Enjoy the intersection of glass and film at our Annual Film Festival! This juried festival involves an in-person screening at our Annual Conference, as well as a virtual screening in the winter and possible other in-person screenings. The call for Film Festival entries typically goes out in November of each year.

The 2025 Film Festival will take place on Friday, May 16 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm in the Art + Architecture Lecture Theater on the UTA campus. Stay tuned for information on our virtual screening!

  • Hector M. Flores, Un día en la vida de un asistente de un estudio de vidrio / A day in the life of a glass studio assistant
  • Jeff Gibbons + Justin Ginsberg, STRINGS
  • Elle Lepik, Together we create
  • Batya Gil Margalit, Water Mark
  • Dan Mirer, Water Bells
  • Raffaele Morandi / Laguna~B Autonoma 2024,  Project Fire
  • Justin Oliphant + Alicia Eggert, The Unimaginable Future: Alicia Eggert & Long Now
  • Brad Patocka, Tami Landis, Te Rongo Kirkwood, Te Rongo Kirkwood: The Seer, the Seen, the Seeing
  • Elisabeth Grace Potter, Reclaiming Visibility
  • AARSHI LAGARKHA RATHI, RURAL MODERN GLASS
  • Brandi Simpson, All the Kings Horses
  • Katerina Verguelis, The Wall has fallen, Long Live the Wall

The 2024 Film Festival took place in Berlin on Thursday, May 16 with a virtual screening taking place on Thursday, December 12 and Friday, December 13. * indicates films that screened in-person. Award winners are noted in bold.

  • Short Form Winner | Ioana Stelea, Fragments*
  • Long Form Winner | Nicole Clouston, The Outlaw Neon*
  • Chris Flook, Clear Reception with David Letterman*
  • Clifton Crofford, The SiNaCa Story*
  • Jeanne Sophie Aas (Norway) | Short Films: Fragile Bloom; Defining balance; Oxygen; and Reflections*
  • Mark Hursty (United States), The Natatorium
  • Riikka Haapasaari (Finland), Cumulative kindness in the now-time, where I change too
  • Bernadett Sláviková (Slovakia), Rare Echoes Project
  • Dylan Katz (Finland), Uncanny Ice*
  • Yuan Yin, Stillness in the absence of glass
  • Wanlin Jiang (United Kingdom), Plant Whisper
  • Jean Birkhill (United States), The Curious Artist
  • Makiko Nakagami (Japan), Blowing Life*
  • Glass Society of Ireland (Ireland), Glisten*
  • Meadhbh McIlgorm (Ireland), ReView*
  • Kati Kerstna (Estonia), Accessories, glass exhibition
  • 穎軍 李 (United States), Zoom In Closer
  • Mark Eliott (Australia), Sea of Clouds
  • Janine Christley (United Kingdom), Hot Hanbok/Cool Glass
  • Anna Mlasowsky (United States), On ° Venus*
  • Emanuel Toffolo (Italy), The Engravers
  • Amanda Aiken (United Kingdom), Liquid Solid*
  • Dovile Grigaliunaite (Türkiye), Borning
  • Bibi Smit (The Netherlands), Moving Glass*
  • Aine Ryan (Ireland), Finding My Place*
  • Caitlin Greenberg (South Africa), Unspoken Thoughts
  • Dawn Szabo (United States), Fire Rainbow
  • Tracy Szatan (United States), An Endless Glass Space
  • Roberta Santini (United States), What do you bring in your purse?*
  • Justin Tyner (United States), We Are More Than We Know
  • Sandra Bacchi (United States), Seeking Nowhere
  • Eunhyung Kim (United States), Remixed food
  • Charlie McGowan (Australia), Gordon Studio Glassblowers
  • Michaela Swade (Germany), “Passion”, a film of the glass art society, GKV*
  • Simon Crofts (Scotland), Inbetween*
  • Justin Foreman (United States), Time & Temperature
  • Mattias Ohlsson (Sweden), The Glassblower – A life in service of glass