2025
Official Selections
Documentary
Love, Your Favorite Uncle Anthony
Dir. Gabrielle Nicoletti
"Love, Your Favorite Uncle Anthony" centers on Uncle Anthony, a 50-year-old man with Down syndrome. Anthony lives a rich, fulfilling life thanks to a strong and loving support system. As he grows older, we are left to consider what the future holds for him and other people like him.
Comedy
Back to the Closet
Dir. Alex Dashwood
After accidentally coming out of the closet, graduating high-schooler Deena Vandermeulen attempts to undo her mistake through the only logical method: time travel.
Drama
Catching Sun
Dir. Alan Brooks
Two retired men plot an escape from their retirement home while flirting with their nurse, not knowing that today is the day they will meet an angel.
Cats
Dir. Danilo Stanimirović
When eight-year-old Miša finds an abandoned kitten in the street, he tries to provoke the affection his parents are not providing.
Vasomotor Rhinitis
Dir. Mikheil Gabaidze
Short film based on Anton Chekhov's "Death of a Civil Servant" story.
Welcome to Theatre
Dir. Annetta Marion
Two slightly lovable, mediocre white theatre producers (think Archie Bunker and Meathead!), try to revive their festival and save the theatre from financial ruin in a post pandemic world.
Animation
Many a Merry Misstep
Dir. Bob Clark
When one of Santa's overworked North Pole elves is tasked with generating a Naughty/Nice list of classic movie monsters, she considers the option of a new AI office tool to speed things up...
MIST
Dir. Xixi Li
In a hyper-digital society, an AI girl struggles with mental disorders and loneliness as she uncovers the devastating truth that she is merely a simulated companion, trapped in a blurred world where reality and illusion are indistinguishable.
soul·less
Dir. Jack Hannon
While exploring a forest, two robots are hunted for a battery vital to their survival.
Student
All the Stars
Dir. Amity Doyle, Giulia Muenzen
A musician reminisces on a her past.
Scars
Dir. Edward R Murrow Short Film Club
A troubled teen is forced to change schools and is captivated by the school's It Girl. Can this unlikely friendship help our troubled teen change her ways?
ANA
Dir. Kameron Budd
Made in Westchester
Markers
Dir. Cory Terry
A Christmas Eve search for a missing friend leads a young girl to make a terrible discovery.