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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
