Gems Program Fall 2023

Gems

Friday | November 3rd | 5:30PM - 08:30PM

Hosted by CSULB Film & Electronic Arts Department and CSULB School of Art, Animation

Films in screening order

TRT Approximately 1 hour, 50 minutes

Documentary / Narrative / Animation

Part 1 
  • The Little Ghost | Charlie Crespo | 2023 | 2:49   
    • A little ghost haunts her school playground looking for a friend, but what happens when that friend grows up and eventually leaves?
  • Trick or Treat | April Ramos, Anneli Nilsen & ART 416 class | 2023| 3’40”    
    • Happy Halloween!
  • Lurker | Charles Watson | 2018 | 10:35
    • Using the streets as his canvas, photographer Billy "Captain Soncho" Williams explores what it means to be an aspiring young artist in Southern California.
  • What About Daddy? | Shannon Simpson | 2023 | 10:29    
    • Cornell is a husband and a daddy of two. He has to find a way to reconnect with his children without it backfiring in his face.
  • Sweet Dreams | Shannyn Karasawa | 2023 | 2:13    
    • A young child has trouble falling asleep at night due to their wild imagination.
  • Numb | Sidne Kailani | 2023 | 1:37   
    • Thoughts after the friend’s sudden death
  • Looker | Christian Balbido | 2023 | 4:18   
    • Trapped in a desolate world of eerie eye creatures, an anxious one-eyed man seeks to reclaim his missing eye.
  • My Mothers' Daughter | Samantha Iniguez | 2023 | 10:56 
    • A daughter confronts unspoken love between generations of women in her family and unmasks the magic and resilience of motherhood.
Intermission (5 minutes)
Part 2
  • Wet Concrete | Ida Moslehi | 2023 | 1:33
    • My happiest memory.
  • Luchar Por Un Sueño | Jiovana Arteaga | 2023 | 11:50 
    • Luchar Por Un Sueño is a short film about a single father, Sergio, a street vendor raising money to accomplish his daughter’s dream of having a quinceañera.
  • Finish | Shina Idemoto & Kat Bolanos | 2023 | 1:17
    • Experimental film about my experience with neurodiversity and unhealthy work ethics.   
  • The Itch | Jill Scott | 2023 | 1:52
    • A woman is driven to madness when a fly ruins her morning coffee.    
  • The Sky’s the Limit | Luke Pajari | 2023 | 6:15 
    • Rohin Pathak, a dedicated leader of the CSULB Beach Launch Team, works hard towards the team’s goal of launching a rocket. In his last semester with the team, Rohin questions whether his own love for rocketry will be enough to push this team towards their ultimate goal.
  • Almost | Nico Martinez | 2023 | 2:53
    • A young adult falling into the grips of alcoholism is shown another perspective of their life by a fruit fly.
  • Good Boy | Abraham Abotel | 2023 | 11:19 
    • Andrew must escape the shackles of his horrifying mother, but the only way to make that possible is to take on his biggest fear and defy her authority.
  • Nido De Mi Vida | Ivy Gonzalez | 2023 | 3:25    
    • A glimpse into the Sunday morning routine of a single mother and her son in their humble but complete home.
  • Solar Eclipse | Zsofia Katona | 2023 | 3:44
    • One can find delight even in darkness.