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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama
On her day off and fresh off a breakup, Willow, a young assistant is assigned to help her high-powered boss’s husband with a bizarre task.
Director(s): Kathy Meng
Writer(s): Kathy Meng, Harry Bacon
Producer(s): Sam Stulin, Jenna You
Key Cast: Aolan Guo, Yves Yan
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy
A Mother-Daughter duo work to save New Orleans by building a JFK Cult and recruiting more members. Will their savior arrive?
Director(s): Lauren W Bott
Writer(s): Lauren W Bott
Producer(s): George R Bott
Key Cast: Angelena Swords, Mya Lasalle
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy
In a quaint European town where sausage and bread vendors duel daily for culinary supremacy, a high-stakes tricycle race between a mustached meat peddler and a fierce bread-slinging cyclist takes an unexpected turn—derailing their rivalry in the most surprising way.
Director(s): Nickolas Gilbert
Writer(s): Nickolas Gilbert
Producer(s): Nickolas Gilbert, Melissa Martinelli
Key Cast: Johnny Cannizzaro, Rose Hough, Dean Wood
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror
In the aftermath of a global pandemic, two grieving souls find solace in one another and attempt to recover what was once lost.
Director(s): Ahmed Zayani
Writer(s): Ahmed Zayani
Producer(s): Mohamed Fareed
Key Cast: Ghazi Al Shehabi, Rand Al Gosaibi, Lujane Yacoub
Country: Bahrain
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama
When 12-year-old Miles drifts too deep into the game, the line between player and prey vanishes—shattering his bond with his twin sister and exposing a force that decides who’s the player… and who’s the pawn.
Director(s): Cam Cordell
Writer(s): Alyson Croft, Cam Cordell, Autumn Gersmeyer, Cole Gersmeyer
Producer(s): A.C. Entertainment, Autumn Gersmeyer, Cole Gersmeyer
Key Cast: Autumn Gersmeyer, Cole Gersmeyer, Jaimes Timas, Alyson Croft
Country: United States
World Premiere
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy
This is for every person who has ever read a romantasy novel and is still waiting for a tall, dark, morally grey man to come sweep them off their feet. Here we find Farrah waiting for her hero, but instead she gets Reese.
Director(s): Megan Elizabeth Barker
Writer(s): Megan Elizabeth Barker
Producer(s): Megan Elizabeth Barker
Key Cast: Megan Elizabeth Barker, Max Giorgi
Country: United States
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama
A grieving alcoholic wrecks havoc in a support group only to be forced to face the grief she’s desperately trying to numb.
Director(s): Courtney Karwal
Writer(s): Amy Haeussler
Producer(s): Amy Haeussler, Courtney Karwal, Justin Page
Key Cast: Amy Haeussler, Deanna Rooney, Nina Concepción, Crosby Fitzgerald, Jane KIm, Rebecca Sohn
Country: United States
2025 Official Selection: Featurette – Animation
Drawn to the storm that consumed her father, a young woman embarks on a perilous journey into its heart, battling her own demons and the overwhelming pull of suicide.
Director(s): Benjamin Deutscher
Writer(s): Benjamin Deutscher
Key Cast: Lauren Taggart
Country: United States
World Premiere
2025 Official Selection: Web Series / TV Pilot
When a college student reveals her tongue can read minds through touch, she reluctantly teams up with her best friend to solve a mysterious death at a frat party.
Director(s): Gabe Kimpson, Christina Alexandra
Writer(s): Christina Alexandra
Producer(s): Christina Alexandra
Key Cast: Christina Alexandra, Kate Goorland, Tony Bartele
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
2025 Official Selection: Featurette – Horror
Over the course of a single harrowing night, a pregnant woman trapped in a cycle of addiction, psychosis, and domestic violence goes into labor. As her grip on reality fractures, she is forced to confront both literal and symbolic demons that leave her fighting for survival not only for herself but for her unborn son.
Director(s): Adon Rackson
Writer(s): Adon Rackson
Producer(s): Krsy Fox, Jennifer Kachler, Adon Rackson
Key Cast: Krsy Fox, Elle Riot Fox, Mickey River
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
