Tonight's program presents an array of work by Bay Area students that reflects a diversity of perspectives, from the disorienting and hostile to the tender and familiar. I Thought You Might Be There (Selene Foster, 7 mins, Silent, B&W, DVD), Stimulus (Seokhan Ryu, 2003, 5 mins, B&W), and A Light (Seongsin Jeon, 7 mins, Silent, 16mm) hypnotize with their textural complexities. Macroscope (Brian Relph, 2003, 5 mins, 16mm) dissolves a human figure in stellar washes of color, and Numerical Engagements (Chelsea Walton, 4 mins, 16mm) conveys the gentle dislocation of air travel. Anomie (Denah Johnston, 8 mins, B&W, 16mm) surveys memories of war, while Like Being at Quaker Lake (Amanda Movlai, 2 mins) and Under the Water (Au Wah-Hei, 1.5 mins, DVD) evoke the pastel lens of nostalgia. Our memory is tested by Word Association (Neal Hartman, 2003, 5 mins), and challenged by the looped mystery of The Window (Jannie Chang, 2.5 mins, DVD), while Polka (Jeannette Bokhour, 2 mins, DVD) asks us to dance. While They Sleep (Michael Reyes, 7 mins) imagines a neighborhood of dreamers, and Kana-Shabari (Akiko Shinomiya, 6 mins, DVD) a sole sleeper. Reincarnation (Gyeong-Tae Roh, 6 mins) and buffalo lifts (Christina Battle, 2 mins, Silent, 16mm) animate creatures of nature; Something in the Water (Chihcheng Peng, 2003, 5 mins) tosses stones across a digital beach.-Eric Brownell, Dianne de Guzman

The Alternative Requirements program is curated by UC Berkeley students as part of an internship offered by the Film Studies Department and the Pacific Film Archive. This year's student curators are Pamela Asuncion, Rudy Asuncion, Eric Brownell, Andrez Guerrero, Dianne de Guzman, Michael Levy, Sharmaine Lewis, William Marsh, William Tran, and Matthew Ward. They have selected works from the Academy of Art University, California College of the Arts, DeAnza College, Mills College, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco State University, UC Berkeley, and Vista Community College.