2026.05.02 — Grad Thesis Screenings Program

Screenings GRAD THESIS

7PM SATURDAY MAY 2, 2026 FOLINO THEATER

Screenings GRAD THESIS CRAZY 8 MOTEL DON’T PEEK JUK UNPLUG

CRAZY 8 MOTEL

NATHANIEL NICHOLAS, VERA BRISEÑO CLAIRE WANG, DIRECTOR SAÚL ESPINOZA, SCREENWRITER LEXI LI, JOSEPH TWEEDY, PRODUCERS KAIQI ZHANG, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY ERIC LYU, EDITOR JOSH FORMAN, UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGER JUSTIN LI, FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR KUEI AN LIN, PRODUCTION DESIGNER RYAN JACHETTA, SOUND DESIGNER

A naive motel worker falls in love with a prostitute and plans to kill her pimp.

DON’T PEEK

MAIA LUCIANA CORTADILLO, EVA NOIR LUCCA LOUISE LASCELLES YIDING WANG, DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER SIQING “LILY” SHEN, PRODUCER JOE TU, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY JEFF YANG, EDITOR YUEHAN “JOANN” TANG, HUI MICHI CHEN UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGERS WAYNE WANG, FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR YIRAN WANG, PRODUCTION DESIGNER WENTAO ZONG, SOUND DESIGNER 12-year-old Ivy accompanies her mother, a house cleaner, to a villa, only to feel neglected and replaced as her mother dotes on the homeowner’s daughter.

Desperate to reclaim her mother’s attention, she orchestrates a silent rebellion through a game for it to spiral into an unforeseen crisis.

JUK

TALIYAH SIMONE, SANDRA WALTERS TAPRENA MICHELLE AUGUSTINE, ALIA ALI JAZZ-PATRICK V. BORDEAUX, JAVIER "GARY" CLARK LIA BASS, SARINA MARTINEZ DE OSABA, MICHAEL HOUSTON TIERRA "TT" FROST, DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER MARC STERNBERG, PRODUCER DEREK ZHANG, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY GRACE VAN HOFWEGEN, EDITOR AMANDA ROMERO, UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGER AJ, FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SILAS DIOLAZO, PRODUCTION DESIGNER JESS FINN, SOUND DESIGNER OCTAVIANO ROGÉS, COMPOSER In 1950s Georgia, a young African American tomboy seeks solace and self-discovery in a queer-friendly juke joint.

UNPLUG

SYD KILROY, ALBERT DICESARE

YU SYUN WU, DIRECTOR FLORA ZHONG, SCREENWRITER IGOR MIRANDA, ZHAOYI "JEFF" CHEN, PRODUCERS JIYUAN ZHANG, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY NIRVAN VALECHA, EDITOR WANYI ZHAO, UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGER KYUNGMIN LEE, FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CHEN YEH, PRODUCTION DESIGNER CHANTER QIAN, SOUND DESIGNER JON BLACK, CHRIS OROPEZA, COMPOSERS

A band fractures under its frontman’s addiction, forcing a defiant guitarist to step into the spotlight and redefine herself.