jacket and a bit of herself while meeting new characters and trying to get by.
Directed by Jacket Jenna Krumerman
Recollection
A young man awakens in a living nightmare. Held against his will by a shadowy figure, he must now find out why he has been targeted while digging up his shady past.
Directed by Alexis Flores
Black Beauty
Black Beauty embarks on beauty standards within the African American community. In this film you meet Tyler, a young black girl affected by society in the most primal stages of her life, in finding herself and her beauty.
Directed by Crislyn Fayson
Ukiyo
A girl is trapped in a dull dystopian world where only business is tolerated. She must escape this monotonous existence through her imagination.
Directed by Sophie Gilmour
Phonies
This film explores the effects and dangers of technology on the current society through the lens of a seventy-year-old grandmother. This film was written, directed, filmed, and edited by one woman wishing to make a difference and inspire other women to become filmmakers
Directed by Alexa May
Bang Bang
Two Best Friends go on an adventure to recover their stolen school-provided iPad.
Directed by Colin Pham
Transcending politics
The "bathroom bill" is a policy debated in sixteen states that would require all people to use the restrooms and other facilities of their assigned sex at birth. If it were to pass, how would this bill affect a transgender child in school?
Directed by Ellery Marshall
Dark Sided
2 goth teenagers get together in order to contact serial killers through a Ouija board. However, they meet an unexpected someone that changes their relationship forever.
Directed by Alora Thompson
Its not funny anymore
The story of an imaginary friend who’s forced to watch his living partner move on in life without him.
Directed by Julian Jordan
First Date
A thirteen-year-old boy tries dating for the first time, much to the horror of his over-protective mother.
Directed by Madi Thoele
Whiteface
An unassuming black girl is pushed to confront the demeaning behavior exhibited towards her
Directed by Sudeep Bhargava
Allusion
Experimental
Directed by Johanna Castanon
Years of messages
Mental Health and Suicide Prevention PSA
Directed by Alastair Vergara
Numbers
A spoken word film about the mass incarceration of minorities.
Directed by Molly Martinez
Meemaw
4 kids film their camping trip and are ravened by a demonic grandmother.
Directed by Benjamin Goldberg
Getting up
For those suffering from depression, small tasks can be comparable to climbing a large wall: tiresome, difficult, and seemingly impossible.
Directed by Amy Hermann
Crucible cast party
A shot-for-shot remake of SNL's "Crucible Cast Party"
Directed by Kennedy Waterman
Burden of bullying
The thoughts of bullied teens in an everyday school environment. This film captures the harsh reality of what teens think about on a day to day basis.
Directed by Victoria Hernandez
Sex is weird
A teenage couple opens up about what sex would bring to their relationship.
Directed by Michael Payton
Shadow
Just when Jordan thought he had his life figured out . . .
Directed by Tamitha Curiel
Night after Christmas
A Documentary about the aftermath of the December 26th, 2015 Rowlett Tornado
Directed by John Donaldson
Black box
Mental Health and Suicide Prevention PSA
Directed by Kate Kahle
What U Need
A music video made for Scarlet Cimillo
Directed by Madison McMakin
Ephemeral
When Finn Smith is left home alone after his parents are faced with an impossible dilemma, he soon discovers that the deadly illness that has plagued the planet is now knocking on his front door and demands to be let in.
Directed by Tristan Sparks-McMahon
Side by side
In Beijing, China, a blind young man (Tong Yang) is hesitant to receive help from the blind-guide running group but eventually steps into the new world of running.
Directed by Joy Gao