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Our 2025 Finalists

It's our pleasure to present this year's finalists. Thank you to all of those who submitted.

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FAR AWAY

Directed by EMILY MURNANE

Two friends hold space for each other in a moment of need.

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GERONIMO!

Directed by ANNIE BRENNEN

Nate roams his neighborhood of Atwater Village in search of his missing dog, Geronimo.

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Film password: geronimo25

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HAT TRICK

Directed by TESS & NOAH

A slightly unhinged, grieving magician must continue the legacy of her infamous father at a bizarre children’s birthday party.

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Film password: magic

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HOW TO LIVE TOGETHER

Directed by TIM NICHOLAS

An anxious, ensemble comedy about the frustrations of co-habitation and the rhythms of everyday life. Six roommates share a cramped four bedroom apartment. One moves out. Another moves in. And in the process, the delicate balance of their routines is comically disrupted.

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OUTED

Directed by CHARLIE PAULIN

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

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Film password: b33fy

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RAGAMUFFIN

Directed by KAITLYN MIKAYLA

A twelve year old motocross racer spends what seems like an average race weekend at the track with her father. But as the weekend unfolds, she’s faced with her identity, her deafness, and what it means to be a girl.

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Film password: festival25

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THE TALL DARK MAN

Directed by TAYLOR PHILLIPS

At her wits' end, Natalie turns to local legend and summons a mythical hit man known only as The Tall Dark Man to dispatch with her blackmailing ex. When the murder goes horribly awry, she becomes the target of the very evil she summoned.

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Film password: whenthemancomesaround

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LONG'S LONG LOST & MINI MART

Directed by JULIAN DOAN

In the back of a Little Saigon convenience store, filled with gamblers and alcoholics, a customer seeking closure reanimates his dead father for one last conversation.

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WE USED TO TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME

Directed by AN NGUYEN

Returning to Vietnam for the first time since middle school, a teenage girl reunites with old friends for a nostalgic summer road trip to 'Lake Perfect.’

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Film password: perfect

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VINTAGE LAMP SHADE

Directed by JILLIAN MORAY
& GORDY DE ST. JEOR

Two teenage girls navigate the balance between romantic and platonic nature of female friendship while finding ways to spend a random afternoon in rural America. 

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