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Top 100 Best Reviewed Festival in one of L.A.’s Best Theaters

We never get tired of getting the email from FilmFreeway with the subject, “Congrats on your Top 100 status!”

“According to reviews from real FilmFreeway users, your festival ranks in the top 1% of more than 14,000 film festivals and creative contests around the world. No doubt, this ranking is a testament to the countless hours of hard work and care that you and your staff have devoted to creating such a wonderful event.”

The Sherman Oaks Film Festival is held at the Look Cinema in Glendale, CA.  State of the art DCP projection with leather recliners, food & beverage service, and top of the line sound!

 

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Best In Fest Awards

Best in Fest

Best Feature Film – Abigail Before Beatrice
Best Featurette – Focal Point
Best Short Film – How The Rose Reaches

Best In Fest – determined by the festival’s official selection committee, this category was added to pander to important organizations that demand a festival give out awards not specific to genre/category.

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2025 Online Screenings

Sherman Oaks FIlm Festival has combined forces with its sponsor YOW.tv to create an online presentation of our Official Selections from Dec 7 to Dec 22.

Full access is $9.99 to the public and can be accessed here.

This is when we mention that if you or your friends/family/collaborators pay ten bucks to view the 29 films that Opted In, then a nonprofit charity for the arts gets a little help with its annual budget.

Please share the link https://yow.tv/studio/discover-indie-film with anyone who loves excellent indie films!

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Blunt by Hadeel Ramadan

2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Series/Pilot

After shooting a teenage robber in her father’s liquor store, a sheltered Palestinian woman’s reality fractures; awakening a supernatural entity from her bloodline that forces her to face her greatest fear: surviving on her own in the most expensive city in the world.

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.

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Blur by Oneika Mays

2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Series/Pilot

In 1985 New Jersey, an offbeat Black girl tries to decode the unwritten rules of her new suburban school — where cliques, crushes, and cultural expectations collide, and fitting in might mean losing yourself.

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.

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Childless Cat Lady by Meaghan Hynes Reese

2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Series/Pilot

Upon the death of her beloved cat, a young(ish) woman pursues a near death experience in hopes of reuniting with her in an afterlife, so that she might know whether they will be together in Eternity.

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.

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Meeting Your Maker by Gregory JM Kasunich

2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Short Film

A feel good movie about a suicidal puppet.

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.

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Gilgo Beach by Maureen Anne Meehan

2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Feature Film

When the bones of several missing women are uncovered along Long Island’s Gilgo Beach, FBI consultant and former Wyoming prosecutor Mary MacIntosh is called to assist a chaotic task force. As she unravels the dark psychology of a killer hiding in plain sight, Mac must balance federal politics, media frenzy, and her own trauma to bring justice to the victims – before the killer silences her next.

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.

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Sing Me Your Questions by Steven Traviss Smith

2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Feature Film

A self-absorbed man discovers a way for non-verbal autistic people to “speak.” Suddenly able to reveal their hidden thoughts and feelings they give him a powerful wake-up call about his own life. Inspired by a true story.

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.

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Haunted Spotlight by Dinesh Chandra Cherukuri

2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Short Film

A wannabe influencer craving popularity goes live inside a haunted hotel, only to discover that fame-hungry ghosts are willing to do anything to him to reclaim the spotlight from their 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.

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Bread and Circuses by Larry H. Pollack

2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Series/Pilot

As an Illuminati-like cabal of powerful political and social figures scheme for control of America and the world, a young reporter investigates their connection to her friend and mentor’s death.

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.