Student Productions Examples
A Sample of Films by My Students
Projects I Supported as Mentor, Advisor, or Professor
GREEN OCEAN by Zhang Chong (2024)
A few years into motherhood, a young Chinese rural woman earns the opportunity to go to the city for higher education, but her family responsibilities hold her back.
PAPER BOATS - Gonzalo Guajardo
Why can't Rahel bring herself to sign her artwork? The visit of her high school academic triggers memories of why she is haunted by her surname yet would not consider changing it.
WHAT I LOVE AND HATE ABOUT YOU by Ana C. Parra Bernal
While broken down on the side of the road, an old married man will need to find peace in his wife’s decision to stop her health treatments to make the most of their last years together.
LA PORT MORT by Federica Avagliano
After surviving a vicious attack, the body of a rigorous ballerina threatens to decay unless she placates a "certain hunger".
UMIT by Saniya Samatova
Present day Kazakhstan, following the death of her seven year old daughter, a single mother looks for the killer in a corrupt city.
FLOW by Ryan Love
With the help of his older, paraplegic brother, sixteen-year-old DELVIN prepares for an upcoming track meet in the wake of a family tragedy. While often caught up in the middle of fights between family members, Delvin finds an outlet in his music.
ONE WAY by Bea Cabrera
One Way is the story about the sacrifices made by those who leave their hometown to live like expats in the search of something better. Of how often expats become detached from their home places but can’t still fit in the new place.
THE TOP OF THE HILL by Katheryn Sanchez
I AM NOT LYING by Weiyu Sun
During the social and cultural turn in China a family must survive and make the difficult decision of who they will protect.
With time running out, a Venezuelan immigrant battles doubt and the US legal system in order to support her family back home
THE LAST STRAW by Jourdain Smith
A young, timid corner store employee must find the courage to confront a bully who is trying to steal his girl from their budding relationship but get stuck when all his normal methods have failed
