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Sunday, May 18, 2025
2 PM (72 mins)
BAMPFA
Film and Video Makers at Cal: Works from the Eisner Competition
Free Admission
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In Person
Join the filmmakers for a screening celebrating the outstanding student films that are this year’s prizewinners and honorable mentions in the Film and Video category of the Eisner Prize competition. The Eisner Prize is the highest award for creativity given on the UC Berkeley campus. Presented at BAMPFA since 1991, this screening offers the local community, as well as family and friends, an opportunity to see a wide range of work made by UC Berkeley students—from narratives and documentaries to experimental and essay films—and to talk with the makers.
Prizewinners: Paper Bulls; Untitled (What Must I Be to Not Be Anything?)
Honorable Mentions: Aquarian Dreams—Water’s Secret Key; Flickr Found; I’ll Die; Luthier; INTERLOCUTORS; The Proposal
This year’s jury included UC Berkeley staff and facultymembers Jeff Griffith-Perham, Joshua Hyman, J. Mira Kopell, Tijana Petrović, and Nicole Starosielski. Special thanks to J. Mira Kopell, faculty coordinator of the film and video competition.
Films in this Screening
Aquarian Dreams—Water’s Secret Key
Ryan Davis, United States, 2025
Aquarian Dreams is a geo-film that reveals the secret role of the wind in moving water from the sea to the tops of mountains.
Ryan Davis
FILM DETAILS
Cinematographer
- Ryan Davis
Print Info
- Color
- Digital
- 8 mins
source
- Ryan Davis
Additional Info
- Honorable Mention
Luthier
Guillermo Juarez Gonzalez, United States, 2024
FEATURING
John F. Mello
Luthier John F. Mello crafts guitars that go beyond mere concert instruments—they are vessels for personal expression, designed to help each musician access and reveal their unique voice. Through his artistry, Mello’s work transcends wood and strings, inviting players to explore a deeper connection with sound and self.
Guillermo Juarez Gonzalez
FILM DETAILS
Cinematographer
- Guillermo Juarez Gonzalez
Print Info
- Color
- Digital
- 3 mins
source
- Guillermo Juarez Gonzalez
Additional Info
- Honorable Mention
INTERLOCUTORS
Jacqueline Canchola-Martinez, United States, 2024
A study in listening and noticing, INTERLOCUTORS follows a handful of student farmers and gardeners at a plot of land near the UC Berkeley campus.
Jacqueline Canchola-Martinez
FILM DETAILS
Cinematographer
- Jacqueline Canchola-Martinez
Language
- English
- with English subtitles
Print Info
- Color
- Digital
- 6 mins
source
- Jacqueline Canchola-Martinez
Additional Info
- Honorable Mention
I’ll Die
Sasha Profatilov, United States, Japan, 2025
I’ll Die is a documentary that explores the habits, culturally influenced philosophies, and personal reflections of Japanese young adults in relation to drinking culture in Shibuya, a special ward of Tokyo.
Sasha Profatilov
FILM DETAILS
Cinematographer
- Sasha Profatilov
Language
- Japanese
- English
- with English subtitles
Print Info
- Color
- Digital
- 18 mins
source
- Sasha Profatilov
Additional Info
- Honorable Mention
The Proposal
Addie Tweet, Harrison Oswald, United States, 2025
FEATURING
Addie Tweet
Harrison Oswald
Joey plans to propose to his girlfriend Sydney, but she suggests that she start an online sex work business before he can pop the question.
Addie Tweet
FILM DETAILS
Screenwriter
- Addie Tweet
- Harrison Oswald
Cinematographer
- Harrison Oswald
Print Info
- Color
- Digital
- 9 mins
source
- Addie Tweet
source
- Harrison Oswald
Additional Info
- Honorable Mention
Flickr Found
Addison Lee, US, 2024
Flickr Found is an experimental personal video essay about digital decay on the internet and the photo-sharing website Flickr. The piece follows a dialogue between a curious personal archivist and the internet, at odds over how to navigate an overwhelming digital environment.
Addison Lee
FILM DETAILS
Print Info
- Color
- Digital
- 3 mins
source
- Addison Lee
Additional Info
- Honorable Mention
Paper Bulls
Santiago Bailey-Musacchio, United States, 2024
FEATURING
Manase Misa
Lauren Kadavy
Richard Wenzel
Valerie J. Henderson
Presented with an offer to purchase the store he has managed for five years, Elijah must choose between pursuing his goals as a career artist and securing the life he has built for himself.
Santiago Bailey-Musacchio
FILM DETAILS
Screenwriter
- Santiago Bailey-Musacchio
Cinematographer
- Frank Downer
Print Info
- Color
- Digital
- 19 mins
source
- Santiago Bailey-Musacchio
Additional Info
- Prizewinner
Untitled (What Must I Be to Not Be Anything?)
Ti Ti Nguyen, United States, 2025
FEATURING
Ti Ti Nguyen
Through scratch film and mixed-media animation, the filmmaker intercepts home footage and images of their own body to explore the contentious existence of the physical body within the fluidity of gender.
Ti Ti Nguyen
FILM DETAILS
Print Info
- Color
- Digital
- 6 mins
source
- Ti Ti Nguyen
Additional Info
- Prizewinner
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