Director: Samuel Lubicz
PG Croatia
Best Trailer Award Winner
Part of the Dalmatian archipelago, Iž is a small island only 12.2 km long, and its largest village “Veli Iž” is home to fewer than 300 year-round residents. Through interviews with locals (aged 12 to 99), and a mix of new and archival footage, this film looks at local traditions and histories, personal nostalgias, and adapting to rapidly changing times.
Residents reflect on environmental concerns - rising sea levels, abandoned cars, and the infrastructure demands of a growing summer tourist season. With outward migration on the rise and older generations passing on, this film considers what futures await small island communities like Iž.
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2:30pm
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Director: Ethan Maniquis
PG Puerto Rico
Best Documentary Short
Tormenta examines Puerto Rico’s long recovery after Hurricane María through the people who lived it. When the storm knocked out electricity and critical services, in some places for nearly a year, communities were forced to rebuild on their own.
Narrated by EGOT winner Rita Moreno, the film blends on-the-ground footage with historical context and expert insight. Interviews with recording artist and physician PJ Sin Suela, MLB legend Carlos Delgado, and Puerto Rico’s former Health Secretary provide new perspectives on the island’s healthcare response.
Screens with Vidim Te (I See You) feature film documentary.
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2:30pm
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Director: Alexander Tuschinski
G Germany
The artist reflects upon the world in this portrait of American-born artist Monique Marie DeJong, whose work is deeply inspired by nature.
Screens with Vidim Te (I See You) feature film documentary.
WORLD PREMIERE
2:30pm
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Director: Niall O'Brien
PG
FILM PROGRAM 20-A
Jacob fumbles with a lamp while his girlfriend Melissa lies on his bed, watching. What should be a simple task becomes an escape from the deeper cracks in their relationship, his sexual anxieties and her need for connection.
Meanwhile, in the living room, Jacob’s mom, Donna, and brother, Tyler, spar with each other as they all try to awkwardly console a family friend, Laurie.
There’s A Girl In My Room is a nuanced observation of intimacy, avoidance, and the everyday comedy of family life.
IFS PREMIERE
4:30pm
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Director: Tom Fleming
R
FILM PROGRAM 20-A
'All Over The World' is a documentary that tells the story of how Power Pop pioneer, Paul Collins, arranged a DIY world tour that spanned five countries (U.S.A, Spain, Japan, Sweden, & France).
L.A. PREMIERE
4:30pm
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Director: Yixian Eva Guo
G China
COMEDY & DRAMA FILMS 20-B
A young woman returns to attend her grandmother’s funeral, yet remains emotionally distant from the ritual and her family. Surrounded by expressions of grief that feel prescribed rather than genuine, she moves through the space as an observer rather than a participant.
This film explores the quiet dissonance between expected emotion and internal absence. Through repeated acts of looking—at others, at spaces, and at herself—she attempts to locate a sense of presence. “Self in Echo” reflects on how identity can emerge not through feeling, but through the awareness of its absence.
WORLD PREMIERE
5:15pm
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Director: Dave Hill
R
COMEDY & DRAMA FILMS 20-B
A man drives down a dirt road in the desert. His girlfriend, riding shotgun, shoots a rabbit out of the car window... or so she thinks.
It turns out to be a stuffed-animal with a name tag and address. The couple argues about what to do with it before his girlfriend forces him into driving the animal back home.
They arrive at the address, to find the remnants of a house... and... well... something else.
WEST COAST PREMIERE
5:15pm
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Director: Henry Parker-Elder
PG
COMEDY & DRAMA FILMS 20-B
A 30-something Asian man rents himself out to five strangers looking for an hour of companionship, connection, and friendship.
Is it sad to rent a friend,… or does it even matter, if all we’re really craving is to feel seen, heard, and less alone, - even for a moment?
IFS PREMIERE
5:15pm
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Director: Joe Furey
PG
From TV Comedy Writer/ Producer Joe Furey (Late Night with David Letterman, NBC's NewsRadio, FX's What We Do In the Shadows) comes an outlandish feature comedy about love, loss, support groups-- and possible insanity.
With the hilarious Pat Finn (The Middle, Seinfeld, It's Complicated (2009), I Am Chris Farley (2015)-- and Kristin Datillo (Dexter, The Chris Issacs Show). Wayne Federman (Curb Your Enthusiasm, The 40-Year Old Virgin).
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6:00pm
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Director: Zac La Roc
PG-13
FILM PROGRAM 20-C
Dylan and Lizzy are best friends, growing up in a typical dystopian suburbia. Dylan has a plan to take her mom's boyfriend's car for the night. The two of them drop acid, steal the car, and the wild sequence of events that ensue over the next nine hours is one for the books.
Dylan is all gas, no brakes. Lizzy is more in touch with the risk versus benefit equation. The unlikely duo are still inseparable, and their journey is as entertaining as it is dangerous. In the end, we are reminded that life's a trip, so enjoy the ride.
IFS PREMIERE
7:30pm
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Director: Riley Cecil Taggart
PG-13
FILM PROGRAM 20-C
In this surreal comedy, stand-up comic Maya Sharma outsources all of her major life decisions to the audience by reading from her choose-your-own-adventure memoir.
At first, their choices are funny: go smoke weed, tell off a bully, let the party use you as a table. It’s all in good fun until Maya, on stage in front of a full audience, realizes she hates how her life turned out and demands the audience make different choices, better choices, but it’s too late. Until Maya spirals publicly, holding the audience hostage in her nightmare until a divine figure intervenes.
WORLD PREMIERE
7:30pm
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Director: Joey Koenig
R
FILM PROGRAM 20-C
On their wedding night, a newlywed couple celebrates with the perfect honeymoon. Everything feels romantic—full of love and excitement. However, their marital trust is put to the ultimate test when an unexpected visitor arrives.
What starts as a romantic evening slowly devolves into a nightmare where nothing, and nobody, is as it seems. With practical effects and cosmic body horror that explore old and new chills, this film promises a marriage you will never forget.
IFS PREMIERE
7:30pm
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Director: Eric Hayden
R
Best Documentary
"American Madness" is a deep-dive documentary into the history of Conspiracy Theories and an overview of the conspiracy culture that can take over people's lives and drive them to commit violent acts.
Richard McCaslin was a comic artist, a filmmaker, but also a deeply broken person obsessed with conspiracy theories that inspired him to take dangerous action in spite of the consequences, when he donned the costume of his “super hero persona” The Phantom Patriot, infiltrated the secretive Bohemian Grove, and set it on fire.
Based upon the book "American Madness" by Tea Krulos, this documentary takes a journey from the Border Wall in Texas across America in a cautionary tale for the present time, where the internet spreads false stories so fast that our population no longer lives in a shared reality with one another.
WORLD PREMIERE
8:30pm
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Director: Lauren Meyering
PG-13
Horsegirls is the story of Margarita, a woman with autism living with her mother, who discovers the world of hobbyhorsing and finds her independence.
Encouraged by a supportive coach, her mom and her community, Margarita gains confidence to forge her own path.
First time feature writer / director Lauren Meyering wrote the script based on her close friend and producer on the film Mackenzie Breeden’s personal life and family. The film is dedicated to Mackenzie’s mother Sandra Breeden.
Horsegirls debuted in competition at the Tribeca Film Festival and won awards at the Seattle Film Festival, with Gretchen Mol being awarded Best Actress and Lillian Carrier winning Outstanding Performance.
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9:35pm
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