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GI Film Festival San Diego 2018

Student Film

  1. Larry Poole

    Awards Celebration

    Made By or Starring Military Members or Veterans, Student Film, Events
    Join us for the awards celebration. Filmmakers featured will receive awards in multiple categories. Admission includes drinks, appetizers, and entertainment from the American Flyboys. Comedian and former Navy Officer Jamie Kaler hosts.
    Awards Celebration

    DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel San Diego
    September 29, 2018 7:00 pm

  2. Code of Honor: One Soldier’s Stand for Equality

    Aiden Keltner / African American Experience, Marines, Student Film, Local Film Showcase, WWII / USA / 2018 / documentary / 12 mins
    A U.S. Marine Corps veteran tells the story of his experience participating in the integration of African Americans into the Marine Corps.

    Precedes: Brooklyn in July, Major Capers: The Legend of Team Broadminded

    Plays In:
    Film Block: Fight for Equality

    UltraStar Cinemas at Hazard Center
    September 30, 2018 12:00 pm

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    Coming Out to Grandma

    Jason Zuidema / Student Film, LGBTQ+, Local Film Showcase / USA / 2017 / narrative / 8 mins
    Charlie has an awkward time coming out of the closet to his Ellen-hating, Fox News-watching grandma, who has dementia

    Precedes: From Baghdad to The Bay

    Precedes:
    From Baghdad to the Bay

    Museum of Photographic Arts
    September 28, 2018 6:00 pm

  4. Film Block: Fight for Equality

    Marines, Student Film, Local Film Showcase, Vietnam War, WWII
    This trio of films showcase the African American military service experiences. Films featured in this block include: "Code of Honor: One Soldier's Stand for Equality," "Brooklyn in July," and "Major Capers: The Legend of Team Broadminded."

    In This Program: Code of Honor: One Soldier’s Stand for Equality, Brooklyn in July, Major Capers: The Legend of Team Broadminded

    Film Block: Fight for Equality

    UltraStar Cinemas at Hazard Center
    September 30, 2018 12:00 pm

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    G.I. José

    Alejandro Marquez Vela / Latinx, Student Film, Post 9/11 / USA / 2017 / narrative / 11 mins
    A Mexican-American U.S. Army soldier comes back home and faces the dilemma of whether to defend his family, or the laws of the country he vowed to protect.
    Plays In:
    Selected Shorts and Local Films

    Museum of Photographic Arts
    September 28, 2018 8:15 pm

  6. Hotflakes

    Trevor Neuenswander / Made By or Starring Military Members or Veterans, Student Film, Local Film Showcase / USA / 2018 / narrative / 11 mins
    In 1976, Richard and Willie try to sell their last kilo of cocaine to a private buyer. When they can't read Willie's handwriting, they must blindly choose a house and hope it is the right one.
    Plays In:
    Selected Shorts and Local Films

    Museum of Photographic Arts
    September 28, 2018 8:15 pm

  7. Lion in a Box

    Melanie Brown / Healing, Military Sexual Trauma, Animation, Student Film, Women Filmmaker, Post 9/11, Women in Service / USA / 2017 / narrative / 4 mins
    "Lion in a Box" is an experimental film that elucidates the margins of sacrifice and combat.This first person documentary recounts one woman's military training, and the battles she endured to achieve her goals.
    Plays In:
    Selected Shorts and Local Films

    Museum of Photographic Arts
    September 28, 2018 8:15 pm

  8. Selected Shorts and Local Films

    Families in Service, Healing, Latinx, Marines, Student Film, Post 9/11, Local Film Showcase
    Many of the films in this collection feature San Diego area filmmakers, events, people, or places.

    In This Program: Hotflakes, Satellite Drop, The Dark Resurgence, Safe with Me, G.I. José, Lion in a Box, Popcorn & Chocolate, Let It Go

    Selected Shorts and Local Films

    Museum of Photographic Arts
    September 28, 2018 8:15 pm

  9. My Voice, My American

    Students at Stuart Mesa School / Families in Service, Student Film, Post 9/11, Local Film Showcase / USA / 2017 / documentary / 3 mins
    First graders read from books that they wrote about a great American that they know - their military parents.

    Precedes: Sgt. Stubby – An American Hero

    Precedes:
    Sgt. Stubby – An American Hero

    UltraStar Cinemas at Hazard Center
    September 30, 2018 1:30 pm