2025 Official Selection: Short Film – SciFi

Talia’s depression keeps her locked in her apartment until she receives a HeLP-O, a paper butler robot that unfolds, cooks, and cleans, but can HeLP-O provide her with the help she really needs?

Director(s): Kevin O’Brien
Writer(s): James Kislingbury
Producer(s): Connor O’Brien, Kevin O’Brien
Key Cast: Quinn Francis, Kevin O’Brien, Caitlin Cutt

Country: United States

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Source: SOFF

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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Source: SOFF