Check out the 2026 cohort shorts from the students of Ball State University's Radiance Cinema!

After the death of her grandmother, a struggling 20-year-old art student pours her grief into a memorial piece, uncovering buried emotions and a deepening connection with a friend along the way.

Roommates Nathan and Will welcome their neighbors Frank and Mindy with an invite to dinner. As dinner looms, Frank and Mindy's religious beliefs become clear, and as they ignore Nathan's transgender status, he must decide how to stand up for himself.

When an invisible demon violently possesses his radio co-host, a passive college student is forced into a live broadcast. Trapped in the booth, he must choose between spreading the entity's curse or finally finding his own voice.

Four college students get into a car crash on the way to their graduation ceremony, and the aftermath forces them to finally be honest with each other about what comes next.