RTF Showcase: Students

On closing night of a college Shakespeare production, two pairs of ill-suited lovers find themselves in the thralls of unrequited affection. Both Troye and Jake, student and teacher, must confront the realities of the men they hold dear.

An actor returns to his hometown and makes a surprise visit to an old college friend.

The UT RTF department annually presents a showcase of student work, some of which is presented in this video, with interviews of the filmmakers. Representing the rich diversity of our filmmakers' styles and interests, many RTF filmmakers earn recognition with the films included in the showcase. In 2013, three of the showcase films went on to win regional Student Academy Awards, and one of them, Brian Schwarz's OL' DADDY, clinched the national Student Academy Award in the narrative category. The accolades for this year's films include Elizabeth Chatelain's MY SISTER SARAH, which won the prestigious 2013 International Documentary Association student film award and was a finalist for the Student Academy Awards. Annie Silverstein's drama SKUNK won first place out of 1631 student films worldwide to be accepted to the international 2014 Cannes Film Festival, Cinéfondation section and is currently a finalist for a BAFTA-LA student filmmaker award. Meanwhile, the Texas Governor's office recognized John Spottswood Moore’s personal documentary ONCE AGAIN with the Barbara Jordan Media Award.

More info can be found here: rtf.utexas.edu/showcase/longhorn-denius-film-showcase-2014

Mac Coleman was a promising young bronco rider destined for a career in professional rodeo, until a tragic accident changed the course of his life.

A young boy, sparked be an encounter with a tube of lipstick, grapples with his identity in a hyper-masculine world.

Gabe is a late bloomer whose attempts to impress Shane, a more mature classmate, get him into a hairy situation.

Festivals: 
Iris Prize Festival 2012
, Sarasota Film Festival, 
Maryland International Film Festival, 
Outfest, 
Frameline, 
InsideOut Toronto, 
deadCENTER, 
Dallas International Film Festival

www.evandavidroberts.com
www.audioheirlooms.com

THE LONGEST SUN is a narrative short film inspired by the mythology of the Tewa peoples of northern NM, and is told entirely in the endangered language of Tewa (less than 500 native speakers remain). A blend of fantasy, mystery, and historical fiction, THE LONGEST SUN is a quest story that follows Tahn Pi, a young Tewa boy who sets out on a mythical journey to stop the sun from setting.

Official website: www.thelongestsun.com

Members of the night shift custodial team at the University of Texas come from all over the world. Together, they have built a tight-knit work family that exists unseen by the academic inhabitants of the same building.
 

www.alisonwboland.com

There are over five million people in the United States (500,000 of these children) that know the true terror of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. “Once Again” is a short documentary about the truth of Childhood OCD. After nearly 20 years, filmmaker John Spottswood Moore revisits his life as a ten year old with OCD. In the early nineties, OCD was thought to be a behavioral, almost psychotic disorder. Weaving together animation, home movies, and animation, Moore tells the story of years lost to this horrible condition. Through mental torture, hospitalization, and humiliation, “Once Again” shows how John Spottswood Moore eventually won the fight against this disorder to become a champion of his own mind and body.

 

www.jumpupfilms.com/onceagain

To shorten his sentence, a convict volunteers for a risky experiment that subsequently takes an unexpected turn.

Winner of the 2012 Student Short Audience Award, Austin Film Festival.

www.zachendres.com

Based on the short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper" is a rotoscoped animation about a depressed woman who is driven to insanity by the confines of femininity.

http://nidhi-reddy.com/

A young boy living in rural Texas constructs an adventure story incorporating family, friends, and the filmmaker. The boy is viewed through the lens of his imagined story as he both invents and enacts it. Blending elements of fiction and nonfiction, this short documentary is an unusual portrait of a 9-year-old boy by way of his imagination.

A selection from a short foreign-language comedy about the Soviet Union's Last ditch attempt to win the Space Race in 1969. Spring 2009

A 9 yr old Iranian-American girl attempts to revive her ailing mother with a Zorvastrian fire celebration. Spring 2008

Four short Narratives with one common theme, jokes that misfire. Spring 2008

2016

A young mother struggles to shield her daughter from the realities of poverty and hardship in small-town Texas. Shot on location in Farmersville, TX, with a Sony a7s and Atomos Ninja Assassin. Captured in 4K. Edited in Premiere, Graded in DaVinci Resolve using FilmConvert.