2016

In Review: 2016 Notre Dame Student Film Festival – article, The Observer, 2/2/16.

A Film Festival Thank You – column, The Observer, 2/2/16.

The 27th Annual Notre Dame Student Film Festival

January 29-31, 2016
Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center

Featured Films

Five Simple Steps (11:38)
Lauren Josephson, Camille Muth, Zach Ostapchenko
When it comes to life or death, even the Grim Reaper has feelings.

Luggage (9:14)
Tanner Cipriano, John Salazar
Check your baggage at the barbwire fence.

Spark of Madness (16:09)
Anna Gonzalez
It’s OK to laugh at Notre Dame, especially if your student passion is stand-up comedy.

Official Selection 2016 Reality Bytes Independent Film Festival
Official Selection 2016 Naperville Independent Film Festival, Best Student Film Nominee

Glitch (8:05)
Moira Hamilton, Maddie Landon
A video game controller loses control in this Tron-esque action adventure.

patrolling sandy hook (19:36)
Caroline Clark, Kelly Quinn
The mass murder of twenty children and six adults inside an elementary school is still
hard for many to believe…and some choose not to.


WINNER- Special Jury Award2016 USA Film Festival (Dallas)
WINNER- Women Who Doc Award, 2016 DocuWest International Film Festival (Denver)
WINNER- Award of Achievement, 2016 Iowa Motion Picture Association
Official Selection 2016 Brooklyn Film Festival
Official Selection 2016 Naperville Independent Film Festival, Best Student Film Nominee
Official Selection 2016 Catalina Film Festival
Official Selection 2016 San Jose International Short Film Festival
Official Selection 2016 New York No Limits Film Summit
Official Selection 2017 New Haven Documentary Film Festival

View patrolling sandy hook

Revenge of the Fallen (4:11)
Wisdom Mak
There is no greater love than a student and her phone.

Platonica (12:47)
John Haley, Emily Dauer
A graduation party reunites Annie and Sam, and reignites a relationship which was much different when both were in college.

Ambiguous Encounter (7:16)
Liza Connor, Rose Biehl
Daydream or caffeine high? An afternoon escape to the local coffee shop.

Anthony: Portrait of a Boxer (9:51)
Indi Jackson, Austin Burgett
One step short of the Olympics, boxer Anthony Sims Jr. returns to small town Indiana.

Edison Brockwell (9:55)
Keenan Kelley, Drew Ronson, Frank Lanham
The secret life of the next door neighbor.

No Presentation (8:43)
Eric Ways, John McDonough
Is it a group presentation if only one guy shows up to class?