ANTELOPE VALLEY COLLEGE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL

The AVC Film Festival will showcase compelling independent films from emerging storytellers.  Panel discussions with following Q&A sessions will feature the filmmakers. 

Friday, March 7, 2025

Introduction/ Opening Remarks - 5:00 pm

Friday Night Shorts - 5:30 pm

• Untitled Artist – Director: Lilly Goba

• MeteR – Director: Fu Tianyue

• Gleam (Animation) – Director: Anna Palmtag

• Shoe Rack – Director: BJ Embate BSB

• Chary – Director: Justin Kyle Green

• Until Daylight Comes – Director: Madysen Dougherty    

Q&A - 6:30 pm  

Intermission - 7:00 pm

Friday Documentary Feature - 7:20 pm

• The House – Director: Troy Kirby

Q&A - 9:00 pm

Saturday, March 8, 2025

Quartz Hill High School Student Music Videos - 9:00 am

• Nobody’s Real – Director: Brandon Bradshaw, Jonathan Cole Jacinto, Gannon Powers, Caleb Brown

• Fly By Night – Director: Darach Morse, Caleb Brown, Abby Vllacompa, Izaiah Saldana, Heleny Arroyo-Diaz

Q&A  - 9:07 am

Palmdale High School Student Showcase - 9:30 am

Silhouette Stories – Director: Daniel Alcala, Angel Flores Becerra, Anthony Frank, Mauro Angeli, Saul Gerardo Galdames Abarca, Amanda Garcia, Steven Hernandez Rodriguez, Julian Jimenez, Carlos Mastache, Angel Mendoza Estrada, John Montoya Montes, Angel Moreno, Nathan Mort, Hazel Navarrete, Nickolas Romo Davis, Robert Silva, Alexander Torres ,Matthew Rudacille

Q&A - 9:35 am

Eastside High School Student Showcase - 9:45 am

• The Successor – Director: Dayanara Torres

• Curiosity’s Curse – Director: Mallory Jimenez

• The Art of Persistence – Director: Stephanie Silva

Q&A - 10:18 am  

Intermission - 10:40 am

Antelope Valley College Student Shorts - 11:00 am

• SHARE YOUR STORY – Director: Gloria Aguilar

• 2024: A Mime Odyssey – Director: Joshua Haro

• The Bug Man – Director: Anthony Balayan

• How I Saw It – Director: Stacy Gomez Gutierrez

• Numbered – Director: Xavier Del Real

• Love your HAIRitage – Director: Megan Williams

Q&A - 11:52 am

Antelope Valley College Student Shorts - 12:05 pm

• Friday Night Chance– Director: Katelyn Acosta

• Dear Diary – Director: Katereza Mack

• Interrupted – Director: Zachary Gomez

• One more day – Director: Marcos Noriega

• Drained – Director: Gloria Henriquez

Q&A - 1:00 pm  

Intermission - 1:15 pm

Matinee Documentary Shorts - 1:45 pm

• Notes on a Page – Director: Jennifer A. Uihlein

• The Hero Next Door –Director: Debbie Kutch

Q&A -  2:30 pm

Intermission - 2:50 pm

Afternoon Documentary Feature - 3:00 pm

• American Pot Story: Oaksterdam – Director: Ravit Marcus and Dan Katzir

Q&A - 4:35 pm

Intermission - 5:00 pm

Saturday Night Shorts - 5:30 pm

• Fiabexit – Director: Lorenzo Giovenga, Giuliano Giacomelli

• Suck In – Director: Jaslyn Hui

• Flashes of Light – Director: Mattia Paone

• The Silver Lining – Director: Mikey Altoft

• Fidelidad – Director: Juan F. Lara

Q&A - 6:53 pm

Intermission - 7:15 pm

Saturday Night Feature - 7:30 pm

• Goons, Guns and the Gumshoe – Director: Jim Menza

Q&A - 9:10 pm