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2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Feature Film – LGBTQ+
At an elite prep school, a gay misfit obsesses/crushes over his new school’s seemingly perfect, and likely closeted, golden boy. When one of their classmates is killed in a freak accident, he suspects the object of his desire/loathing could be a violent psychopath— albeit a very swoon-worthy one.
Writer(s): Daniel Hirsch
2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Short Film – LGBTQ+
A brief encounter bears witness to the darker impulses of the human nature.
Writer(s): Andrew Klaus-Vineyard
2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Short Film
When an unlikely man-child who foot doubled for Elijah Woods in “Lord of the Rings,” becomes the Hail Mary subject of film student Lisa Yao, will he derail her entire project, or will she learn that some things are more important than deadlines?
Writer(s): Lauren Holiday
2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Pilot/Series – LGBTQ+
Newly out and eager to explore her pansexual identity, Marley is swept into West Hollywood’s Pride scene, where a wild night with a vibrant chosen family challenges her boundaries and opens her heart to the power of community.
Writer(s): Chanessa Richa’rd
2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Pilot/Series – LGBTQ+
Three millennial women with big dreams realize the deck is stacked against them, and enter into the world’s oldest profession… marrying rich.
Writer(s): Alex Rubin
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Sci-Fi
An old west lawman on the run meets a seductive siren who offers him a chance to rewrite his tragic past.
Director(s): Matthew Lucas
Writer(s): Matthew Lucas, Patrick Flynn
Producer(s): Sofia Snyder
Key Cast: Jay Krymis, Natalia Berger, Aulio Ivan
Country: United States
World Premiere
2025 Official Selection: Featurette – Documentary
After 2 years of fighting for their vision, artists Carlos Pinto and John Sear are shocked by a community reaction to the first public mosaic commissioned by the National Audubon Society.
Director(s): Chris Fiore
Writer(s): Chris Fiore
Producer(s): Chris Fiore
Key Cast: Carlos Pinto and John Sear
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror
When an old crush finally shows interest in her, thanks to the miracle of a new injectable weight-loss drug, a woman indulges in a one-night stand with him. But late in the night, the drugs reveal a horrific side-effect.
Director(s): Amy Whittenberger
Writer(s): Amy Whittenberger
Producer(s): Liska Ostojic
Key Cast: Jahna Frantziskonis, Ben Levin
Country: United States
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy
After two rookie criminals recruit a “friend of a friend” for a heist, the three men find themselves stranded, anxiously waiting for their driver to pick them up.
Director(s): David Ambrose
Writer(s): David Ambrose, Nicholas Sisti
Producer(s): Cheyenne Santiago
Key Cast: Dominick Cost, Darius Lassiter, Nicholas Sisti
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
2025 Official Selection: Featurette – Drama
Due to his Tourette Syndrome, Jordan experiences struggles to interact with society. It gradually steers him toward a criminal lifestyle.
Director(s): Efe Tuncay
Writer(s): Efe Tuncay
Producer(s): Efe Tuncay
Key Cast: Michael Coley, Gabriel Quintella
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
