The Notre Dame Student Film Festival is excited to announce an expansion in the event lineup for the festival weekend! The 2026 festival will include two additional Alumni screenings.
Theatre is Dead, directed by Katherine Dudas (‘14), will be screened in the Browning Cinema on Thursday, January 22nd at 9:30 pm. Recently premiered at Fantastic Fest 2025, and winner of the Outstanding Horror Festival Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival, the campy horror comedy stars Shane West (ER, A Walk to Remember) and Decker Sadowski (Brooklyn Nine-Nine). Katherine Dudas will be present for a Q&A afterward.
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A sneak preview of the upcoming PBS KIDS animated television series Phoebe and Jay, created by Genie Deez (‘12), will be screened on Saturday, January 24th at 1:00 pm in the Browning Cinema. The show follows fraternal twins Phoebe and Jay Yarber as they encounter various texts in their daily lives and develop early literacy skills to help navigate the world around them. Genie Deez will join us after the screening for a conversation with the audience.
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These additions to the NDSFF weekend are made possible with partnership from the Notre Dame Arts Initiative.
Looking for tickets to the festival screening? Check out the 37th Annual Notre Dame Student Film Festival event page!
Originally published at ftt.nd.edu.