Gems from the Vault Program
Gems From the Vault
Friday, April 8th 2022
Hosted by CSULB Film & Electronic Arts Department and CSULB School of Art, Animation
Films in screening order
TRT 95 min
Documentary / Narrative / Animation
Optical Poem (2018) Animation
Directed by: Tristan Mendoza, Elisha Chavez, Yi Jiang, Hyelim Kim & Milad Mojarad
Playful and visually moving images of abstract pieces of stop-motion
Human Appreciation Week (2018) Animation
Directed by: Crystal Garrett
The interviews with monster kids about humans: what they want to know about you!
Space Cow (2017) Animation
Directed by: Anna Cirimele team in Animation 3 Class
On a very peaceful night, a mysterious light appears from the sky and abducts cows in the farm, with a surprising reveal of a truth.
Justice Delayed (2019) Narrative
Directed by: Janine Uyanga
When his 12-year-old brother is shot by a white police officer, a young black man decides to take matters into his own hands but finds himself torn between vengeance and justice.
Songbird Lost (2020) Documentary
Directed by: Casey Shattuck
A once forbidden 68-year-old story is told, revealing the weight and constancy of unspoken trauma.
ShyBoy (2019) Animation
Directed by: Aaron Russell Brown
A boy’s unexpected encounter with the creature
Push (2019) Animation
Directed by: Trilina Mai
A Grandfather and grandson's journey through life.
Breaking the Binary (2020) Documentary
Directed by: Luca Peña
A personal essay film about the construct of gender, using purely found footage.
A Musical Thing (2018) Narrative
Directed by: Laura Odermatt
An experimental film about life, light, and the lyricism of life’s passing moments.
Melancholy Haze (2016) Animation
Directed by: Cristy Martinez
Feelings after papa’s passing and how the family copes with it.
The Screaming Monster in the Closet (2019) Animation
Directed by: Alex Tasker
A true story from a childhood about a monster in the closet
Faith Alone (2019) Documentary
Directed by: Jess Kung
A critical examination of the church as an institution, told through the dual perspectives of the queer director and their mother, an unconventional minister.
Game Child (2014) Animation
Directed by: Justine Prebich
A child plays a video game loudly during a magic show not knowing what the magician is capable of.
Gireogi Appa (2021) Animation
Directed by: So Youn Rebecca Jeon
A boy who let go of his beloved bird so that his bird can soar outside of his world
Mourning Dove (2017) Narrative
Directed by: Alexandra Petrus
A young Syrian refugee must use imagination to confront the terrors that tore her home away.
For Vivian (2018) Documentary
Directed by: Samantha Hernandez
An intimate portrait of a woman with intellectual disabilities and the child she helped to raise.
Jinja (2019) Animation
Directed by: Talïn Tanielian
To find inner peace, still the mind, and let go...
Bobby a Music Video from Hannah (2017) Narrative
Directed by: Daniel Alvarado
Prom King Bobby makes some bad choices in this 1990s style music video.
