2025 9th Annual Festival of Cinema NYC August 1 – 10
Part 3 of 3: Film Shorts

 

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Director: J. Warren Fletcher
Country: USA; Running Time: 15 minutes

Almost Home
Director: Menhaj Huda
Country: USA; Running Time: 20 minutes

An Old Friend
Director: Nuk Suwanchote
Country: USA; Running Time: 14 minutes

ana 0091
Director: Robert Brody
Country: USA; Running Time: 7 minutes

The Anatomy of Jane Doesn’t Exist
Director: Kai Brown
Country: USA; Running Time: 3 minutes

Awake
Director: Elliot Kealoha Blanchard
Country: USA; Running Time: 4 minutes

The Babysitter Murders: Timing’s Off
Director: Orin Black
Country: USA; Running Time: 8 minutes

Backseat Girls
Directors: Alize Abdelhak, Kelsey Zhen
Country: USA; Running Time: 16 minutes

Bare (Sverlasi In Italien)
Director: Marc-Antoine Kelertas
Countries: Canada/Italy; Running Time: 9 minutes

Betty
Director: Leticia Buchanan
Country: USA; Running Time: 9 minutes

Between the Two                                          World Premiere
Director: Omar Yñigo
Country: Mexico; Running Time: 12 minutes

Bloodercream
Director: Elise Valderrama
Country: USA; Running Time: 9 minutes

Boundary Line
Director: Tomoki Ota
Country: Japan; Running Time: 34 minutes

Break A Leg
Director: Thomas J. Cooksey
Country: USA; Running Time: 19 minutes

Cast & Brew                                                  World Premiere
Director: Priscilla Zanni
Country: Spain; Running Time: 10 minutes

Cheat                                                              World Premiere
Director: Jackie Mahoney
Country: USA; Running Time: 9 minutes

Come Out, Wherever You Are
Director: Caitlin Presberg
Country: USA; Running Time: 30 minutes

Crōman                                                                      
Director: Henry Butler
Country: USA; Running Time: 8 minutes

Cromaescope
Director: Alvaro Beltran
Country: USA; Running Time: 35 minutes

Dance The Pain Away                                  North American Premiere
Director: Fabio Rincones
Countries: Venezuela/Switzerland; Running Time: 5 minutes

Darcine’s Day
Director: Aaron Goffman
Country: USA; Running Time: 17 minutes

Dark Aces
Director: Alex Gavin
Country: USA; Running Time: 10 minutes

Deli                                                                 World Premiere
Director: Max Garcia
Country: USA; Running Time: 14 minutes

Dharm
Directors: Harsh Gupta, Dalit Merenfeld
Country: USA; Running Time: 23 minutes

Dieter
Director: Rolf Broennimann
Country: Switzerland; Running Time: 11 minutes

Filther
Director: Simen Nyland
Country: Norway; Running Time: 20 minutes

Finding Daddy
Director: Emily Wilson
Country: USA; Running Time: 12 minutes

Flocky
Director: Esther Casas Roura
Countries: USA/Spain; Running Time: 11 minutes

The Forgotten Song                                     World Premiere
Director: Maria Braun
Country: USA; Running Time: 7 minutes

From Earth To Earth: The Lost Art of Dying in America
Director: Spirit + Soil Productions
Country: USA; Running Time: 19 minutes

Galaxies
Director: Robert Brody
Country: USA; Running Time: 24 minutes

Grave Expectations
Director: Larry Ziegelman
Country: USA; Running Time: 13 minutes

Half a Century
Director: Jackie Mahoney
Country: USA; Running Time: 16 minutes

Have You Ever Seen A Man Die ?
Directors: Karriem Carter, Jake Tallon
Country: USA; Running Time: 3 minutes

Knawbone Creek
Director: Scott Vandiver
Country: USA; Running Time: 24 minutes

Lab Rats
Director: Stimson Snead
Country: USA; Running Time: 19 minutes

The Language Of Light: Ashley Gilbertson
Director: Fiona Cochrane
Country: Australia; Running Time: 25 minutes

Life Support
Director: Jamon Tolbert
Country: USA; Running Time: 11 minutes

Loose Change
Director: Richie Ellis
Country: USA; Running Time: 15 minutes

Lux                                                                 World Premiere
Directors: Jazzie Young, Tatum Bront
Country: USA; Running Time: 3 minutes

Mama
Director: Albert Rudnitsky
Country: USA; Running Time: 22 minutes

Maneater
Directors: Jasmine Hurt, Aphrodite Armstrong
Country: USA; Running Time: 13 minutes

Marks of Majesty
Directors: Julia Comita, Stephanie Francis
Country: USA; Running Time: 9 minutes

Matthew Ericson
Directors: Matthew Ericson, Samson Jeter
Country: USA; Running Time: 10 minutes

Me, Myself, You                                             World Premiere
Director: Soorin Kim
Country: South Korea; Running Time: 19 minutes

Mind of Thoughts
Director: Charlotte Verminck
Country: Belgium; Running Time: 23 minutes

Miss Tobacco’s Manuscript                         World Premiere
Director: Yu Yang
Country: Italy; Running Time: 15 minutes

The Missing Peace
Director: Michael Raymond-James
Country: USA; Running Time: 24 minutes

More Dead Than Living
Director: JT Doran
Country: USA; Running Time: 18 minutes

Morning Glory
Director: Zachary Kibodeaux
Country: USA; Running Time: 5 minutes

Morning Jim
Director: Jay Graham
Country: Scotland; Running Time: 19 minutes

Niko Newark
Director: Tracey Washington-Bagley
Country: USA; Running Time: 19 minutes

Old Haunts
Directors: Ashley Bez, Shane Duckworth
Country: USA; Running Time: 21 minutes

The One Who Got Called In
Director: Louie Cortes
Country: USA; Running Time: 13 minutes

Parallax
Director: Daryl Denner
Country: USA; Running Time: 6 minutes

Paul Tells All: The Regrets Of A Sad Slasher
Director: Nicky Lazos
Country: USA; Running Time: 15 minutes

The Pickup
Director: Karen Wang
Country: USA; Running Time: 19 minutes

Premiere
Director: Omer Ben-David
Country: USA; Running Time: 17 minutes

Pretty Soon But Not Yet
Directors: Michael Buscemi, Marika Hacking
Country: USA; Running Time: 19 minutes

The Professional Parent
Director: Erik Jasaà
Countries: Slovakia/Romania; Running Time: 15 minutes

Punch Out
Director: Austin Herring
Country: USA; Running Time: 4 minutes

Quinn
Directors: Mike “Loco” Hoffman, Jahvon “Jex” John
Country: USA; Running Time: 4 minutes

The Red Diamond Cut
Director: Nickolas Toth
Country: UK; Running Time: 14 minutes

The Red Market
Director: Christopher Matthew Spencer
Country: USA; Running Time: 9 minutes

Runaway: A Dremariand Tale                     North American Premiere
Directors: Brian Dolan, Justin Marceus,
Alexander Bonet, Victoria Schaubeck
Country: USA; Running Time: 20 minutes

Saverio
Director: Ellen Ancui
Country: USA; Running Time: 14 minutes

SilverSizzle
Director: Brian Russell
Country: USA; Running Time: 13 minutes

Sky
Director: Andrew Lucido
Country: USA; Running Time: 14 minutes

Staircase Stomp by The Clamor
Director: Aaron Louis
Country: USA; Running Time: 3 minutes

Sumarsólstöður
Director: Amélie Ravalec
Countries: UK/France; Running Time: 30 minutes

The Soviet “Roswell” Incident                    World Premiere
Director: Alex Teplish
Country: USA; Running Time: 14 minutes

Static Cling
Director: Steven Lifshey
Country: USA; Running Time: 15 minutes

Strays
Director: Or Schraiber
Country: USA; Running Time: 13 minutes

The Super
Director: Daniel Merino Villavicencio
Country: USA; Running Time: 4 minutes

Symptoms
Director: Eliza Gibson
Country: USA; Running Time: 14 minutes

The Tent
Director: Jared Bohlken
Country: USA; Running Time: 11 minutes

Thanks For Nothing
Director: Nick Shadix
Country: USA; Running Time: 22 minutes

To Engage
Director: Le Chau
Country: USA; Running Time: 8 minutes

Unraveling
Director: Rich Devaney
Country: USA; Running Time: 12 minutes

Velo Love
Directors: Sam Mendez, Carlos Cruz
Country: United States; Running Time: 11 minutes

Verflechtung
Directors: Philip Hofmnner, Simon Pflanzer
Country: Switzerland; Running Time: 19 minutes

Vulnerare                                                       World Premiere
Director: Sergio Mario Illuminato
Country: Italy; Running Time: 14 minutes

Waiting on You
Director: Jazzie Young
Country: USA; Running Time: 3 minutes

When Everything Was Blue
Director: Christina Chironna
Country: USA; Running Time: 13 minutes

Wild Animals
Director: David B. Jacobs
Country: USA; Running Time: 9 minutes

The World of James Gagmy
Director: Lon Takiguchi
Country: USA; Running Time: 15 minutes

Would You Rather                                        North American Premiere
Director: Fabrizio Quagliuso
Country: UK; Running Time: 9 minutes

Written in Skin
Director: Damian Wampler
Country: USA; Running Time: 12 minutes

The Xenogender                                           World Premiere
Director: Masataka Ishizaki
Country: USA; Running Time: 15 minutes

Yes
Director: Randi Barros
Country: USA; Running Time: 21 minutes

UNPRODUCED SCRIPT COMPETITION Top 10 Finalists

“21st Century Heretic”
Writer: Alex Isbell

“The Age of the Empath”
Writer: Steve Brown

“Cast Aside Home”
Writer: Joe Paragona

“Diwata”
Writer: Shea Formanes

“Father’s Day”
Writer: Bear Kosik

“Luke & Emma”
Writer: Levi Wilson

“The Place Between our Lives”
Writer: Clay Callender

“Queen”
Writer: Peter Gibbons

“Rabbi Rifkind”
Writer: Alex Barnett

“Winnie & Clyde”
Writer: Matthew Rafferty

About Festival of Cinema NYC:
Festival of Cinema, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. The festival was founded by local independent filmmakers with a passion to get movies made and to expand the reach of artists’ work. Recognizing the challenges filmmakers face in the film industry, the festival’s aim is to establish a presence, and spread awareness, of cinematic creativity.

 

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