Four amazing short films!

Good Samaritans, Parikrama, How the Rose Reaches, & Sirens.
 

Good Samaritans

2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

Chaos ensues when a group of college students stumble upon a dead body at a frat party.

Director(s): Isaiah Silas Wright
Writer(s): Marcus Lamar Corrothers
Producer(s): Aja Hinds, Luke Pengelly
Key Cast: Aja Hinds, Jeff Lawless, Nate Bartoshuk, Zach Cowan, Marcus Lamar Corrothers, Yaya Ogun, Gabriella David

Country: United States
World Premiere

 

Parikrama

2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

An 11 year old Anjali, frustrated by her mother’s slight, threatens to leave home. When her threats are laughed at and ignored by her mother and her siblings, she sets out on an odyssey across the city of Varanasi.

Director(s): Shilpi Singh
Writer(s): Shilpi Singh
Producer(s): Reena Singh
Key Cast: Anjali Bharati

Country: India
Los Angeles Premiere

 

How the Rose Reaches

2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

Talulah, pregnant with her first born, wrestles with the reality of motherhood as she is confronted with memories of her own, mentally unstable mother.

Director(s): Belle Adams
Writer(s): Terri Measel Adams
Producer(s): Terri Measel Adams, Michelle Moreland
Key Cast: Belle Adams, Katelin Chesna, Sage Schmidt, Aditi George, Schyler Tillett, Jonathan D Williams, Scarlett Jane Moore

 

Sirens

2025 Official Selection: Web Series / TV Pilot

A single mother seeks justice for the murder of her son by a police officer, but before confronting the external battle, she must first reconcile with her own past.

Director(s): Maria Valdez
Writer(s): Maria Valdez
Producer(s): Maria Valdez
Key Cast: Susan Santiago

Los Angeles Premiere
Country: USA