This weekend the University Film Organization and BG Reel will be hosting its annual film and media festival in the Gish Theater.

The festival will have film screenings on Friday at 7 p.m., on Saturday at noon and 7 p.m. and on Sunday there will be an awards ceremony at 7 p.m.

A total of 44 student films will be screened during the event.

Junior Joey Rosace, treasurer of UFO, said there are many different genres that were submitted.

Some of the genres include narrative drama, narrative comedy, documentary, music video, animation and experimental.

“Experimental is the strongest category this year,” Rosace said.

Junior Desiree Holton, president of BG Reel, said that the variety of the films extends past the genres.

“There is a large variety of film style, length and films that were class assignments,” she said.

The films being shown range from one to 21 minutes in length.

The two student organizations put countless hours into planning the event.

“Officers start planning the moment we get elected,” Holton said.

They reserve the Gish, choose the films that will be screened and secure judges for the event.

This year they will have four judges: Daniel Zots, Dave Pelosi, Adam Huffman and Mike Wendt.

Junior Nick Weiss, President of UFO, is excited for the students’ films to be seen by these judges.

“I am most excited about students getting to have their work critiqued by outside professionals,” he said.

Rosace has helped work on some of the films that will be shown during the festival, including the film, “Charlie’s Big Break.”

“It is about a production assistant, Charlie, who is on a movie set for the first time,” Rosace said. “He thinks it will be his big break, but his big moment comes when he is given the task of finding the director’s hat.”

Sunday will be the awards ceremony, where Ralph Wolfe, whom the Wolfe Center was named after, will be presenting some of the awards.

The categories include awards for best actor and actress, best original score, best director and best in show.

Rosace is excited to see all of the students’ hard work come together.

“I am most excited about seeing all of the students celebrate together when they see their work,” he said.

Holton wants people to attend the festival because it is an opportunity to support the arts at the University.

“We make sure we fill as many seats in the Gish as possible to leave a better future for our film department,” she said.