Brown Media Group 5th Biennial Film Festival

SPECTACULAR SHORT FILMS DIRECTED BY, WRITTEN BY, PRODUCED BY OR FEATURING A BROWN ALUM

Celebrate the Brown creative spirit at our biggest Media Group event of the year! Come see the spectacular Brown alumni films that have been chosen for the 5th edition of the Brown Media Group Film Festival.

Bing Can Sing — Elanna Allen '99, Director

Poor Bing was born without a voice into a family of songbirds. Can he find a way to join in the harmony, or will he be forever left speechless?

Canvasback — Loki Olin '24, Director and Featured, with: Director of Photography Karl Swenson '25, 1st AC Elizabeth Lokoyi '25, Composer Julien Robson '24, Boom Operator Isabella Langley '25, Production Assistant Mayrav Estrin '25

Actor David Bechdel sits down for a live television interview with Mia Harrison, his former romantic partner – and the broadcast journalist assigned to profile his latest film.

Composure — Carrie Adams ‘17, Writer, Producer and Featured

An engagement photographer and a bride-to-be are stuck together when the groom-to-be doesn't show up to their photoshoot.

Funeral — Samuel Lanier ‘16 and Felipe Di Poi ‘17, Director, Producer and Featured

Four friends are late to a funeral.

Internet Baby — Rémy Poisson, ‘22, Director and Producer

A baby gets trapped inside virtual reality… and the only way out is chaos.

JewCE — Tony Kim ‘91, Director and Producer

This captivating short documentary uncovers the real-life origin story of comic books and superheroes, created by pioneering Jewish Americans from World War II to the present day, as colorful and thrilling as the comics themselves.

Jumpman —Tom Dey ‘87, Director and Producer 

Forty years ago, the photographer Co Rentmeester put Michael Jordan in the sky, literally and figuratively. Jordan never came down and Co never received the credit he deserved for creating one of the world’s most recognizable silhouettes. Co’s stated goal was to create an image that people would never forget. He succeeded beyond his wildest expectations, but it came at a great cost.

Le Parrot -- Amy Gossels ‘83, Producer

Three siblings return home for their mother’s funeral. Chaos ensues when they discover she has left behind a bizarre inheritance: Le Parrot.

Sardinia — Paul Kowalski 2004, Writer, Director and Producer

A serious man tries to avoid catching a deadly laughing plague in a growingly polarized and dystopian society.

Stitch & Time -- David Munro '85, Director and Producer

Worth and Clay Turner, two incarcerated men serving life sentences, forge an extraordinary friendship through an unexpected act of compassion: starting a crochet group to make warm items for fellow inmates in hospice care. Together, they lead a community of men who defy stereotypes about life behind bars, finding purpose and connection through caregiving and creativity. As the group collaborates on a special project—a crochet wall hanging for the hospice unit—their story becomes one of redemption, transformation, and the enduring power of human connection.

Zari — Shruti Parekh, ‘10, Director and Producer

American teen Neelu feels like a fish out of water amidst preparations for her sister’s wedding in Delhi until she forges a brief and unexpected connection with Zeyb, a quiet sari store clerk who moonlights as an internet drag queen.

The Brown Media Group Film Festival brings together directors, actors, writers, producers, and other creative types for an unparalleled evening of storytelling. Come meet the filmmakers, network with alums and see the films that were chosen out of nearly 100 submissions.

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