25th Annual BGSU Film and Media Festival, 2025

All events are free, open to the public, and in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union

Friday, April 4, 7:00 pm

BGSU Film Theater, BTSU 206

Music Videos 

• So Far, So Good, So What?  Faith Louise Jackson  2:51
• Heart of a Dancer  Allison Lucas  1:33
• Intuned  Matthew Nadrasik  1:33
• King of Carrot Flowers  Parker Smith 4:51
• through (remastered)  Nick Polace 2:35

Total Runtime 13:38 

Dramas

• It’s Not Alright  Carter Hellwarth  1:17
• Circles  Thomas Moeger  3:59
• ThirdWheel  Samantha Ryan  9:28
• Duality  Sophia Zygmunt  8:20
• Reunions in Heaven  Samantha Ryan  26:15

Total Runtime 49:32

Short Break 

Comedies

• Tim Kim’s Great Escape 2  Tim Kim  4:22
• The Cheese Rush  Steven Kukucka  7:03
• Creative Differences  Shane Fite  3:20
• Meeting the Boss  Nathaniel Demuth  2:45
• On da Case: Gone with the Wind  Keegan Lippert  20:15
• Reservation 2  Max Porter  21:42

Total Runtime 59:45
 

Saturday, April 5, 1:00 pm

George L. Mylander Meeting Room, BTSU 207

Film Appreciation Presentations and Visual Essays

Moderated by Haley Shipley

• Kennedi Jones, “The Shot: Framed”
• D Garcia, “Gregg Araki’s Teen Apocalypse Trilogy”
• Bella Cameron, “Ari Aster’s Hereditary (2018)”
• Grace Heerdt, “Eliza Hittman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Often (2020)”
• Madeline Cieslica, “Performative Masculinity in Saving Private Ryan and Inglourious Basterds

Saturday, April 5, 7:00 pm

BGSU Film Theater, BTSU 206

Experimental

• A Day in New York  Eddie McNiel  2:00
• Sensitivities  Joel Paulin  5:12
• To Be Pretty  Faith Louise Jackson  5:24
• An Unhalllowed Squall  Nicholas Hepp  2:40
• Sentiment  Kam Smith  8:27
• Just Us Two  Cece Manias  1:21
• Initium  Elliot Kindt  26:24

Total Runtime 51:47 

Short Break

Documentary

• Diet Smiles  Grace Heerdt  7:10
• The Barn Is Burning  Carter Hellwarth  6:44
• Building Bub’s Grubs  Loye Miller  9:50
• Meeting Papa  Eddie McNiel  6:30
• The Detachment Tapes  Gwen Decker  26:28

Total Runtime 57:03

Short Break

Horror   

• Parker Goes to a Party  Keegan Lippert  5:39
• Catch a Kill  Logan Tamlyn  8:30
• We’re Home  Sam Musteric  5:40
• A Killer Act  Matt Martinez  7:33
• Doppelganger  Nathaniel Demuth  6:54
• The Can  Parker Kavanagh  7:33
• The Tour  Digger Pierce  9:00
• McChicken Faith Louise Jackson  12:42

Total Runtime 58:26 

Sunday, April 6, 1:00 pm

George L. Mylander Meeting Room, BTSU 207

Workshop: Masterclass in Lighting for Film with Nicholas Weiss

The workshop covers essential lighting techniques for filming interviews. Nicholas Weiss will also introduce participants to problem solving strategies that address time, budget, and location constraints.  

Sunday, April 6, 7:00 pm

BGSU Film Theater, BTSU 206

Awards Ceremony: Festival Winners and Departmental Awards

Film professor Thomas Castillo will present the department awards, and BGReel officers will announce the festival awards, which include Best of Show and awards for genre, performance, and technical excellence. The event is a time to recognize all the filmmakers and create photos that celebrate the filmmaking community.   

All events are free, open to the public, and in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union