OHIO students to premiere 11 original films on Oct. 14

Ohio University’s School of Film (opens in a new window) graduate and Honors Tutorial College (opens in a new window) (HTC) students will premiere 11 original short films on Saturday, Oct. 14, in The Ridges Auditorium at 7 p.m.

The films, which are being shown as part of the students’ first year film screening, examine topics including family, identity, culture, complex relationships and more. The filmmakers have been working hard on crafting unique and interesting stories, and all members of the University community are invited to be a part of this special event.

The Ridges Auditorium is located at 135 Ridges Circle, Athens Ohio. Admission is free, and the filmmakers will be in attendance. 

The films by the OHIO students

• "XI:XI"  by Nicholas Ato Assan Akorful
• "Annunciation" by Constanze Brodbeck
• "Gutom" by Yana Peña Durado
• "West to West" by Emmanuel Gbede
• "The Dentist and The Ballerina" by Peter Owusu
• "Lux" by Mira Steuer
• "Our Bed" by Sharique Siddiqui
• "My Mother’s Daughter" by Nimco Yuusuf
• "Man in the Orange Jacket" by James Joseph Valiyakulathil
• "Diaries of a Janitor" by Aram Riazi
• "I Guess I Thought I Managed to Get Away Unscathed, but I’m realizing now that all the Damage was Probably Internal" by Samuel Coletta-Bates