2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

Eli and Curtis are not ready to go over Grandpa’s will.

Director(s): Chloe Tolderlund
Writer(s): Chloe Tolderlund
Producer(s): Aaron Bartuska, Michael Andrusiewicz
Key Cast: Ireland Tarpey, Michael Stahler

Country: United States
World Premiere

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Source: SOFF

2025 Official Selection: Music Video & Short Film – Animation

An exploration of the miracle of birth shown through the lens of a Synthwave music video.

Director(s): Rani Naamani

Country: United States

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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

Chaos ensues when a group of college students stumble upon a dead body at a frat party.

Director(s): Isaiah Silas Wright
Writer(s): Marcus Lamar Corrothers
Producer(s): Aja Hinds, Luke Pengelly
Key Cast: Aja Hinds, Jeff Lawless, Nate Bartoshuk, Zach Cowan, Marcus Lamar Corrothers, Yaya Ogun, Gabriella David

Country: United States
World Premiere

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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

A Brooklyn woman’s search for solitude unravels when she finds herself haunted by a ghost who acts more like a bad roommate than a restless spirit.

Director(s): Daniel Padulo
Writer(s): Daniel Padulo
Producer(s): Daniel Padulo
Key Cast: Sophia Drapeau, Mallory Wu

Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere

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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

The Joker (David Howard Thornton, “Terrifier”) has captured Robin and after two days of awful torture his revenge plays out in front of a helpless Batman. Inspired by the 1988 DC comic “A Death In The Family”—with a horrific twist.

Director(s): Aaron William Bennett
Writer(s): Aaron William Bennett
Producer(s): Aaron William Bennett, Hunter G. Williams, Vanessa Leigh
Key Cast: David Howard Thornton, Joel LeBlanc, Hunter G. Williams

Country: United States

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Source: SOFF