2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

Inspired by true stories, an emergency doctor struggling under the weight of life-and-death decisions must confront hidden trauma as he teaches a young medical student what it truly means to save a life.

Director(s): Jamon Tolbert
Writer(s): Andrew Chu, Jamon Tolbert
Producer(s): Bonnie Kim
Key Cast: Abigail Johnson

Country: United States

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Source: SOFF

2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

When 12-year-old Miles drifts too deep into the game, the line between player and prey vanishes—shattering his bond with his twin sister and exposing a force that decides who’s the player… and who’s the pawn.

Director(s): Cam Cordell
Writer(s): Alyson Croft, Cam Cordell, Autumn Gersmeyer, Cole Gersmeyer
Producer(s): A.C. Entertainment, Autumn Gersmeyer, Cole Gersmeyer
Key Cast: Autumn Gersmeyer, Cole Gersmeyer, Jaimes Timas, Alyson Croft

Country: United States
World Premiere

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Source: SOFF

2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

With her fifth birthday fast approaching, a non-verbal autistic girl and her parents struggle to navigate the unaccepting world of a neurodivergent child.

Director(s): Kirsty O’Donnell
Writer(s): Kirsty O’Donnell
Producer(s): Kirsty O’Donnell, Rianne Pyle
Key Cast: Raena Burks-Hunter, Dylan Page, Soulo Smith

Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere

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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

This is for every person who has ever read a romantasy novel and is still waiting for a tall, dark, morally grey man to come sweep them off their feet. Here we find Farrah waiting for her hero, but instead she gets Reese.

Director(s): Megan Elizabeth Barker
Writer(s): Megan Elizabeth Barker
Producer(s): Megan Elizabeth Barker
Key Cast: Megan Elizabeth Barker, Max Giorgi

Country: United States

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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

A grieving alcoholic wrecks havoc in a support group only to be forced to face the grief she’s desperately trying to numb.

Director(s): Courtney Karwal
Writer(s): Amy Haeussler
Producer(s): Amy Haeussler, Courtney Karwal, Justin Page
Key Cast: Amy Haeussler, Deanna Rooney, Nina Concepción, Crosby Fitzgerald, Jane KIm, Rebecca Sohn

Country: United States

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