2025 Schedule
Thursday, April 24 at 6pm: Screening of Brujería (Sorcery) followed by Q&A with director Christopher Murray and reception at Medici.
Friday, April 25 at 3pm: Workshop led by Christopher Murray on historical methods in narrative filmmaking.
Friday April, 25 at 7pm: Regional (ISU) film screening followed by Q&A with attending filmmakers. jump to Friday’s Screening Schedule
Saturday, April 26 at 3pm: Workshop/presentation by Flyover Film Studios about the work at Flyover and possible internship opportunities.
Saturday, April 26 at 7pm: Competitive film screening followed by Q&A with attending filmmakers and awards ceremony. jump to Saturday’s Screening Schedule
Thursday, April 24, 6pm
Sorcery (Brujería)
Christopher Murray, Director
Summary: Chiloé Island, 1880. After her father ́s murder, Rosa, an 11-year-old indigenous girl, seeks justice alongside Mateo, leader of a sorcerer's organization that soon becomes her adoptive grandfather. When Mateo is arrested, Rosa will aim to release him, starting a path of no return into witchcraft.
Bio: Christopher Murray is a Chilean filmmaker with a Master’s in Visual Anthropology from the University of Manchester. He is the director of the feature films Manuel de Ribera (2010), The Blind Christ (2016), and Sorcery (2023), as well as the collective documentaries Propaganda (2014) and God (2019). His work has been featured at major international film festivals, including Venice, Sundance, San Sebastián, and Rotterdam, among others. Currently, he serves as an academic at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he created and leads the Diploma in Anthropology and Film Practice.
Friday, April 25, 3pm
Workshop
Cinematic Explorations
with Christopher Murray
This session invites participants to reflect on the intersections between research and creation, with a focus on methodologies that blend ethnography and fiction. Drawing on selected works and behind-the-scenes creative processes—including the facilitator’s own films—it considers how fiction filmmaking can serve as a practice for exploring real territories and engaging with layered realities.
ISU Showcase Lineup
Friday, April 25
Starting at 7pm
The Date Was Tonight by Braden Kralis (11:58)
Ghost of Frats Past by Tommy Conway, Benn Eddy, Zach Hotchkiss, and Sheldon Bartmann (2:03)
Love You. Bye. By Dan White (3:05)
Hircus Homos by Henry Horton (5:50)
The Weight of Words by Thomas Palatinus (3:25)
Ties that Bind by Tessa Renken (5:46)
Off-Script by Kian Kelly (1:23)
A Look at the Ex-Guitarist of Midwestern Rock Band 'Left of Passage' by Jack Sinks (8:00)
ISU Animation Showcase (13:58)
Includes work from Grace Clarke, Megan Goulding, Allen Spencer, Izabela Ayala, Brielle Townsend, Charlotte Chilton, Jenna Germano, Tyson Jorgenson, Caroline Sweeney, Danica Boskovic, Julianna Gettman, Talia Shrader, Gavin Lefaver, Ellie Perkins, Emily Hedsund, Michelle Jimenez, Anna Garner, Ilse Miller, Maria Lambert, Talia Shrader, Sawyer McCance, Will Hopper, Hannah Harmon, Josiah Wilcoski, Avion Richards, Mia Reyes, Audrey Tutty, Allyana Mercado, Helen Ward, and Bella Yost
Total: 55:28
INTERMISSION
DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE
I Can’t Live Without You by Charlie Pujol, Grace Butler, Julia Acke, Thomas Garcia, and Nicholas Bush (17:53)
Revolution in the Wind by Mustafizur Rahat (13:01)
The House on Garling by Aaron Wolf, Jac Vonachen, Austin Feaman, Marz’ja Ray, and J.D. Lopatowski (13:18)
Total: 44:12
Saturday, April 26 at 3pm
Flyover Film Studios Workshop
with Sarah Sharp
and Robert Patrick Stern
Sarah Sharp, Producer
Robert Patrick Stern, Cinematographer
Sarah Sharp found her passion for the entertainment industry after discovering that filmmaking is the ultimate team sport. Sarah met the love of her life on set in 2012, and in 2017 married her best friend and business partner Robert Stern. They established The Line Film Company, which has produced successful films, including critically acclaimed works such as "The Stylist” and 2023 Saturn award nominee "Brooklyn '45" which made the Variety, USA today, and Rotten Tomatoes 2023 "Best Of" Lists, and most recently Netflix #1 The Twister. Sarah has been a member of the Producers Guild of America (PGA) since 2020 and has produced over 20 projects in her career. She has been blessed to experience unique opportunities in her film career to escalate growth - opportunities that she intends to give others. She is very diligent about creating vision and ensuring others put themselves in the right place at the right time to create opportunities, and she intends for Flyover Film Studios to be a part of the opportunity creation.
Cinematographer, producer, and self-proclaimed cinephile, Robert Patrick Stern has dedicated his life to shooting professionally for well over a decade. Photographing everything from commercials to docu-series (HBO's THE SHOP, Peacock's Devil in Disguise) has not satisfied his growing hunger for the visual medium. Translating multiple narratives into feature films (BET's Holiday Heist and Friend Request) has launched Robert onto solid ground, but the chase for a lifelong career in the industry has just begun. With this in mind, Robert launched The Line Film Company with production designer Sarah Sharp. The two have produced many features, including Jill Gevargizian's The Stylist for Arrow Films, Luke Boyce's Revealer for Shudder, John Pata's Black Mold, and Ted Geoghegan's Brooklyn '45. Robert shot Tony Wash's feature film The Rake for Sony Pictures Classic and his short The Muck, which premiered at SXSW 2014
Competitive Film Lineup
Saturday, April 26
Starting at 7pm
UNIVERSITY NARRATIVE
Don Chingon (9:12)
The Pipes (7:56)
Street Files (7:27)
Fragments of a Crime (14:03)
Susan Belle (17:45)
HIGH SCHOOL ANIMATION/EXPERIMENTAL
EX1L3D (5:00)
HIGH SCHOOL NARRATIVE
The List (5:00)
Purgatory (10:00)
Total Runtime (part 1): 1:16:23
INTERMISSION
UNIVERSITY ANIMATION/EXPERIMENTAL
Cookie Snatchers (2:51)
A Trip to Somewhere Else (4:37)
A Cloud Holding a Knife (8:54)
Escalate (2:00)
10th Life (4:24)
HIGH SCHOOL DOCUMENTARY
Guiding Light (5:00)
UNIVERSITY DOCUMENTARY
SIMPMOM (7:54)
Mail Myself to You (16:00)
Total Runtime (part 2): 00:51:40