Five wonderfully original short films!

Little Bird, Life Support, Maneater, Rob Roy, & Don't Watch This.

 

Little Bird

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

 

Life Support

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

 

MANEATER

2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

Jasmine, a young college girl, grapples with her situationships manifesting as floating dick hallucinations that haunt her every move.

Director(s): Jasmine Hurt, Aphrodite Armstrong
Writer(s): Jasmine Hurt, Aphrodite Armstrong
Producer(s): Jasmine Hurt
Key Cast: Jasmine Hurt, Ariel Sandino, Izaah Gray Jones, Alex Ekker, Santiago Sepulveda, Isabel Stewart, Christian Ahmad Brown, Sierra Jallad, Natasha Dvorak, Jamilah Muhammad, Courtney Hodges Jr.

Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere

 

Rob Roy

2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Action/Thriller

In a grimy after-hours bar, a nervous thief’s attempt to return stolen mob cash spirals into a tense showdown where secrets unravel, loyalties shift, and the heavy cost of every choice becomes impossible to escape.

Director(s): Enrique A. Mendoza
Writer(s): Ren Olivieri
Producer(s): Shannon Carl, Alastair Waithe
Key Cast: Sean Power, Salma Khalidi, Laurent Sayer, Ren Olivieri, Koldin Collie, Derrick Rabethge

Los Angeles Premiere
Country: Canada

 

Don’t Watch This

2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

A woman slowly realizes she’s a character in a movie. As she spirals in terror, everyone around her dismisses her as delusional-unaware that she’s the only one who knows we are watching.

Director(s): Daniel Pineros
Writer(s): Daniel Pineros
Producer(s): Daniel Pineros, Lina Sanchez, Justin Potter
Key Cast: Natalie Polisson, Keoki Trask

Country: United States