Fall 2019 Best of the Best Film Fest

Just Like Us

Based on the novel by Helen Thorpe, this documentary-style play follows four Latinx teenage girls, two of whom are documented and two who are not—through young adulthood. As their friendships evolve, immigration status dictates the girls’ opportunities, or lack thereof. Just Like Us poses difficult, yet essential questions about what makes us American.

Boren Awards Speaker

A Boren Awards representative is planning to visit SDSU on Wednesday October 9th. We will have a faculty and staff focused meeting at 12 noon and a student focused meeting at 2 pm; more details to come soon!

Constructed Mythologies: Luis González Palma

Truth and Reconciliation

The SDSU Symphony Orchestra in Partnership with the San Diego Master Chorale

SDSU Jazz Ensemble Fall 2019 featuring Jon Faddis, Jazz Trumpet

The acclaimed SDSU Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Bill Yeager, will perform with the great American jazz trumpet player Jon Faddis.

Howling Halloween Film Festival Fall 2019

Creepy, crawly, scary fun! A spook-tacular selection of short horror films by student filmmakers from the San Diego State University Television, Film, and New Media Production program.

Lying with Badgers

Lying with Badgers by Jason Grasl (Blackfeet) is set in a magical world, haunted by memories and puppets all clinging to the side of a mountain during a blizzard. The Blackfeet build an economic future while clinging to the past, hoping for economic stability.

School of Communication & Journalism/Media Studies Alumni Tailgate

The Aztecs are proud to offer discounted tickets to the Alumni of the School of Communication and Journalism/Media Studies and their families for the SDSU vs. Nevada football game.

She Loves Me

In this scented case of mistaken identity and letter writing, two feuding perfume clerks have no idea that they are in love. An intimate and touching show, featuring a score by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof).

The Coming Storm: The SDSU Symphony Orchestra and Wind Symphony

This combined performance features work by Felix Mendelssohn and Sofia Gubaidulina, as well as Steven Bryant’s exciting new multimedia piece “Automatic Earth.” Each work ponders the future of the Earth's changing climate.

Emerging Filmmakers Showcase Fall 2019

This showcase of outstanding short subject fiction and documentary films is the culmination of work completed each semester. In a competitive selection process, a faculty jury chooses the best student film submissions.

Valentine’s Day Film Festival

If you love love (or love to hate love), this evening of short films is for you! A night of romantic films by SDSU student filmmakers for Valentine’s Day.

Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead

The charming Peanuts gang of Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus and the rest are now deep in the emotional and physical turmoil of their teenage years. Snoopy has died.

Metamorphosis

A six-legged nightmare by Franz Kafka. Kafka’s terrifying story, the ordinary life of the Samsas turns into a nightmare when their son, Gregor wakes up transformed into a monstrous insect. Revulsion turns to resentment in this darkly comic adaptation of Franz Kafka’s novella about acceptance.

Till Death Do Us Part

Gracie Jean, a spitfire from hardscrabble Tennessee, is called to preach God’s grace. Matthew, heir apparent to small town Evangelical royalty, struggles to rebel against his father while maintaining the privilege of his birth. When they meet, it’s love at first sight. But what happens when a fairy-tale marriage becomes a battle of the sexes?

Emerging Filmmakers Showcase Spring 2020

This showcase of outstanding short subject fiction and documentary films is the culmination of work completed each semester. In a competitive selection process, a faculty jury chooses the best student film submissions.