2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror After a father fails to remove his ankle monitor, he’s pursued by his parole officer and a hellbent demon who’s after his soul. Director(s): Lukas Anderson Writer(s): Lukas Anderson, Elio Andres Producer(s): Alexus Es Key Cast: Cole Kelley, Courtney Powell-Walker, Everett Anderson Country: United States The road to …

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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama A novelist dissatisfied with life and marriage explores her desire and asks for an affair. Director(s): Olivia Lige Wuri Writer(s): Olivia Lige Wuri Producer(s): Anna Yuxing Lei, Yunyi Zhu Key Cast: Danielle Keaton, Christopher Dietrick, Charlie Townsend Country: United States World Premiere How to find eternal beauty in …

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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Sci-Fi Two sisters confront their differing views on genetic engineering as they prepare to leave Earth with the final human survivors. Director(s): Michael Vaughn Hernandez Writer(s): Darren Bailey, Renée Veronica Freeman Producer(s): Renée Veronica Freeman, Michael Vaughn Hernandez, Kally Khourshid Key Cast: Renée Veronica Freeman, Folami Williams Country: United …

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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror In this H.P. Lovecraft adaptation, Carter, a grief-stricken young man, and his mentor Warren, an elder female professor of the occult, search for a portal to the underworld in an abandoned cemetery. Director(s): Xander Copp Writer(s): Meg Rodgers, John-Paul Kaczur Producer(s): Xander Copp, Bradley Cherry, Adam Schoales Key …

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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 When the world breaks around you, what do you …

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