2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

An 11 year old Anjali, frustrated by her mother’s slight, threatens to leave home. When her threats are laughed at and ignored by her mother and her siblings, she sets out on an odyssey across the city of Varanasi.

Director(s): Shilpi Singh
Writer(s): Shilpi Singh
Producer(s): Reena Singh
Key Cast: Anjali Bharati

Country: India
Los Angeles Premiere

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Source: SOFF

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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Source: SOFF