Senior Screenings
May 14 – May 16
Date & Time
Thursday, May 14, 2026 (6 p.m.)
Friday, May 15, 2026 (3 p.m. and 6 p.m.)
Saturday, May 16, 2026 (12 p.m. and 3 p.m.)
Receptions are held one hour before each screening.
Location
UWM Union Cinema
The Department of Film, Video, Animation & New Genres is proud to celebrate the graduating class of 2026 and their fantastic thesis films! Seniors work all year on their thesis films; writing, directing, producing, editing, and polishing these films. Come celebrate their hard work and watch some of the most unique and exciting films from the next generation of artists and filmmakers coming out of Milwaukee!
Guests are invited to join us for a pre-show catered reception an hour before each film screening.
Thursday, May 14 | 6 p.m. screening
- Brody Bane, The Smell of Smoke
- Peyton Bracken, Bad Luck Bunny
- Brody Clasen, Chet Rockwell & The Milky Mob
- Bryce Claussen, Out Of Bounds
- Elizabeth Gorney
- Ryan Hainline, Left Behind
- Sasha Henderson, Finding Treasure
- Ike Lavitschke
- Miranda Manghera, Under Paint
- Liz Murphy, Disconnect
- Genevieve Shrader, The Lunch Trials
- Jacob Solis, Abuelita
- Malena Thongsy, Sweet Pamona
- William Weber, Guilty Party
- Donovan Yesbeck, Obituary
Friday, May 15 | 3 p.m. screening
- Joe Bakalars, The Delivery
- Elijah Green, Habitability of the Solar System
- Yeogu Kang, The Pizza Word
- Nick Keller, Remnants
- Zachary Micka, Dreams
- Sam Micka, Down the Line
- Hannah Nelsen, Icarus [the fallen]
- Natalie Oesterly, Stages
- Felipe Rey, Prospective Win
- Meghan Schlicht, The Squire from Dubsloth
- Neil Schwantes, Brew City Theaters
- Mikala Schuster, Bear Country
- Liv Sheppard, Summer After Summer
- Christopher Zollicoffer, Mother’s Adoration Can Kill
Friday, May 15 | 7 p.m. screening
- Jack Bisswurm, Fisticuffs
- Collin Chesak, Crude
- Stavros Hatzopoulos, Small Steps
- Eric Herrmann, Catch and Release
- Steven Higgins-Foster, Untitled (reunion_project)
- Genna Hoffman, Everyone Deserves To Smile
- Isabella Holterman, Quiet Coyote
- Lindsay Horzewski, Time in a Calculator
- Emma Injeski, Lost and Found
- Wyatt Leonard, Enter Gustaffson
- Kamryn Lovenberg, Environmental Zoochosis
- Vincenzo Milano, HOT DOGS: A Sandwich?
- Mayrin Santos-Aguilar
- Ben Schmitt, Motherboard
- Catcher Stodola, Infinity
- Sam Tills, Pith
Saturday, May 16 | 12 p.m. screening
- Safia Ali, Cadente
- Owen Brummel, Rainy Lake
- Joseph Harris, Where Has He Gone?
- Emma Kipp, The Cardinal Theory
- Coen Kriofske Mainella, Blank Wall
- Maurice Mccutcheon, TBD
- Megan Mielke, Made With Love
- Leah Nolte, Good Service
- Nicholas Otero, The Abandoned Puppet
- Del Raum, John and Hark Get Rich
- Corbin Schleis, Moving Day
- Ethan Scholz, The Ticket Man
- Nathan Strickland, B-2, my beloved
- Mel Ulate, Flawless
- Cameron Wise, The End of the Bug Guy Universe
- Yuesia Xiong, Moving Forwards
Saturday, May 16 | 3 p.m. screening
- Caleb Anderson, Sense of Self
- Alesa Buckley, Wild Geese
- Logan Busalacchi, Living In A Moment
- Tanner Choate, Before It Ends
- Ja’Quan Cordell Williams, Weight Of It All
- Helen Judge, TBD
- Ava Kahut, The Glamorous Life
- Ethan Khang, The Bus Stop
- Emmie Kuzulka, Black Powder Confetti
- Royx Kellogg, Boxheads
- Edvin Marcks, Station
- Benjamin Schaaf, Tom Schaaf: A Legacy In The Land
- Joselyn Soto, Quien Crees
- Connor Robinson, Los Perros
- Brett Stoffels, Bored Game
- Kate Seymour, Emuna
- Nora Welp, patchwork