2026 Submissions

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Intruder

A boy eating alone in the living room is interrupted by a man trying to enter through the front door.

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Windward

Windward is a documentary shaped by listening—both to Walt Raineri’s story and to the natural world that restores him.

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The Iliad Scene 7

I did this as a project for school. I love LEGOs and was excited to dabble in the medium of LEGO stop-motion.

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A Liquid Farewell

This short film was created to emphasize the fear around alcoholism and the struggle teens face with their peers and drinking.

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Dinner With the In-Laws

In my film, Dinner With the In-Laws, I wanted to create a comedy and holiday film, while also representing the Latino household this film takes place it.

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What am I doing?

“What am I doing?” is a film that captures the contrast in a boy’s academic, physical and emotional performance; showing both sides of a student’s life.

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What Do We Have to Live For?

What do we have to live for, if not art? This piece explores cinematography, not just an aspect of narrative storytelling, but in its own category altogether.

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Cindy Undead

My 2d hand drawn animated film “Cindy Undead” follows a mysterious supermodel, Cindy Devereux, who constantly falls apart and sews herself back together until the breaking point.

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Illumination

In the animated short film, Illumination, a burned out worker rediscovers his creativity.

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We Belong

My film “We Belong” expresses the fear of many children of immigrant parents of their families being torn apart.

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Loop

LOOP is a collaborative project written, filmed, and edited by students in the SF FILM Starter Lab during the summer of 2025.

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Cranial Energy Adapter

The Cranial Energy Adapter (CEA) was a device concept that a friend and I came up with for our video class's chindogu infomercial project.

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Becoming

This video poem captures my daily practice of finding beauty and connection in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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The Aisle

The Aisle is an animated short that follows a young boy’s psychological journey as he uncovers a dark secret hidden inside a grocery store.

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Daydream in Blue

I came up with the idea of this film while borad in class, I wanted to try and create the same freedom of mind that you get while daydreaming in class into a film.

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