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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama
Eli and Curtis are not ready to go over Grandpa’s will.
Director(s): Chloe Tolderlund
Writer(s): Chloe Tolderlund
Producer(s): Aaron Bartuska, Michael Andrusiewicz
Key Cast: Ireland Tarpey, Michael Stahler
Country: United States
World Premiere
2025 Official Selection: Music Video & Short Film – Animation
An exploration of the miracle of birth shown through the lens of a Synthwave music video.
Director(s): Rani Naamani
Country: United States
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama
Chaos ensues when a group of college students stumble upon a dead body at a frat party.
Director(s): Isaiah Silas Wright
Writer(s): Marcus Lamar Corrothers
Producer(s): Aja Hinds, Luke Pengelly
Key Cast: Aja Hinds, Jeff Lawless, Nate Bartoshuk, Zach Cowan, Marcus Lamar Corrothers, Yaya Ogun, Gabriella David
Country: United States
World Premiere
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy
A Brooklyn woman’s search for solitude unravels when she finds herself haunted by a ghost who acts more like a bad roommate than a restless spirit.
Director(s): Daniel Padulo
Writer(s): Daniel Padulo
Producer(s): Daniel Padulo
Key Cast: Sophia Drapeau, Mallory Wu
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror
The Joker (David Howard Thornton, “Terrifier”) has captured Robin and after two days of awful torture his revenge plays out in front of a helpless Batman. Inspired by the 1988 DC comic “A Death In The Family”—with a horrific twist.
Director(s): Aaron William Bennett
Writer(s): Aaron William Bennett
Producer(s): Aaron William Bennett, Hunter G. Williams, Vanessa Leigh
Key Cast: David Howard Thornton, Joel LeBlanc, Hunter G. Williams
Country: United States
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Arthouse/Experimental
Juniper ventures into the desert with her talking tumor on a quest to save her mother, but has to choose between saving her mother and saving herself.
Director(s): Grace Shi
Writer(s): Grace Shi
Producer(s): Grace Shi, Oona Yaffe, Teddy Ninh, Ryan Rambach
Key Cast: Emma Galbraith, Asante Blackk, Jade Chang
Country: United States
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy
When bumbling Benjamin finds out he didn’t get invited to his high school best friend’s wedding he decides to crash it, and crashes right into his shortcomings as a friend when he gets there.
Director(s): Christan Mary Leonard
Writer(s): Ezra Parter, Keeley Bell
Key Cast: Ezra Parter, Joy Regullano, Yaki Margulies, Natalie Berg
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Documentary
Feminist scholar, Susan Rennie, seizes her iPhone and sneaks her queer, octogenarian body into master works of art, disrupting the narrative of the male gaze.
Director(s): Cheri Gaulke
Writer(s): Cheri Gaulke, Sue Maberry
Producer(s): Cheri Gaulke
Key Cast: Susan Rennie, Kirsten Grimstad
Country: United States
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror
Jiminy is experiencing trauma so Dr. Scanlon enters his mind to replace his memories, but the trouble might be worse than he thought.
Director(s): Duane Andersen, Josiah Polhemus
Writer(s): Josiah Polhemus
Producer(s): Peter Kangas, Josiah Polhemus, Duane Andersen
Key Cast: Josiah Polhemus, James Mercer II
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
2025 Official Selection: Feature Film – Documentary
The OC Effect charts the surf and skate culture’s rise from rebellious Orange County roots to a global, billion‑dollar industry. Through rare footage and insider voices, it asks whether the culture’s authentic spirit can endure corporate takeovers, globalization, and shifting values as a new generation drives sustainability and innovation.
Director(s): Terry Corwin, Scott Hays
Producer(s): Terry Corwin, Scott Hays
Country: United States
