The 2023 Josiah Media Festival will begin streaming online for free at 8pm on December 15th trough the end of January 2024. Streams will run on a continuous 24 hour loop in two hour blocks. At the end of January, films will be judged by a panel of judges and cash prizes will be awarded to the young filmmakers.

Open only to filmmakers 21 years old and younger, the Josiah Media Festival is URBAN-15’s annual nationwide film and media event. It is named after Josiah Miles Neundorf, a talented film and media artist from San Antonio, Texas who passed away in 2006 as a result of osteosarcoma. Despite his short twenty years with us, Josiah expanded the lives of those around him through his brilliance, joy, and determination to create outstanding work amid the physical ravages of illness. In honor of this artist, his parents Marcus and Nancy Neundorf and the URBAN-15 Group created the Josiah Media Festival, an annual film festival designed to showcase outstanding works by young film, video, and media artists.

All Blocks will be two days long (48 hours). Screening for each block begins and ends on its respective date at 8pm CST

FILM BLOCK #1:

Fri Dec 15 – Wed Dec 20 | Fri Dec 29 – Sun Dec 31 | Mon Jan 8 – Wed Jan 10 | Fri Jan 19 – Sun Jan 21 | Mon Jan 29 – Wed Jan 31 

Only Natural to Forget by Lucas Bedate Sevila, 21, from Madrid, Spain

The Thing by Arad Navizi, 20, from Tehran, Iran

4 Wheels by Julianne Bernales, 20, from Quezon City, Philippines

This is Not Medicine! by Angel Diaz & Caitlin Olive, 20, from San Antonio, TX, USA

Deer by Luis Kølkjær Hansen, 17, from Hvidovre, Denmark

Voices of Us by Aimee Isobel Maric, 16, from Warranwood, Australia

Kolorete by Brian Medina, 21, from Bacoor, Philippines

Bubby and Son by Gwenaelle Du-Thumm, 20, from Princeton, NJ, USA

The Painting by Krause Cruz, 22, from Waco, TX, USA

Scenes from Salé by Imrane Rahani, 22, from Salé, Morocco

One Day of Life by Maria Leschenko, 14, from Kyiv, Ukraine

FILM BLOCK #2:

Wed, Dec 20 – Fri Dec 22   | Sun Dec 31 – Mon Jan 1 | Wed Jan 10 – Fri Jan 12 | Sun Jan 21  – Mon Jan 22 

Sterling by Gunnar Sizemore, 18, from Los Angeles, CA, USA

Invisible Struggles by Paarth Dewan, 19, from Austin, TX, USA

Chopsticks by Nathaniel Demuth, 19, from New Philadelphia, OH, USA

GPT Meni by the Vanima School of Animation for Children, ages 10-14, from Varazdin, Croatia

Frequency by Athur Meye Praming, 18, from Hvidovre, Denmark

Stood Up by Inês de Castro, 21, from Porto, Portugal

Down the Drain by Charlie Bush, 22, from Los Angeles, CA, USA

Imperial Kiln Brick by Yilin Li, 22, from Suzhou, China

Street Justice by Prince JTT Jude, 20, from Uyo, Nigeria

Defective Cycle by Seyed Majed Hosseini Khojasteh, 22, from Rasht, Iran

A Better Life by Yael Green, 21, from Hobart, Australia

FILM BLOCK #3:

Fri Dec 22nd – Sun Dec 24  | Mon Jan 1   – Wed Jan 3 | Fri Jan 12 – Sun Jan 14 | Mon Jan 22 – Wed Jan 24 

Make a Wish by Adventio Diyar, 21, from Sukarta, Indonesia

Mélanoïde by Aliénor Ghys, 20, from Valenciennes, France

Covenant by Daniel Mohseni, 20, from Syracuse, NY, USA

Zoom Class by Hayden Hoelscher, 18, from San Antonio, TX, USA

Reunion by Edward Skovbjerg Paldam, 19, from Hvidovre, Denmark

Interview by Arshia Motallebi, 21, from Tehran, Iran

My Day in Kyiv in Summer 2022 by Elina Myshanych, 13, from Kyiv, Ukraine

Push & Pull by Lautaro Moran, 21, from Buenos Aires, Argentina

Menvra by Anna Kassay, 21, from Miercurea Ciuc, Romania

Mah Jongg Matters by Emanuel Alboher, 18, from Boca Raton, FL, USA

Dinner at the End of the World by Gabrielle Milman, 20, from Stevenson Ranch, CA, USA

FILM BLOCK #4:

Sun Dec 24  – Mon Dec 25 | Wed Jan 3 – Fri Jan 5 | Sun Jan 14 – Mon Jan 15 | Wed Jan 24 – Fri Jan 26 

Gone by Robert Heselton, 20, from Middlesbrough, England, UK

2006 by Elizaveta Zharikova, 20, from St. Petersburg, Russia

Killer Chiropractor by Evan Nowack, 18, from Ladern Ranch, CA, USA

Minor Setbacks by Colton Sparks, 15, from San Antonio, TX, USA

A Memory by Storm Useinovski Krat, 16, from Hvidovre, Denmark

Death in Silent by Faezeh Kiani, 21, from Shiraz, Iran

Sage by Sahil Shettigar, 20, from Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The Final Whistle by Orlando Rojas, 19, from San Antonio, TX, USA

In Repetito Religare by Audrey Colard & Valentin Sismann, 21, from Villemomble, France

509 by Hassann Imtiaz, 21, from Islamabad, Pakistan

□□□□□ by Tong-min Li, 22, from Taipei, Taiwan

FILM BLOCK #5:

Mon Dec 25 – Wed Dec 27 | Fri Jan 5 – Sun Jan 7 | Mon Jan 15 – Wed Jan 17 | Fri Jan 26 – Sun Jan 28  

Stray by Keyl Sparks, 22, from Placentia, CA, USA

When I Think of You by Gabriella Hsu, 21, from Grapevine, TX, USA

Filter by Mehrshad Keshavarz, 21, from Karaj, Iran

Fantasies of Closure by Brady Zielinski, 19, from Orchard Park, NJ, USA

A film by emily cox by Emily Cox, 18, from San Antonio, TX, USA

Savonnette by Quentin Pladeau, 16, from Montpellier, France

Fallen City by Naphat Khunlam, 20, from Bangkok, Thailand

Who is She? by Naomi Stellone, 21, from Gainesville, FL, USA

The Town That Time Forgot by Lauren Mule, 20, from Tallahassee, FL, USA

Checkmate by Frederik Lysholm Jønsson, 20, from Hvidovre, Denmark

Debatable by Riley Church, 21, from Austin, TX, USA

FILM BLOCK #6 (S.A. LOCALS ONLY):

Wed Dec 27 – Fri Dec 29 | Sun Jan 7 – Mon Jan 8  | Wed Jan 17 – Fri Jan 19 | Sun Jan 28 – Mon Jan 29  

La LLegada by Ana Testas, 18, from San Antonio, TX, USA

I Wanna Die Behind the Barber Chair by Andres Reyes, 16, from San Antonio, TX, USA

V2 by Alex Schroeder, 18, from San Antonio, TX, USA

Minor Setbacks by Colton Sparks, 15, from San Antonio, TX, USA

You’re Fired by Joseph Galindo, 17, from San Antonio, TX, USA

The Window by Sage Kimmel, 15, from San Antonio, TX, USA

Worn In by Miguel Almanza, 19, from San Antonio, TX, USA

Man Eating Cereal by Davis Stainfield, 21, from San Antonio, TX, USA

Zoom Class by Hayden Hoelscher, 18, from San Antonio, TX, USA

Twisted Fantasies by Matthew Medellin, 18, from San Antonio, TX, USA

No Shame by Andora Zotigh, 16, from San Antonio, TX, USA

Ghost Party by Madison Feik, 18, from San Antonio, TX, USA

A film by emily cox by Emily Cox, 18, from San Antonio, TX, USA

Memento Mori by Ines Wallisch, 18, from San Antonio, TX, USA

The Desire to Disappear by Natalia Arratia, 18, from San Antonio, TX, USA

This is Not Medicine! by Angel Diaz & Caitlin Olive, 20, from San Antonio, TX, USA