Student Filmmaker Showcase
Shorts Package
K-12 Division
Agent Stout
2022, NR, US, Student Short, 10 minutes
Florida Film
Director: Joshua Vennetti
Producers: Joshua Vennettii, Chris Vennetti, Aron Noll
Writers: Joshua Vennetti, Jeremiah Vennetti
Cast: Ryan Chen, Shaun Noriega
A bomb in the forest ticks down to detonation while armed criminals defend it. Agent Stout receives a mission to defuse the bomb. After his plane is shot down over the forest, he must fight numerous criminals as he races against time to defuse the bomb.
Gone
2021, NR, US, Student Short, 5 minutes
Florida Premiere
Director: Kyle Ward
Producer: Kyle Ward
Writer: Kyle Ward
In Pflugerville, Texas, a community is faced with the challenge of unprecedented development. As housing developers and commercial companies encroach on the farmland, the farmers are forced to wonder how long it will be until their way of life disappears. After all, once the land is built on, there is no getting it back: It is gone forever.
The Letter
2021, NR, US, Student Short, 2 minutes
Florida Premiere
Director: Cameran Ford
Producer: Cameran Ford
Writer: Cameran Ford
Cast: Lilia Steel, Tyler Baum
A young woman experiences the perils of waiting until the last minute to pop the prom question.
Reaper
2022, NR, US, Student Short, 4 minutes
Florida Premiere
Director: Eva Ulreich
Producer: Eva Ulreich
Writer: Eva Ulreich
The Grim Reaper attempts to claim a lost soul.
Hardcore
2022, NR, US, Student Short, 10 minutes
East Coast Premiere
Director: Madeleine Case
Producer: Grace Rynerson
Writer: Madeleine Case
Cast: Sidney Eiram, Drake Rodger
Sarah, a young photographer with many tattoos and piercings, falls in love with August, the reckless drummer in a band. Before their love story can play out, she finds herself suspended.
Swept Away
2022, PG, US, Student Short, 5 minutes
Florida Premiere
Director: Braden Webb
Producers: Braden Webb, Sully Varnadoe
Writer: Braden Webb
Cast: Ben Shackleford, Noah Milton, Braden Webb
Morgan Jackson is a completely normal guy, but his life is turned upside down when he begins to notice strange things happening around him. He begins to consult with a therapist to get to the bottom of it.
College/University Division
The Trip
2022, PG-13, US, Student Short, 11 minutes
Florida Film
Director: Alyssa Archard
Producer: Maria Solano
Writers: Alyssa Archard, Taylor Vorburger, Peyton McElaney, Grace Elder
Cast: Stephanie Gutierrez-Diaz, Trevor Spence, Bakari Garvin, Sophia Young
When college student Jesse gets zapped away from a camping trip and into a 1950s sitcom, she must stand for herself or risk being stuck in an eternal loop of broken appliances and cheesy mid-century jokes.
Life With Coffee
2022, NR, US, Student Short, 5 minutes
Director: Sohee Jeon
Producer: Yuchen Wang
Writer: Sohee Jeon
After the war began, many young Yemeni-American merchants felt like they needed to help shine a light on Yemen. They come to the United States not speaking a word of English, put themselves in a bodega, apprentice for a minimum wage salary, learn the business, save their money... and start a business of their own.
My Cat Lucy
2022, PG-13, US, Student Short, 2 minutes
Florida Film
Director: Kate Vaillant
Producer: Ringling College of Art and Design
Writer: Kate Vaillant
Tucker is a paranoid kid who believes his black cat, Lucy, is possessed because of all the “sins” she has committed lately. He has to fight to bring his pet back when he discovers that he was right.
Vilomah
2021, NR, US, Student Short, 10 minutes
World Premiere
Filmmakers in Attendance
Director: Tom Ingwersen
Producer: Matt Kaufman
Writer: Tom Ingwersen
Cast: Estelle Girard Parks, Doron Jepaul Mitchell
A mother is celebrating her deceased daughter’s birthday... until her husband comes home. She tries to divert him, but to no avail. A conflict ensues: to remember or move on?
Space Race
2021, G, US, Student Short, 6 minutes
Director: Shane Dioneda
Writer: Shane Dioneda
Just as an astronaut successfully lands on the moon and prepares to plant his flag, he discovers that a rival astronaut has the same goal in mind. Now, the two astronauts traverse the harsh landscape of the moon to claim the highest ground over the other.
Funeral Fever
2021, PG, US, Student Short, 4 minutes
Florida Film
Florida Premiere
Filmmakers in Attendance
Director: Janicel Diaz
Producer: Janelise Cerda
Writer: Janicel Diaz
Cast: Gwendolyn Gay, Susanna Ninomaya
After a young woman receives a psychic reading, she plans her perfect funeral — despite her sister’s disbelief and neglect from her father — in hopes that they will be present in her final days.
Café Drawing
2022, NR, US, Student Short, 2 minutes
Florida Film
Director: Junrong Zhang
Producer: Ringling College of Art and Design
Writer: Junrong Zhang
When an artist in a café leaves her sketchbook for a few moments, her sketch character comes to life. Drawing a pair of legs for herself, the sketch begins her journey... and accidentally knocks over a cup of coffee onto the sketchbook. With only a pencil, she must figure out how to survive.