Festival played at the end of September 2025. Showcasing the best of NEW movie trailers from around the world. Over 170 submissions.
AUDIENCE AWARDS:
Best Movie Trailer: CLAWS
Best AI Trailer: ROMEO LOVES JULIET: A LEGO LOVE STORY
Best Action: U3030
Best Adventure: THE OUTLAW WIND
Best Animation: THE PATCH
Best Comedy: FROM BROOKLYN TO BOCA
Best Documentary: Honoring Adaptive Athlete: U.S Army Veteran – Marc Dervaes
Best Drama: IN THE SHADOW OF GRACE
Best Editing: FINAL TRANSMISSION
Best Experimental: A Little Monsters Book Trailer – The Case of the Missing Pink Piggy
Best Fantasy: LEGACY OF ELYRIANS
Best Mystery: SKIN CIRCUIT
Best Proof of Concept: BRINKCHASER — Cinematic POC
Best Relationship: STRONG ENOUGH
Best Romance: LUNA DE SANGRE
Best Sci-Fi: ENTHUSIASM
Best Story: KIM WESTON: MOTOWN TO BLACK BOTTOM
Best Thriller: I/O
A Little Monsters Book Trailer – The Case of the Missing Pink Piggy, 2min. USA
Directed by Zachary Simpson
A squeaky-clean mystery brought to life with heart, humor, and a whole lot of Little Monsters magic! With charming illustrations, lively music, and Studio Story Monster sparkle, this trailer invites kids (and kids at heart!) to join the adventure. Let our young narrator guide you through the pages of Linda Harkey’s delightful world of friendship, curiosity, and a case of a missing pink piggy…
https://www.instagram.com/storymonstersink
KIM WESTON: MOTOWN TO BLACK BOTTOM, 2min., USA
Directed by Valerie Denise Jones
A haunting, narration-driven trailer that traces the journey of Motown artist Kim Weston through the cultural shift from Motown to Black Bottom, where music, memory, and identity collide.
https://www.instagram.com/valeriedenisejones
BRINKCHASER — Cinematic POC, 3min., USA
Directed by J.A. Lemos
BRINKCHASER is a cinematic proof-of-concept extended trailer for a feature project currently in development, based on the published source novel. The piece presents the project’s tone, atmosphere, visual language, and larger story world in a compact form.
https://www.instagram.com/uncannyvalleypictures
LEGACY OF ELYRIANS, 2min., Poland
Directed by Marcin Zawistowski
Marcus Zane spent his entire life believing he was an ordinary person. Yet ever since childhood, strange and unexplained events followed him wherever he went. He knew things he should never have known, heard people’s thoughts before they spoke, and strong emotions could trigger dangerous phenomena that someone had spent years hiding from the world.
ENTHUSIASM, 1min., USA
Directed by Anthony Burkhalter
Teaser trailer for the feature film based on the award-winning science fiction short, Enthusiasm Abounds.
http://www.enthusiasmabounds.com/
CLAWS, 2min., USA
Directed by Sean Francis Ellis
https://sean-ellis-sgee.squarespace.com/projects
SKIN CIRCUIT, 2min., USSA
Directed by David Heath Ferguson
Jason Wilder, a small-town private investigator and martial arts expert, launches a relentless mission, navigating through the criminal underworld, to rescue his best friend’s sister from a mysterious human trafficking ring.
https://instagram.com/tko_prods
ROMEO LOVES JULIET: A LEGO LOVE STORY, 1min., USA
Directed by Lawrence Jones
This project is an original, AI-assisted film and series concept set in a futuristic cyberpunk LEGO world. It follows two mercenaries navigating violence, loyalty, and emotional vulnerability while attempting to maintain a relationship in a city designed to keep people broken.
https://www.instagram.com/indielaw1
U3030, 2min., USA
Directed by Wendy Crouse
A medical officer (Grace Lyons) traveling with her first officer (G2) delivers medical supplies across the Universe. When their year mission is over, they head home to Mars.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3937783
THE OUTLAW WIND, 2min., USA
Directed by Wendy Crouse
THE PATCH, 2min., Greece
Directed by Ioulia Lymperopoulou
“The Patch” (2026) is a short art animation that was inspired by my short illustrated story “The Patch” (Kondyli, 2025). It is an allegoric narration about resilience through change in life and about our inner child that needs to be nurtured and protected to be happy and creative. It works as well as a Pilot Trailer for “The Patch” my upcoming short art experimental animation.
https://www.instagram.com/ioulia_libera
I/O (Proof of Concept), 2min., USA
Directed by Molly Vernon
On her eleventh birthday, gifted gamer Sky accidentally unleashes hybrid alien beings imprisoned for decades inside a Cold War–era program disguised as a video game. As civilization collapses and the creatures hunt humans for the dopamine that allows them to feel, Sky must survive the world she helped create—and find a way to close what she opened.
https://www.instagram.com/io.series.official
From Brooklyn to Boca, 3min., USA
Directed by Josh Louis
Sharon – shardan323@hotmail.com
N THE SHADOW OF GRACE, 1min., USA
Directed by Jessica Lee Wrabel
Our stories are never fully written, and within these pages are stories of healing. In exploring the raw and real depths of the human experience, we uncover a chapter of the heart where redemption and healing meet. In the Shadow of Grace follows three individuals who share honest testimonies of mental health struggles, addiction, and family trauma. Their journeys reveal how faith carries them from brokenness into restoration, and a closing message from a local pastor reminds us that hope and renewal remain possible even in our darkest seasons.
https://www.instagram.com/yallywoodstudiostx
Honoring Adaptive Athlete: U.S Army Veteran – Marc Dervaes, 2min., USA
Directed by David Goodman
Tradition Production Group, Outdoor Immersion, K9 Heroes 4 Heroes, and Operation Hunt 4 Heroes, in association with Humanity Pictures, present a teaser for the film of the inspiring true story of Marc Dervaes, an Army veteran who lost his right arm from the elbow down while serving in Iraq. This powerful narrative follows Marc’s journey of resilience, recovery, and purpose — a story forged through the healing power of outdoor therapy, brotherhood, and unwavering determination. Through nature, service animals, and community, Marc reclaims not just his strength—but his mission.
LUNA DE SANGRE, 1min., USA
Directed by Lorenzo Patanè, Alessandra Rucco
When elite spy Luna’s forbidden romance is discovered, the Agency murders her lover and orders her execution. Captured by Mercurio her mentor and handler, she witnesses his final sacrifice. Reborn in blood and grief, Luna chooses vengeance, setting out to destroy the organisation that engineered her life and tried to erase her.
https://www.instagram.com/luna_de_sangre_short
STRONG ENOUGH, 3min., USA
Directed by Rose Maria Mitchell
Strong Enough follows a woman as she reflects on a love that once felt all-encompassing yet ultimately required her to let go. Through tenderness, vulnerability, and emotional honesty, she moves from surrender to self-awareness, discovering that true strength lies in honoring her own worth. The video captures a quiet but powerful transformation – from love lost to self-reclaimed.
rosemaria.vitae@outlook.com
https://www.instagram.com/rose_maria_mitchell
FINAL TRANSMISSION, 1min., UK
Directed by Sean Coleman
Alone aboard a crippled transport drifting through deep space, Commander Elias Walker records what will become humanity’s final message. Earth is gone, and the ship, once a vessel of hope, now carries only failure and silence. As oxygen fades, Elias begins a calm mission log, clinging to duty and procedure. But as systems die around him, the truth surfaces. He isn’t just facing his own death, he’s witnessing the extinction of mankind.
sean@silvermontpictures.com
https://www.instagram.com/sean_coleman7
