
Student Short Films A
90 minutesQUESTIONS
Directed by Julian Fellah Downriver Detroit Student Film Consortium 2 minutes
A 12-year-old boy wanders aimlessly, pondering his concerns of life.
PATCHWORK WOMAN
Directed by Clara J Bakker Depaul University 4 minutes
When a young woman’s body falls apart, she mends herself with patchwork and embroidery.
**Director Clara J Bakker attending.
WHITE LIES
Directed by Evelyn Denham Grand Valley University 10 minutes
Three sisters race to fix a broken family heirloom.
**Director Evelyn Denham attending.
JUMBLE
Directed by Tyler James Burns Michigan State University 3 minutes
Feeling down after a break-up, Jonathan convinces his friends to play his homemade board game.
THERE GOES STACY
Directed by Gabriel Del Rosario Wayne State University 18 minutes
In suburban Detroit in 1988, high schooler Bryan has his eyes set on his childhood friend, Stacy, and must overcome the pressures of social hierarchy to reconnect with her.
**Director Gabe Del Rosario attending.
THE ITCH
Directed by Emma Hamel University of Minnesota 3 minutes
The desire to create is overshadowed by the desperate desire to be good. The frantic state of wanting is accompanied by paralysis.
LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE
Directed by Carlos Lerma Columbia College Chicago 9 minutes
In a world where men bottle their emotions and toxic masculinity reigns supreme, a young man’s repressed feelings manifest as lightning in a bottle.
EVERYBODY NEEDS AN ENEMY
Directed by Quille Ronning Northern Michigan University 3 minutes
Two students vie for the same prime front-row seat in a lecture hall. Their conflict slowly escalates far beyond reasonable standards.
EDENTITY CRISIS
Directed by Hannah Johnson Taylor University 13 minutes
When middle-aged Ed buys a fake ID to join a senior citizen bowling league, he finds himself in a world of crime.
BABBLE
Directed by Caitlyn Shaw Grand Valley University 8 minutes
A woman struggling with panic attacks begins being engulfed in papers written with all of her anxious thoughts.
**Director Caitlyn Shaw attending.
SEEING DOUBLE
Directed by Charlie Baker Harbor Springs High School 3 minutes
This video explores the realms of original bluegrass music, mountain biking, and an allusion of me filming myself.
HEAVEN
Directed by Justice Bower Taylor University 4 minutes
Two young party-goers are thrown into a game of “7 minutes of heaven,” battling their own awkwardness in a fight to get together.
CHECK PLEASE
Directed by Shane Chung Northwestern University 10 minutes
Dinner for two turns deadly when a Korean and a Korean-American fight over who gets to pay the check — and who gets to keep their honor.