2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

Tyler, a young man in treatment for his eating disorder, is spiraled deeper back into his anorexia with the arrival of a new patient that forces him to work for his validation.

Director(s): Ryan Beene
Writer(s): Ryan Beene
Producer(s): Mekdese Haile
Key Cast: Tyler Yath, David De La Barcena

Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere

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2025 Official Selection: Featurette – SciFi

In a dystopian future, a grieving scientist discovers Earth exists within a single neuron. He launches a desperate quest across space and time to find his son.

Director(s): Raphael Buisson
Writer(s): Raphael Buisson
Producer(s): Raphael Buisson, Jack McMann, Kip Thorne, Rafael Maman, Hsiao Shih-Chun
Key Cast: David Alan Graf, Kip Thorne, Ranen Warren, Jessica Park, Alan Aymie, Tamara Becker Cimmerian, Christian Haines

Country: United States

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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Animation

To keep from rusting in the endless rain, two robot brothers set out on a long journey, longing for a place where the rain stops.

Director(s): Dojin Kim
Writer(s): Dojin Kim
Producer(s): Dojin Kim

Country: Republic of Korea
Los Angeles Premiere

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2025 Official Selection: Feature Film – Documentary

A professional Latin-American boxer recovers after almost loses his life during the biggest fight of his career competing for the I.B.F championship.

Director(s): Sterling Hampton IV
Writer(s): Sterling Hampton IV
Producer(s): Sterling Hampton IV, Monica Lawless
Key Cast: Daniel Franco

Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere

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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

In this literal COMING-of-age film, an Indian woman gives her mom “the talk”

Director(s): Vidhya Iyer
Writer(s): Vidhya Iyer
Producer(s): Aishwarya Sonar, Jozef Fahey
Key Cast: Kavi Ramachandran Ladnier, Anita Kalathara, Garrick Bernard, Karthik Srinivasan

Country: United States

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