Spring 2024 End of Semester Screenings
We are very excited to present this semester's student work to the public. The free screenings and demonstrations will take place at various venues, as noted below, over four days, wrapping up on Sunday with graduate films, including MFA thesis films.
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, 5/2
11:00 am–1:00 pm RTF 366K Narrative Production • Deborah Eve Lewis
1:00 pm–3:00 pm RTF 343/388P Cinema Laboratory • Deborah Eve Lewis
3:00 pm–5:00 pm RTF 343D Cinematography • Deborah Eve Lewis
GDC 6.100 Atrium
4:00 pm – 6:30 pm Digital Demo Day - Block 1
- RTF 344T Game Development Capstone 3D Games • Paul Toprac
5:00 pm–6:00 pm Digital Demo Day - Block 2
- RTF 344M VFX for Storytelling • Deepak Chetty
- RTF 344M Virtual Production • Deepak Chetty
6:15 pm–7:15 pm Digital Demo Day - Block 3
- RTF 351C Intro to 2D Animation • Lance Myers
- RTF 329C Digital Media Production • Ben Bays
- RTF 344M Comics and Cartoons • Ben Bays
- RTF 344M Video Game Production • Ben Bays
7:30 pm–9:30 pm RTF BLOCK PARTY! (moved indoors!)
Austin Public Studios (1143 Northwestern Avenue)
7:00 pm–8:30 pm Screening #1 of RTF 366K East Austin Stories Documentary Production • Arturo R. Jiménez
Kenny Dorham's Backyard (1106 E 11th St, Austin, TX 78702)
Outdoors, Weather permitting
9:00 pm–10:30 pm Screening #2 of RTF 366K East Austin Stories Documentary Production • Arturo R. Jiménez
Free and open to the public. Food trucks will be available on site. BYOB.
Friday, 5/3
11:30 am–1:00 pm RTF 340 Multi-Camera Television Directing • David Schneider
1:15 pm–2:45 pm RTF 366K Narrative Production • Micah Barber
3:00 pm–4:15 pm RTF 366K Narrative Production • Nancy Schiesari
4:30 pm– 6:45 pm RTF 366K Documentary Production • Nancy Schiesari
7:00 pm–9:30 pm RTF 343 Advanced Documentary Production • Iliana Sosa
Saturday, 5/4
Texas Union Theatre (UNB 2.228)
12:45 pm–2:00 pm RTF 343 Advanced Narrative Production • PJ Raval
2:15 pm–3:50 pm RTF 368S Undergraduate Production Thesis - Block 1A • Richard Lewis
3:50 pm–4:10 pm Intermission
4:10 pm–5:45 pm RTF 368S Undergraduate Production Thesis - Block 1B • Richard Lewis
6:15 pm–7:15 pm RTF 343 Producing the TV Pilot • Ya'Ke Smith
RTF 341D/388F Production Design for TV Pilot • Adriana Serrano
7:30 pm–9:30 pm RTF 368S Undergraduate Production Thesis - Block 2 • Richard Lewis
Sunday, 5/5
Texas Union Theatre (UNB 2.228)
11:45 am–1:15 pm MFA First-Year Narrative Production • Miguel Alvarez
1:30 pm–4:30 pm MFA Pre-Thesis • Miguel Alvarez & Iliana Sosa
Texas Union Santa Rita Room (3.502)
4:30 pm–5:30 pm MFA Thesis Reception
Texas Union Theatre (UNB 2.228)
5:45 pm–10:25 pm MFA Thesis (includes 15-min. intermission). Films by An Chen, Jacob Gusentine, Hannah Martinez, Alessandro Lunghi, Robert Hope, and Tania Cattebeke Laconich
Graduate Thesis Films
Marking the culmination of their MFA program, new and recent graduates An Chen, Jacob Gusentine, Hannah Martinez, Alessandro Lunghi, Robert Hope, and Tania Cattebeke Laconich will screen their thesis films for the public on Sunday night, May 5, at 5:45 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 4:30 pm for a light reception.
The event is free and open to the community.
NAEDEAN
Directed by An Chen
An, a non-binary filmmaker who has documented themself for years in video diaries, attempts to rewrite their personal narrative by reflecting on key moments in their journey towards the inner voice that beckons them to self-realization, NaedeaN.
80 min • Personal Documentary
THE RAMBLE
Directed by Jacob Gusentine
Sudden and mysterious bird sounds connect a widow to her past.
24 min • Drama
ZOE
Directed by Hannah Martinez
Zoe, a Mexican American high school Valedictorian in rural Texas, anxiously awaits to see if she's going to be accepted to college, as she begins to have visions of mysterious figures.
16 min • Coming-of-Age Dramedy with Magical Realism
THOSE WHO LOVE ME WILL FOLLOW ME
Directed by Alessandro Giovanni Lunghi
When 8-year-old Adom performs a holy miracle in his small Texas town, his mother Daniela is forced to fight against her church, her husband, and the community in order to protect him from media and religious exploitation.
19 min • Drama
PLACEKEEPERS
Directed by Robert Hope
As the only road leading to the Caucasus mountain region of Tusheti, Georgia, closes for 7 months of winter, a handful of determined holdouts remain.
25.5 min • Documentary
YREN
Directed by Tania Cattebeke Laconich
Trans-activist Yren Rotela and her companions take action to protect Casa Diversa, the only TLGBQ+ home shelter in Paraguay.
62 min • Documentary
