Screenings GRADTHESIS
7PM SATURDAY
MAY 2, 2026
FOLINO THEATER
GRADTHESIS Screenings CRAZY8MOTEL
DON’TPEEK
JUK UNPLUG
CRAZY8MOTEL
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.
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.