We have received an incredible amount of support from this festival, it’s been a pleasure being a part of everything they do. This is a really great way to get feedback, get your film seen, get some publicity and I can’t thank them enough for everything they’ve done for our film “LUCKY ALIEN”
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Festival played at the end of September 2025. Showcasing the best of NEW movie trailers from around the world. Over 150 submissions.
AUDIENCE AWARDS: Best Movie Trailer: bicycle Best Action Trailer: Cosmic Dawn Episode 1 Part 1 Final Sneak Peek Best Animation Trailer: Oh Deer Best Drama Trailer: Lana Tong: A tailor made tour Best Editing: Maria Niklińska Marlen – make it Best Experimental Trailer: The Skin Game: A Pornumentary Best Fantasy Trailer: Lapin Noir Best Historical Trailer: Ancestral Shadows Best LGBTQ+ Trailre: Johnny Be Good Best Mystery Trailer: Familiar Best New Media Trailer: 7 Veils Best Performances: Sensus Mori Best Proof of Concept Trailer: Battlefield Best Relationship Trailer: Maryam Best Sci-Fi Trailer: Tornado Best Society Trailer: Dating App Chronicles Best Story: Waiting for the River Best Thriller Trailer: What They Say About Carmen Best Visual Design: The Pilot Best Web Series Trailer: Spectral
The Skin Game: A Pornumentary, 1min., USA Directed by Sharon King The rise of the internet resulted in the explosion of the information age, allowing us to download a wealth of data in nanoseconds. It also gave us instantaneous access to porn. Lots and lots of porn.
Dating App Chronicles, 1min., Canada Directed by Kat Reynolds Dating App Chronicles follows Lisha, a sharp, funny, and emotionally unraveling Black millennial whose life is upended when a new job relocates her from Toronto to Vancouver—just as her long-term boyfriend dumps her. Alone in a new city and grieving a future she thought was secure, Lisha finds herself holed up in her apartment, surviving on gin, fast food, and sadness.
BATTLEFIELD, 1min., Malaysia Directed by Xiang Wan The story is people have a peaceful life, but dictator wants to destroy, so the people have to fight .
Waiting For The River, 3min., USA Directed by Kit Wilson In 1944 a young girl escapes a deadly flood, only to discover years later the myth of a Phantom Bear that saved her.
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT CARMEN, 2min., Portugal Directed by Eve Ferretti, Pedro Mota Teixeira “What They Say About Carmen” brings to light the story of a 10-year-old girl who was born without arms, narrated by a voice that uses a “borrowed” discourse, typical of those who “say that…” This narrative, coming from someone who never knew Carmen, adopts a memorial tone that contrasts with the animated image, revealing the true essence of the protagonist. This confrontation between the visual narrative and the verbal discourse invites us to dive deeper into Carmen’s life.
Lapin Noir, 1min., France Directed by Simon J. Proctor The secret Academy of the Lapin Noir, in Paris, has sent Johnny to America on an important mission . But it is not going very well. He is in hospital actually. He has crashed (and been shot). And now the Blue Foxes are after him. And he can’t quite remember what the Mission is. . Its complicated…
Directed by Lakshen Sundaram Spectral is a web series pilot. It’s a story about Maria, a young hard-working janitor who works overnight at a high school and during one of her shifts, she discovers that the school is haunted by ghosts. With the help of the lax security guard Tony and the occult-expert student Kane, they work towards uncovering the mysteries of the school and the reason behind the undead. All while the mysterious Mr. Bagwell dines with his illicit lover, Penelope.
Tornado, 1min,. Iran Directed by Majid Farzolahi A big spaceship comes to Earth and creates a massive tornado to destroy everything. (This film is a metaphor about global problems and how humanity faces them. This film shows how weak and vulnerable humanity is with all its technology)
7 Veils, 42sec., Greece Directed by Evi Tzortzi, Giorgos Alexakis The essence of life is protected by seven veils. One after the other, all veils are lifted. Past is explained, faith in life is restored, the eternal spiral is still alive.
FAMILIAR, 10min., France Directed by Julien Homère Elodie wakes up in the middle of the night, alone in the marital bed. Getting up to look for her husband, she comes face to face with his black silhouette at the end of the bedroom corridor. He has the same voice as her husband, speaks like her husband but… Is this her husband ?
Lana Tong: A tailor made tour, 2min., Hong Kong Directed by Sing Jantzen Tse Lana Tong, a tour guide who migrated to Hong Kong less than a decade ago, guides audiences through a post-pandemic Hong Kong undergoing rapid shifts in its political and socio-cultural landscape. Her journey is disrupted by two disembodied voices—native narrators steeped in Hong Kong’s 80s to 00s ethos. Offering corrections rooted in a native perspective and drawing from their upbringing in Hong Kong’s 80s to 00s milieu, they recount the city’s geography and the values of freedom championed by earlier generations, paradoxically steering Lana to rediscover the city through their lens. Amid the tides of time, questions arise: Can a city’s soul survive relentless tides of change? Will its people cling to inherited ideals, flee, or forge new meaning from the fragments?
Ancestral Shadows, 1min., USA Directed by Wilma Casal The reunion of three sisters leads to a journey through the shadows of their ancestors.
Oh Deer, 46 sec., South Korea Directed by Jeongeun Lee “Oh Deer” is a poetic interactive animation that follows the journey of a being in search of itself.
Cosmic Dawn Episode 1 Part 1 Final Sneak Peek, 2min., USA Directed by Cosmic Dawn a fight between Vallazar and Tiatha
Johnny Be Good, 36sec., USA Directed by Chase Ramsey, Johnny Hebda Gay relationships are messy. Let’s be real—between the swipe-left culture, hookup apps on every corner, and the glorification of open relationships, monogamy gets treated like some dusty relic from the past. But why should queer couples chain themselves to “traditional” rules that weren’t even made for us? Who actually wants to settle for a relationship that feels like a straight, invented by straights, cookie-cutter cage dressed up as commitment?
MARYAM, 4min., Afghanistan Directed by Zainab Entezar a girl that her father rent him
Sensus Mori, 26sec., USA Directed by Sydney Rincón When an elusive society agrees to be interviewed, a journalist must contend with their ideologies or risk falling prey herself.
Maria Niklińska Marlen – make it, 3min., Poland Directed by Dominika Machel
The Pilot, 1min., USA Directed by Susan Lockwood A reenactment of an autobiography of a French contactee with many past lives as a commander of E.T.s who wants to, in his first Earth incarnation, rise up through the ranks of pilots and flight supervisors, then leave his wife and family in the middle of the night to be allowed to train to fly the ship, the first human on Earth to do so.
The vicious attack that almost killed her erased all that she was. But not what she did. Elyse Tysoni s shocked to learn her taped confessions remove any hope of escaping her nightmare. Desperate for a lifeline, her only option is to be studied by Doctor Steve Bennett, a psychologist who specializes in psychopaths, to prove she is no longer a threat. But as the study progresses, it’sclearthere’smore to herstory than anyone knew.
Get to know the writer:
What is your screenplay about?
ORIGIN STORY is about a woman, Elyse Tyson, who wakes from a coma to find herself in prison with no memory. Everything that made her who she was is gone; her life turned into a living nightmare. And she’s still responsible for what she did. She’s a serial killer. Or at least she was. We follow Elyse as she tries to piece together who she is now by delving into her past, even if that means losing herself again.
What genres does your screenplay fall under?
Psychological Thriller
Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?
Beyond immersing the audience in a thrilling journey into the dark recesses of the human mind, ORIGIN STORY explores what makes us who we are and the meaning of justice. By putting those concepts to the test in a scenario that is an extreme contrast to what most of us experience, it makes difficult subjects easier to digest and provokes discussion.
How would you describe this script in two words?
Relentless suspense
What movie have you seen the most times in your life?
It’s a toss-up between Terminator 2 and The Princess Bride.
A biography is a written account of a person’s life that tells the story of their experiences, accomplishments, and challenges. The word “biography” comes from the medieval Greek words bios, meaning “life”, and graphia, meaning “writing”.
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LOSS, 14min., Israel Directed by Sivan Levy Zakin Nine-year-old Goni has always run faster than the boys, always scored more goals. Until the day they decide she’s gotten too good at winning. The beating that follows is methodical, almost ceremonial – childhood cracking along lines that were always there.
pink marker, 4min., USA Directed by Bianca M Persicketti a reflection of my first, strongest relationship–my queer discovery– and it’s ending. simple as that. my way of shutting the book.
Promises, Promises, 15min., USA Directed by KC Simmons When a closeted Brooke meanders into a 1980’s underground party and meets wild-card Rio, the duo finds themselves in a week-long whirlwind relationship.
Stalling, 12min., USA Directed by Jasia Ka An unlikely queer love story unfolds when two women bond over a shared cheating ex, and they connect year after year in the same bar bathroom.
Lossnord, 3min., Norway Directed by Madelen Schønningsen A fallen viking warrior is saved from despair by a Nordic healer. Through recovery they grow closer, but the warrior is distracted, haunted by her violent past.
Differently Water, 8min., Italy Directed by Daniele Catini Two Arab women meet underwater to express their love. The sea becomes an accomplice to a secret in which their eyes reveal that desire hidden from a world that cannot understand
TELLING, 16min., USA Directed by Sean Dugan A previously estranged father and son spend a rare, unexpectedly fun weekend reconnecting — until something unspoken becomes spoken. Can their fragile bond survive the truth? And whose truth is it?
ISS TARAF, 9min., India Directed by Shrey Leena Shah Iss Taraf offers a glimpse into the quiet struggles and momentary victories of a trans man living in a cisnormative world, navigating the journey of acceptance in daily life.
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