Official Selections: LA Indie Film Festival
Congratulations to our accepted filmmakers!
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Category: TV Pilot
On the night of their one year anniversary, Joe proposes to his girlfriend, Katie, under unusual circumstances. Caught off guard, she must decide if he is really the only man in the world for her.
Director: Emily Grooms
Executive Producer: Udeesha Dilanka
Producer: Marissa Falsone
Co-Producers: Donato De Luca, Emily Grooms
Writer: Donato De Luca
Cast: Donato De Luca, KarieAnn Randol
Cinematographer: Zachary Sprague
Editor: Emily Grooms
Best Web or Television Series at the Rome Indie Film Festival, the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Creativity in a Drama at the 2025 Sherman Oaks Film Festival, and were nominated for Best Story at the 2025 Long Island International Film Expo
Instagram: @grandromanticgestures
HOLD.
Short
World Premiere
A desperate but determined woman braces herself for another phone battle with the insurance company, after several failed attempts to make a claim on her husband's life insurance policy. But when a frazzled call centre worker finally connects her to a hidden department, the runaround takes a surprising turn.
HOLD. It’s a waiting game.
Director: Daniel Fletcher
Producer: Nick Hardcastle and Daniel Fletcher
Writer: Gerald Clark and Daniel Fletcher
Cast: Paula Duncan, Kathy Luu, Nick Hardcastle, Alison McGirr, Chimezie Anochie, Mark Dessaix
Cinematographer: Jei Strolin
Editor: Liam Bitton
I love to approach a story as an opportunity to combine social commentary with comedy. Absurdity is a wonderful gateway to understanding.
Instagram: @hold.shortfilm
We can all relate to Jennys frustration in Hold. When we put a mundane everyday occurrence like this phonecall under the microscope, it highlights our shared ridiculousness. This film was an opportunity to see what we could make in one location, with just 24 hours, a limited budget, and lots of enthusiasm!
Impossible Journey
Animation
The journey of two storks on an ordinary workday reveals the urgent crisis in maternal health care in the United States. One stork has a relatively safe trip to deliver her baby, while the other faces significant dangers, risking her life; each obstacle serves as a metaphor for various forms of violence or obstetric complications. Upon reaching the maternity ward, the stark difference between the two storks becomes clear: the one who barely survived is the one delivering a Black baby.
Director: YUCA
Producer: Daniel Maia, Yasmim Uehara, Mauricio Kazu Yamashita
Writer: Viton Araújo, Eduardo Tavares
Editor: Leonardo Salomão
We're honored by our growing recognition across the festival circuit, including:
• Some important official Venice Shorts of Los Angeles selection - Animac Catalonia, Animafest Zagreb, AmDocs, Athens International Film and Video Festival, Dallas International Film Festival, Atlanta Micro Short Film Festival
• Nominated - Best Animation at Animation Dingle
• Win: Venice Shorts of Los Angeles
Website: https://www.impossiblejourney.org
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yucaduo
Isle of Alan
Short
World Premiere
When Alan joins wife Jean at Greyview Manor for a reunion with her friends, he sees the opportunity to get his business proposal in front of the aristocratic owner, Michael.
Director: Amine Ben Ismail and Mark Ryder
Producer: Isabel Crowe, Samuel Lane, Vanessa Milchrahm
Writer: Samuel Lane
Cast: Bhav Joshi, Isabel Crowe, Samuel Lane, Coline Atterbury, Daniel Annoh, Vanessa Milchrahm
Cinematographer: Richard Clarke
Editor: Will Austin
Instagram: isleofalanshortfilm
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35943909/?ref_=tt_mv_close