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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama
A routine rideshare takes a dark turn when a passenger’s unsettling conversation with the driver spirals into a terrifying revelation.
Director(s): Jon Cvack
Writer(s): Jon Cvack
Producer(s): Brittany Whiteq, Jon Cvack
Key Cast: Andrew Garret, Jonathen Wallace
Country: United States
World Premiere
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama
Irene, a Chinese-American Adoptee burdened by gambling debts, returns to her childhood home to steal but confronts her estranged family and haunting memories. Facing her past and fragile identity, she struggles between who she is and who she was.
Director(s): Hao Yan
Writer(s): Hao Yan
Producer(s): Mandy Chen
Key Cast: Danni Wang
Country: China & United States
World Premiere
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Thriller
After opening a mysterious door while hiking in the woods, a depressed Ruth finds herself in a haunting predicament.
Director(s): Ming Fen Congdon
Writer(s): Ming Fen Congdon
Producer(s): Alexa Frisch, Rose Knight, Christine Celozzi
Key Cast: Kate Surinskaya, Monaye Moyes, Donovan Wolfington
Country: United States
World Premiere
2025 Official Selection: Featurette – Documentary
A millennial Black filmmaker and artist from Portland, OR, Devin Boss embarks on a transformative journey in Where We Goin?—a series uncovering the stories of Black creatives, cultural stewards, and change makers who redefine resilience and innovation.
Director(s): Devin Boss
Producer(s): Devin Boss, Zoe Piliafas, Donovan Scribes, Elizabeth Stock
Key Cast: Intisar Abioto, JT Flowers, Winta Yohannes
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
2025 Official Selection: Featurette – Experimental/Arthouse
Welcome to chapters 1-5 where love transcends into the other side , so trust us and vote YES on the “Soft Exit.” ;). *** This message is generated by your government assisted AI network 5th Wall***
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
2025 Official Selection: Feature Film – Horror
Liana Rojas discovers a downtown Los Angeles building where her sister died is haunted by a killer who dismembered his victims years earlier, forcing Liana and her friends to find a way and escape the sinister ghost before they lose their own limbs.
Director(s): John Berardo
Writer(s): John Berardo
Producer(s): Maxwell Hamilton, Ashley Rosenberg
Key Cast: Isabella Gomez, Lindsay LaVanchy, Shireen Lai, Maxwell Hamilton, Jack Sochet, Kystle Martin
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama
The Last Light explores the quiet beauty of human connection in the face of catastrophe. As two friends face an unthinkable emergency, they forgo fear and futile escape, spending their last moments reflecting on life, mortality and what matters most.
Director(s): Drew Lewis Guerra
Writer(s): Drew Lewis Guerra
Producer(s): Drew Lewis Guerra, Jarod Einsohn
Key Cast: Fiona Rene, Herman Gambhir
Country: United States
World Premiere
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror
Trapped in a strange surveillance-filled apartment and decaying by the minute, a young man relies on a cryptic series of vaccines to slow his demise while plotting revenge on the unseen force controlling his fate.
Director(s): Gordon Phillips
Writer(s): Gordon Phillips
Producer(s): Marcelo Quiñones, Gordon Phillips
Key Cast: Nathan Nagvajara, John Potvin
Country: Mexico & United States
Los Angeles Premiere
2025 Official Selection: Featurette – Sci-Fi
Engineer Nora arrives at a harvest site on a remote planet, seeking closure after losing a loved one to the physiological strain imposed by an arcane alien species.
Director(s): Sean Raynor
Writer(s): Sean Raynor
Producer(s): Sean Raynor, Laura Coover
Key Cast: Laura Coover, Kevin Lee Rosenblum, Sean Raynor, Gabe Garcia
Country: United States
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Animation
A story of the aftermath.
Director(s): Kai Brown
Writer(s): Kai Brown
Key Cast: Brittany Chenowith
