2017

The 28th Annual Notre Dame Student Film Festival

Featured Films 

Prayer Associate
Ryan Taylor, Ben Vasquez (8:42)
From high above, there’s plenty of work for Woody at the Department of Prayer Relations.

Peace at the Pipeline
Erin Lattimer, Ryan Leen (10:11)
Two Notre Dame students travel to Standing Rock, and find that the story isn’t the protest, it’s the people.
OFFICIAL SELECTION :
2017 Riverside International Film Festival
2017 San Pedro International Film Festival

Colour Blind
Jill Chipley, Rosie Biehl, Liz Konicek (12:01)
Value in life is not black and white.

Debajo de los árboles (Beneath the Trees)
Crystal Avila (15:20)
With the help of his granddaughter and an old still camera, a Mexican immigrant recalls his path across the Arizona border decades ago.

WINNER- 2017 Notre Dame Student Film Festival, Audience Choice Award
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2018 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
2018 Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival
2018 Cine Las Americas International Film Festival

View Debajo de los árboles (Beneath the Trees)

Schattenvolk *
Anna Poltrack (2:49)
Who’s Hoo? *
Rebecca Mai (2:09)
Horse Play *
Tanner Cipriano (4:40)
*Animatic short films- rough representations of what will become fully animated films.

Nothing To Be Done
Colton Williamson, Moira Hamilton, Cody Mason (23:20)
An undergraduate opus spins through a triangle of love.

Filtrado
Rosie Biehl, John Salazar (10:03)
In Antigua, Guatemala one ceramic pot can change lives.

Jesse
Alex Mansour, Jessica Wilson (7:58)
The reality of loss cannot be captured in images.

Improv on the Rez
Micaela Powers, Craig Schmier  (11:39)
A startup troupe pioneers improv comedy on the Navajo reservation.

Take Two
Mariel Cuellar, Meagan Snodell (7:16)
A haunting trip and an empty prescription bottle.

Old Friends
Dakota Connell-Ledwon, Matt Keough (8:41)
In Tennessee, there’s a shelter for man’s best friends who’ve seen better days.