It’s Not For Me To Say

2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Animation

A lonely alien searches for intelligent life in the Galaxy.

Director(s): Ari Flesch

Writer(s): Ari Flesch

Producer(s): Ari Flesch

Country: United States

Chromatography

2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Sci-Fi

Two sisters confront their differing views on genetic engineering as they prepare to leave Earth with the final human survivors.

Director(s): Michael Vaughn Hernandez

Writer(s): Darren Bailey, Renée Veronica Freeman

Producer(s): Renée Veronica Freeman, Michael Vaughn Hernandez, Kally Khourshid

Key Cast: Renée Veronica Freeman, Folami Williams

Country: United States

World Premiere

Winter Psalm

2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Sci-Fi

Irene, a Chinese-American Adoptee burdened by gambling debts, returns to her childhood home to steal but confronts her estranged family and haunting memories. Facing her past and fragile identity, she struggles between who she is and who she was.

Director(s): Hao Yan

Writer(s): Hao Yan

Producer(s): Mandy Chen

Key Cast: Danni Wang

Country: United States

World Premiere

Pierre West

2025 Official Selection: Featurette – Drama

Through years of quiet struggle with trauma and emotional isolation, Pierre lives in a world that offers no compassion — until, suddenly, a moment of static sparks an unexpected connection, a chance at a new path. But how long can he endure before that hope slips away?

Director(s): Henrik Larsson, Jakob Arevärn

Writer(s): Henrik Larsson, Jakob Arevärn

Producer(s): Henrik Larsson, Jakob Arevärn

Key Cast: Tomas Hartwig, Alexandra Lindqvist

Country: Sweden

Los Angeles Premiere