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USC Cinematic Arts Southern California

  • Balam

    2023 7+ 10 min

    by Guillermo Casarín

    Itzel, a young girl of Mayan descent, goes on a camping trip with her father deep in the jungle. As they stargaze together, Itzel’s curiosity leads her to wander off and explore. While wandering, she discovers a jaguar in captivity and, without hesitation, frees the majestic animal. However, their escape is short-lived. While trying to escape, she stumbles upon a mysterious lost Mayan city and experiences a vision of the city’s glory days, guided by a magical jaguar, called Balam.

    • Drama
    • Coming-of-Age
    • Fantasy
    • Adventure
  • There Were Four of Us

    2019 16+ 7 min

    by Cassie Shao

    In a room, there are four people.

    • Drama
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Cage Match

    2019 16+ 9 min

    by Bryan Lee

    A businessman enters an elevator for another day of work…

    • Drama
    • Comedy
    • Fantasy
    • Experimental
  • INN

    2017 16+ 4 min

    by Zion Chen

    A weird-acting girl draws a young man’s attention at an inn.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Fantasy
  • Mental Black Hole

    2016 Adults 6 min

    by Lin Wan Chen (Zoey)

    Metallic components like hardware, foil, nails manifest visceral painful feelings of the depressed people. Liquidity of ink serves as an organic, flowing and invisible brain process from the amygdala and hippocampus.

  • The Pride of Strathmoor

    2014 Adults 9 min

    by Einar Baldvin

    Extracts from the journal of Pastor John Deitman, Strathmoor, Georgia. June and July, 1927.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Tragedy
  • Metempsyphosis

    2014 16+ 3 min

    by Jason Ronzani

    A starving prehistoric man trapped in a mysterious cave tries to escape as his body mutates.

    • Experimental
    • Fantasy
  • Baboon

    2011 16+ 2 min

    by Lanzhu Jian, Einar Baldvin

    By all accounts, it was a bad day to punch a clown in the head.

    • Experimental
    • Abstract