The Program in Visual Arts presents new short films created by senior certificate students Lydia Cornett, Cameron Johanning, Gerson Leiva, and Charlotte Maher Levy on Friday, April 22 at 11:00 p.m. at the Princeton Garden Theater in a screening open only to Princeton students. A second screening — free and open to the public — will be held on Friday, May 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the James M. Stewart ’32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street. WATCH THE FILMS …
FEATURED FILMS:
Spirits Vale
by CAMERON JOHANNING, 32 min.
Daniel, a college student, unwittingly becomes a stalker in this immersive and disturbing journey featuring animation and live-action.
Scratching the Surface
by GERSON LEIVA, 21 min.
A documentary about the importance of graffiti in international and urban culture, with a focus in Berlin and Trenton, New Jersey.
Cueing Ashlyn
by LYDIA CORNETT, 20 min.
A portrait of a family’s efforts to communicate with their 5-year-old deaf daughter, Ashlyn, in the midst of a continuous medical battle.
Wait
by CHARLOTTE MAHER LEVY, 13 min.
“Wait” follows conservative Christian YouTube “vloggers” Justin and Kailey. Their YouTube channel, “Love Will Wait,” preaches “Christian” dating values, including premarital abstinence. On the first night of their honeymoon, Simone, an escort hired by another couple at the resort, mistakes Justin and Kailey for the couple that hired her.
Rip the Dream
by GRAYSON SHEPPERD, 3 min.
This animated film that tells the story of Reese, a girl who finds herself alone in a wide, strange universe. As she drifts through dream-space she encounters a mysterious boy who dredges up the darkness in her past.
