What: Five University of North Texas students who are first-year students in the master of fine arts program in documentary film will present the documentaries they created during the 2014 fall semester

When: 7 p.m. Dec. 4 (Thursday)

Where: Room 184 of UNT's Radio, Television, Film and Performing Arts Building, 1179 Union Circle

Cost: Free

Contact: Tania Khalaf, associate professor in UNT's Department of Media Arts, at 940-565-2537

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The training of a 20-something funeral director and the struggle of a couple to both live in the U.S. after nine years of one person living across the world in China are the subjects of two of the films that will be presented by University of North Texas students in the Department of Media Arts' master of fine arts program in documentary film.

Five first-year students will show their documentaries that they created during the 2014 fall semester during a free screening Dec. 4 (Thursday). The screening begins at 7 p.m. in Room 184 of UNT's Radio, Television, Film and Performing Arts Building, 1179 Union Circle.

Documentaries produced by UNT students have been screened at many film festivals after their premieres at UNT, including the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, the Dallas International Film Festival and NewFilmmakers New York Spring Series. Alumni are producing films as tenured professors and university instructors, as independent and freelance directors and for AMS Pictures in Dallas and CCTV Documentary Channel in Beijing, China.

The documentaries that will be shown in this order at the Dec. 4 film screening are:

• An Unspoken Struggle -- The film's director focuses on the life struggles he experienced after the last time he saw his father. Directed by Vicente Mares of San Antonio.
• Funeral School -- A young funeral director discusses his duties and experiences on the job, and explains why someone in his early 20s chose the profession. Directed by Adam Michael Wright of Stillwater, Oklahoma.
• To Be With You -- A couple overcomes difficulties to be together in the U.S., after nine years of one of them living in China and the other living in the U.S. Directed by Yu Wang of China.
• Keep Moving -- An inspirational fitness facility in Denton helps seniors citizens, ages 65 and older, find community and friendship. Directed by Niki Warncke of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Little Germany, Texas -- A group of German women celebrate each other's birthdays in a traditional fashion, and have built lasting relationships since they began the tradition 38 years ago. Directed by Michael B. Mullins of Wolfe City, Texas.