Dances with Film: LA 2026 – Picture Preview

OPENING NIGHT SELECTION
Yale                                                                 WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 123 min.
DIRECTOR: Jay Silverman
Based on a true story about a troubled woman who must confront her deadbeat father who abandoned her as a child as the last ditch effort to find a donor kidney for her dying son.CLOSING NIGHT SELECTION
Tender                                                             WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 95 min.
DIRECTOR: Adam Hoezel
After inheriting a modest house in a dying town, Billie and Mick believe they’ve finally found stability, until crushing debt, old resentments, and a shocking discovery buried within their walls threaten to tear them apart. As the couple is forced into a dangerous alliance to protect their future, Tender becomes a darkly intimate portrait of marriage under pressure, where love, money, and survival blur into something unrecognizable.

Again Again
USA, 2025, 99 min.
DIRECTORS: Mia Moore, Heather BallishAmerican Flake                                               WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 82 min.
DIRECTOR: Andrew David Paterson

Angeleno                                                         WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 83.5  min.
DIRECTOR: Jay Diaz

Bandit                                                              WORLD PREMIERE
Indonesia/USA, 2026, 109  min.
DIRECTOR: Brian L. Tan “BLT”

Before the Call
South Korea/USA, 2025, 62 min.
DIRECTOR: James Choi

Bravado
USA/Wales, 2026, 106 min.
DIRECTOR: Alex Hanno

Coaled Blood
USA, 2026, 130 min.
DIRECTOR: Sean Perry

Coin                                                                 WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 76 min.
DIRECTOR: John Brownell

Dave vs. Hollywood                                         WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 88 min.
DIRECTORS: Daniel Katz, Brad Dickson

Dead Deer High
USA, 2026, 101 min.
DIRECTOR: Jo Rochelle

Directors’ Commentary                                   WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 84.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Joel David Santner

Edie Arnold is a Loser
USA, 2026, 73  min.
DIRECTORS: Megan Rico, Kade Atwood

Face Love                                                        WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 96  min.
DIRECTOR: Gerald Fillmore

Fractured                                                     WORLD PREMIERE                                                         
USA, 2025, 72 min.
DIRECTOR: Mädchen Amick

Good Thoughts                                               WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 109 min.
DIRECTOR: Rachel Carey

The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg             WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 92 min.

Hamilton House                                               WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 83 min.
DIRECTOR: Jordan Rowe

Heartworm
USA, 2026, 107  min.
DIRECTORS: Miriam Louise Arens, Mitchell Arens

Hekla
USA, 2026, 89 min.
DIRECTOR: Michael Glover Smith

How to Date Again
USA, 2025, 96 min.
DIRECTOR: Matt Flanders

Isle Child
USA, 2025, 91 min.
DIRECTOR: Thomas Percy Kim

Jane’s Not Here                                               WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 105  min.
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Oster

Life at Sandy’s                                                NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
USA/Norway, 2026, 75 min.
DIRECTOR: Aleksandra Hansen

Littermates                                                      NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 87 min.
DIRECTORS: Scott Tinkham, Michael Woloson

Lone Rider
USA, 2025, 87 min.
DIRECTOR: Adam Jumba

Loves Company                                              WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 94  min.
DIRECTOR: Jason Laurits

Mind Games                                                    WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 96 min.
DIRECTOR: JJ Lippman

Out of Order
USA, 2025, 95 min.
DIRECTOR: Guy Jacobson

Queen of Shock                                               WORLD PREMIERE
Mexico/USA, 2026, 86 min.
DIRECTOR: Robyn Symon

Rescued                                                          WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 127 min.
DIRECTOR: D.J. Hale

Smile… The Worst is Yet to Come
USA, 2025, 84 min.
DIRECTOR: Chloe Lenihan

Solidarity                                                         WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 98 min.
DIRECTOR: Dustin Brown

Souvenir                                                          WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 88 min.
DIRECTOR: David Ketterer Spencer

Sync                                                                WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 121 min.
DIRECTOR: RJ Zabasky

Tales From the Crypto                                     WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 93 min.
DIRECTOR: Marcus Niehaus

Tempest                                                          WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 95 min.
DIRECTOR: Gregory J. Green

This Will Never Work
USA, 2025, 87 min.
DIRECTORS: Marina Tempelsman, Niccolo Aeed

Wilma, Wu, and a Stripper Named Lorraine     WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 94 min.
DIRECTOR: Debra De Liso

Yellow Broken Road                                        WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 108 min.
DIRECTOR: Njedeh Anthony

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES

4000 Days
USA, 2026, 110 min.
DIRECTOR: Daniel E Catullo IIIAutumn Gold
USA, 2026, 71 min.
DIRECTOR: Kern Konwiser

Beneath the Ashes: The Past Reimagined      WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 63 min.
DIRECTOR: Hrag Yedalian

Better Call Babs                                              WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 59 min.
DIRECTOR: Cam Lui, Michael Schnee

The Burning: The Untold Story of Africa’s Refugee Crisis
USA/Nigeria, 2025, 86 min.
DIRECTOR: Isabella Alexander-Nathani

Cabali and the Tiki Mug Obsession
USA, 2025, 96 min.
DIRECTOR: Josh Dragotta

Frampton
USA/UK, 2026, 104 min.
DIRECTOR: Rob Arthur

Holy Ghetto
USA/Israel, 2026, 83 min.
DIRECTOR: iLan Azoulai

Kratom: Side Effects May Include
USA, 2025, 78 min.
DIRECTORs: Jamie Neese, Jason Neese

The Last Place on Earth                                  WORLD PREMIERE
USA/Indonesia, 2026, 102 min.
DIRECTOR: David Booth Gardner

My Name is Gitta                                             WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 93.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Beatrix Ryle

Peaking: Psychedelics and the Pursuit of Happiness             WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 95 min.
DIRECTOR: Jordan Kronick

Reservation Redemption
USA, 2026, 60 min.
DIRECTORS: Brenda Fisher, Blake Pickens

Sell Your House
USA, 2026, 95 min.
DIRECTORS: Eric Foss, Brandon Pickering

Stan Lee: The Final Chapter                            WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 110 min.
DIRECTOR: Jon Bolerjack

Tell Me About Tomorrow                                 WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 120 min.
DIRECTOR: Brad Alexander

To Kill a Nazi                                                    WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 101 min.
DIRECTOR: Boaz Dvir

MIDNIGHT FEATURES
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Deathkeeper
Australia, 2025, 91 min.
DIRECTOR: Tristan BarrJump Scare
USA, 2025, 98 min.
DIRECTOR: Donnie Hobbie

Muffled                                                            WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 90 min.
DIRECTOR: Stephen McNamee

U A P                                                               NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 106 min.
DIRECTOR: Mason Howard

Baddie                                                             WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 17 min.
DIRECTOR: Steven YeeBanana
USA, 2025, 28 min.
DIRECTORS: Raghav Puri, Kieran Barry

Bigg County Restorations
USA, 2025, 17 min.
DIRECTOR: Dan Angelucci

Burning Bridges                                              WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 35 min.
DIRECTOR: Jorge Yanes

Bridal Party
USA, 2026, 26 min.
DIRECTOR: Mckenzie Salvatierra Custin

Chet Bond: License to Chill
USA, 2025, 25 min.
DIRECTOR: Blake Sherwyn

Codependent
USA, 2026, 25 min.
DIRECTOR: Caitlyn Phu

CVNT
USA, 2026, 16 min.
DIRECTOR: Nicole Higgins

Delicate Condition                                           WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 36.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Bailey Castle

Delivering Destiny w/Amir Mo                         WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 23 min.
DIRECTOR: Amir Mo

Farther Along
USA, 2025, 14 min.
DIRECTORS: MJ Bernier, Emily Draper

Fixation
USA, 2026, 35 min.
DIRECTOR: Alexander Jeffery

Level Up
USA, 2025, 17.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Gabrielle Roberts

I Could Eat - Episode 3                                    WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 14 min.
DIRECTORS: Rick Bedrosian, Sonja Stark

It’s Getting Late with Owen Reed                    WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 44 min.
DIRECTOR: Ryan Dougall

Knighted                                                          WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 23 min.
DIRECTOR: Zach Trent

Matched
USA, 2026, 24 min.
DIRECTOR: Elvira Ibragimova

Misguided
USA, 2025, 5.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Mariah Marasco

Mort
USA, 2025, 13 min.
DIRECTORS: Larry Ziegelman, Terry Ziegelman

Nobody F#cking Leaves
USA, 2026, 28 min.
DIRECTOR: John Mossman

Pain in the Neck                                              WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 41 min.
DIRECTOR: Paige Ivy

Penguin House: Credit Limit                           WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 13 min.
DIRECTOR: Chris Alden

People of the West                                          WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 60 min.
DIRECTORS: Christopher Nataanii Cegielski, Phillip Montgomery, Josh Baker

The Reverb                                                      NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 30 min.
DIRECTORS: Jordan Ruttert, Janie Ruttert

Son of a Bikram
USA, 2025, 18.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Johnny Rey Diaz

Strand
USA, 2026, 28 min.
DIR: Austin Gorski

Toxic-ish                                                         WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 38 min.
DIRECTOR: Corey Grant

The Trinity
USA, 2026, 37 min.
DIRECTOR: Emmanuel Mertis

Witches                                                           WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 26 min.
DIRECTOR: Gethin Aldous

Womb Room
USA, 2026, 22 min.
DIRECTOR: Nicole Treston Abranian

You Are Here                                                   WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 30 min.
DIR: Mandy Fabian

Zaddies                                                           WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 28 min.
DIRECTOR: John Frank Uranday

Zen Room                                                        WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 12 min.
DIRECTOR: Layne Marie Williams

NARRATIVE SHORTS
Aayat                                                               WORLD PREMIERE
USA/India, 2025, 16 min.
DIRECTOR: Sonia BhatiaAchiever
USA, 2026, 13.5 min.
DIRECTOR: CharlieTraisman

All That’s Left                                                  WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 10 min.
DIRECTOR: William D. Hellmuth

American Boy                                                  WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 13 min.
DIRECTOR: Jingbei Bai

The Art of Inflation
USA, 2025, 22.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Brett Wietecha

At What Cost?                                                 NORTH AMERICA PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 20.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Ant Roberson

Bembé
USA, 2025, 12 min.
DIRECTOR: Zayre Ferrer

Beware the Wolves                                          WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 19 min.
DIRECTOR: Alex Bush

Bigote Or (The Happy Anarchy of Bureaucracy)
USA, 2026, 11 min.
DIRECTOR: Rafael A. López

Birthday Bird                                                   WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 7.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Heather Brumley

Björn                                                               WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 16.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Kristofer Pitzek

The Blistering Blundering West                      WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 15 min.
DIRECTOR: Quinton Buxton

Breathe, Brother, Breathe                               WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 19 min.
DIRECTOR: Arman Khaghani

Buckets
USA, 2025, 11 min.
DIRECTOR: Drew van Steenbergen

Burro
USA, 2025, 12 min.
DIRECTOR: Hannah Lerner

Captain Milo                                                    WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 12 min.
DIRECTOR: Darcy Miller

Chloé                                                               NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
France, 2025, 18 min.
DIRECTOR: Madeline Stephenson

Clean Getaway
USA, 2025, 11 min.
DIRECTOR: Patricia Rigney

Conflicting Reports                                         WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 20 min.
DIRECTOR: Jeff Perreca

Cornerman                                                      WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 17.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Sam Findlay

Corps-À-Corps                                                WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 8 min.
DIRECTOR: Nikki Kobrick

The Country They Call Life                              WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 20 min.
DIRECTOR: Grace Sims

Dissection Day
USA, 2025, 15 min.
DIRECTOR: Rachel Thomas Medwid

Dog Years
USA, 2025, 10.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Rex Provost

Don’t Watch Without Me                                  WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 13 min.
DIRECTOR: Avi Kaye

Dream of Emptiness                                        WORLD PREMIERE
Vietnam, 2026, 26 min.
DIRECTOR: Thien Hoang Bui

Dres the Thief                                                  WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 3 min.
DIRECTOR: Tomas Vegara

Drones                                                             WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 22.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Steve Acevedo

Dropping Off                                                   WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 14 min.
DIRECTORS: Will Mayo, Ian Scott McGregor

Early Human Media
USA, 2025, 11.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Adrian Delcan

Escape
USA, 2026, 5 min.
DIRECTOR: Jasmine Russ

Everything Is Brand
USA, 2026, 13 min.
DIRECTOR: Brett Weiner

The Expiration of Darius Campbell                  WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 7 min.
DIRECTOR: Charlie Roth

Extraña
USA, 2025, 7 min.
DIRECTORS: Paloma Ronquillo, Ryan Fajet

Fabric
USA, 2025, 15 min.
DIRECTOR: Frank Sun

Fat                                                                   WORLD PREMIERE
Ireland, 2026, 19.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Dolores Rice

For Your Future Wife                                       WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 13 min.
DIRECTOR: Megan Petersen

Foxtails
USA, 2025, 9 min.
DIRECTOR: Alejo Perez-Stable Husni

Godpower                                                        WORLD PREMIERE
USA/Nigeria, 2025, 16.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Geoff Browne

Going Home                                                    WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 15 min.
DIRECTORS: Alyssa Limperis, Emily Murnane

Good Not Great
USA, 2026, 22 min.
DIRECTOR: Nick von Gremp

Good Vibes Only                                             WORLD PREMIERE
Canada, 2025, 13 min.
DIRECTOR: Sarah D’Ambrosio

Growing Still                                                   NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
New Zealand, 2025, 12.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Alyx Duncan

Hand on Camera
USA, 2025, 25 min.
DIRECTOR: Phillip Alexander

Hi Mom                                                            WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 3.5 min.
DIRECTOR: SM Goldberger

Hold For Applause                                          WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 10 min.
DIR: Nicole Treston Abranian

Homecoming
USA, 2026, 12 min.
DIRECTOR: Skyler Knutzen

I Love You More Than Dinosaurs
USA, 2025, 15 min.
DIRECTOR: Tyler Coon

In the Kitchen                                                  WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 13 min.
DIRECTOR: Babe Howard

Inshallah                                                          WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 18.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Sibel Damar

Inside These Walls
USA, 2026, 18 min.
DIRECTOR: Melissa Fisher

Jacob, Side Smirk, Nose Kiss                         WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 9 min.
DIRECTOR: Zac Kish

Jasmine.Home.Mother.
USA/UK/Lithuania, 2026, 15 min.
DIRECTOR: Ugnė Skonsmanaitė

Just My Luck
USA, 2025, 12 min.
DIRECTOR: Nicholas Pitts

Kill the Macoui                                                NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
France, 2025, 12 min.
DIRECTOR: Mathieu Le Roux

King of Games
USA, 2025, 9 min.
DIRECTOR: Tyler Cino Maradiaga

Las Hadas de la Sombra
USA, 2026, 21 min.
DIRECTOR: Ryan Jenkins

Late Shift
USA, 2026, 8 min.
DIRECTOR: Britta Johnson

Less Than Nothing                                          U.S. PREMIERE
Canada, 2025, 14 min.
DIRECTORS: Reagan Henderson, David Michan

Light Go Shining                                             WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 13 min.
DIRECTOR: Max Olson

Look Out!
USA, 2025, 7 min.
DIRECTOR: Brian Carroll

Lotion
USA, 2026, 10 min.
DIRECTOR: Bri Rodebaugh

Macbeth in Compton
USA, 2025, 19.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Page Kennedy

Magic Is Cool                                                  WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 20 min.
DIRECTOR: Barrett L. Shuler

Memorabilia                                                     WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 16 min.
DIRECTOR: Patrick Elmore

Mimi the Mime                                                 WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 23 min.
DIRECTORS: Nikos Spiridakis, Kit Moynihan

Never to Return
USA, 2026, 11 min.
DIRECTOR: Tyler Smith

Nip
USA, 2026, 13 min.
DIRECTORS: Thea Brooks, Taylor Karin

Nourish!                                                          WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 13 min.
DIRECTOR: Casey Bischel

Old Literature                                                  WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 13 min.
DIRECTOR: Silas Gobat

Oma                                                                 WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 10 min.
DIRECTOR: Shane Bannon

One and Done Tour
USA, 2025, 15 min.
DIRECTOR: Preston Pimentel

One Twenty-Six                                               WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 13.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Dan Lesser

Pale Shelter                                                     WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 16 min.
DIRECTOR: Edward Robles

Patchwork                                                       WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 14 min.
DIRECTOR: Holly Cook

Pittsburgh
USA, 2025, 17 min.
DIRECTOR: Ali Marsh

Plastic Pastures                                              WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 12 min.
DIRECTOR: Darren Rubin

Precious Light
USA, 2025, 13 min.
DIRECTOR: Nickon C. Hemati

Projectionist                                                    WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 13.5 min.
DIRECTORS: Pat McCoy, Nicolas Alexandre

Ramon Makes a Movie
USA, 2025, 13.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Haley Kirton

Ready For My Close-Up
USA, 2025, 11 min.
DIRECTOR: Elijah Guo

The Resistance                                                WORLD PREMIERE
Belgium/USA, 2026, 13.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Natalie Schwan

River Maid
USA, 2026, 17 min.
DIRECTOR: Colin J. Mason

She’s Nonbinary
Canada, 2026, 11 min.
DIRECTOR: Jess McLeod

The Shorn Lamb
USA, 2025, 14 min.
DIRECTOR: Emily Rolen

Shortcut                                                          WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 14 min.
DIRECTOR: Christina de Leon

Siren                                                                WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 10.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Aja Corynn

Soñado                                                            WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 16 min.
DIRECTOR: Darren Alberti

The Souvenir                                                   WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 16 min.
DIRECTOR: Adam Tiller

The Spanish Lesson
USA, 2025, 12 min.
DIRECTOR: Simone Stadler

Stale Air
USA, 2025, 18.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Sarah Leibman

Stand Clear’ The Closing Doors
USA, 2026, 7 min.
DIRECTOR: Stacey Sargeant

Still Mine                                                         WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 6 min.
DIRECTOR: Blythe Haaga

Stuffed                                                             WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 8 min.
DIRECTOR: Callie Carpinteri

Take Five                                                         WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 12 min.
DIRECTOR: Daniel Weingarten

Truant                                                              WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 19 min.
DIRECTOR: Robyn Wholey

We Didn’t Know Why
USA, 2025, 7 min.
DIRECTOR: Evan Henderson

The Worm’s-Eye View of the Bird
USA, 2025, 6 min.
DIRECTOR: Karen Zipor

You Could’ve Been a Nurse
USA, 2025, 12 min.
DIRECTOR: Meg Mateo

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
24 Hour Sanctuary                                           WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 10 min.
DIRECTOR: MG Nava

A Slice of Home
USA, 2025, 11 min.
DIRECTOR: Pauline Tran

All Of Us Girls
USA, 2025, 23 min.
DIRECTOR: Yifeng Wang

The Art of Sharing                                           WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 20 min.
DIRECTOR: Ric Serena

The Asset                                                        WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 30 min.
DIRECTOR: Ravit Markus

Body of Work                                                  WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 25 min.
DIRECTORS: Odin Wadleigh, Cassidy Rast

Call of the Jab                                                 WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 16 min.
DIRECTOR: Fletch Power

Cookie, Love
USA, 2025, 9.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Sari Arambulo

Dual Wielder                                                    WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 16 min.
DIRECTOR: Julia Boyd

Echoes From the Kitchen: A Tale of Comida and Cultura       WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 11 min.
DIRECTOR: Chef Eddie Garza

Find Your Voice                                               WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 25 min.
DIRECTOR: Roger Love

I Paint Monsters                                              WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 20.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Ben Woolverton

Invinceble 
USA, 2026, 23 min.
DIRECTORS: Beth Gage, George Gage

Lady Chief                                                       WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 11 min.
DIRECTOR: Broms

Marigold
USA, 2025, 6 min.
DIRECTOR: Dusty Dale Barker

Mitad                                                               WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 23 min.
DIRECTORS: Alyssa Callahan, Claire Gostin

Mike and Billy’s American Pie
USA, 2025, 20 min.
DIRECTOR: Erin P.S. Zimmerman

The Righteous Road Trip                                WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 40 min.
DIRECTOR: Vanessa Roth

Roll Modelz
USA, 2025, 12.5 min.
DIRECTORS: Oliver Rodriguez Dickson, Yahir Tzec-Carrasco

Stack                                                               WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 8 min.
DIRECTOR: Randolph Buffington

Thanksgiving for Angels
USA, 2025, 13 min.
DIRECTOR: Rebecca Corry

Three Brothers in Shanghai                            WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 17 min.
DIRECTOR: Nick Andrus

Where We Played: Voices From the Fire         WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 9 min.
DIRECTORS: Nat Wolff, Austin Cauldwell

MIDNIGHT SHORTS
A Deal in Liberty                                              WORLD PREMIERE
Canada, 2026, 15 min.
DIRECTOR: Palmer Wells

A Little R&R                                                     WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 18 min.
DIRECTOR: Bryan Bockbrader

The Bones Exist
USA, 2026, 14 min.
DIRECTORS: Kelsey Bollig, Matthew DuVall

Breakfast at Berghain                                      WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 14 min.
DIRECTOR: Autumn Palen

The Candle                                                      WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 9 min.
DIRECTOR: Ren Ariel Sano

The Death of Therapy
USA, 2025, 13 min.
DIRECTOR: Jared Hirsch

The Deep Vessel                                              WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 20 min.
DIRECTOR: Sean Cruser

Demon Dog                                                     WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 11 min.
DIRECTOR: Vanessa Newell

Dual
USA, 2025, 20 min.
DIRECTORS: Nitasha Bhambree, Declan Mulvey

Four Itchy Boys                                               WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 13 min.
DIRECTOR: Andrew Hebert

House Cat
USA, 2026, 14.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Kyle Spleiss

The Intimacy Coordinator
USA, 2026, 15 min.
DIRECTORS: Jack Mullany, Terry Mullany

Into the Static                                                  WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 6 min.
DIRECTORS: The Burbank Brothers

Knifeman
USA, 2025, 14.5 min.
DIRECTOR: MP Hayes

Lady Puritan
USA, 2026, 15.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Gustine Füdickar, Justin Streichman

The Last Cheap House                                    U.S. PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 10.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Meg Favreau

Legend Has It
Canada, 2025, 16.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Thomas Lorber

The McRoommate
USA, 2025, 1.5 min.
DIRECTOR: The Perez Bros

Mimic
USA, 2024, 6 min.
DIRECTOR: Thomas Hindy

Physical Touch
USA, 2025, 11 min.
DIRECTOR: Kendra Baude

Playtime                                                          WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 3 min.
DIRECTOR: Paul Hollingsworth

Pleasure-Seeking
Australia, 2025, 14.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Michaela Holmes

The Shed                                                         WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 7 min.
DIRECTORS: Christina K. Moore, Judy Choi, Sabrina Almeida, Winnie Kemp

Silent Scream                                                  WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 12 min.
DIRECTOR: Tommy O’Rourke

Starflare                                                           WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 14.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Christine W. Chen

Stay In
USA, 2025, 11 min.
DIRECTOR: Michael Buran

Tame
USA, 2025, 11.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Will Schneider

Tasty Bones
USA, 2026, 5 min.
DIRECTOR: Ronald Short

This Little Piggy Goes to Market                     WORLD PREMIERE 
USA, 2026, 14.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Katherine Connor Duff

Tick
USA, 2025, 14 min.
DIRECTOR: Sam Permar

Ultra Juice 
USA, 2025, 3.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Carl Conway Maguire

Waltz for Isabelle                                             U.S. PREMIERE
USA/Mexico, 2026, 15 min.
DIRECTOR: Emiliano Figueroa

DOWNBEAT
1.21 Gigawatts (Director’s Cut)
USA, 2025, 6 min.
DIRECTORS: Erik Deutscher, Tamara Gray

Bus Driver                                                       WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 3.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Karen Haglof

Dance On My Own                                           WORLD PREMIERE
Australia, 2026, 3.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Lachlan Dinley Jones

Energy
USA, 2024, 6 min.
DIRECTOR: Greyfaen Eastland

Glass House                                                    WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 4.5 min.
DIR: Carla Troconis

Hanalei I Ka Pilimoe                                        WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 3 min.
DIRECTOR: Carolina Espiro

Listen To The Lambs                                       WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 6 min.
DIRECTORS: John W. Snyder, Laura Milosch

Money                                                             U.S. PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 4 min.
DIRECTOR: Jordyn Apostolache

Ohio Song (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)              WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 4 min.
DIRECTOR: Rebecca Shapiro

Out of Mind                                                     WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 4 min.
DIRECTORS: Kacey Fifield, Varvara Aristakesyan

Pacific Coast Highway
USA, 2025, 4 min.
DIRECTOR: Alfred Thomas Catalfo

Pirate Radio
USA, 2025, 3.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Alfred Thomas Catalfo

Pussy on the Floor                                          WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 3 min.
DIRECTOR: Chris Osborn

Quartermain and Victoria                                WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 4 min.
DIRECTORS: Summer Purks, Katie Limentato

Second Skin                                                    WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 3.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Anil Baral

Shiny Things
USA, 2025, 3.5 min.
DIRECTOR: Tristan Pelletier

You Make Me Wanna Dance                            WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 3 min.
DIRECTORS: Neil Miguel Watson, Trinity Bliss

DANCES WITH KIDZ PRO SHORTS
Added Flavor                                                   WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 11 min.
DIRECTOR: Mike Dowling

Cake
USA, 2025, 14 min.
DIRECTOR: Erick Juarez

Four Square
USA, 2025, 14 min.
DIRECTOR: Eli Staub

Gotta Get Up and Dance
USA/Singapore, 2025, 2 min.
DIRECTOR: Jenny Hersch

I Got Next
USA, 2026, 17 min.
DIRECTOR: Christopher Baxter

Pan Gyul
Nevis, 2025, 17 min.
DIRECTOR: Juliette Jeffers

Rock, Paper, Destiny
USA, 2025, 17 min.
DIRECTOR: Tess Paras

DANCES WITH KIDZ BY KIDZ SHORTS
The Energy Detective                                      WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2026, 2 min.
DIRECTOR: Sophia Inghilleri

Joy                                                                  WORLD PREMIERE 
USA, 2025, 4 min.
DIRECTOR: Owen O’Meara

Let’s Erase Extinction                                     WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 33 min.
DIRECTOR: Andrew Barratt

The Parts We Keep
USA, 2026, 9 min.
DIRECTORS: Hana Marie Kim, Liliana Patel

Rose Tinted Nostalgia                                     WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 28.5 min.
DIRECTOR: David Mahmoudieh

Sol                                                                   WORLD PREMIERE
USA, 2025, 4 min.
DIRECTOR: Paulina Monroy-Freyre

This Or Life
USA, 2026, 4 min.
DIRECTOR: Winslow Burnett

UNPlural “New Home”
USA, 2026, 2 min.
DIRECTOR: Angel Gaeta