2026 Official Selections
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Short Films / Pilots
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A Bird in the Hand
Crime, Drama, Thriller / USA / 13 min.
A brother and sister have turned to selling drugs to pay the bills. When they stumble into another dealer's territory, they are forced to reckon with a drug lord turned cult leader.
Director: Janssen Swent & DJ Laguna
Producers: Janssen Swent, DJ Laguna, Devon Childress, Jonathan Gill, Ethan Toth, Katy Wilson, Justin Reich, Andrew Hunter, Annie Jacob, David Luck
Writer: Janssen Swent & DJ Laguna
Cast: Katy Wilson, Michael Berthold, Jess Matney, Sh’Neil Kerr, Grayson Lay, Gus Langley
A Bird in the Hand
Crime, Drama, Thriller / USA / 13 min.
A brother and sister have turned to selling drugs to pay the bills. When they stumble into another dealer's territory, they are forced to reckon with a drug lord turned cult leader.
Director: Janssen Swent & DJ Laguna
Producers: Janssen Swent, DJ Laguna, Devon Childress, Jonathan Gill, Ethan Toth, Katy Wilson, Justin Reich, Andrew Hunter, Annie Jacob, David Luck
Writer: Janssen Swent & DJ Laguna
Cast: Katy Wilson, Michael Berthold, Jess Matney, Sh’Neil Kerr, Grayson Lay, Gus Langley
A Nice Lady
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Drama / USA / 16 minutes
A Nice Lady, A visual artist in her mid-30s, with impulse control issues, romanticizes a young (nearly houseless) couple in their early 20s, after meeting them in Central Park. She invites them to live with her in her rent-controlled UWS apartment. When these young strangers start helping her finally turn a profit on her artwork, her neurosis and fear-based thinking lead her on a reckless path.
Director: Jessie Weber Kass
Producers: Rachel Barclay, Julie Deffet, Noah Kass
Writer: Jessie Weber Kass
Cast: Molly Bernard, Luke Nieves, Pearl Dickinson
A Son's Burden
Drama / USA / 14 min.
Vincent is reunited with his estranged dying father, Frank. In a desperate and bitter plea, Frank has asked his son to do what he can no longer do himself – end his suffering.
Director: Mark Clauburg
Producers: Mark Clauburg, Chris J. Cullen, Peter Lisowsky, Jim Thalman
Writer: Mark Clauburg
Cast: Jim Thalman, Daniel Martin Berkey, Shareen Mitchell
Angel Kiss
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A Song for Danny
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Bricks
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Bye Bye Barbarito
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Catalogue of Noses
Musical Comedy / USA / 12.5 min.
When a 16-year-old Jewish actor faces off with her mother and Jewish plastic surgeon on the day of her rhinoplasty, she learns unsettling truths about the consequences of assimilation. Inspired by real events.
Director: Josie Andrews
Producers: Lauren Schaffel, Josie Andrews, Talisa Friedman, A.J. Kelly, Nicole Friedberg, Emily Nash, John Noble Barrack, Yvonne Cone, Sami Kolko & D. M. Night Maire
Writer: Lauren Schaffel
Cast: Jemma Handler,​ Lori Alan, Rachel Berry, Lauren Schaffel, Michael Kostroff
Ceci
Art-House Romantic Mystery* / USA / 14 minutes and 30 seconds
After washing ashore in a seaside city, a trans woman searching for her missing sister begins a new life – until a detective tracking her past threatens the fragile identity she has created.
Director: Mario José Ibarra, Julia García Combs
Producers: Julia García Combs, Asher Huey
Writer: Mario José Ibarra
Cast: Amar Sotomayor, Dash Pomerantz, Julia García Combs, Carene Rose Mekertichyan and McCristol Harris.
Chocolate Milk
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Claire's Foot
Comedy / USA / 15 min.
A man tries to convince his girlfriend to create foot content in order to make some extra money while also denying his foot fetish. His girlfriend, unbeknownst to him, is very aware of his repressed foot fetish and tries to get him to admit it so that he doesn't have to lie and feel ashamed.
Director: Jeff Yoon
Producers: Jeff Yoon, Lia Warner
Writer: Jeff Yoon
Cast: Lia Warner, Jeff Yoon, Rohan Vora, Alina Sloan
Day 365
Comedy / USA / 26 min.
After spending a year submitting daily pitch videos to the TV show Shark Tank, Tom confronts the unexpected consequences of his obsession.
Director: Phillip Russell
Producers: Tom A. Capps, Kristin Morrison, Kevin Etherson, Dom Bozzi, Phillip Russell
Writers: Phillip Russell, Dom Bozzi, Tom A. Capps, Kevin Etherson
DP: Dom Bozzi
Original Score: Sky White Tiger (Louis Schwadron)
Cast: Tom A. Capps, Rebecca Gialanella, Phillip Russell
Dry January
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Echoes in the Dark
Horror / USA / 14 mins
Sarah, a woman who is struggling to come to terms with the recent loss of her fiancé
Josh. As she battles with grief, her mind becomes plagued by twisted and distorted
memories from her past, causing her mental health to deteriorate rapidly. Feeling as
though the darkness of her mind has taken control of her, Sarah must confront the
demons within and find a way to survive before the darkness consumes her
completely.
Director: Connie Jo Sechrist
Producers: Connie Jo Sechrist and Kristen Brancaccio
Writer: Connie Jo Sechrist
Cast: Connie Jo Sechrist, Scott Seagren and Cortney Scott Wright
Director of Photography: Darren Jo
Production Design by: Emily Palmer
Edited by: Austin Smagalski
Visual Effects by:Danny Shepherd
Costume Design by: Lauren Cucarola and Hannah Schatzle
Music by: Matthew James
El Lloron
Comedy/Mex-USA/17 min.
Felipe is a professional mourner, he gets paid to cry at funerals.
Writer / Director: Rodrigo Moreno-Fernandez
Producers: Micke Sumner, Lee Anne Weldon, Rodrigo Moreno-Fernandez
Cast:
Felipe: Bobby Soto Jr., Doña Maria: Renée Victor, Don Bernal: Valente Rodriguez, Father Larry: Erick Anderson.
Fabrication
Drama/USA/4:14 min
A woman who is consumed by the ideal that less is worth more doesn’t recognize what’s rising beneath the surface.
Director/Writer/Cast: Amy Joyce Winkler
Feet Don't Fail Me Now
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Finder's, Keepers
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For Them
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Friends Not Food
Comedy / USA / 26 min.
When a Manhattan spin strategist inherits a wayward animal sanctuary,she must rally a cast of castoffs to rescue the one place still rooting for the underdogs.
Director: Peter Stray
Creator: Felicia Greenfield
Writer: Peter Stray
Cast: Cooper Barnes, Simon Jones, Peter Stray, Felicia Greenfield
Ghazi
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Gnomes of New York
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Good Mourning
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Gross Income
Comedy / USA / 12.5 min.
After a troubling meeting with his accountant, Jonathan is visited by increasingly bizarre figures offering solutions to his financial problems.
Director: Josh Levinson
Co-Direc:on by: Sharlene Radlein
Producers: Josh Levinson, Bryant LiMrean, Sharlene Radlein
Writer: Josh Levinson
Cast: Josh Levinson, Jessie Klueter, Josephine Huang
Director of Photography: Bryant LiMrean
Music: Hannah Dishman
Happy Anniversary
Drama / USA / 7 min.
On their anniversary, an interracial couple’s rideshare takes an unsettling turn when the driver fixates on Chris’s immigrant identity — as his fiancée is forced to witness his dignity under siege.
Directed: Munjal Yagnik
Producers: Katia Yagnik, Munjal Yagnik, Ryan Hope Travis, Benny Howard
Writer: Munjal Yagnik
Cast:
Ryan Hope Travis, Amanda Kristin Cox, Jack Beck
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Drama / USA / 6 mins
In a fragile moment, a woman records a desperate voice message.
Director: Robin Copple
Producer: Caleb Wheeler
Writer: Robin Copple
Cast: Alycia Conrad
Hephaestus and Aphrodite
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Thriller / USA / 10 min.
A two-faced woman who kills abusive men targets a rapist, but when she uncovers his secret, the hunter becomes the hunted. The film ultimately questions whether vigilante justice is born from cruelty or from a system that has failed its victims.
Director: Kris Prihodova
Co-director: Michael Parrella
Producers: Kris Prihodova, Nicolas Gallegos-anda
Writer: Kris Prihodova
Cast: Jake Lesh, Kris Prihodova
I’m Not Myself
Drama / USA / 10 min.
Emily, a depressed aspiring singer falls for Andy, the most unlikely love she could imagine. He’s great for her, she’s terrible for him. But could that change?
Director: Brittany Benjamin
Producers: Nick Deutsch, Brittany Benjamin, Matt Patrick
Writer: Brittany Benjamin
Cast: Brittany Benjamin, Andrew Stecker
In Case of Emergency
Drama/USA/9 min
When a woman on a promising date receives news about her ex, she finds herself at an unexpected crossroads of a decision she never thought she would have to make.
Director: Prerna Ramachandra
Producers: Zen Dot, Prerna Ramachandra
Writer: Zen Dot
Cast: Zen Dot, Derrick J Smith, Amr Kotb
Invasion '53
Sci-Fi, Comedy / USA / 10 min.
A man-eating alien crashes a suburban cocktail party.
Director: Danielle Weinberg
Producers: Kurt Uebersax, Danielle Weinberg
Writer: Danielle Weinberg
Cast: Jeffrey Combs, Annie Gill, John Judy, Nicole Halmos, Rick Kain, Michal Sinnott, Dan Franko, Zach Brewster-Geisz, Lisa Randazzo Kearns, Vince Eisenson, William L. Thomas
Irma
Drama / USA / 11 min.
When Jim's family gathered to welcome him home from outer space, they didn't expect him to be so... changed.
Director: Roger Torres
Producers: Phateka Malahleha & Melissa Valdiviezo
Writer: Roger Torres
Cast: Maria Jimena Gastelum, Christina Mauro, and Jazmene Valenzuela
Jesus's Last Supper In America
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Horror-Comedy / USA / 11 min.
When two pranksters sneak in to their friend's apartment, the joke spirals into blood-soaked chaos... and they uncover a deadly secret.
Director: Sionne Elise
Producers: Mark Ashin, Sionne Elise
Writer: Sionne Elise
Cast: Mark Ashin, Hunter LaSalle, Sionne Elise, James Olivas
Last Call
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Le Parrot
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Lienzos Runway
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Lucy's Last Dance
Drama / USA / 14 min.
After learning of her cat Lucy's terminal diagnosis, June is buoyed by her friends who throw her a party to celebrate the life they have.
Director: Rosie Grace
Producers: Rosie Grace, Nate Hapke, Marisa Hood
Writer: Rosie Grace, Marisa Hood
Cast: Marisa Hood, Melanie Thompson, Julie Schmid, Jamie Miller, Nate Hapke
Mansplaining
Comedy/ USA/ 6 min.
A woman calls customer support and gets much more than what she wanted.
Director: Joseph Columbo
Producer: Kyle Schickner
Writer: Joseph Columbo
Cast: Anya Krawcheck, Christian Leadley
Meatball
Comedy / USA / 12 min.
When Cece comes out to her traditional Italian American family during a Sunday dinner, the sauce isn’t the only thing simmering.
Director: Alexandra Robinson
Producers: Alexandra Robinson, Christina Dobre, Alexandra Barry
Writer: Alexandra Robinson
Cast: Alexandra Robinson, Steve Brustien, Erma Camporese, Mia Massaro, Lydia Fiore, Henri Douvry
Mr. Vertigo
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Music To Her Ears
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Drama/ USA / 10 minutes 11 seconds
Desperate to pay rent, Emily, a broke, rookie videographer must outwit a music producer dodging her paycheck.
Director/Producer/Writer: Noémi Santo
Cast: Noémi Santo, Brian Shakti, Nicole Alexandria, and John Orr
No Left Turns
Drama / USA / 32 min
After receiving traumatic news about her brother, a recovering addict is thrust
into crisis. Her friends desperately try to talk her out of relapse in this story of
separation and connection, and of how far people will go to protect the ones
they love.
Director: Douglas Ryan
Producers: Alexandra Grace, Douglas Ryan
Writer: Douglas Ryan
Cast: Alexandra Grace, Camryn Basile, KC Okoro, Austin Barnes
Obscura
Psychological Thriller / USA / 14:24 min.
When a revealing article about a photographer is published during a photoshoot, he is forced to confront the consequences of his past.
Director: Santha Rowles
Producers: Santha Rowles, Jamie Leuchs-Curtis, Paige Freeman
Writer: Santha Rowles
Cast: Stephen Sherman, Shanaya Sales, Shaun Holmes
One Day this Picture is Going to Break My Heart
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Pandaal
Drama / USA / 16 min.
A female pimp, dispensing her own brand of justice by pimping out abusive men, must confront her darkest secrets when a new case brings her haunting past to light.
Director: Shaily Sanghvi
Executive Producers: Naosheen Ahmed, Preeti Saraogi
Producer : Siddhant Vig
Associate Producer : Neha Jauhar
Writer: Shaily Sanghvi
Cast: Naosheen Ahmed, Jai Jhala, Almanya Narula,Anupam Dhyani
Plant Based
Comedy/USA/28 minutes
We meet Graham and Cooper, a devoted couple determined to open a cannabis dispensary in their conservative hometown. On opening day, the doors finally swing wide, introducing us to their quirky, mismatched crew of employees—along with several locals who are far less enthusiastic about the new shop, its products, and the couple behind it.
Producer: Jess Eden Bye
Director: Jennifer M Kay
Writer: Tony Moore
Cast:
Graham - Oliver Feaster
Cooper - Sean McDermott
Wade - Eric Christ
Bob - Darren Johnson
Dr. Kevin -Allison Kessler
Ginny - Jennifer Kay
Jane - Julia Sims
Ma - Celeste Thompson
John - John McGarry
Dottie - Susan Bolt
Utility Worker - Jess Eden Bye
Porcelain
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Prince Party P.I.
Comedy / USA / 15 min. 48 sec.
Bella and Maggie are hired to dress up as princesses and perform at a kid’s birthday party. Upon arrival, the mom informs them that she believes her husband is cheating, and needs their help to uncover his lie.
Director: Frankie MacLaughlin Producers: Frankie MacLaughlin, Elizabeth Conway Writer: Elizabeth Conway, Frankie MacLaughlin
Cast: Allison Dunbar, Jake Robards, Elizabeth Conway, Mia Frampton, Maya Dutea, Joey Ariemma
Quit Deacon Me Around
Horror Comedy / USA / 20 min.
A Deacon’s faith is put to the test when an eccentric coroner follows him home claiming to have trapped a demon.
Director: Emily Clark Gallagher
Producers: Emily Clark Gallagher, Brandon Manderville, Isaiah Rothstein
Writer: Isaiah Rothstein
Cast: Brandon Manderville, Isaiah Rothstein
Rain was Not in the Forecast
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Rose Colored Glasses
Drama/USA/ 6min 49 sec
Brief Synopsis – Rose Colored Glasses
Rose Colored Glasses follows Anna, a young woman who hides behind a symbolic pair of pink-tinted glasses to avoid facing the abuse she’s living through. Every time she removes them, she catches painful glimpses of the truth—moments of clarity that grow harder to ignore. As the illusion begins to crack, Anna must choose whether to finally see reality for what it is… but will she take the glasses off before it’s too late?
Director: Manny Martínez Hernández
Producers: Valentina Sumavsky & Evin Grant
Writers: Valentina Sumavsky, Gian Carlo Arrunategui & Manny Martínez Hernández
Cast: Valentina Sumavsky, Jake O’Ceallaigh, Lorena Placeres
Run
Drama/ USA
A restless woman accepts an invitation to a party where a mysterious man lures her into a series of thrilling events. What follows is seductive, dangerous, and possibly her undoing.
Director: Victoria Barabas, Katherine Cronyn
Producers: Victoria Barabas, Katherine Cronyn
Writer: Victoria Barabas
Cast: Victoria Barabas, Nick Ballard, Carlis Shane Clark, Bayardo de Murguia
Second Date
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Shaba Daba
Comedy / USA / 12 min
A passionate, Italian-American Chef tries to fix his Niece’s quirk of only speaking in her made-up language: "Shaba Daba"… all while cooking chicken parmesan together.
Director: Tony De Niro
Producers: Mae Bartek, Greg Austin
Writer: Tony De Niro
Cast: Nick Gregorio, Isla Lemire, Jordan Carlson
Sick Enough
Drama / USA / 15 min.
Stella undergoes treatment for an eating disorder and faces an abrupt insurance cut off, compelling her to delve deeper into the genuine roots of her illness.
Director: Allegra Venturi
Producers: Olivia Benedict, Amado DeHoyos
Writer: Olivia Benedict
Cast: Olivia Benedict, Emma Smith Watts, Valynn Turkovich, Laurie Mahoney, Leyla A, Sarah J. Ahearn, Beck Patten
Signalman
Animation / USA / 6 min.
Inspired by a true story, Signalman follows a young sailor aboard the USS Opponent during the fi nal months of World War II. As the war nears its end, the longing for home grows alongside a heavy uncertainty regarding his brother’s whereabouts. This poignant chapter in a sailor’s life stays with him long after the war.
Director: Brian Colby
Producer: Pendulum Animation LLC
Writer: Brian Colby
Sleep Call
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Sleeping Princess
Dark Comedy / USA / 8 min.
During a children’s birthday party, a burned-out princess performer struggles to embody the picture-perfect persona demanded by her company.
Director: Callie Bacon
Producers: Eli Heaton, Nancy Duckles
Writer: Callie Bacon
Cast: Stephanie Hong, Fallon Gyurko
Still Here
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Terminal
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The Callback
Comedy/USA/13 min
A Comedy about following a dream into a waking nightmare.
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Director: Kara Herold
Producer: Kara Herold
Writers: Kara Herold and Lisa McElroy
Cast:
Molly Densmore, Thom Miller, Ricky Pak, Matthew Winning, Aizzah Fatima
Alice Schaerer, Corinne Ferrer
The Drive
Drama / USA / 13 min.
It’s a warm November day in the early 1960s and Liz has just picked up the kids for her weekly carpool. Little does she know that this will be a drive she’ll never forget.
Director: David Arrow
Producer: Leon Derriey
Writer: David Arrow
Cast: Amber Paul, Allen Guy Wilcox, Blair Newman, Victoria Spitalieri, Rivers Duggan,
Andrew Arrow, Candice Clarke Emma Carpio, Madison Chung.
The Last Draft
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Psychological Thriller / USA / 12 min 23 sec
Alone in his Hollywood Hills penthouse, acclaimed novelist James Harper struggles with a crushing deadline and relentless writer’s block. But when strange knocks echo through the walls and his own reflection begins to defy him, James spirals into a terrifying unraveling where imagination and reality collapse into one.
Director: Nicholas Guilak
Producers: Nicholas Guilak, Ilayda Cetinkaya
Executive Producers: Carolina Barcos, Glenn S. Gainor, Ramin Pourteymour, Gerard Powell
Writer: Nicholas Guilak
Cast: Nicholas Guilak
Director of Photography: Leo Behrens
Composer: Mike Forst
Colorist: Walter Volpatto
Production Company:Guilco Productions, Inc.
The Piano Tuner
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The Recipe
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The Spanish Lesson
Drama/ USA / 12 min.
When Marisol's tutoring session is interrupted by a strange man accusing her of salacious goings on with his wife, a page of Spanish homework turns a confrontation of pride and jealousy into an unexpected communion of loss between strangers.
Director: Simone Stadler
Producers: Matt O’Shea, Joey Rotter, Simone Stadler, Rachel Gatewood, Ella Smith
Writer: Simone Stadler
Cast: Rebecca Jimenez, Joe Barros, Mariette Booth, Hudson Paul
The Woman in The Room
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WANNA BE A STAR!
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We3
Drama / USA / 14.59 minutes
When 3 women bond over an unfortunate event that they all share, the bond they form seems to change their lives for the better creating something powerful.
Director: Dannie Sinsi
Producers: Danielle Harper, Geri White, Dannie Sinsi
Writer: Danielle Harper
Main Cast: Danielle Harper, Cherise Vaughn, Erica Leigh Boseski
Whiskey Water
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You Are Funny
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You're Not Sorry
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YUKIKO
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