Ava Bogle constantly played with Barbies as a child and now, she is directing them in her short film “Meryl Fuckin Streep.” In the film, Bogle, a UCLA alumna, uses Barbies dolls to satirize Hollywood and the filmmaking experience. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumna Ava Bogle directed “Meryl Fuckin Streep,” a short film that features Barbie dolls as characters. In the film, two writers go into a meeting with Hollywood producers to pitch a film script. On arriving, they discover that the producers are living, speaking Barbie dolls. (Chelsea Zhang/Daily Bruin)

Kevin Hudson was weeding his front lawn when he suddenly felt a burst of empathy for a dandelion. He looked over at his neighbor’s yard, which she kept empty except for some dirt and a few dandelions, and Hudson said he couldn’t help but think that if he were a dandelion, he’d prefer to be in his own well-maintained yard. Read more...

Photo: (Juliette Le Saint/Illustrations director and Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)

Romeo leaped over a fence and climbed onto a balcony to reunite with his Julio in a new short film adaptation of the classic play. In “Romeo and Julio,” Oscar Emmanuel Fabela and two fellow graduate students directed and filmed adaptations of several scenes from Shakespeare’s original play “Romeo and Juliet” to tell an inclusive story featuring the love between a white man, Romeo, and a Latino man, Julio. Read more...

Photo: Lesley Elizondo, Oscar Emmanuel Fabela and Beth Lane created the short film “Romeo and Julio,” an adaptation of Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet” that features a romance between two gay males. The film works to incorporate the experiences of immigrants and members of the LGBTQ community into its plot line. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin senior staff)