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This mural was painted by Houston artist Geraldine Wise with help of many UHCL students during the 2022 Sustainable Stories Film Fest Art Gallery Opening in the main hallway of the UHCL Bayou Building next to the gallery.
Third Annual Sustainable Stories Film Fest
Coming up in November 2023
in the UHCL Bayou Theater &
Art Gallery
We show films and art work about ideas, concepts and stories of sustainability and we empower filmmakers and artists working on sustainability-related subjects. That is the mission for our festival, which is in its third season now.
All participating pieces have to be about an aspect of sustainability. For us, this also includes Social Sustainability. In collaboration with the university's common reader program, this year's special focus is Disability Visibility.
Participating pieces can be documentaries, narrative films, animations, VR / AR productions, experimental films, video art, still images, sculptures, paintings, etc. All films and photography for projection are accepted through FilmFreeway. For submission of tangible art please reach out directly using the email provided.
Films selected will be screened in our UHCL Black Box Theater from October 30 - December 8, 2023.
The adjacent UHCL Art gallery will house physical pieces of art, such as sculptures, paintings, etc, as well as selected projections and some pieces on large format TVs.
We will also screen the Best of Fest films in our large 500-seat Bayou Theater between November 7-10
For submission categories and how to enter, please go to Filmfreeway using the button below
Educational Outreach:
Our festival conducts free screenings of Best of Fest short films at local Houston & Galveston-area High Schools and Community Colleges
The screenings consist of the winning short film entries from the years 2021 & 2022. Each screening is about 45 minutes long, screenings are accessible online beforehand by school administrators to ensure compatibility with students. To schedule a screening, please reach out to Festival Director Michael Brims at brims@uhcl.edu

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