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OFFICIAL SELECTIONS 2025

Action

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  • No Tine like the Present – Brenden Lane

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Animation

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  • Bow Tie – Ariana Kincheloe, Hallie Kashmar

 

Animation (Middle School)

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  • Album of Films – Olivia Lu, Sofia Rahimi

  • Alien Explosion – Kate Sanders

  • Body Parts – Cynthia

  • Bunnies – Emily Thomas

  • Dancing Petunias – Cynthia

  • Dolphin – Cynthia

  • Fishbowl – Anya Desai

  • Journey to Candyland – Vivi Saye, Mackay Slade

  • Taking a Breather – McKenna Clinkscales

 

Comedy

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  • Alan – Dylan Weiss

  • Brains – Alex Marczewski

  • Contemplations – Kelsey Plaisier

  • Ding! – Xinti Lim

  • Santa's Cookies – Mary Elinor Flack

  • Sisyphus vs Narcissus – Riley Walsh

  • Socks – Riley Walsh

  • Tinkle – Davis Knocke

  • The Yolk's on You – Paige Olsen

 

Documentary

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  • Arcadia-9 The Documentary – Cole Davis

  • Dear Life – Amalia Ayelen Diaz

  • Guiding Light – India Anne Mitchell

  • Hands – Nelly Rodriguez, Morgan Vaught

  • Jack of All Trades – Xzander Major

  • Prepping for the Multicultural Show – Maia Taylor

  • Time Marches On – Gabriel Nierman, Camila Gonzalez

 

Drama

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  • Afterglow – Riley Walsh

  • Allergic to Love – Mia Xcaret Yannimaras

  • An Unfinished Oath – Pranav Arsid

  • Burgers & Butter Chicken – Syrus Gupta, Aria Kutty

  • Come Together – Jadyn Pruitt

  • Dreams Unpainted – Dilan Arjun Koganti, Winston Lin

  • Found – Melissa Azzarito

  • Jjigae – Savannah Reese Chun

  • Let Go – Isabella Renee Huval

  • Pirouline - dir. Barrera – Bianca Madri Barrera

  • Pirouline - dir. Hudson – Kismet J. A. Hudson

  • Room 202 – Matthew Kaufman

  • Starting from Scratch – Levi Walker Marsh

  • Tell Me About Yourself – Morgan Vaught

  • The Puzzle – August Zimmerman, Marcoantonio Gayton

 

Experimental

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  • Fade Away – Yuxin Zhu

  • Freedom – Melissa Azzarito

  • Lucid – Cameron Joan Douple

  • Seventh Heaven – Syrus Gupta

  • Stamping Scars – Charles Denechaud

  • Stuck – Vishwajit Yogaraj

  • Suprassing Suburbia – Melissa Azzarito

  • WITHIN – Amalia Ayelen Diaz

 

Film Noir

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  • The Watchman – Alex Brown

 

Horror

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  • After Hours – Alexander Marczewski, Jack Wilson

  • Blind Date – Juliana Peretti

  • Candidate 33 – Abhigyan Ravichandran

  • Do Not Answer – Mateo Leal Vargas

  • Fine Dining – Riley Walsh

  • Still There – Johan Arias, Rudy Arevalo Salazar, Giovanni Arias

  • They Seek – Alex Brown

 

Intl (International)

 

(Cross-listed with genre above)

  • Adult – Elina Myshanych (Mystery, Intl)

  • Candidate 33 – Abhigyan Ravichandran (Horror, Intl)

  • Desfase – Huguette Garcia De Alba (Drama, Intl)

  • Ding! – Xinti Lim (Comedy, Intl)

  • Fade Away – Yuxin Zhu (Experimental, Intl)

  • Pages of Promise – Tillie Van Den Bosch (Period Piece, Intl)

  • Sunny Days – Maxwell Andrews (Drama, Intl)

  • The Watchman – Alex Brown (Film Noir, Intl)

 

Mystery

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  • Adult – Elina Myshanych

 

Period Piece

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  • A Test Through Time – Ciara Palmieri

  • Pages of Promise – Tillie Van Den Bosch

  • Switched – Tyler Nicholas Bialowas

 

Sci-Fi​

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  • Charles.2004 – Jackson King

  • Timeless – Yosgart Lopez

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