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San Diego Underground Film Festival is a showcase for experimental films, video, and live shows. For our ninth edition, we have an exciting program that includes underground narratives, experimental films, live music, and projector performances by artists who are both local and international. 

Saturday, January 13 2024
Media Arts Center Theater in the UCSD Park & Market
1100 Market St, San Diego, CA 92101

Doors 1:30 PM
Screenings & Performances between 2PM - 10:30PM 
Free Admission ξ‹οΈŽοΈŽοΈŽ Reserve Your Seats (sold out)




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SHORT FILM BLOCK No 001
2:00 PM | 65 mins + 15 min Q&A w/ attending artists
A field guide to coastal fortifications by Tijana Petrovic, 24’ 16”
Nearest Neighbor by Rebecca Baron & Douglas Goodwin, 22’ 57”
Entrance Wounds by Calum Walter, 17’ 48”

SHORT FILM BLOCK No 002
3:30 PM | 59 mins + 15 min Q&A w/ attending artists

Refuse 2 (Disc) by Alex Broadwell, 1’ 36”
Dear When I Met You by Craig Smith, 5’ 42”
Patient by Lori Felker, 19’ 46”
Half Life by Laura Iancu, 4’
It follows It passes on by Erica Sheu, 4’ 53”
Ill Composto by Josh Drake, James Hollenbaugh, Jeremy Moss, & Caleb Smith, 3’ 38 β€œ
Damp Moss by Christopher Thompson, 4’ 22”
Growing Up Absurd by Ben Balcom, 15’ 4”

SHORT FILM BLOCK No 003
6:00 PM | 74 mins + 15 min Q&A w/ attending artists
Mangosteen by Tulapop Saenjaroen, 40’ 7”
This Is a Story Without a Plan by Cassie Shao, 7’ 35”
I Would've Been Happy by Jordan Wong, 8’ 41”
fur by Zhen Li, 6’ 36”
When We Encounter the World by Leonardo Pirondi & Zazie Ray-Trapido, 11’ 7”

SHORT FILM BLOCK No 004
8:30 PM | 76 mins + 15 min Q&A w/ attending artists
BOLD EAGLE by Whammy Alcazaren, 16’ 20”
Why Are You Image Plus? by Diogo Baldaia, 8’ 44”
Meet The Jonnys - Jonah Linz, 8’ 18”
Chomp It! - Mark Chua & Li Shuen Lam, 11’ 35”
La Bee de Beeley by Sacha Beeley, 1’ 20”
TOWER by Arius Ziaee, 7’ 44”
SWIM! by Isabel Santos, 4’ 50”
THE MΓΆBIUS TRIP by Simone Smith, 17’ 6”

with performances by
Melissa Ferrari & Shrine Maiden
Matty Terrones 



SDUFF 9 is entirely volunteer curated and directed by Ryan Betschart & Rachel Nakawatase.