Sherman Oaks Film Festival

2025 Official Selection: Short Film – SciFi (under 20 mins)

Against her wishes, Norah receives a departed loved one’s data vault, allowing her to playback all the stored memories on a paired device. Norah relives their most vulnerable moments together, trying to understand why life took the turn it did.

Director(s): Jesse Cook III
Writer(s): Jesse Cook III
Producer(s): Jimmy Luc, FeiFei Ling
Key Cast: Danielle Kellermann, John Thomas Potvin, Sarah Elziabeth Bedard, John Alan Segalla

Country: United States
World Premiere

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2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Short Film

After discovering a new clue in her mother’s missing persons case, Nina returns to her childhood home where a phantasmal predator transports her to another realm.

The SOFF 2025 screenplay awards ceremony will be held on December 6 at 6PM at the LOOK Dine-In Cinemas.

Go to 2025 Official Selections – Screenplays Page

Screenplay Awards Ceremony & Theatrical Screenings are held at:
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas
128 Artsakh Avenue
Glendale, California 91206

SOFF 2025 Theatrical Screenings held from December 5 to December 7.

2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Feature Film

A beauty shop owner in an Arizona border town investigates a nun’s murder after receiving erotic phone calls from a mysterious stranger. When racial division and violence erupt around her, she plunges into a spiral of sexuality, violence, and spiritual awakening.

The SOFF 2025 screenplay awards ceremony will be held on December 6 at 6PM at the LOOK Dine-In Cinemas.

Go to 2025 Official Selections – Screenplays Page

Screenplay Awards Ceremony & Theatrical Screenings are held at:
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas
128 Artsakh Avenue
Glendale, California 91206

SOFF 2025 Theatrical Screenings held from December 5 to December 7.

2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Feature Film

Laura holds tight to her faith while her father is called away to duty in the WWII war; and her journey leads to love, healing, and the greatest miracle of all!

The SOFF 2025 screenplay awards ceremony will be held on December 6 at 6PM at the LOOK Dine-In Cinemas.

Go to 2025 Official Selections – Screenplays Page

Screenplay Awards Ceremony & Theatrical Screenings are held at:
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas
128 Artsakh Avenue
Glendale, California 91206

SOFF 2025 Theatrical Screenings held from December 5 to December 7.

2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Feature Film

When tween girls vanish in sync with a collectible doll series, a distraught mother and a tormented FBI Agent race to locate the Dollhouse before the Doll Keeper abducts the final victim.

The SOFF 2025 screenplay awards ceremony will be held on December 6 at 6PM at the LOOK Dine-In Cinemas.

Go to 2025 Official Selections – Screenplays Page

Screenplay Awards Ceremony & Theatrical Screenings are held at:
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas
128 Artsakh Avenue
Glendale, California 91206

SOFF 2025 Theatrical Screenings held from December 5 to December 7.

2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Feature Film

The extraordinary life of British spy, diplomat, and adventurer GERTRUDE BELL – often called the “Female Lawrence of Arabia” – whose masterful infiltration of the male-dominated worlds of Victorian England and Middle Eastern sheikdoms propels her into one of the most fascinating and consequential roles of World War I, including the creation of the modern state of Iraq.

The SOFF 2025 screenplay awards ceremony will be held on December 6 at 6PM at the LOOK Dine-In Cinemas.

Go to 2025 Official Selections – Screenplays Page

Screenplay Awards Ceremony & Theatrical Screenings are held at:
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas
128 Artsakh Avenue
Glendale, California 91206

SOFF 2025 Theatrical Screenings held from December 5 to December 7.

2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Feature Film

When an extreme live-streamer’s controlling followers push her past her limits, she logs off to find herself IRL, but she can’t unsubscribe from her dark past.

The SOFF 2025 screenplay awards ceremony will be held on December 6 at 6PM at the LOOK Dine-In Cinemas.

Go to 2025 Official Selections – Screenplays Page

Screenplay Awards Ceremony & Theatrical Screenings are held at:
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas
128 Artsakh Avenue
Glendale, California 91206

SOFF 2025 Theatrical Screenings held from December 5 to December 7.

2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Short Film

A tormented hotel owner confronts her past when a wildfire evacuation forces her to face the blood-stained suitcase that holds evidence of her lover’s death, challenging her to surrender to her ghosts.

The SOFF 2025 screenplay awards ceremony will be held on December 6 at 6PM at the LOOK Dine-In Cinemas.

Go to 2025 Official Selections – Screenplays Page

Screenplay Awards Ceremony & Theatrical Screenings are held at:
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas
128 Artsakh Avenue
Glendale, California 91206

SOFF 2025 Theatrical Screenings held from December 5 to December 7.

2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Short Film

The kittens and Alberta the gosling have a common problem: the local trash panda.

The SOFF 2025 screenplay awards ceremony will be held on December 6 at 6PM at the LOOK Dine-In Cinemas.

Go to 2025 Official Selections – Screenplays Page

Screenplay Awards Ceremony & Theatrical Screenings are held at:
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas
128 Artsakh Avenue
Glendale, California 91206

SOFF 2025 Theatrical Screenings held from December 5 to December 7.

2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Series/Pilot

Two 19th century outcasts find a way out of poverty by killing the homeless and selling their corpses.

The SOFF 2025 screenplay awards ceremony will be held on December 6 at 6PM at the LOOK Dine-In Cinemas.

Go to 2025 Official Selections – Screenplays Page

Screenplay Awards Ceremony & Theatrical Screenings are held at:
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas
128 Artsakh Avenue
Glendale, California 91206

SOFF 2025 Theatrical Screenings held from December 5 to December 7.