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2025 Official Selection: Featurette – Drama
When Shane’s protective world crumbles around him, he has to stop running, and confront his past.
Director(s): Sean Patrick Small, Justin Feinman
Writer(s): Sean Patrick Small
Producer(s): Sean Patrick Small, Justin Feinman, Brett Takeshita, Kelli A. White
Key Cast: Sean Patrick Small
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
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Source: FILA
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama
A young priest is confronted with the horrific abuse perpetrated by a mentor.
Director(s): Benjamin Carlucci
Writer(s): Susannah Carlucci, Benjamin Carlucci
Producer(s): Niki Gasiewski
Key Cast: Jess Paul, Gloria Comes, Maddie Kocur, Brian Ceponis
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
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Source: FILA
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Experimental/Arthouse
When a cowboy is forward in time to modern day Los Angeles he struggles to find a way home.
Director(s): Caleb Garrett
Producer(s): Sasha-Jo Garrett, Elyse Runkle
Key Cast: Isaiah Howard
Country: United States
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Source: FILA
2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama
A young lunch lady in Brazil needs to fight the world to protect her unique friendship with Lola, a helpless 71-year-old woman with a mental disability.
Director(s): Agnès Shinozaki
Writer(s): David Barbeschi, Agnès Shinozaki
Producer(s): Agnès Shinozaki
Key Cast: Monique Hortolani, Cristiane Natale, Marcelo Gomes
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
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Source: FILA
Happy Monday, Everyone and thank you for tuning in.
I know that sometimes I kind of turn into an instant-uncle with some of the filmmakers on the podcast. I will come right out and confess Lauren Moreno joins this club. I am absolutely crushed by the authenticity of “Palmdale,” a film that Lauren directed and co-wrote the was an official selection at the 2024 Sherman Oaks Film Festival. The film took home the Grand Jury Award for Best Featurette – Drama as well as Best Lead Performer – Featurette for Isabelle Marchard. And it took home a little piece of me, as this wonderful movie lives in my heart. And, through the transitive property, this means that my new unofficial niece Lauren Moreno is in there, too.
You can learn more about Lauren and her work in Instagram at @laurenmorenofilms
as well as get a glimpse of a future project at @bagboysfilm
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Discover Indie Film Podcast Links
DIF Podcast Website – DIF Instagram – DIF BlueSky
Discover Indie Film Foundation (nonprofit for the arts) Links
DIF Foundation – Sherman Oaks Film Festival – Film Invasion Los Angeles
Source: Discover Film