Short

After a long shift, Jennifer closes up the local diner. As she finishes up, a masked killer appears and engages in a terrifying game for her life. Jennifer must survive her Closing Shift until the morning crew arrives.

Directed by: Eugene Hawkins
Produced by: Maya Moten, Johnny Ortega, Eugene Hawkins, and Becca
Written by: JL Warren
Cast: Desi Baldwin, Precious Peck, Sean Beasley, and Johnny Ortega
Cinematographer: Jorg Viktor Steins-lauss
Editor: Johnny Ortega

Instagram: @insomniacfilmcompany

Short
West Coast Premiere

When three sisters decide their volatile mother can suffer no longer, and a mysterious consultant provides a humane way to say goodbye, an isolated cabin is a stage for grief and a terrifying experience.

Director: René Brar
Producer: René Brar, John Alviz
Writer: Alexander Mercer              
Cast: Tahina Awan, Janelle Beadall, Balinder Johal, Katie Prasad-Keough, Kari Staten
Cinematographer: Mitchell Baxter
Editor: René Brar

Awards: Berlin Short Film Festival (Best Horror)

Short Film 

A pregnant young woman escapes from a dangerous cult with the help of her best friend (and the love of her life), but no matter how many miles she puts on her ’68 Mustang, through rolling farmlands and dry deserts, she’ll discover this group’s powerful allies won’t stop until they reclaim what they feel is rightfully theirs – her baby and her life.

Director: MK McGehee
Producer: MK McGehee, Alexander Fenyves, Max Zell
Writer: MK McGehee    
Cast: Emily Goss, Tania Verafield, Mark Huber, Jordan Stone, Nicole Pacent
Editor: Lea Vrabelova 

Awards: Best Horror Short (Atlanta ShortsFest), Best Short Drama/Thriller (TNIFF), Best Horror (LA Independent Women in Film Awards), Best Horror Short (Hollywood Blood Horror Festival) 

Instagram: @mk.mcg

Instagram: @brownharefilm

Short
West Coast Premiere

Director: Ari Shapiro
Producer: Crystal Navellier
Writer: Ari Shapiro
Cast: Adiàn Benmalek, Kayli Carter, Ethan Dubin
Cinematographer: Zach Cooper
Editor: Ari Shapiro

Awards: Premiered at Austin Film Festival

Instagram: @couplesretreatfilm

Music Video
USA Premiere

A drug trip spirals into absolute madness in this wild fever dream of a music video for Dawn Fades' new song "Drugs," unleashing a deliriously surreal love letter to 70's Italian horror, ghostly found footage, insane birthday clowns, blood-splattered zombies, and...sock puppets.

Director: Danial J. Smith
Producer: Kendra Ruczak
Writer: Danial J. Smith
Cast: Veronica Warner, Sam Sherwood, Nate Hertweck, Mike Wright, Scott Quist, Markus Erren Pardiñas
Cinematographer: Danial J. Smith
Editor: Danial J. Smith

Dawn Fades - “Drugs” is an official selection of Chile's 2025 Santiago Horror Film Festival. It will have its world premiere in the Best International Music Video category.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ravensviewfilms (@ravensviewfilms)

Short
World Premiere

Inside the dark corridors of an old storage room, a custodian realizes he's not alone after a supernatural threat begins distorting reality.

Director: James Austin Kerr
Producer: Cameron Radice, Sivan Radice, James Austin Kerr
Writer: James Austin Kerr          
Cast: Patrick Arter, Eli Solano
Cinematographer: Cameron Radice
Editor: Cameron Radice
Props/SFX: John Comunale
Music: Oliver Goodwill

Los Angeles Premiere

When you conjure the monster there's no way to escape. 

Director: Peyman Saremian
Producer: Peyman Saremian
Writer: Peyman Saremian
Cast: Elham Haghparast
Cinematographer: Peyman Saremian
Editor: Peyman Saremian

Awards/Accolades: Official Selection – Spooky Horror Film Festiva

Short 
West Coast Premiere

A divorced father mourning the death of his own mother, is haunted by the feeling he’s becoming the one thing he fears most.

Director: Anthony Misiano & Tyler A. Wallach
Producer: Anthony Misiano & Tyler A. Wallach
Writer: Anthony Misiano
Cast: Anthony Misiano & Tyler A. Wallach
Cinematographer: Anthony Misiano
Editor: Anthony Misiano

Website: inheritance-film.com/

Instagram: instagram.com/howdyanthony

Short Film
West Coast Premiere

A gritty horror homage to the 1988 DC Comic “A Death In The Family” directed by Aaron W. Bennett and starring the horror legend, David Howard Thornton (Art the Clown, “Terrifier”). Joker (Thornton) has captured Robin (Joel LeBlanc) in hopes of luring out Batman (Hunter G. Williams). His patience has ran out and he’s just trying to keep the conversation alive…so to speak.

Directed by: Aaron W. Bennett
Produced by: Aaron W. Bennett, Hunter G. Williams, Vanessa Leigh, Jason Heath
Written by: Aaron W. Bennett
Cast: David Howard Thornton, Joel LeBlanc, Hunter G. Williams
Cinematographer: Chris Bond
Editor: Matthew Robert Walker

Awards:
2 Best Actor Awards, David Howard Thornton
1 Best of Fest
2 Best Director, Aaron W. Bennett
4 Best Horror Short

Instagram: @jokerswildmovie

TikTok: @jokerswildmovie

Short
Hollywood Premiere

A struggling actress lets her desperation get the better of her with deadly consequences.

Director: Austin Farmer
Producer: Austin Farmer, Kaylin Zeren
Writer: Kaylin Zeren              
Cast: Kaylin Zeren, Shelley Regner, Kara Royster, Lucas Long, Jessie Hendricks
Cinematographer: Austin Farmer
Editor: Austin Farmer

Awards: Official Selection of NoHo Cinefest and Cordillera International Film Festival. 

Made for no money with no crew but lots of passion.

Music Video (Horror · EDM · Thriller)
Los Angeles Premiere

A chilling EDM tale of survival and fear inside a serial killer’s lair. This 3-minute horror-thriller music video blends pulsing beats with nightmare imagery, creating a haunting experience at the intersection of sound and terror.

Director: Bader al-Hakami
Writer: Omar Hosni
Producers: Bilal Muneer, Omar Hosni
Key Cast: Ahmed Mohsen
Director of Photography: Bilal Muneer
Sound Design: Alex Viso
Music: Predrag Ristic
Location Manager: Ammar al-Sadat
Special Effects: Manar al-Amri
Special Effects Assistant: Mazen Waheed
Gaffer: Elyas Jameel
Art Director: Asmaa Alkabkabi
Storyboard Artist: Jouri al-Hakami

Director Biography:
Bader al-Hakami is a first-time Saudi director with a passion for immersive storytelling. His debut, Omar, Pray for the Prophet, blends suspense and horror with themes of faith and survival, marking his entry into the world of filmmaking.

Awards / Screenings:

EUPHORIA Arts & Horror Festival (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain – April 3, 2025) – Winner: Best Music Video, Best Director

 Shock Stock Horror & Underground Film Festival (London, Canada – May 10, 2025) – Official Selection

 Atlanta Micro Short Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia – May 10, 2025) – Official Selection

 ELEVEN AWARDS (Milan, Italy – June 9, 2025) – Nominee

 FilmQuest (Provo, Utah – October 23, 2025) – Official Selection (with virtual screening via entertainmentoxygen.com)

Short
World Premiere

A young woman unravels the mystery behind the miracle cure for her father's mental illness. 

Director: Rob Kotecki
Producer: Gabrielle Thomas
Writer: Rob Kotecki              
Cast: Hayley Flynn-Stead, Vincent Hausmann, Elizabeth Inghram
Cinematographer: Mathew Rudenberg
Editor: Katelyn Wright

Instagram: @arthousepunch

Twitter: @arthousepunch

After losing her mother, Stacy (played by Deshon Greene) and her boyfriend, Michael (played by Niles Austin), seek solace in a remote house. However, their fresh start turns sinister when a strange signal begins broadcasting from within the walls, plunging them into a nightmare. Disturbing incidents escalate—shadows flicker, whispers threaten, and rooms feel like traps—as they realize an unseen force feeds on their grief. In a desperate fight for survival, they must confront the entity's relentless attacks while battling their own despair. With time running out, their only hope lies in breaking the signal’s hold before it consumes them entirely.

Director: Elon Rodney
Producer: Elon Rodney, Akil Wade
Writer: Elon Rodney              
Cast: (Deshon Green, Niles Austin, Erica Randle, John M Powell, Sam Darden)
Cinematographer: Frazer Lockhart
Editor: Elon Rodney

Awards: Awarded Best Short Horror Film at the Jane Austen Film Festival in Bath England. 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elonrodney/

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/IAMELONRODNEY/

Short Film
Los Angeles Premiere

When a young woman stops by her grandmother’s home to check in, she expects a warm visit. Instead, she finds the house strangely quiet, her grandmother behaving oddly—and an unsettling presence hanging in the air. As the visit unfolds, it becomes clear that something is deeply wrong, though whether it’s her grandmother’s mind, the house itself, or something far darker is uncertain.

Director: Brandyn Bordeaux
Producer: Garrett Marchesano, Ashley Marchesano
Writer: Brandyn Bordeaux, Garrett Marchesano
Cast: Hannah Satterlee, Joey Jupiter-levin, Jennifer Bieler
Cinematographer: Shaun Lupton
Editor: Brandyn Bordeaux

A psychotic, lovestruck teenager takes his crush hostage on Valentine's Day and forces her to have a romantic dinner with him... a dinner that will leave none of its guests unscathed.

Director: Ian Welfley
Producer: Matt Wixted, Ian Welfley
Writer: Ian Welfley
Cast: Sophia Delphi, Francisco Zurcher, Ian S. Peterson
Cinematographer: Courtland McQuillan
Editor: Michael D. Schwartz

Additional details: Some Enchanted Evening was conceived as a proof of concept for a feature film that's currently in development.  The short film covers a portion of what would be the second half of said feature.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/some.enchanted.evening/

Short
Los Angeles Premiere

Jared’s deceased ex lover takes over his new girlfriend’s body for a “contorted” revenge. Will he fight to save his life or get distracted by their bendy history?

Director: Kouryou Ngin & Rhea Mallari 
Producer: Rhea Mallari
Writer: Rhea Mallari             
Cast: Rhea Mallari, Kouryou Ngin
Cinematographer: Charles Zhu
Editor: Rhea Mallari

Website: www.youtube.com/@Rheawind

Instagram: Rhea Mallari (@rheawind_ )

A chemical peel leaves a young woman unraveling - literally  exposing horrors far deeper than vanity.

Director: Sydney Ross
Producer: Charlotte Marcoulis
Writer: Sydney Ross         
Cast: Madhulika Krishnan
Cinematographer: Jordan Mason
Editor: Sydney Ross

Instagram: @rossblessedforless 

Animation
West Coast Premiere, Los Angeles Premiere

In this gothic western horror, a ruthless vampire hunter—cursed with a thirst for blood—sets out to find a cure hidden within vampire veins. But her quest spirals into chaos when she stumbles upon a horde of undead vampires more monstrous than anything she's ever faced.

Director: John Kalning
Producer: John Kalning
Writer: John Kalning              
Editor: John Kalning

Website: www.neuralpunks.com

Instagram: NeuralPunks

Twitter: TheNeuralPunks

FEATURE
World Premiere

A Scenic Lake Community is Corrupted by Mysterious Disturbances. 

A woman wakes up alone and tainted by an undesirable encounter during a night at the lake with friends. Meanwhile a troubled cop starts to lose control. Chaos erupts in a sleepy mountain town when something terrifying infects their water. The Otherkind is an arthouse psychological thriller, filmed in California.

Director: Mary C. Russell
Producer: Caroline O'Meara
Writer: Mary C. Russell            
Cast: (Marc Anthony Samuel, Rebekah Kennedy, Lestonja Diaz, Paris Dylan, Muneeb Rehman, Laura Dromerick, Luciana Faulhaber, Shylo Molina, Caroline O’Meara, Jeff Pride, and Madonna Young-Magee)
Cinematographer: Ben Meredith
Editor: Pete Szijarto, Jonathan Fallik

Awards: Best Feature Film - The Dunwich Horror Fest

Instagram: @theotherkindmovie 

Short Film 
World Premiere 

A professional and prim witch doctor’s rituals blur the line between worlds, leading to a terrifying final confrontation with a revenant unable to find peace for its past sins.

Director: Nikita Voronin 
Producer: Daniels Joffe, Julija Voronina 
Writer: Nikita Voronin
Cast: Marat Efendiev, Inna Pedane 
Cinematographer: Daniels Joffe 
Editor: Daniels Joffe 

Awards, accolades and additional details: Official Selection – LA Horror Film Festival 2025 (World Premiere in Los Angeles). The Witch Doctor was developed as a proof of concept for a potential series blending detective mystery, horror, and psychological thriller. It is an independent short film produced in Latvia, created by a Baltic filmmaking team with a strong background in genre cinema and visual storytelling.

Instagram: https://instagram.com/the_witch_doctor_project

Short
West Coast Premiere

A mother and her baby move into their new home. As days go by, Cristina realizes that someone or something is watching them, but she can't see it nor prove it. 

Director: Marlene Guerin
Producer: Marlene Guerin, Aldo Jovan Diaz
Writer: Marlene Guerin
Cast: Alina Margot, Mauricio Aspe, Paulo Borrajo Martinez, Maria Letona
Cinematographer: Danny Valdes
Editor: Marlene Guerin, Danny Valdes

Awards:

Chicago Horror Film Festival 2024 / Nominated to Best Foreign Film
Milwaukee Horror Film Festival 2024 / Nominated to Best Foreign Film
Morbido Merida 2024 / Official Selection
L.A. Indie Horror Fest 2024 / Honorable Mention (Not screened)
Mirada Corta Mexico City 2025 / Semifinalist
Libelula Dorada Dominican Republic 2025 / Official Selection

Instagram: @marleneguerin, @dannyvaldesdp

Olivia takes a job house sitting for an out of town couple - her main job being to watch their sweet baby Harlowe. Easy money, except nothing is as it seems.

Director: Bobby Slaski
Producer: Kayvan Shai and Bobby Slaski
Writer: Bobby Slaski              
Cast: Mia MacArthur, Erin Hadfield, Kelsey Susino, Lou Pistachio
Cinematographer: Kayvan Shai
Editor: Bobby Slaski and Kayvan Shai

Filmed in one night with no money - just to see if we could! It's amazing what we can do when we work together and all want to make something cool. 

Instagram: @bobbyslaski