Four amazing short films!

His Forbidden Sword, Outed, HELP, & The Falling.

 

His Forbidden Sword

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


 

Outed

2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

An overbearing mother implores her horny son to resist his urges to save him from the fate she endured.

Director(s): Charlie Paulin
Writer(s): Charlie Paulin
Producer(s): Graciela Garcia, John Zerbo
Key Cast: Jason Grobstich, Jaymes Mansfield

Country: United States


 

HELP

2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

An exhausted nurse is forced into a brutal fight for her life when a mangled and bloody monster invades her home. But as her fearful survival instincts take over, she unknowingly makes a choice that will haunt her forever.

Director(s): Collin Black
Writer(s): Collin Black, Erin Bechler
Producer(s): Fenwick Rockwell
Key Cast: Erin Bechler, Chris Herring, Jim Cummings, Stephen Cormier

Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
 

The Falling

2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

Jiminy is experiencing trauma so Dr. Scanlon enters his mind to replace his memories, but the trouble might be worse than he thought.

Director(s): Duane Andersen, Josiah Polhemus
Writer(s): Josiah Polhemus
Producer(s): Peter Kangas, Josiah Polhemus, Duane Andersen
Key Cast: Josiah Polhemus, James Mercer II

Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere