2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Animation

Becoming an Oyster is a haunting animated journey through a boy’s eyes, where grief, addiction, and a crumbling planet intertwine in a surreal search for healing and meaning.

Director(s): Elizabeth Schneider, Michael Covello

Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere

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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

A beleaguered wife discovers there’s more to her husband’s immature antics than meets the eye.

Director(s): Cate Fogarty
Writer(s): Cate Fogarty

Country: United States
World Premiere

 

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2025 Official Selection: Featurette – Horror

A possessed Babushka doll unleashes a nesting chain of malevolent entities, forcing a mother and her young daughter to confront a legacy of generational trauma—unfolding through a narrative structured like the doll itself.

Director(s): Jon James Smith
Writer(s): Jon James Smith
Producer(s): Taylor Lawrence, Paul Sinacore 
Key Cast: Hayley McFarland, Quinn Aune, Taylor Lawrence, Richard Shelton, Daniel Joo, Mushond Lee, Paul Sinacore

Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere

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2025 Official Selection: Short Film- Drama

Peter returns home to seek reconciliation with his comatose mother.

Director(s): Mac Pettit
Writer(s): Mac Pettit
Producer(s): Manan Choudhry
Key Cast: Rebecca Berinbaum, Erik Kavanagh, Ivan Sorokin

Country: Canada
Los Angeles Premiere

 

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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

After a traumatic event, Sam reunites with a former friend turned Neo-Shaman—only to suspect the healing ritual offered hides a darker intent.

Director(s): Mark Perceval-Maxwell
Writer(s): Mark Perceval-Maxwell
Producer(s): Mark Perceval-Maxwell, Ben Perry

Country: United Kingdom
Los Angeles Premiere

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