UCLA Festival 2009: New Creative Work

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Shoegazer by Amy Adrion

What happens when a bartender on a mission to find her cheating boyfriend gets stuck driving a drunk high-schooler home? Trans Am, emergency room, strip club, showdown, vomit, sunrise. Yeah.

MFA Thesis Film DVCProHD
Running Time, 18 min, 10 secs

The Book of the Border by Andres Torres-Vives

A normal day in the life of a father, mother and daughter, split by the U.S./Mexico border, becomes the last one they will have as a family.

MFA Thesis Film DVCProHD
Running Time, 28 min, 30 secs

Amuse Bouche by Courtney Marsh

Jacqueline Atwater's last evening
At Patrice's. Her favourite restaurant.
Today is her birthday.
Table for one?

Narrative HDCAM
Running Time, 12 min, 0 secs

Ida y vuelta (Round trip) by David Martin-Porras

The customs of an American airport places a mother and her son in a revealing situation when his luggage is inspected. Forced to deal with their past, they come to a point where lying to each other is no longer an option.

Narrative DVD
Running Time, 11 min, 0 secs

NHAMO by Eunice Chiweshe Goldstein

Set in a war torn land, a young boy is caught in the midst of a revolution that will forever change the history of a nation.

Narrative DV HDCAM
Running Time, 12 min, 0 secs

Bare Knuckle by Howard Hughes

A broke college student named Ernie participates in an underground MMA fight ran by "The Don of the Streets" in order to make money so he can take his girlfriend (Star) out to a dinner.

Narrative ¾ video MiniDV
Running Time, 5 min, 10 secs

lunch by Jerome Villarin

A man makes his lunch.

Narrative DVD
Running Time, 4 min, 16 secs

Sebastian's Voodoo by Joaquin Baldwin

A voodoo doll must find the courage to save his friends from being pinned to death.

Animation DigitalBETACAM
Running Time, 4 min, 7 secs

The Monroe Manor by Marie Grace Alban

A dysfunctional family needs to find a solution to their house foreclosure.

TV MiniDV
Running Time, 11 min, 30 secs

Collectibles by Miranda Yousef

Forbidden from opening her favorite Christmas gift--the doll she’s always wanted--because it's a collectible, five-year-old Alex sets off on a quest to free the princess at any cost.

MFA Thesis Film 35mm
Running Time, 11 min, 40 secs

Black Friday by Omolara Abode

A frat boy attends a blackface party, only to wake up the next morning as an African American.

Narrative DVCAM
Running Time, 7 min, 45 secs