2025 Fellowship Forum: A Cinematic Showcase

All are invited to the 2025 Fellowship Forum - a showcase of cinematic creativity produced by Fellows of the Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts at UC San Diego.

Fellowships are a cornerstone of The Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts, fostering engagement, exploration, and innovation in film. They support students, faculty, and staff from across the UC San Diego academic community, providing funding or access to professional production equipment, to bring bold cinematic ideas to life.

The Fellowship Forum shines a spotlight on diverse artistic visions and contemplative research produced by fellows, offering audiences an inspiring look into the creative work shaping the future of cinematic arts.

______________________________________________________________________

• The 2025 Fellowship Forum will feature a dynamic three-part program, blending film clips with lively panel discussions in 40-minute sessions, offer a brief intermission and concluding with a reception and light refreshments. Please see Agenda section.
• This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP!

______________________________________________________________________

2025 FEATURED FELLOWS -

• Jamil Baldwin – Faculty: Visual Arts / FILM: "OWED" (2)
• Sophia Cleary – Graduate Student: Visual Arts / FILM: "A Doll's House" (3)
• James DeLisio '25 – Alumni: Cognitive Science, Film Studies / FILM: "Lobsteropolis" (3)
• Lennon Lilienthal- Wynn '25 – Alumni: Visual Arts – Media / FILM: "Killjoy" (2)
• Alexander Lowe '25 – Alumni: Visual Arts – Media / FILM: "If It's Not Love" (3)
• Wentao Ma – Graduate Student: Literature / RESEARCH: "Towards A Theory of Media Care in East Asia" (1)
• Myles Ortiz-Green – Graduate Student: Music / FILM: "The Month Between April and May" (1)
• Blake Riesenfeld – Undergraduate Student: Visual Arts – Media / FILM: "Closure" (1)
• Joe Riley – Graduate Student: Visual Arts, Interdisciplinary Environmental Research / FILM: "R/V: Research Vessel" (2)
• Jorge Sánchez Cruz – Faculty: Literature / RESEARCH: "The Queer Sonic in Teo Hernández" (2)
• Hande Sever – Graduate Student: Visual Arts / FILM: "In Search of 'My Beloved Pauline'" (1)
• Robert Twomey – Faculty: Visual Arts, Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination / FILM: "Becoming BFFs: Developing Cinematic Autoethnography with a Robot Dog" (3)

______________________________________________________________________

ABOUT THE CENTER:

The Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts, part of the School of Arts and Humanities, serves as the university’s hub for creative and academic advancement in culture, music, theater, film and the arts. The center provides access and opportunity for UC San Diego students and scholars to pursue their passion in cinematics arts through research, scholarship, teaching, production and exhibition of film and moving-image arts. Established in 2021, the program honors the memory of aspiring filmmaker Suraj Israni, who pursued film as a way to inspire social change.

By registering for this event you agree to receive future correspondence from the Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts, from which you can unsubscribe at any time.

__________________________________________________________________________________

Info: FILM: "Closure" by Blake Riesenfeld
FILM: "In Search of 'My Beloved Pauline'" by Hande Sever
FILM: "The Month Between April and May" by Myles Ortiz-Green
RESEARCH: "Towards A Theory of Media Care in East Asia" by Wentao Ma

Info: FILM: "Killjoy" by Lennon Lilienthal- Wynn
FILM: "OWED" by Jamil Baldwin
FILM: "R/V: Research Vessel" by Joe Riley
RESEARCH: "The Queer Sonic in Teo Hernández" by Jorge Sánchez Cruz

Info: FILM: "Becoming BFFs: Developing Cinematic Autoethnography with a Robot Dog" by Robert Twomey
FILM: "If It's Not Love" by Alexander Lowe
FILM: "Lobsteropolis" by James DeLisio
RESEARCH: "A Doll's House" by Sophia Cleary

Info: Light refreshments will be provided in the Mosaic Hall lobby.

Host or Publisher Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts