2019

The 30th Annual Notre Dame Student Film Festival

January 25-27, 2019
Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center

SCREENINGS:
Friday, January 25 at 7:00pm
Saturday, January 26 at 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm.
Sunday, January 27 at 3:00pm and 7:00 pm*
*Audience Choice Award presented after the 7:00 screening on Sunday, January 27

Running Time: Approximately 120 min.
Some films contain mature content.


Featured Films

Emma.

Saskia Hennecke, Grace Tourville

Making the transition to college might be a challenge, but transitioning in college is definitely daunting. (11:30)

OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2019 
NYC Short Documentary Film Festival– Best Director Award
2019 
Oregon Documentary Film Festival– Best Picture Nominee
2019
 Equinox Women’s Film Festival (Alaska)
2019 Toronto Documentary Short Film Festival
2019 Ivy Film Festival
2019 Harvard College Film Festival
2019 Georgia Documentary Film Festival
2019 Global Impact Film Festival
2019 Out Here Now Kansas City LGBT Film Festival

Drift

Beatty Smith, Grace Tourville
Stranded on a country road? Welcome to the farmhouse over yonder. (9:53)

Mesmer

John McDonough, David Troyer
A hypnotic journey into a memory lost . (9:50)

Shelter Me

Zach Lawson
The only hope for a million stray cats and dogs in Texas may be one woman…and her camera. (19:37)

WINNER: 2019 ND Student Film Festival Audience Choice Award
WINNER
: 2019 Gold Remi Award WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
WINNER2019 Arizona International Film Festival Best Short Documentary
WINNER2019 USA Film Festival International Short Film Competition- Jury Award
WINNER: 2019 Atlanta ShortsFest Film Festival- Best Documentary Short
2019 Spotlight Film Awards
– Best Short Documentary of the Year Nominee (Atlanta)

View Shelter Me

Thou Shall Not Steal

Naj Harrabi, Hap Burke
Some home security systems are better than others. (7:34)

Arielle

Gretchen Hopkirk, Kelli Smith
It’s a tall task on election day at the Office of Voter Registration. (9:37)

Glacialis

Zach Huffer, Joey Warner
A scientist searches for the solution to save her town frozen in time. (7:00)

Mama Yen

Jiale Hu
Thousands of miles from home, international students find a surrogate mother in a dining hall worker from Vietnam. (11:15)

OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2019 Boston Asian American Film Festival
2019 Yonkers Film Festival

Impression

Alex Mansour, Kenny Xu
A symphony of brush strokes tells the tale of a boy lost in the canvas. (8:35)

Off Track, On Track

Jarissa Sabal, Brian Raab
A retired thoroughbred horse in the Bluegrass state still has a life to live. (9:50)  

Supernova 

Jarissa Sabal, Brian Raab
An Uber-screwball comedy. (7:17)