Spring 2025 End of Semester Screenings
We are excited to present this semester's student work! Free and open to the public over four days (Thursday, May 1st–Sunday, May 4th), film screenings and demonstrations will take place at various venues, as noted below, wrapping up on Sunday with graduate films, including MFA thesis films.
We hope you can join us!
Schedule
Warning: Films may contain adult content and scenes that some viewers may find disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised. Student films are the creation of the filmmakers and are not intended to reflect the views or values of The University of Texas at Austin.
Thursday, 5/1
11:00 am – 1:00 pm Popcorn in the Plaza!
What better way to celebrate movies than with popcorn?
12:30 pm – 1:45 pm RTF 366K Narrative Production • Miguel Alvarez
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm RTF 340 Multi-cam Directing • David Schneider
4:45 pm – 6:45 pm RTF 343D Cinematography • Deborah Eve Lewis
Gates-Dell Complex (GDC) Room 3.120
Digital Demo Day activities
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Digital Demo Day: Digital Lounge & Exhibition of Student Work
There will be snacks!
- RTF 329C Digital Media Production • Ben Bays
- RTF 344M Video Game Production • Ben Bays
- RTF 344M CGI for Film and Games • Ben Bays
- RTF 344C 2D Animation • Lance Myers
Kenny Dorham's Backyard (1106 E 11th St, Austin, TX 78702)
8:30 pm–10:30 pm RTF 366K East Austin Stories • Arturo R. Jiménez
Friday, 5/2
11:00 am – 1:00 pm Popcorn in the Plaza!
12:00 pm – 3:47 pm RTF 366K Documentary Production • Nancy Schiesari
4:00 pm – 5:20 pm RTF 366K Narrative Production • Micah Barber
5:30 pm – 6:19 pm RTF 366K Narrative Production • Sebastián Valdivieso
6:30 pm – 7:35 pm RTF 366K Narrative Production • Berndt Mader
7:45 pm – 9:45 pm RTF Rogue Screening
These films were made by students outside of RTF production classes
Hyperreal Film Club (301 Chicon St, Austin, TX 78702)
FREE and open to the public
6:00 pm –10:00 pm RTF 366K Queer Media Production • PJ Raval
Saturday, 5/3
Texas Union Theatre (UNB 2.228)
12:30 pm–2:00 pm RTF 343 Advanced Narrative Production • Miguel Alvarez
2:10 pm–5:20 pm RTF 343 Advanced Documentary Production (includes intermission) • Iliana Sosa
5:30 pm–9:20 pm RTF 368S Undergraduate Production Thesis (includes intermission) • Richard Lewis
Sunday, 5/4
Texas Union Theatre (UNB 2.228)
12:00 pm–2:35 pm MFA First-Year Nonfiction Production (includes intermission) • Nancy Schiesari
2:45 pm–5:25 pm MFA Pre-Thesis (includes intermission) • Iliana Sosa
Texas Union Santa Rita Room (3.502)
5:30 pm–6:30 pm MFA Thesis Reception
Texas Union Theatre (UNB 2.228)
6:40 pm–9:30 pm MFA Thesis (includes intermission). Films by Eva Chaitman, Sergio Munoz Esquer, Kumar Mayank, India Opzoomer, Yuqi Sun, Fatima Wardy
