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San Diego Underground Film Festival is a showcase for experimental films, video, and live shows. For our tenth 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. 

 ξ„•οΈŽ DATES 
APRIL 11 - 13, 2025

 ξ„•οΈŽ VENUES 
 Media Arts Center Theater in the UCSD Park & Market
1100 Market St, San Diego, CA 92101

The Brown Building Arts
4133 Poplar St, San Diego, CA 92105

 ξ„•οΈŽ TICKETS 
Free Admission ξ‹οΈŽοΈŽοΈŽ Reserve your tickets here
Please note that seating will be first come, first serve!




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︎ SATURDAY, APRIL 12 @ Media Arts Center Theater ξΆοΈŽ

OPENING FEATURE 
11:30 AM | 63 mins
the spirit of the spider by Antonia Rossi

SHORT FILM BLOCK No 001
12:45 PM | 79 mins + 15 min Q&A w/ attending artists
Tarot Portrait: Faith by Brittany Gravely, Ken Linehan, 8’ 50”
The Instability of Clouds by Zazie Ray-Trapido, 15’ 16” 
Riding Day by Michael Alexander Morris, 3’ 22”
STITCH THE RUIN by Zeljka Blaksic, 8’ 28”
Π‘Π°Π±ΡƒΡˆΠΊΠ° Галя ΠΈ Π”Π΅Π΄ΡƒΡˆΠΊΠ° Аркадий // Grandma Galya and Grandpa Arkadiy by Anna Kipervaser, 4’ 24”
to be with you (grotto) by Sarah Ballard, 3’ 13”
Despite by Kate Raney, 11’ 18”
iris by Sheri Willis, 8’ 47” 
Ashes of Roses by Sasha Waters, 11’ 30”

SHORT FILM BLOCK No 002
2:30 PM | 69 mins + 15 min Q&A w/ attending artists
Gemini by Jamie Steele Griffiths, 6’ 41”
Confetti by Amanda Therese Bonaiuto, 4’ 09”
Excuse Me, Miss! by Cheryln Hsing-Hsin Liu, 12’ 53”
Calls and Candlelight by Juyi Mao, 6’ 20”
Tiger Lily Mountain Pass by Nate King, 5’ 18”
Is it us? by LJ Frezza, 5’ 53”
MIMT by Ted Wiggin, 3’ 58”
Living Reality by Philip Thompson, 15’ 48”
Serve the Country by Fabian Velasco & Milos Mitrovic, 8’ 22”

SHORT FILM BLOCK No 003
4:15 PM | 62 mins + 15 min Q&A w/ attending artists
The Tensile Strength Of Air by Shayna Connelly, 16’ 02”
Just another Virgo moon night... by Tommy Heffron, 3’ 05”
You’re a Shadow by Rajee Samarasinghe, 1’
Ella se queda by Marintha Gutiérrez, 10’
DESTROYER by Judd Myers, 19’ 35”
Another Rapid Event by Daniel Murphy, 7’ 55”
Handsome Devil by Daniel Barrow, 4’ 35”

︎ SUNDAY, APRIL 13 @ Media Arts Center Theater ξΆοΈŽ

SHORT FILM BLOCK No 004
12:30 PM | 92 mins + 15 min Q&A w/ attending artists
I was born in 1988 by Yasaman Baghban, 8’ 43”
Swells by Kaiwen Ren, 4’ 42”
Haunted House by Ayden Lamb, 3’ 40” 
Forbidden City by Devin Jie Allen, 13’ 31” 
star born brutal by Antonio Dimovski, 2’ 29”
PXLATD MMRIES by Dalan McNabola, 2’ 27”
Hey Sweet Pea by Alee Peoples, 11’ 12” 
μ—„λ§ˆ λ‚˜λΌ | MOTHER LAND by Coleen Baik, 6’ 08”
Heart Shaped by Grace Mitchell and Sofia Theodore-Pierce, 13’ 05”
The Holy Fuck by Arden DiManno, 12’ 55”
You can’t get what you want but you can get me by Samira Elagoz and Z Walsh, 13’ 04”

SHORT FILM BLOCK No 005
2:30 PM | 91 mins + 15 min Q&A w/ attending artists
the archive is on fire by Anna Hogg, 9’ 47”
Niches by Janelle VanderKelen, 7’ 10”
Apocryphon by Jeremy Moss, 6’ 56” 
LHES by Julia Kater and Guilherme Peres, 10’ 20”
Ottu by Sandra Ignagni, 20’ 31”
The Concrete River by Nora Sweeney, 15’ 50”

SHORT FILM BLOCK No 006
4:00 PM | 63 mins + 15 min Q&A w/ attending artists
Adrift Potentials by Leonardo Pirondi, 11’ 30”
Remote Occlusions by Utkarsh, 15’ 38”
Cathode Ray Algorithms by James Connolly, 8’ 13”
weak signal by John Winn, 5’ 42”
Our Cave by Heehyun Choi, 22’ 30” 

CLOSING NIGHT FEATURE 
6:00 PM | 69’ 
Just Above the Surface of the Earth (For a Coming Extinction) by Marianna Millhorat

with performances by
Erica Sheu & Shrine Maiden
Matty Terrones
Chayote
Smear

SDUFF X is entirely volunteer curated and directed with ︎ by Ryan Betschart & Rachel Nakawatase.