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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
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
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
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
2025 Official Selection: Featurette – Horror
A possessed Babushka doll unleashes a nesting chain of malevolent entities, forcing a mother and her young daughter to confront a legacy of generational trauma—unfolding through a narrative structured like the doll itself.
Director(s): Jon James Smith
Writer(s): Jon James Smith
Producer(s): Taylor Lawrence, Paul Sinacore
Key Cast: Hayley McFarland, Quinn Aune, Taylor Lawrence, Richard Shelton, Daniel Joo, Mushond Lee, Paul Sinacore
Country: United States
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!
Dive into the most immersive music video through VR as V. takes you and her homegirls around L.A. for a lovely day in the city, and onto an unforgettable night.
Director(s): David Lazaro
Writer(s): David Lazaro
Producer(s): David Lazaro
Song written & performed by V.
Song produced by Anderson Knight
Key Cast: V., Imani Kelai, Anica Le, Kerry Fongthavisay
Country: USA
A foul-mouth genie negotiates the terms of service with a deceptively-innocent young girl… and her lawyer.
Director(s): Ethan Shaftel
Producer(s): Ethan Shaftel
Writer(s): Ethan Shaftel
Key Cast: Henry Winkler, Chris Parnell
Country: United States
The harrowing tale of a family fleeing an unseen danger, as experienced through the eyes of a baby strapped into the back seat of the family car.
Director(s): Andrew Cochrane
Producer(s): Stacey Cochrane, Virginia Galloway, Adam Cohen
Writer(s): Andrew Hanson, Andrew Cochrane
Key Cast: Karolina Wydra, Nicholas Massouh, Stefanie Black, Anthony Hull
Country: United States
The virtual screenings are hosted by our sponsor The Indie Channel.
How It Works
1. Where to go. Access these screenings directly here: SOFF 2024 Virtual Screenings
2. How to purchase. The viewer must purchase the title “Sherman Oaks Film Festival – Virtual Screenings” on The Indie Channel website as the smartTV platforms do not allow for the separate purchase. A subscription to The Indie Channel is NOT required to watch our screenings.
3. How to watch. After making the purchase, the viewer can watch immediately on the web OR they can then go to their smartTV, install The Indie Channel app, and watch on there. The Indie Channel is available on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV, and mobile phones.
We know that this extra step to watch on a TV is not perfect, but a very enthusiastic staff member tested it and confirmed that even though the smartTV platforms do not allow this extra purchase directly, the SOFF 2024 Virtual Screenings do show up as a Purchase with the smartTV apps.