Festival played at the end of July 2025. Showcasing the best of NEW movie trailers from around the world.

AUDIENCE AWARDS:
Best MOVIE TRAILER: One of Us Pt 1
Best Action: Joan & Talbot
Best Animation: A dream in waking life
Best Black & White: 3 Days
Best Cinematography: Doing Nothing, Going Nowhere
Best Comedy: The Christopher Nolan Experience
Best Documentary: Black Printmakers of Washington DC
Best Drama: Dilemma
Editing: In Hell With Ivo
Best Experimental: wur.
Best Fantasy: Kaelara: The Summoned Blade
Best Horror: Shadow of the Imposter
Best Montage Trailer: The Tank
Best Music Video: Blow Me Down
Best New Media: The Morgue
Best Performances: Black / White & the “Other Colours”
Best Sci-Fi: A Probability of Nature
Best Student Trailer: Mx.
Best Visual Design: Confession of a serial killer
Best Web Series: We Sock – End of the world

wur, 18 sec.,
Directed by Anthony Rodriguez

Blow Me Down, 30 sec., USA
Directed by Marta Renzi
By turns goofy, sexy and poignant, BLOW ME DOWN messes with 3 dimensions and the 4th wall – or is it the 5th?

https://www.instagram.com/renzimarta

BLACK PRINTMAKERS OF Washington DC, 4min. USA
Directed by Susan J. Goldman
Washington, D.C. has a rich history of Black owned printmaking workshops where artists thrived and formed community.

THE TANK trailer, 1min., USA
Directed by Richard G. Miller
761st tank divison battles the Nazi in the battle of the Bugle.

Joan & Talbot trailer, 30sec. USA
Directed by Megan Mann
In the heat of the Hundred Years’ War, English Lord Talbot and the fierce French warrior Joan la Pucelle clash on the battlefield outside Orléans.

https://www.instagram.com/nycstagecombat

3 Days trailer, 30sec. USA
Directed by Jared Kitt
A man must shield the truth from his lover during her three day visit to a labor camp.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36303714/?ref_=mv_close

Kaelara: The Summoned Blade, 1min, USA
Directed by Chris Vallone
In a realm shattered by decades of tribal war, an unstoppable horde rises, forcing enemy clans into a fragile alliance.

In Hell With Ivo Trailer, 2min., Bulgaria
Directed by Kristina Nikolova
Bulgarian queer artist Ivo Dimchev captivates audiences worldwide with his electrifying art shows, which blend singing and songwriting, theatre, dance, and visual art.

https://instagram.com/in_hell_with_ivo_movie

Shadow of the Impostor, 1min. UK
Directed by Ortino Yang
Shadow of the Impostor is a surreal psychological short film that follows Aiden, a struggling actor on the verge of a breakdown as he prepares for a major audition.

DILEMMA trailer, 1min., USA
Directed by Travan Jay Hiatt
Dilemma is a tense psychological thriller that delves into the consequences of a single, reckless decision.

One of Us Pt 1, 1min,. USA
Directed by Laquan D. Burroughs
Three college kids look to join the nations most prestigious joint Fraternity, Alpha Omega Phi, and there’s only one more step for them to compete.

https://www.instagram.com/l.a.quan_659

A Probability of Nature, 24sec., USA
Directed Eian Hazzard
A Probability of Nature is an experimental short I made on the Information Age.

Doing Nothing, Going Nowhere, 45sec., USA
Directed by Brandon Houser
“Doing Nothing, Going Nowhere” is a zero-budget experimental short film that emerged during the writing and recording of an original alt/indie EP inspired by the 2000s–2010s soundscape.

The Christopher Nolan Experience trailer, 3min,. Canada
Directed by Matthew Putnam, Diego Pereira
When struggling creative Christopher Nolan is dumped by his girlfriend upon her discovery that he is not the legendary director.

https://www.instagram.com/thechristophernolanexperience/

A dream in waking life, 35sec. Iran
Directed by Hossein Moradizadeh
A man is walking down the street in the dark and dreaming, suddenly the wind blows.

https://www.instagram.com/mora.films/

The Morgue, 11sec., Iran
Directed by Majid Farzolahi
A zombie girl comes out of the morgue and is horrified by the image of the movie The Ring on the TV.

We Sock – End of the world, 2min., Finland,
Directed by Petri Puroaho
I created a web series with my spouse in 2020 to pass the time while living in long distance relationship, and then the process started to have a life of its own and became bigger than us.

https://www.instagram.com/we.sock.pp

Mx., 14sec., UK
Directed by Wwenen Lusa
“Mx.” is a title used as a gender-neutral alternative to Mr. or Ms., reflecting inclusivity in gender identity.

Confession of a serial killer, 1min., Italy
Directed by Francesco Maffei
Max Rinaldi, a journalist and blogger with a past as a film critic, receives a phone call from a man announcing that he is a serial killer and wants to provide him with a confession of his heinous murders

Black / White & the “Other Colours”, 1min., Turkey
Directed by Doğa Yılmaz
A man gets ready to go out. When he steps outside and integrates into society, he becomes a different person.