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2025 Official Selection: Featurette – Experimental/Arthouse

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Director(s): Brett Willis
Writer(s): Brett Willis
Producer(s): Anthony Saldana, Adolfo Espinosa, Sarah Curry, Brett Willis
Key Cast: Eric Lutz, Grant Merritt, Mary Garet, Angel Garet, Andrew Tamarkin, Seth Goodfellow, Carissa Rhea Tajudeen, Christopher Sanchez, Jacklyn Dardarian, Kevin Evans Johnson, Priscilla Valldejuli

Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere

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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

A short-sighted prank at a sleepover hurts more than just the perfect hairs on Brittany’s head.

Director(s): Nee Kirschman
Writer(s): Nee Kirschman, Zachary Foster
Producer(s): Nee Kirschman, Zachary Foster
Key Cast: Taylor Shurte, Teya Patt, Sherry Mandujano, Lauren Mayer, Jonaye Kelsey Anderson

Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere

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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

A trans teen and her mom must survive a night of winter camping after being challenged by her politically incorrect uncle.

Director(s): Michael D. Cohen
Writer(s): Michael D. Cohen
Producer(s): Felix Mack, Michael D. Cohen
Key Cast: Erinn Hayes, Sophie Giannamore, Michael D. Cohen, Chris Cornish

Country: United States
World Premiere

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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Experimental/Arthouse

One man’s fix. Everyone’s Story.

Director(s): Shawn Welles Linzey
Writer(s): Shawn Welles Linzey
Producer(s): Shawn Welles Linzey
Key Cast: Merle Racer, Chris SeaWill Williams, Elizabeth Merlot Prince

Country: United States

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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

Death comes for a bitter, depressed widow who doesn’t fight back – he’s happy to die but before he goes he wants to have one last “magic” adventure with the daughter he never got it right with.

Director(s): JT Doran
Writer(s): JT Doran
Producer(s): Hao Li
Key Cast: Joe Chan, Emily Fan, Dominic Wong, Xiao Ping Wang, Mia Yu

Country: United States

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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Experimental/Arthouse

When a cowboy is forward in time to modern day Los Angeles he struggles to find a way home.

Director(s): Caleb Garrett
Producer(s): Sasha-Jo Garrett, Elyse Runkle
Key Cast: Isaiah Howard

Country: United States

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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Animation

LIFTED is an animated tale of awakening and transformation, following one man’s fantastical journey aboard an elevator.

Director(s): Daniel Robichaud
Writer(s): Daniel Robichaud
Producer(s): Daniel Robichaud

Country: United States

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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

A divorced couple tries to navigate addiction, control and custody of their young son.

Writer(s): Alyson Croft
Producer(s): Actor’s Cartel
Key Cast: Alyson Croft, Hunter Bodine

Country: United States
World Premiere

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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Animation

A lonely alien searches for intelligent life in the Galaxy.

Director(s): Ari Flesch
Writer(s): Ari Flesch
Producer(s): Ari Flesch

Country: United States

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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

A disabled wheelchair user tries to solve the biggest question in physics, a solution to the theory of everything, while struggling with the cigarette butts and other rubbish falling onto his apartment balcony from the neighbours above.

Director(s): Leo Berkeley
Writer(s): Leo Berkeley
Producer(s): Leo Berkeley
Key Cast: Leo Berkeley

Country: Australia
Los Angeles Premiere

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