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Sunday, May 17, 2026
2 PM (82 mins)
BAMPFA
Film and Video Makers at Cal: Works from the Eisner Competition 2026
Free admission. Tickets available at the admissions desk beginning at 1 PM.
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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.
Prizewinner: My House, My Father
Honorable Mentions: Brisa de ópalo; Focus on Headphones; Instrumentality; Off Book; Painting Forward; remember me; See You Soon; The Way Back
This year’s jury included UC Berkeley staff and faculty members Sami Chan, Jeff Griffith-Perham, Joshua Hyman, J. Mira Kopell, and Tijana Petrović. Special thanks to Kopell, faculty coordinator of the film and video competition.
Films in this Screening
Painting Forward
Graham Watson, United States, 2025
Painter and UC Berkeley Professor Fred Dewitt discusses the importance of art as a catalyst for social change, and why education is an essential part of activism.
Graham Watson
FILM DETAILS
Print Info
- Color
- Digital
- 10 mins
source
- Graham Watson
Additional Info
- Honorable Mention
Focus on Headphones
Eran Putterman, United States, 2024
FEATURING
Eran Putterman
A young man envisions a future of isolation in the snow.
Eran Putterman
FILM DETAILS
Screenwriter
- Eran Putterman
Print Info
- Color
- Digital
- 2 mins
source
- Eran Putterman
Additional Info
- Honorable Mention
The Way Back
Yasmine Rizk, United States, 2025
FEATURING
May Elian
Hind Kattan
Rooted in a Lebanese saying passed down through generations, The Way Back is a personal essay film exploring love, diaspora, and the uncertainty of return.
Yasmine Rizk
FILM DETAILS
Cinematographer
- Gabriel Jett
Language
- English
- Arabic
- with English subtitles
Print Info
- B&W/Color
- Digital
- 5 mins
source
- Yasmine Rizk
Additional Info
- Honorable Mention
Instrumentality
Spencer Owen, United States, 2026
A nocturnal return to Benicia explores memory, decay, and cyclical growth, where empty infrastructures reveal civilization’s persistence and its quiet, unsettling absence of human connection.
Spencer Owen
FILM DETAILS
Cinematographer
- Spencer Owen
Print Info
- Color
- Digital
- 15 mins
source
- Spencer Owen
Additional Info
- Honorable Mention
remember me
Inas Zulaikha Anwar, Malaysia, 2025
FEATURING
Sophia Bazini-Barakat
Elizabeth Thacker
Julianne Tenorio
Nurin Dania Azrul
A film about the dialogue we carry with ourselves and holding space for our memories.
Inas Zulaikha Anwar
FILM DETAILS
Print Info
- Color
- Digital
- 5 mins
source
- Inas Zulaikha Anwar
Additional Info
- Honorable Mention
See You Soon
Jack Hirsch, United States, 2025
FEATURING
Anela Hopkins
Christopher Chase
In a harsh dystopia, Em accepts help from a mysterious corporation bent on training her to become a “perfect citizen.”
Jack Hirsch
FILM DETAILS
Screenwriter
- Jack Hirsch
Cinematographer
- Yazmine Gornail
Print Info
- Color
- Digital
- 8 mins
source
- Jack Hirsch
Additional Info
- Honorable Mention
Off Book
Fiona Tieche, United States, 2026
FEATURING
Tehya Drovetta
Zane Danton
In a search to escape isolation, a withdrawn young woman joins an acting class, where an onstage relationship begins to blur fiction and reality.
Fiona Tieche
FILM DETAILS
Screenwriter
- Fiona Tieche
Cinematographer
- Min Kee Kim
Print Info
- Color
- Digital
- 14 mins
source
- Fiona Tieche
Additional Info
- Honorable Mention
Brisa de ópalo
Pablo M. Teutli, United States, 2026
FEATURING
Pablo M. Teutli
Javier Jacobo Rubio
A spirit of culture displays the beauty collected from musical experiences to spread it across the world and share, enrich, and embellish human existence.
Pablo M. Teutli
FILM DETAILS
Screenwriter
- Pablo M. Teutli
Cinematographer
- Pablo M. Teutli
Music
- Pablo M. Teutli
Print Info
- Color
- Digital
- 7 mins
source
- Pablo M. Teutli
Additional Info
- Honorable Mention
My House, My Father
Dylan Coty, United States, 2026
FEATURING
Laura Coty
Roger Coty
Connor Coty
McKenna Coty
A family home is used as a vehicle to explore the life and death of the man who built it, as well as the people who still live there today.
Dylan Coty
FILM DETAILS
Cinematographer
- Dylan Coty
Print Info
- Color
- Digital
- 16 mins
source
- Dylan Coty
Additional Info
- Prizewinner
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