SFSU Senior Thesis Showcase
All She Knows is Heaven (dir. Adam Amaya): A private investigator is hired to find a missing person. As she goes about her day and the case, things start to take a strange turn.
Sensus Mori (dir. Sydney Rincón): When an elusive society agrees to be interviewed, a journalist must contend with their ideologies or risk falling prey herself.
Cliff Van Horn: Destroy After Viewing (dir. Sam Jarus): After his first “big break” one-day-only art show is cancelled by a family of billionaire art dealers, budding contemporary artist Cliff Van Horn struggles to cope with his situation, hurting those he loves.
Suture (dir. Eva Mulvihill): When studying for the Surgical exams drives overachiever Levy to burnout, she begins to perform procedures on herself to improve her skills.
Plan C (dir. Julia Reiker): In this coming-of-age comedy, young, pregnant, and out of luck Nora competes in an influencer’s competition to win a free car so she can get out of state to get an abortion.
Diesel (dir. Beckett Lehman): A young man attempts to take his friend to the hospital after spilling a psychedelic concentrate on his friend’s face.
Michu (dir. Tatiana Alvarez): A girl’s obsession with a fictional cat’s merchandise causes her to lose grip on reality as she resorts to violence to support her addiction.
Gearhead (dir. Ian Robbeloth): Seth, a new hire at an automotive manufacturing company, goes out to dinner to meet his new boss. As his boss begins to cross personal boundaries, Seth finds himself in an escalating surreal nightmare, and must decide whether his safety or the job is more important.
Knockout (dir. Devin Mckiernan): Young adult Claire is currently the victim of an abusive relationship, but when accidentally releasing a video-game character into her world, she weaponizes them to handle her illegal biddings and potentially her own boyfriend.
Welcome to the Windup (dir. Aidan Jackman): Misty navigates an unusual evening at her bar where old friends, medical emergencies, and a chess match make her consider closing The Wind-Up for good.
Gateways (dir. Evan Crowder): When a group of young urban explorers finds one of their core members trapped in a different realm, they must race against the clock to save their friend and finally right their wrongs. This is a citywide tale of loss, retribution, and spectacle.
Trial and Error (dir. Gear Johnston-Freeman): 2 years into an inescapable contract with a sinister corporation of the future, Thomas Trick is rescued from his duty by a swordsman with the power to reset time.
The Lost Ring (dir. Harshvardhan Yeole): Fusing together an epic fantasy world, Hindu mythology, and a time loop story, the Lost Ring follows the tale of a great hero going on one final quest to retrieve his King’s ring from the depths of a dangerous realm. However, during the quest, he learns about the cyclic nature of time and comes to accept it as a blessing.
Quiktrip (dir. Henry Roe): A private detective is kidnapped and bribed by a mob boss to find a man that is suspected to be sleeping with his wife. When they encounter him at a gas station, the situation takes a turn for the worse.
Chasing Nostalgia (dir. Jaedyn Nguyen): Childhood friends try to reconnect and rekindle their friendship after years of being apart.
The Art of Misery (dir. Niall Quinn): A blissfully naive poet exposes himself to a variety of life’s misfortunes after being pressured by a peer to write a piece with more meaning.
Good Soldiers Follow Orders (dir. Billie King): A task force assigned with eliminating a domestic terrorist threat captures, tortures, and kills a man they suspect of being a member. After they raid his home and shoot his wife, Sasha, the handler and leader of the task force, must deal with feeling of guilt as her team plants evidence to frame the couple.
