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Behind His Eyes (trailer)

Jadyn Wilson (Director and Producer)

Winner of the 2024 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ Chicago/Midwest National Student Production Award (Long Form), this film focuses on a young man who must acknowledge his vulnerability after receiving a challenging college assignment. Other members of the film team: Guo-Jian Swartz (line producer); Jack Pedro (line producer); Michael Picciano-Schatten (cinematography); Ella Garnes (production design); and Jake Russ (editing).

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Oxygen Thieves (trailer)

Cooper Haaland ‘22 (Director) and Audrey Krolnik ’22 (Producer)

A man living in a dystopian society meets a woman through a hole in his wall in this BFA film. As their relationship challenges his limited view of reality, he must choose between the horror he knows and the great unknown. Other members of the film team: Taylor Grubb (editing); Leo Bassow (production design); Ethan Schoenborn (cinematography); Marissa Drinkwater and Cooper Haaland (screenwriting); and Elli Monte (costume design).

The Places We Don't Know (trailer)

Chane Fischer '24 (Director and Producer)

A BFA thesis project, this film tells the story a neurodivergent woman whose world gets complicated when she falls in love with a spontaneous young man. Other members of the film team: Bella Warner '24 (line producer); Sofia Forero '24 (cinematography); and Ben Dawson '23 (editing).

Bombing the Hill (trailer)

Jonah Ocuto ’22 (Director), Melvin S. March (Producer); Mary Watson ’22 (Producer)

This film tells the story of a young boy's journey into adolescence, which leads him to the doorstep of an autistic woman and introduces him to the sad reality of what it means to be a man. Other members of the film team: Camryn Tabiolo (cinematography) and Jessica Jurewicz (editing).

In Silk (trailer)

Emma Pillsbury ‘22 (Director/Screenwriter) and Ethan Glover ‘22 (Producer)

This BFA film is about soon-to-be-married acclaimed fashion designer whose world spirals as her inability to confront her past releases surrealistic and sensual encounters with a dress she is making. Other members of the film team: Gerrit Fahr (cinematography); Elaine Puglsey (screenwriting); and Kara O’lander (editing).

Frog + Spider (trailer)

Nora Dolin '24 (Director and Producer)

A guarded women in a support group takes a naive young woman under her wing in this BFA thesis project. Other members of the film team: Madelyn Heuvelman '24 (screenwriter); Bri Ramirez '24 and Alec Richard '25 (producers); Michael Paris Stone '23 (cinematography); Blake Huang '24 (editing); Lucia Wallin '24 (production design).

Who Done It?

Julia White and Val Ruiz (Directors); Julian White and Morgan Foy (Producers)

In this student produced animated short “Who Done It,” two separate hired assassins sneak into a mansion only to find a last-minute change of plans. The crew behind this film was part of the Animation Production Studio Class.

Frankie

Maddie Helland (Director) and Jay Vasquez (Producer)

In this film created by the 2023-24 Animation and Production Studio class, a father tries every way he can to give his daughter a pet goldfish.