South Texas Underground Film Festival returns to Alamo Drafthouse. Here's the lineup.

Editor's note: This article has been corrected to state that educational workshops are returning to the South Texas Underground Film Festival for the first time in a few years.

One of Corpus Christi's film festivals returns to the Coastal Bend with features and short films Wednesday.

The South Texas Underground Film Festival, or STUFF, will celebrate its 10th event at Alamo Drafthouse for five days.

It is in the top 2% of best-reviewed film festivals on FilmFreeway, a website dedicated to helping filmmakers enter film festivals around the world.

Co-founders Mariella and Robert Pérez Jr. said the mission of the festival is to engage and inspire the community by screening films without discrimination, teaching the art of filmmaking and networking with fellow filmmakers.

Mariella Pérez said the event is Corpus Christi's only international film festival.

The married couple's background as filmmakers whose work has premiered at festivals inspired them to bring that experience to Corpus Christi.

Mariella Pérez said not all of the filmmakers are from Corpus Christi. She said some will be from Texas, out of state and even out of the country.

"STUFF is a platform for everybody," Mariella Pérez said. "We want the film community in Corpus to have that international platform. Showing support to these artists shows other filmmakers and film festivals that Corpus is a supportive community."

The lineup includes feature-length films, short films (including one that's 20 seconds) and even a web-series episode, with styles ranging from comedies and period dramas to experimental films and documentaries.

Educational workshops will return to the festival for the first time in a few years, Mariella Pérez said. From Friday through Sunday, there will be three seminars about budgeting, festival-going and screenwriting. The workshops are only available to those with a badge.

Badges will be $75 at the door and will provide access to all 14 blocks, which include all film submissions and workshops. Each block on its own is $10. Individual tickets can be purchased at drafthouse.com/corpus-christi.

Out of 800 submissions, 80 films will be shown. All films are not rated and viewer discretion is advised. For more information, visit stuftx.org.

STUFF schedule

Wednesday, 7-10 p.m.

• "The One That Got Away" by Pablo Schmitt. 110 minutes.

• "The Wick" by Sabine Crosse. 15 minutes.

• "A Guitar in the Bucket" by Boyoung Kim. 15 minutes.

Thursday, 6-9 p.m.

• "Persuasion" by Allison Calloway. 80 minutes.

• "Dear Rosa" by Gaele Sobott. 2 minutes.

• "Daisy Rides Again" by Matt Sherwood. 20 seconds.

• "The Starbucks Affair" by Brandon Michael Herrera. 7 minutes.

• "Kristin Wants a Car" by Alan Thornburg. 24 minutes.

• "The 1st of November" by Josh Stifter. 7 minutes.

• "El Moño" by Luis Fernando Puente and Lizde Arias. 8 minutes.

• "Backyard Blacksmith" by Ethan Decker and Roel Rodriguez Jr. 7 minutes.

• "Sombras" by Marc "GIVE.ME.MAS" Sanchez. 10 minutes.

• "To My Love" by Nadia Diaz. 9 minutes.

Thursday, 10 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

• "Illuminis Factor Paranormal" by William Samuel Fielder. 57 minutes.

• "The Writer" by Margaret M. MacDonald. 6 minutes.

• "The Pool" by Margaret M. MacDonald. 5 minutes.

• "Routine" by Russ Emanuel. 4 minutes.

• A secret screening. 15 minutes.

• "El Muerto: Texas Headless Horseman" by Alcario Cary Cadena. 17 minutes.

Friday, noon to 2 p.m.

• "Vulveeta" by Maria Breaux. 92 minutes.

Friday, 3-5 p.m.

• "The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon" by Matthew Eskey. 86 minutes.

Friday, 6-8:30 p.m.

• "Part-Time Killer" by BJ Turner III. 92 minutes.

• "The Girl with Too Many Eyes" by James Nunez. 18 minutes.

Friday, 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

• "Soggy Biscuit" by Emma Jesse. 10 minutes.

• "Thank You for Nothing" by Thomas Desimone. 12 minutes.

• "Sitting Duck" by Aaron S. Barrocas. 9 minutes.

• "TEA TIME" by Tara Price. 6 minutes.

• "Alien Dick" by Ryan Kruger. 6 minutes.

• "The Blood of the Dinosaurs" by Joseph Badon. 18 minutes.

• "[Within the Frame]" by Jay Kay. 6 minutes.

• "Ipecac" by Greg Hanson. 9 minutes.

• "(Just) Balloons" by Zahm Waters. 7 minutes.

• "Nasty" by Paige Dillon. 7 minutes.

• "The Wheel of Heaven Part I" by Joseph Badon. 18 minutes.

• "Ghost Trippers" by J. William Boothman II. 28 minutes.

Saturday, noon to 2 p.m.

• "Until Sunrise" by Caroline Koonce and Jeanna Mae Jaurigue. 10 minutes.

• "A Psychogeography of Mourning" by Shayna Connelly. 9 minutes.

• "a story that doesn't have to do with me" by Kymberly McDaniel. 7 minutes.

• "How It Is Now" by Olivia Martinez. 5 minutes.

• "Welcome to the Family" by Adrian Martinez. 15 minutes.

• "Mairzy Doats" by Seth William Chatfield. 13 minutes.

• "Caught In The Middle" by Ajayi Osahon. 9 minutes.

• "Sweet Potato" by Evie Ayres-Townshend. 5 minutes.

• "Wine & Cheese Night" by Marcelina Chavira. 4 minutes.

• "They Used To Call Me Crazy" by Jim McDonough. 5 minutes.

Saturday, 3-5 p.m.

• "Big Iron" by Arik Hess. 16 minutes.

• "No Good Deed" by Jay Kay. 10 minutes

• "Skin and Bone" by Riley Cusick. 13 minutes.

• "No Matter What" by Christopher James Thompson. 10 minutes.

• "The Usual" by Daniel Gilmore. 13 minutes.

• "Gypsy Rose Leezinksi" by Lucia Sherman. 9 minutes.

• "Meat Friend" by Izzy Lee. 8 minutes.

Saturday, 6-8 p.m.

• "PLANT STORY" by Kelly Polk. 20 minutes.

• "Aurora" by Paulina Manseau. 10 minutes.

• "Midnight Houston" by Krista Leigh Steinke and Nick Rattner. 3 minutes.

• "Petals" by Marie J. Magdaleno. 3 minutes.

• "Empty Miles" by Jimmy Willden. 13 minutes.

• "Strings" by Rodrigo Moreno. 13 minutes.

• "Guilt" by Cedric Thomas Smith. 24 minutes.

Saturday, 9 p.m. to midnight

• "The Once and Future Smash/End Zone 2" by Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein. 145 minutes.

Sunday, 12:30-3:30 p.m.

• "Something in the Water" by Joseph C. Stillman and Jeri Wachter. 100 minutes.

• "The Fringes of Burlesque" by Jack Truman. 12 minutes.

• "What box Do I Check Now?" by DeAnna Renita Brown. 24 minutes.

Sunday, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

• "Emoticon" by Padrick S. Ritch. 2 minutes.

• "Beepo" by Blake Hennigan. 2 minutes.

• "Precipice" by Joshua Sikora. 3 minutes.

• "Home of my memories" by Javier Méndez Lafón. 6 minutes.

• "On the Margins of Metaxy" by Sonia Albert-Sobrino and Miriam Albert-Sobrino. 3 minutes.

• "Billionaires Gnaw Their Tongues From The Pain" by Matt Soar. 3 minutes.

• "Cosmic Cooking" by Rachel Cooley. 3 minutes.

• "Johnny Crow" by Xstine Cook and Jesse Gouchey. 7 minutes.

• "Aspects of my Gender" by Olivia Martinez. 4 minutes.

• "Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm" by Emma Penaz Eisner. 6 minutes.

• "Lumen" by Gauthier Humbert. 5 minutes.

• "Vekigu" by Piergiorgio Salciarini and Michele Manuali. 8 minutes.

• "Newsprint tennis ball & hand knife curtain & blanket bread & toaster egg slice & water duvet cardboard box & guitar zipper egg" by Rune Elias Helgesen. 6 minutes.

• "That Sucks" by Dominic Del Bene and Craig Billmeier. 14 minutes.

• "O, What Rice! O, What Beans!" by Jer Moran. 6 minutes.

Sunday, 7:30-10:30 p.m.

• "Yikes: Más Depresión" by Cris Olvera. 90 minutes.

• "BEAR" by Jared Stainfield and Davis Stainfield. 30 minutes.

• "Buy Me A Taco" by Santiago Villa. 26 minutes.

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