City Shorts is an annual festival presented by the CCSF Cinema Department. Each year, the festival highlights the best narrative, documentary, and experimental student films produced in the Cinema Department at CCSF. City Shorts stands out as one of the most unique film festivals in the Bay Area due to its being entirely produced and curated by students in the Cinema Department.
“Big thanks to Cinema Department faculty and staff for supporting our students and to all student filmmakers who submitted work this year, the festival had over 70 entries. A huge thank you to Student Festival Producer Laura Cohen who organized and managed this year’s Student Jury that spent Friday March 27th prescreening all festival submissions.”
Congratulations to this year’s programmed filmmakers!
1408 by Derek Magsany
Early Autumn by Siyang Chen
artist’s proof (A/P) by Becky Cornwell
PRELINGER LIBRARY by Melis Gullu
In & Out of the Wig by Uel RENTERIA
“moves” by Efrain Gutierrez, James Seo, Shirin, Adi Rao
Invisible Jet Comics by Rowel Factor
Autumn by Brynn Casto
SASHAY BLACK by Isela Abarca
Boxed In by Monte Mishkin
BACKSTAGE by Allen White
Leaf Lessons by Bryan Gordon, Ayani Hayashi, Jodie Tarpo, June Yee
Crossing Grant by Luciana Terrazas
Wooden Film by Jan de Groot
Addie by Antonina Soloveva
City Shorts XXV Industry Jury
Films advanced by the Student Jury were reviewed and discussed by a stellar cast of industry professionals:
Gina Basso (programmer, formerly of SFMOMA’s film program)
Yule Caise (filmmaker, producer)
Toney Merritt (filmmaker, former CCSF Cinema faculty)
Lynne Sachs (filmmaker)
Jeff Ross (filmmaker, founder of SF Indiefest)
Lex Sloan (Executive Director of the Roxie Theater, former CCSF Cinema student)