stranded
title: stranded (2025)
run time: 17min 40sec
Director: Joshua bruni
cinematographer: joshua bruni
Description: The Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network fights daily to combat the human impacts on the marine mammals of south carolina through the use of research, education, and awareness
official selections:
Earth in focus film festival 2025
fiin film festival 2025
universal film festival samothraki 2025
gutterbliss film festival 2025
s.o.f.a film festival 2025
coastal Carolina university film festival 2025
awards and recognition:
best ocean film finalist- earth in focus film festival 2025
best student film finalist- earth in focus film festival 2025
best documentary film semi-finalist- universal film festival samothraki
honorable mention- lookout wild film festival 2025
Otters of Yellowstone
Title: otters of yellowstone (2024)
run time: 5min 39sec
director: joshua bruni
cinematographer: joshua bruni
description: A short film showcasing the beauty of river otters and how they thrive during the harsh winter season in Yellowstone National Park
official selections:
big sky documentary film festival 2024
international wildlife film festival 2024
awards and recognition:
best student film quarter-finalist- serbest international film festival 2024
featured on mubi 2024
featured on lobocine 2024
featured on imbd
Lower Falls
title: lower falls (2024)
run time: 2min 43sec
Description: This short film was for a class project in the mfa in Science/Natural History filmmaking program at Montana State University. the goal of the project was to create a 2-3-minute short film on a certain location without the use of music. I decided to film the Lower Falls, which is located in Yellowstone National Park
Timefulness
title: timefulness (2024)
run time: 3min 37sec
description: an archival-based film, which was for a class project in the mfa in science/ natural history filmmaking program at Montana state university. for this film, I experimented with juxtaposing sound and archival footage to create meaning.
hotel meade
title: hotel meade (2022)
run time: 2min 29sec
description: A location based film, which was for a class project in the mfa in science/ natural history filmmaking program at Montana state university. for this film, I experimented with premiere pro editing and color grading techniques to create tension, horror, and drama to the visual narrative.
The hidden south
Title: the hidden south (2022)
run time: 3min
description: when I first heard about the science/ natural history filmmaking program at Montana State University, I decided to make a wildlife reel to be included in my application. I spent 7 months traveling across Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina filming a vast amount of wildlife to create this wildlife reel.