1:30PM – 4:00PM PDT
$16.00 - $35.00
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This short film screening event is brought to you by MÜBARK and Educate to Empower. This is a space for community members, educators, and students to share their stories through creative media while fostering connection and belonging. The program highlights original short films by independent and student filmmakers exploring themes of culture, identity and lived experiences. The selected short films represent a diversity of ethnic identities, language, and local perspectives.
This event raises funds for future projects and programming dedicated to amplifying stories by marginalized voices. All donations are tax-deductible.
Location
UC Riverside
HUB 260 (2nd Floor)
Parking
The closest parking lot is Lot #1. Daily parking permits can be purchased through the Park Mobile App. Carpool is encouraged.
Event Schedule
Doors open at 1:00 PM
The program begins at 1:30 PM
Please register early—seating is limited, and in-person registration cannot be guaranteed. Early bird registration is open until 04/27/2026. If cost is a barrier, email hello@edutoempower.org or mubarkproductions@gmail.com; a limited number of promo codes and sponsor-supported tickets may be available.
THIS EVENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY:
MÜBARK Productions, an AAPI/POC artists collective dedicated to uplifting communities through storytelling across creative media and in person events.
Educate to Empower, operating under Charitable Ventures (501(c)(3)), equiping educators with liberatory resources, community-rooted learning, and advocacy tools so they can center historically excluded voices, challenge injustice, and cultivate spaces of belonging, joy, and transformation.
BLOCK 1
RIGHT ON!
Director: Dave Rosas
Genre: Dramedy
Logline: An aspiring writer uses increasingly desperate and unconventional methods to overcome a crippling ailment—writer’s block.
Chewing Gum
Director: Lance Mack
Genre: Horror
Logline: A distressed young woman begins picking at her gums to cope with the pressure of her acting career and her overbearing mother—leading to the unraveling of her perfect, fabricated smile.
Brain Dump
Director: Iya Baclagan and Francisco Yun
Genre: Experimental
Logline: When you beg your mind to stop thinking, what are you really trying to suppress?
Little Fisherman
Director: Ethan Roy Javonillo
Genre: Coming-of-Age Drama
Logline: A young boy and his grandfather embark on a fishing trip where patience, generational differences, and quiet love shape their bond.
— Intermission —
BLOCK 2
To The Voice Inside
Director: Francisco Yun
Genre: Experimental
Logline: A contemporary movement piece that personifies the inner voice of doubt, "To The Voice Inside" follows a visceral battle for identity and self-worth, urging us to rise louder than the silence that holds us back.
Skies
Director: Araceli Milian
Genre: Found Footage Horror
Logline: On a sister's camping trip meant to reconnect, a young filmmaker captures unsettling events on camera as her older sister begins acting strangely: unaware they're both being hunted by something otherworldly in the woods.
Endless Pursuit, Unpromised Beauty
Director: Gabriel Habana
Genre: Narrative / Video Journal
Logline: A reflective video journal exploring what it means to leave home, forge your own path, and sit with everything in between.
Usa (Deer)
Director: Matt Oflas
Genre: Narrative Drama
Logline: Two childhood best friends stage a pre-wedding photoshoot during their final night together in Cebu City, capturing the unspoken emotions between them.
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For general audiences.
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$18.00 | |
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For k-12/college students. Minors must be accompanied by a guardian.
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$16.00 | |
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For general audiences.
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$20.00 | |
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For working professionals.
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$25.00 | |
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For those feeling generous and able to donate more. Supplements student registrants.
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$35.00 |
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For businesses or organizations that would like to support this event series and show love to the speakers and organizers. Your contribution helps subsidize student-rate admissions and sustain this work. Sponsorship at this tier not only supports students' admission, but covers any event expenses such as rentals, audio/visual support, and venue fees or required food/beverage minimums. Businesses and organizations will receive a shoutout on social media. Businesses and organizations will appear on promotional materials as official program partners and acknowledged during events.
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$400.00
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For businesses or organizations that would like to support this event series and show love to the speakers and organizers. Your contribution helps subsidize student-rate admissions and sustain this work. Businesses and organizations will receive a shoutout on social media. Businesses and organizations will appear on promotional materials and acknowledged during events.
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$100.00
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For businesses or organizations that would like to support this event series and show love to the speakers and organizers. Your contribution helps subsidize student-rate admissions and sustain this work. Businesses and organizations will receive a shoutout on social media.
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$75.00
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For individuals who are unable to attend but would like to support this event series and show love to the speakers and organizers. Your contribution helps subsidize student-rate admissions and sustain this work.
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$20.00
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Amer Quilala
Program Coordinator
Thanks Mubark for the opportunity to share my work!