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2025 Official Selection: Music Video
INTERLINKED Presents: The Big Picture by New Monk
Director(s): Braeden Lambert
Writer(s): Nathan
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
Los Angeles Premiere
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Source: FILA
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
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Source: FILA
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
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Source: FILA
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
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What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out.
Friday I shared my chat with Jacob Langsner, who I know as the filmmaker behind the award winning animated short, “SUM: A Tale From the Afterlife.” The film had its world premiere at Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2024 and took home the Grand Jury Award – Best Short Film – Animation as well as the Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Writing – Animation – David Eagleman
I was thrilled to have the opportunity to get deep with Jake and follow up with the 4 Questions.
You can learn more about Jacob and his work at Jacoblangsner.com
as well as on Instagram at @jakelangsner
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Discover Indie Film Links
DIF Podcast Website – DIF Instagram – DIF BlueSky
Discover Indie Film Foundation (nonprofit for the arts) Website
Sherman Oaks Film Festival
Film Invasion Los Angeles
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