Music Video

Precious features four youth dancers, three Adrians, two locations, and one black jeep… resulting in one super fun contemporary throwback to Alanis Morissette’s iconic Ironic video from 1996. Precious reflects the different facets and faces of Adrian’s life – the musician, the hunter, and the family guy – each of whom make an appearance. With the song’s driving beat a natural fit for pow wow, youth dancers from SummerBear Dance Troupe lent their talents to the video. Having them perform onstage with Adrian while he sings “this land is precious” represents the next generation… the cycle of life… future guardians of this land… and hope for tomorrow… all of which are precious.

Director: Jorge Requena Ramos
Producer: Adrian Sutherland (Executive Producer), RoseAnna Schick (Producer)
Writer: Adrian Sutherland
Cast: Adrian Sutherland, Jazzlyn Hart (Jingle Dress), Jordon Hart (Grass Dance), Jrayden Hart (Grass Dance), and Lillee Hotomani (Shawl Dance), Aaron Merasty (Body Double), Jorge Requena Ramos (Body Double)
Cinematographer: Landon Lake
Editor: Landon Lake

Winner for Best Music Video at San Antonio Film Festival (SAFILM)

Finalist for Best Music Video at Bare Bones International Film & Music Festival

Nominee for Best Performing Arts & Entertainment at Yorkton Film Festival

Nominee for Best Music Video at Ontario Folk Music Awards

Official Selection at Philadelphia Independent Film Festival

Precious was shot in Winnipeg in October 2023, and created by a Winnipeg-based filmmaking team: Jorge Requena Ramos (Director & Stand-In), Landon Lake (Director of Photography & Editor), and Sutherland’s manager RoseAnna Schick (Producer). It was executive produced by Sutherland, and captured on location at Buhler Recreation Park and West End Cultural Centre over two shooting days, with crew Aaron Merasty (Gaffer & Stand-In) and Nina Buebos (Production Assistant). 

The youth dancers are Jazzlyn Hart (Jingle Dress), Jordon Hart (Grass Dance), Jrayden Hart (Grass Dance), and Lillee Hotomani (Shawl Dance). Barbara Nepinak formed the SummerBear Dance Troupe to share the cultures of Indigenous communities, with Ojibway, Cree, Assiniboine, and Sioux tribes represented within the group. The name originated from the original Ojibway name of Nepinak – “Neebin-ni-maqua” – which means Summer Bear.

Website: https://adriansutherlandmusic.com/
Instagram: https://instagram.com/attaboyadrian
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/attaboyadrian/

Short film

A woman slowly realizes she's a character in a movie. As she spirals in terror, everyone around her dismisses her as delusional-unaware that she's the only one who knows we are watching.

Director: Danny Piñeros
Producer: Lina Sanchez, Justin Potter, Danny Piñeros
Writer: Danny Piñeros
Cast: Natalie Polisson, Keoki Trask, Brandy Watts
Cinematographer: Marian DeLuca
Editor: Danny Piñeros

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

Short
World Premiere

Seven adolescent psychiatric patients are pushed to the brink when one of them is murdered. This film is based on actual events.

Director: Sergio Liden
Producer: Sergio Liden
Writer: Sergio Liden            
Cast: Lucas Krystek, Sergio Liden, Everly Graves, Damian Vesely, Lola Ivie-Valle, Sandro Marrero, Eliot Ludwig Mauldin, Billie Blue Sky Shulman, Stazia Liden, Morty Coyle, Ray Buffer, Cindy Steindorff, and Kurt Swick
Cinematographer: Yonathan Wezeli
Editor: Zoey Aquino and Kelli Whiteside

The film is dedicated, "To the children . . . who are still inside."

Short

After holding a catastrophic dinner party, a long-term couple struggles for their marriage and identity, sparked by Elle's recent transgender disclosure to her homosexual husband, Fritz

Director: Kelley Kali
Producer: Kelley Kali, Jenna Cavelle and Brittani Ward
Writer: Shonnie Jackson  
Cast: la georgea, Dan Bucatinsky, L’lerrét Jazelle and Jack Turner
Cinematographer: Audrey Pomme
Editor:  Steven Markowitz

2025 - Currently in Oscar Qualification
2025-American Black Film Festival — Official selection and world premiere screening.
2025-HollyShorts Film Festival — Official selection in an Oscar-qualifying short film festival

Programming
2025-Festival & special screenings (LA) -Special/industry screening at NeueHouse
2025- Screened at the Oscar-qualifying for the 98th Academy Awards

Website: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36987351/ 

Instagram:  @elleellefilm

Short

In the winter of 1998, sixteen-year-old Hanyu Liu returned to his hometown with his parents to run a mutton restaurant.

The subtle tension between his father and an old friend, coupled with his own growing closeness to a new companion, slowly unveiled hidden fissures beneath the family's seemingly tranquil surface.

As the boy's first inklings of desire intertwined with the unspoken past of his father's generation, that late-night gathering around the wooden table laden with mutton dishes began to radiate an unsettling warmth.

Director: Xiaopei Wang
Producer: Ying Zhuge
Writer: Xiaopei Wang            
Cast: Shuming Mo, Yu Fu, Xianzhe Zhang, Yuanqi Jia, Jinhan Chen, Youxiao Sun
Cinematographer: Dongze Li
Editor: Dongfeng Han

Selected Awards and Recognition:
Platinum Award, Best Student Short – FIRESIDE, Independent Shorts Awards (Los Angeles, USA), 2025.
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention) – FIRESIDE, Index Film Fest (Los Angeles, USA), 2025.
Foreign Film Winner – FIRESIDE, Manhattanhenge Film Festival (USA), 2025.
Honorable Mention – FIRESIDE, Hollywood Shortsfest (USA), 2025.
Honorable Mention – FIRESIDE, California Women‘s Film Festival (USA), 2026.
The film has received 15+ awards and selections internationally (2025–2026).

Short
West Coast Premiere

Fractures follows a father as he struggles to balance the needs of his young daughter, Sophie, while navigating the tension between his new partner and his late wife’s mother. Set during Sophie’s 7th birthday, the film explores themes of unresolved grief and family conflict, exposing the emotional cracks that threaten to tear them apart.

Director: Roman Gubin
Producer: Inna Korobkina, Roman Gubin
Writer: Roman Gubin
Cast: Layla Douglas, TJ Cheslea, Inna Korobkina, JoAnn Nordstrom
Cinematographer: Daniel Zlobin
Editor: Enrico Ferri

Website: www.romangubin.com (director's website)

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/romgubin/ (director's insta)

Short, Drama
West Coast Premiere

As foster parents seek permanent safety for their son in court, a routine hearing unravels into a life-altering reckoning.

(Based on true events)

Director: Adam Dietrich, Elliott Gilbert
Producer: Anne Beyer, Adam Dietrich, Elliott Gilbert
Writer: Paula Goldberg             
Cast: Anne Beyer, Aalok Mehta, Jason Douglas, Ren Fanka, Amanda Joy Erickson, Arianne Martin, Denise Lee, Nikki Dixon, Major Dodge, Nene Nwoko, Azai White 
Cinematographer: Jon Blaze
Editor: Jon Blaze

Winner: Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short), Best Short of the Season - Runner -up (Special Jury Mentions)  - Indie Short Fest.

When a child enters "the system", their future depends on the diligence of Child Protective Services and the sound ruling of the Family Court Judge. 

Unfortunately, rarely is the biological parent's mental health state under thorough investigation. 

J.J. tells the tragic story shared by far too many foster children in the United States.

From the filmmakers to the cast, this project was born out of a shared belief in speaking up for those who cannot speak for themselves. 

Web Series

A suburban man's life is turned upside down by a tragic event. While attempting to mitigate the damage, He crosses paths with a malevolent stranger who takes sadistic delight in making the man's  bad situation worse. Much, much worse.

Director: Scott Vandiver
Producer:  Scott Vandiver, April Smallwood
Writer: April Smallwood    
Cast: Preston Flagg, Matthew Flynn, Lora McHugh, Eduardo DeColosio, Shenita Moore
Cinematographer:  Christopher Pearson
Editor:  Jeremy Inman, Lea Vrabelova

Festival of Cinema: NYC - 2025 Best Web Series. Breaking TV/Film: London – Best Director and Best Thriller/Crime series.  

Website: https://www.apricottproductions.com/

Instagram: @knawbonecreek

Facebook:  Knawbone Creek

TV Pilot
WORLD PREMIERE

A hopeful story about how Javera hits rock bottom in the streets of LA, then meets her new mentor Lena who changes her life forever.This is the Pilot of the Life Listens TV docuseries. 

Director: G. K. Hunter
Producer: Lena Antoci
Writer: G. K. Hunter             
Cast: Javera Knox, Jayda Knox, Terry Bright
Editor: Brad Stoddard

Website: https://gkhunter.com/documentaries/

Short
Los Angeles Premiere

Little Dinners follows a day in the life of Vera, a young woman who's recently moved to Los Angeles. All alone on New Year's Eve, she decides to chase away the big city blues by throwing a dinner party for one. 

Director: Peter Henry Bussian
Producer: Hannelore Berlin, Peter Henry Bussian, J.R. Davidson, Jy Prishkulnik
Writer: Story by Hannelore Berlin, Screenplay by Peter Henry Bussian
Cast: Hannelore Berlin, Elaine Zlaket, Catalina Garayoa, Sophie Anne Miller, Gonzalo Martin, Dorothy Marie Greenwood, Katrina Gaedcke
Cinematographer: Darsh Desai
Editor: Jonah Sublette

Instagram: littledinners.film

Short
West Coast Premiere

The directorial debut of Ryan Eatherton, Nearsighted is a claustrophobic nightmare that simulates the experience of having impaired vision while trapped in a terrifying circumstance. Before bed, a man leaves his glasses on the nightstand... He awakens, in the dead of night, to find— his glasses are missing... And something's in the house...

Director: Ryan Eatherton
Producers: Emma Hendryx, Chris Delouchrey, Ryan Eatherton
Writer: Ryan Eatherton 
Cast: Ryan Eatherton
Cinematographer: Chris Delouchrey
Editor: Ryan Eatherton, Chris Delouchrey 

Awards: Official selection of the Chicago Horror Film  Festival and Nashville Horror Film Festival 

Short
World Premiere

A couple’s wedding night is turned upside down after an unexpected visitor arrives.

Director: Joey Koenig
Producer: Joey Koenig, Urvashi Bhasin, Ted Koenig, Westin Peckels
Writer: Joey Koenig             
Cast: Dane Larsen, Rebecca Gomberg
Cinematographer: Urvashi Bhasin
Editor: Joey Koenig

What began in college as a feature script about generational aliens, years later, evolved into this proof of concept. Focusing the project to its emotional core became the challenge; and creating something intimate with so little screen time to explore the initial themes of free will and humanity. 

Website: https://www.koenigpeckelsproductions.com

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

Narrative Short Film, Suspense Thriller

A quiet homecoming curdles into a psychological trap when a lonely man discovers his stalker has already made herself comfortable, cooked dinner, and decided they belong together. What follows is an unsettling power shift where politeness becomes menace and intimacy becomes the sharpest weapon in the room.

Director: Lauren “LaLa” Robbins
Producer: Angela Dirksen, Savvy Jaye, Katie Patterson. William Patterson
Writer: Katie Patterson             
Cast: Katie Patterson, Reggie P. Louix, C.J. Barkus
Cinematographer: TinNgai Chan
Editor: Savvy Jaye

Website: www.JazzyAngelProductions.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OnlyYouMovie/

Feature
Los Angeles Premiere

OUT OF ORDER is a take on the classic situational comedy genre, drawing inspiration from the likes of Mrs. Doubtfire, A Fish Called Wanda, and My Cousin Vinny. This fast-paced film follows the chaotic world of John Slater, an ambitious yet hapless lawyer who finds himself at the center of a legal tangle like no other - balancing two jobs, two identities, and one unpredictable case.

Director: Guy Jacobson
Producer: Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof, Chris Bongirne, Stephen Tedeschi, Jesse Manning, Katy Donnelly, Matt Braunsdorf , Guy Jacobson
Writer: Guy Jacobson and Megan Freels Johnston
Cast: Brandon Routh, Brooke Shields, Luis Guzman, Sam Huntington, Krysta Rodriguez, Sandra Bernhard, Michael Potts, Tao Okamoto, Asher Grodman
Cinematographer: Matt Braunsdorf
Editor: Matt Braunsdorf

AWARDS:  

Chelsea Film Festival (NYC) – Oct 15–19, Opening Night Film & Audience Award Winner for Best Film

Universal Film Festival (Kansas City) – Winner Best Comedy

Sugarloaf Film Festival (Chester, NY) – SClosing Night Film, Winner Best Feature

FEEDBACK Toronto Comedy Film & Screenplay Festival –  Audience Award Winner & Best Director     

ICP Festival (New York) - Winner Best Comedy

Bondance (Japan) – Winner Best Feature

Swedish International Film Fest - Winner Best Comedy

Chicago Indie Film Awards, Winner Best Comedy

SELECTED:

Portland Comedy Film Festival - 

Haha Harvest Festival (New Jersey) 

Ekurhuleni International Film Festival(South Africa) 

Replay International Film Festival (Vienna) - Finalist, January 2026

Miami Beach Film Festival, May 2026

Feature

Pinch premiered in competition at the Tribeca Film Festival and has since screened at major international festivals across Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America. The film has received sold-out screenings, strong critical acclaim, and was featured in The New York Times, marking it as a powerful debut with a bold, globally resonant voice.

Director: Uttera Singh
Producer: Muktesh Singh, Uttera Singh, Anirudh Singh, Faissal Sam Shaib, Akanksha Jain, Jan Bezouska, Jenna Cavelle, Pranav Soni
Writer:  Uttera Singh & Adam Linzey            
Cast: Uttera Singh, Geeta Agrawal, Sunita Rajwar, Sapna Sand, Badri Chavan, Rajiv Nema.
Cinematographer: Adam Linzey
Editor: Faroukh Virani, Louise Innes, Vanessa Ruane
Instagram: @pinchthemovie

Feature
Los Angeles Premiere

After a life-altering accident, Ryan struggles to fit in with old friends and family at a birthday luau on his family’s homestead. As the pig slowly roasts in an imu pit and the partygoers cut loose, the celebration boils over when Ryan uncovers the missing memory of when his life took a tragic turn.

Director: Yana Alliata
Producer: Jack Forbes and Werner Herzog
Writer: Yana Alliata and Amy Miner             
Cast: Ryan Wiestewald, Hans Christopher, Nikki DeParis
Cinematographer: Rafael Leyva
Editor: Chris Punsalan 

Any awards, accolades or additional details about the process you would like to mention:

SXSW Narrative Feature Competition, Hawaii International Film Festival Made in Hawaii competition, San Diego International Film Festival Quarter Finalist, San Francisco Indie Fest Official Selection.

Instagram: @reelingmovie

TRAILER

Short
World Premiere

At his 30th birthday, Moody, an elusive aloof, is trying to pull an Irish exit as his friends hunt him down, desperate to ask one question, ‘does Moody like his gift?’

Refuctoring is this touching, dark comedy taking place in one room, over one night, between three friends. Set against the joyous event that is one’s own birthday, the kitchen is its opposite. It’s purgatory, it’s hell, it’s everything in between and nothing at all, as Moody comes to clash over what the gift says about him and his life. 'Am I what people say I am?

Director/Writer/Producer/Editor : Louis Momméja

Born in New York but raised in Paris, Louis is a screenwriter and director who uses surrealism and comedy to convey emotionally charged narratives that explore themes of loss, belonging and emptiness. After being an assistant of a comedy series creator and working in development at a game studio, Louis’ return to the indie filmscape comes as a follow-up to his last short, the multi-awarded dark comedy, Death Jam. Strong from his experience, and driven by his passion, Louis aims to bring unique narratives to the screen, while supporting original voices to do so too.

Producers : Paul-Lou Lemieux

Born in France, Paul-Lou is a creative producer that specialises in the production of short and feature films, music videos and commercials — in New York and Paris. He got into production after film school and is now running his own production company in New York for more than a year. Supporting and bringing each idea to production from A to Z by working at the deepest and closest with his crew, Paul-Lou uses his knowledge, network and expertise to lead each project to its peak.

Producers: Ilona Cazorla

Ilona is a producer and actress based both in New York and Los Angeles. Passionate about storytelling and indie filmmaking, her goal is to create art that not only entertains but also empowers and enlightens. Through her collaborations on feature indie films as well as documentaries about feminism and social change, she strives to amplify voices, challenge norms and ignite change. She is currently co-producing the feature film Mermaids and producing the ambitious short films Refuctoring and Smoking Pasta.

Cast : Joel Watson, Addie Guidry, Rose Lane Sanfilippo, Omar Javed

Cinematographer: Mete Gültiken

Born in Turkey, raised in France. Jumped into the cinematographer’s chair after film school to shoot commercials, music videos and narrative shorts as a DP in Paris. Moved to New York in 2021 to pursue a career as a cinematographer and shot several narrative shorts screened at major film festivals.

Production Designer: Mariana Soares

Brazilian born, Brooklyn-based, Mariana is a production designer and art director that has been working in the art department in New York for over 10 years. She designed and collaborated with several major brands, such as Spotify, Mattel, Steven Madden, Google, Penguin books, and so on, and with musicians such as Paul McCartney and a Place to Bury Strangers. Mariana has received the Thiborough Film Festival Award, Maverick Movie awards for best production design, and a Mattel award for best Latin American design. She did Production Design for 8 indie films, including the sci-fi feature film, ReEntry, starring Sam Trammel (True Blood) and Emily Deschanel (Bones).

Editor : Alexandre Altmayer
Instagram: @refuctoringfilm

Short
West Coast Premiere

In the short doc, Shirin Neshat: Voice of a Woman, internationally acclaimed Iranian American artist Shirin Neshat discusses the foremost theme of her work- women's bodies as a locus for political and religious exploitation. Beginning in the 1990's with her series The Women of Allah and carried through to her most recent exhibition The Fury, she continues to risk criticism and judgement as she furthers the issue of women's rights today, distinguishing between art and propaganda which is increasingly misunderstood in our current globally divisive environment. Shirin Neshat: Voice of a Woman is a timely call to action to women globally to unify and fight for equality as women's rights are being violated and eliminated around the world.

Director: Sophie Chahinian
Producer: Sophie Chahinian
Writer: Sophie Chahinian
Cast: Shirin Neshat
Cinematographer: Matthew Hindra
Editor: Matthew Hindra

In addition to being accepted to the 26th LA Indie Film Festival, we were accepted to the 33rd Hamptons International Film Festival with two sold-out screenings and Shirin Neshat in attendance, as well as The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival 2025.

https://www.theartistprofilearchive.com/extra/shirin-neshat-voaw

Instagram: @TheArtistProfileArchive

Facebook: The Artist Profile Archive

Music Video

A young Edwardian gentleman, working as a photographer, falls madly in love with a captivating woman as she takes her daily stroll down Brighton Pier. Finally mustering the courage to approach her, he is devastated to discover that there's someone else in the picture.

Director: Kenny McCracken
Producer: Kurt Rosenberg, Angus Light, Brent Rogers, Nick Hale, Zach Stevens
Writer: Kurt Rosenberg, Kenny McCracken             
Cast: Scott Hunter, Bobbie Seavill, Will Richardson
Cinematographer: Jonathan Nicol
Editor: Brent Rogers, Kenny McCracken

Website: kurtrosenbergmusic.com/film

Instagram: @kurtrosenbergmusic

Short

"Chasing the dream" is nice and idealistic. But let’s be real - it’s chaos. You have to survive while trying to thrive. Nico survives by selling cars. And on the same day he gets the biggest opportunity of his Hollywood career, a sale lands in his lap that could cover 7 months of bills with one handshake. Do the callback, or land the sale? Nico chooses the third option... with chaotic results.

Director: Raffaele Vesco
Producer: Raffaele Vesco, Meegan Barnes, Santi Naidoo, Raul Perez, Jesse Townes
Writer: Raffaele Vesco, Jesse Townes           
Cast: Jesse Townes, John Bradford, Christopher Woods, Rolando De La Maza, Mueen Jahan, Jaclyn Tuchman, William Wiggins, Conrad Wrobel, Chandler Rylko, Cameron Quinn, James Trabucco, Pyeta Kyaw

Cinematographer: Jackie Bao, Joewi Verhoeven
Editor: Raffaele Vesco, Joe Murphy

Winner Audience Award best narrative shot at 2025 IFF Boston - Winner Best Comedy at 2025 LA Shorts International

https://raffivesco.com/

Instagram: @raffivesco

Narrative Short

A ’76 Plymouth reflects on its journey, witnessing decades of human life, capturing moments of freedom, temptation, and redemption as it changes hands from one owner to the next.

Director: Slava Denisov
Producer: Anila Nugmanova, David Hachuns
Writer: Grigory Borodavkin, Slava Denisov             
Cast: Ron Perlman, Fernando Lopez, Isabel Powell, Michael Jovanovski, Shakira Barrera 
Cinematographer: Andrey Valentsov
Editor: Slava Denisov

Best Director — Studio City International Film & TV Festival
Best Cinematography — SIMI Film Festival
Best Editing — SIMI Film Festival
Best U.S. Short Film — South Texas International Film Festival
Audience Award — Calabasas Film Festival
Best Short Film — Boston Film Festival (41st)
Best Director — Burbank International Film Festival
Best Short Film — DaVinci Film Festival
Audience Award — San Jose International Short Film Festival
Outstanding Experimental Film — Micheaux Film Festival
Instagram: @theridefilm2025

Short
World Premiere

An uptight businessman really needs to get to work, but he runs int a slight issue when he tries to cross the road.

Director: Galdino Hladecek
Producer: Galdino Hladecek
Writer: Galdino Hladecek             
Cast: Abhik Jain
Cinematographer: Galdino Hladecek
Editor: Galdino Hladecek

Instagram: galdinohladecek

Student, experimental, animated, music video

Reggae band Artikal System is on a classic Pacific Coast Highway road trip to their next venue. The trip comes to a halt in a never-ending bumper-to-bumper hell, but it's the prettiest, most colorful hell you could ask for. 

Director, Producer, Writer, Editor: David Scott

This is my senior film for the CSULB animation program that I made entirely solo, minus the song, of course. For this film, I had to develop my own experimental animation process to recreate a psychedelic "stratacut' animation style in 3d which became the most eye-boggling part of the whole film that's unlike anything you've seen before. What you end up with is a film I worked tirelessly to create, which ultimately becomes a short yet enjoyable and colorful experience set to some great music. I've been fortunate enough to be invited to film festivals all over, including one at the TCL Chinese Theater, a semi-finalist at the Cypher Blue Music Video Film Festival, and a winner of best sound at the Marina Del Rey Film Festival. 

Instagram: @theDavissimo

Short 

Written by the Co-Creator of Lost, Virginia in the Woods is a psychological mystery about Virginia, a woman living in seclusion with her adult daughter in a remote forest home. As days blur together, Virginia experiences strange lapses in time—missing moments, shifting memories, and an unsettling sense that something is being kept from her. The deeper she searches for clarity, the more reality twists around her, leading to a chilling revelation about her daughter’s secret and the truth she may not be ready to face.

Director: Charlie Chappell
Producer: Charlie Chappell, Jeffrey Lieber, Holly Long, Alexa Cappiello
Writer: Jeffrey Lieber            
Cast: Holly Long, Alexa Cappiello, Jake Reiner
Cinematographer: Allie Schultz
Editor: Charlie Chappell