Best in Fest Best Feature Film – Abigail Before Beatrice Best Featurette – Focal Point Best Short Film – How The Rose Reaches Best In Fest – determined by the festival’s official selection committee, this category was added to pander to important organizations that demand a festival give out awards not specific to genre/category. Source: …

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Sherman Oaks FIlm Festival has combined forces with its sponsor YOW.tv to create an online presentation of our Official Selections from Dec 7 to Dec 22. Full access is $9.99 to the public and can be accessed here. This is when we mention that if you or your friends/family/collaborators pay ten bucks to view the …

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2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Series/Pilot After shooting a teenage robber in her father’s liquor store, a sheltered Palestinian woman’s reality fractures; awakening a supernatural entity from her bloodline that forces her to face her greatest fear: surviving on her own in the most expensive city in the world. The SOFF 2025 screenplay awards ceremony …

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2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Series/Pilot In 1985 New Jersey, an offbeat Black girl tries to decode the unwritten rules of her new suburban school — where cliques, crushes, and cultural expectations collide, and fitting in might mean losing yourself. The SOFF 2025 screenplay awards ceremony will be held on December 6 at 6PM at …

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