presented by The Discover Indie Film Foundation
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: Short Film – Drama
As a boxer wrestles with the decision to transition at the potential cost of their marriage, they form a bond with another boxer on a similar journey of self evolution.
Director(s): Beck Williams
Writer(s): Beck Williams
Producer(s): Shannon Elizabeth Clark, Aaron Krimetz, Rainn Wilson, Bernadett York, Nas Albizuris, Autumn Ivy, David Florin
Key Cast: Bex Taylor-Klaus, Beck Williams, Kelly Lou Dennis, Veto Swarn
Country: United States
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror
When a true crime fangirl hooks up with her favorite serial killer, she becomes violently obsessed with him.
Director(s): Devon Kane
Writer(s): Devon Kane
Producer(s): Devon Kane, Madelaine Melcher, Michael Goi
Key Cast: Rachel Deutsch, Joe Chambrello, Amanda Fritz
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Animation
A Duck’s surreal journey in its quest for bread, or something more.
Director(s): Nick Zweig
Producer(s): Noah Pardo
Key Cast: Marianna Hersko, Ben Bishop, Richard Micheals, Nick Zweig
When an Autistic woman’s favorite late-night horror show starts predicting real-life murders, she must confront her fears in order to save her town from the show’s malevolent host.
Writer(s): Ian Rowe
Country: USA
A hermit invents imaginary friends, who end up trying to kill her to win their freedom.
Director(s): Kevin Stevenson
Writer(s): John Gee
Producer(s): Jason Haffley
Key Cast: Holly Blair, Luiz Gustavo Cintra, Sara Catherine Bellamy
Country: USA
A woman gets taken on a ride to hell.
Director(s): Nikhil Bhagat
Writer(s): Nikhil Bhagat, Andy Wong
Producer(s): Nikhil Bhagat, Pete Gvozdas, Tim Murray
Key Cast: Molly Beucher
During her lunch break, Lily flees the Louvre and her demanding boss, opting to read an art history book in the park until she’s approached by Clément, a dapper financier, who interrupts her and invites her to lunch, to which Lily, on a whim, agrees, ultimately altering the course of her life.
Director(s): Keeley Turner
Writer(s): Sheila Traister
Key Cast: Jen Robyn Jacobs, Tom Fugedi, Billy Vera, Diane Sellers, Kennedy Barrie, TriJoëlle Zilberman, Milan Ogier
Country: USA
