Reserved Tickets

The 2023 Film Fest @ UC Davis has found a new home on campus in Cruess Hall. The festival featuring short student-created films will be held on May 24 and 25.   

Film Fest showcases films that are eight minutes or less and have been created by undergraduate or graduate students and recent graduates. The films include a variety of genres and styles, from narrative to documentary to experimental, with a different program each evening. In addition, the festival honors short original screenplays.

The May 24 screenings take place in Cruess Hall 1003 and the May 25 event is in Cruess Hall 1002. Film Fest begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are free but must be reserved in advance. 

This year’s festival is being produced by a team of 25 students who are enrolled in CDM 198: Where Do Films Go? taught by Julie Wyman, associate professor of cinema and digital media.

Established in 2000 in the UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance, the festival was founded by students involved in filmmaking (with other departments joining later). Alumni filmmakers have gone on to submit works to numerous regional film festivals. 

This year’s festival is dedicated to the late Professor Emeritus John Iacovelli who was a co-founder of the festival. He will be greatly missed.

The festival is co-produced by the UC Davis departments of Art and Art History, Cinema and Digital Media, Design, Music, and Theatre and Dance, which are part of the College of Letters and Science.

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