Fall 2023 End of Semester Screenings
Watch this semester's student work! Free and open to the public over four days (Thursday, December 7th–Sunday, December 10th), film screenings and demonstrations will take place at various venues, as noted below. The series will wrap up on Sunday with graduate student films, including MFA thesis films from Brynne McGregor, Veronica Maciel Acevedo, Hang Nguyen, Nicole Chi Amen, Em Shapiro, Nalbeat “Sonny” Kwon, Anya Swanson, and Jaime Wilken.
We hope you can join us!
Screening Details
To view digital flyers with information about individual class screenings, please refer to the corresponding
screening programs.
Schedule
Thursday, 12/7
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm RTF 340 Multi-cam Directing • David Schneider
4:45 pm – 6:45 pm RTF 343D Cinematography • Deborah E, Lewis
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Digital Demo Day Presentation • Ben Bays & Lance Myers
- RTF 351C Introduction to 2-D Animation
- BDP 101 Exploring Digital Art & Media
- RTF 329C Digital Media Production
- RTF 344M 3-D Animation and Digital Performance
- RTF 344M CGI for Film and Games
GDC 3.100 Atrium
(third floor, up one flight of stairs from the entry-level lobby)
3:00 pm – 6:30 pm Digital Demo Day: RTF 344T Game Development Capstone 2D Games • Paul Toprac
7:00 pm –10:00 pm RTF 340M/388P Music Video Production • PJ Raval
Friday, 12/8
1:45 pm – 4:45 pm RTF 367D Directing Workshop – Miguel Alvarez
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm RTF 366K Narrative Production – Cristin Stephens
6:15 pm – 9:30 pm RTF 366K Latinx Filmmaking – Iliana Sosa
Saturday, 12/9
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm RTF 366K Documentary Production – Arturo Jiménez
6:15 pm – 7:45 pm RTF 366K Narrative Productions – Arturo Jiménez
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm RTF 343 Advanced Narrative – Huay-Bing Law
Sunday, 12/10
Texas Union Theatre (UNB 2.228)
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm RTF 388P Advanced Directing (Dogme) – Andrew Shea
2:45 pm – 5:30 pm RTF 881KA MFA 1st Year Documentary – Iliana Sosa
Texas Union Santa Rita Room (3.502)
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm MFA Thesis Reception
Texas Union Theatre (UNB 2.228)
6:45 pm – 9:30 pm MFA Thesis Films
Graduate Thesis Films
Marking the culmination of their MFA program, new and recent graduates Brynne McGregor, Veronica Maciel Acevedo, Hang Nguyen, Nicole Chi Amen, Em Shapiro, Nalbeat Kwon, Anya Swanson, and Jaime Wilken will screen their thesis films for the public on Sunday night, December 10, at 6:45 pm at the Texas Union Theater (UNB 2.228).
Join us upstairs in the Santa Rita Room (UNB 3.502) immediately before the screenings at 5:30 pm for a light reception.
The event is free and open to the community.
EL GUARDIAN
Directed by Veronica Maciel Acevedo
The mysterious appearance of a boy in her backyard forces Atziri to finally face the truth about her own son's disappearance. With newfound strength, she sets out on a journey to find closure.
15:50 • Drama
DINOSAURS ARE DEAD
Directed by Anya Swanson
Based on a true story, a young girl's perspective on life changes when she must take care of her mother during an epileptic seizure.
12:18 • Coming-of-Age Drama
JONNIE
Directed by Jaime Wilken
Jonnie Jonckowski opened the doors for women to compete in the biggest rodeo in the world. Now, at 68, she reflects on her unusual path to this difficult feat.
17:37 • Documentary
CERTAIN MEMORIES
Directed by Brynne McGregor
Using a variety of animation techniques, the filmmaker rotoscopes home movies documenting her childhood in an attempt to revisit it.
13:20 • Experimental Documentary, Animation
EARTH TO KB
Directed by Em Shapiro
A slice-of-life and poem-based portrait of KB Brookins, a Black trans Texan artist dreaming and manifesting freedom in their present and future.
18:35 • Documentary
MONSTRUM OPUS
Directed by Nalbeat Kwon
A real zombie virus strikes on the set of a low-budget zombie film.
19:00 • Action, Comedy, Horror
LOS MOSQUITOS
Directed by Nicole Chi Amen
Aby, a 15-year-old Honduran teen, and her younger cousin Nata, who has just arrived in the US, must forge new bonds and together redefine their very concept of family.
14:12 • Drama
ROOFTOP LEMPICKA
Directed by Hang Nguyen
In 2002 Saigon, Vietnam, a ten-year-old girl learns her first lessons of womanhood and sexuality by acquiring a nude painting book by a Texas female artist, and befriending her conservative parents’ new tenant.
19:30 • Coming-of-Age Drama
