2020 MFA THESIS FILMS
Sankofa
Director Retji Dakum
A Nigerian filmmaker longing to reconnect with his home finds Aunty Kiki and Uncle Jim as they plan to open a children’s museum of African art in Baltimore.
20:00 Min
Work. Work! Work?
Director Menghuan Yang
Two early-career workers in Shundu, China, long to break free from their dead-end jobs
while the filmmaker reflects on the privilege of having gotten out.
18:00 Min
Blank CanvasDirector Maomao Zhao
Ten years after being diagnosed with hemiplegia, a form of paralysis that ended his career, a painter follows the calls of his daughter and family to rediscover his art.
19:55 Min
Hear No EvilDirector Xuan Cui
A motel owner makes dirty money spying on his guests, but when a killer discovers one of the hidden cameras, the voyeur’s secret becomes a problem for the other man’s coverup.
18:00 Min
Retrograde
Director Samuel Antezana
A young boy escapes imprisonment in his own bedroom only to discover that the outside world is more violent and unforgiving than he could have dreamed.
11:38 Min
Welcome to the Party
Director Logan Hamrick
The lines between reality and nightmare blur as nineteen-year-old Rachel meets her boyfriend’s mother at a hallucinatory party with all of his ex-girlfriends in attendance.
15:15 Min
Director Juan Wang
An introverted musician who creates his music through eavesdropping on others faces a difficult choice in whether to save someone or selfishly take his inspiration.
13:40 Min
Rosen
Director Dapeng Yan
Under police suspicion, a locksmith is forced to unlock his closet, revealing inside not the assumed loot but a perfectly unchanged space recalling events from his childhood both beautiful and sad.
13:00 Min
Who Knows
Director Yuntao Liu
Solly, an introverted man, makes up his mind to confess a secret crush to his friends Zack and Bess at a dinner party, only to discover that the two of them are already together.
21:00 Min
Her Summer
Director Yunye Chen
Droma, thirteen, strives to improve her studies in a remote Chinese village, knowing that if she doesn’t she’ll be forced into a traditional role as housewife and mother.
22:57 Min
The Extraordinary Library Adventure™
Director Travis Kevin
To pass his college history class, Malcolm Baxter must adventure through the doors of history for a lesson from none other than the living daughter of Dr. Charles R. Drew.
36:00 Min
2020 Film Showcase Trailer (Virtual)