2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Animation
A story of the aftermath.
Director(s): Kai Brown
Writer(s): Kai Brown
Key Cast: Brittany Chenowith
The Anatomy of Jane Doesn’t Exist
The Big Picture
2025 Official Selection: Music Video
INTERLINKED Presents: The Big Picture by New Monk
Director(s): Braeden Lambert
Writer(s): Nathan Lambert
Producer(s): Tyler Heydon
Editor: Robert Valentine
Cinematography: Braeden Lambert, Robert Valentine, Tyler Heydon
Key Cast: Jackson Rockowitz
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
Sometimes I Imagine Your Funeral
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama
As Max prepares to eulogize his sister Chloe just minutes before her funeral, he wrestles with the anger, frustration, and grief of losing her to an overdose, attempting to understand who Chloe was.
Director(s): Vince Dixon
Writer(s): Vince Dixon
Producer(s): Alyssa Callahan, Seth Woodhouse, Gabriel Donnelly
Key Cast: Josiah Sergeant, Samantha Ryan, Brooklynn Walker, Michael Mann, Angus Caldwell, Genevieve Jane, Leanne Johnson, Mac Williams, Jessie Pettit
Country: United States
Suburban Nights
2025 Official Selection: Feature Film – Comedy
After moving from Los Angeles back to the southern suburbs, new parents June and Evan realize that in the chaotic tedium of suburban living they haven’t had sex in three months. They then attempt to have a childless date night to rekindle the flame and end up growing more intimate with their new home and its inhabitants than they ever thought possible.
Director(s): RJ Buckley
Writer(s): RJ Buckley
Producer(s): RJ Buckley, Natalie Buckley, Ariel Barber, Zach Kanner
Key Cast: Ariel Barber, Zach Kanner, Blake Berlin, Meagan Kimberly Smith, Rose Leisner, Kevin DeWitt
Country: United States
World Premiere
Shepherd Moon
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Sci-Fi
The power struggle between an alien and her human test subject gets complicated when they both see their relationship differently.
Director(s): Michaela Wadzinski
Writer(s): Maria Smal
Producer(s): Michaela Wadzinski, Maria Smal, Jacob Skoda
Key Cast: Maria Smal, Ryan Goldsher, Isaiah D. Washington
Country: United States
Sentient
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Thriller
A tech company pushes to stress test their latest product as investors threaten to pull funding.
Director(s): R. Scott McHenry
Writer(s): R. Scott McHenry
Producer(s): R. Scott McHenry, Robb Jacobson
Key Cast: Jenna Kohn, Tessa Danielle, Wayne Jay, Victor Chi, Nestor Vinelli
Country: United States
World Premiere
Scissor Sleepover
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror
A short-sighted prank at a sleepover hurts more than just the perfect hairs on Brittany’s head.
Director(s): Nee Kirschman
Writer(s): Nee Kirschman, Zachary Foster
Producer(s): Nee Kirschman, Zachary Foster
Key Cast: Taylor Shurte, Teya Patt, Sherry Mandujano, Lauren Mayer, Jonaye Kelsey Anderson
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
Roughing It
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy
A trans teen and her mom must survive a night of winter camping after being challenged by her politically incorrect uncle.
Director(s): Michael D. Cohen
Writer(s): Michael D. Cohen
Producer(s): Felix Mack, Michael D. Cohen
Key Cast: Erinn Hayes, Sophie Giannamore, Michael D. Cohen, Chris Cornish
Country: United States
World Premiere
Real Mother
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama
Having been told throughout his life he needs to meet his biological mother, adoptee Xavier finally does so, only to discover the only thing they have in common is blood.
Director(s): Tobin Carter
Writer(s): Tobin Carter
Producer(s): Tobin Carter
Key Cast: Case Walker, Lisa Winans, Katie L. Hall
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
Pool House
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy
A horror novelist, with the help of a ghost hunter, brings back the spirit of a ghost who is hell bent on staying on Earth for socialization.
Director(s): Adam Willis
Writer(s): Chloe Schildhause
Producer(s): Chloe Schildhause
Key Cast: Della Saba, Paloma Rabinov, Chloe Schildhause, Maren Hill
Country: United States
World Premiere
