In conjunction with the Filmmaking, Art, & Design Faculty Exhibition at SUMA, please join us for a Filmmaking faculty screening featuring works by Katie Hadar, Bill Kershisnik, and Jahanara Saleh on Thursday, November 20, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in Bristlecone Hall, 105. Light refreshments will be served.

Press Release

Katie Hadar

• Circle to the Left dir. Katherine Hadar, 2013, 14 min
  • Set in the rural west, a young girl navigates second grade—the social interactions of peers, excitement and disappointment surrounding a winter field trip. Filmed on location in Montana, Circle to the Left is the second piece in a triptych of childhood memories.
    • Circle to the Left premiered at the Sun Valley Film Festival, with additional viewings at the New Orleans Film Festival, Meraki Film Festival in Rome and Barcelona.

Bill Kershisnik

Associate Professor Bill Kershisnik served as lead writer on The Aquabats! Radventures! This show is a continuation of the Emmy Award-winning The Aquabats! Super Show! The Aquabats, a rock and roll band/group of hapless superheroes, engage in wacky and supernatural adventures.

• "The Mauler!", 2020, 10 min 24 sec
  • The 'Bats must team up with the Invisible Man (Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Heder) to stop a threat at the grand opening of a grocery store.
• "EagleBones Gets a Cape!", 2021, 8 min 34 sec
  • Lead Guitarist EagleBones FalconHeart becomes enamored with magic and buys a mysterious artifact over the Mystical Dark Web.

Jahanara Saleh

• Far From Home ed. Jahanara Saleh
  • Meet the Iranian skier who blazed a historic path in PyeongChang. The exclusive story of Iran's top female alpine skier Forough Abbasi as she trained, qualified, and competed at her second Winter Game.
• Brave New World dir. Jahanara Saleh, 5 min 17 sec
  • CW: Some violence involving children
  • When a terrorist holds an entire elementary school hostage with a homemade bomb and a delusional plan to become a god, the unthinkable happens: the bomb detonates. Yet, against all odds, everyone survives, with some reporting visions of angels in the room—suggesting divine intervention. (5:17)