Part of Student Shorts Competition
A curious balloon with the ability to reveal our inner dreams pays a call on an unproductive writer, an abused housewife, a neglected boy and others. Each of them…
Student Film Competition
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Young talent fuels the Student Shorts program, which features an array of excellent films, told with a wide variety of voices. Bay Area filmmakers are well represented with films like Mass Transit and Bullet Proof Vest putting the range of local talent on display. My First Taste of Death and Papiroflexia tell unique stories with depth and vision through animation, while Mondmann is an astonishing, Terry Gilliam-esque flight of fancy. Explore issues such as ethnic identity and immigration with Underpass and glimpse into the mind of a traumatized young girl in Katie's Journey. The diverse styles and approaches to film in this year's program represent the issues and ideas that are touching the lives of talented filmmakers around the globe.
Nathan Zanon
Bobby’s House, Dir. Robert Benson, Jeff Benson, Robert Krakower, Jon Magram (San Jose State Univ.)
Bullet Proof Vest, Dir. May Lin Au Yong (Stanford)
Dolls, Dir. Randy Caspersen (Columbia College Chicago)
Dreams on a String, Dir. Jonathan White (San Jose State Univ.)
Final Performance, Dir. Indukuri Meena (DeAnza College)
Katie’s Journey, Dir. Samuel Jørgensen (Univ. of Texas, Austin)
Mamitas, Dir. Nick Ozeki (Chapman)
Mass Transit, Dir. Chris Faulkner (San Jose State Univ.)
Mondmann, Dir. Fritz Böhm (Univ. of Munich)
Morning Fall, Dir. Edward McGinty (Columbia Univ.)
My First Taste of Death, Dir. Laurie Hill (Royal College of Art)
Papiroflexia, Dir. Joaquin Baldwin (UCLA)
The Princess and the P, Dir. Januel Mercado (San Jose State Univ.)
Small Avalanches, Dir. Gillian Munro (Chapman)
There’s No Eye in Team, Dir. Chris McKane (San Jose State Univ.)
Try, Dir. Omar Forero (DeAnza College)
Underpass, Dir. Rain Breaw (Univ. of Southern California)