Five wonderful short films!

La Petite Mortimer, The Mail Gaze, A Haunt in Bushwick, Playin' Around, & Benjamin, What Are You Doing Here?
 

La Petite Mortimer

2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

In a quaint European town where sausage and bread vendors duel daily for culinary supremacy, a high-stakes tricycle race between a mustached meat peddler and a fierce bread-slinging cyclist takes an unexpected turn—derailing their rivalry in the most surprising way.

Director(s): Nickolas Gilbert
Writer(s): Nickolas Gilbert
Producer(s): Nickolas Gilbert, Melissa Martinelli
Key Cast: Johnny Cannizzaro, Rose Hough, Dean Wood

Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere

 

The Mail Gaze

2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

Two roommates vie for the heart of the UPS man, loser does the dishes.

Director(s): Jonny Diaz
Writer(s): Kathryn Ross
Producer(s): Kelly Hooper, Kathryn Ross
Key Cast: Kelly Hooper, Kathryn Ross, Ryan Kearton, Jaylen Eichler

Los Angeles Premiere
Country: USA

 

A Haunt in Bushwick

2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

A Brooklyn woman’s search for solitude unravels when she finds herself haunted by a ghost who acts more like a bad roommate than a restless spirit.

Director(s): Daniel Padulo
Writer(s): Daniel Padulo
Producer(s): Daniel Padulo
Key Cast: Sophia Drapeau, Mallory Wu

Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere

 

Playin’ Around

2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Action/Thriller

Determined to buy the perfect gift for her little brother, a young woman must fight her way through crazed customers at a toy store turned madhouse.

Director(s): Bryan Uvaldo
Writer(s): Sebastian Hunt
Producer(s): Mason Kidd
Key Cast: Amanda Whyte

Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere

 

Benjamin, What Are You Doing Here?

2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

When bumbling Benjamin finds out he didn’t get invited to his high school best friend’s wedding he decides to crash it, and crashes right into his shortcomings as a friend when he gets there.

Director(s): Christan Mary Leonard
Writer(s): Ezra Parter, Keeley Bell
Key Cast: Ezra Parter, Joy Regullano, Yaki Margulies, Natalie Berg

Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere