WE ARE DELIGHTED TO PRESENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS THE BEST OF INDEPENDENT CINEMA OF THE 2025 SEASON!
A kaleidoscope of stories, languages, and visions from all over the world: emerging directors and established authors, original screenplays, short films, documentaries, art films, experimental projects, and music intertwined with the visual language.
This selection celebrates creativity without borders, honoring the dedication, talent, and passion of those who choose the independent path to tell the story of humanity, society, and the emotions of our time.
May Liu — Blooming Sisters, Phoebe’s Echo
Akal Demir — Cataclysm Down Under – Hero
Damiano Rossi — Eyesolation
Henk Pringels — Man in a Can
Alberto Martín-Aragón — Ghost Chef
John Johnson — Mine
Eve Leonard — Because We Are Too Many
Vivian Tsang — The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers
Geoffrey Gould — The Rings
Anna Morelli — Wave Man
Larry Gene Fortin — Flannel & Rue
Tom Gallagher — Amen-Amen-Amen: A Story of Our Times
Molly Vernon — I/O (Input-Output) Proof of Concept
Yuliya Levashova — Ballad of the Millennial Dream
Don Pasquale Ferone — Nelle Sue mani
Don Pasquale Ferone — Credo
Nancy Kimmel — Josh’s Employment Agency of Brooklyn/the Hereafter
Nicholas Snyder — Hot Air Hippo
John Martinez — Theater 8
John Martinez — The Green Machine – Part 1
Janja Rakuš — Soularis
Lori Hamilton — Potato Family
Angelena Bonet — Change The World
Wendy White — Roses are Blind
Frank Mancuso — The Sicilians
Florence Cazebon-Taveau — The Priory of Sion and the treasure of abbey Sauniere of Rennes the Castle France
Jeremy and Christine Stork — Running Out Of Time
Gary Mazeffa — Asherah’s Colors
Earnest Diaz — Thankful
Ruth Finnegan — The Mountain
Pamela PerryGoulardt — The Jaguar and the Dragonfly
Pamela PerryGoulardt — Calamity Jane: Queen of Spades
Whitney Hamilton — Union
Mattia Paone — Flashes of Light (Bagliori)
Carla Di Bonito — Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)
Silvano Perozic — Q1
Jonathan Fisher — In a Whole New Way
Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti — Colombano e la 21esima Fetta
Uniqueness Heiress & Azia — Omnipotent Resolution
Lesley Ann Albiston — Fractures In Time
Suzanne Lutas — The Dead Ringer
Dr Dawn Menge — Precious the baby dragon
Charli Brown — Croix – The Prequel: Kiss The Ring
Matthew Roch — Wacko
Dylan Brody — You Are Here
Alexander Senicki — Emergency Musical Response: Part 1 – Journey to Netherworld
John Johnson — The G-FILES
Cherie Carson — Sequoia Spirits
Royce Freeman — Indie Jax Grind
Robert Tobin — The Good Americans
Andronica Marquis — Medea
Jaymz Bee — Artists and Aliens
Francis Billingsley — Dancing with Spies @Goddess
Michael Mayhan — The Ballad of Wonderhussy and Other Desert Tales
Keith Szarabajka — In Search of A P-I-G
Keith Szarabajka — The Second Coming
Russell Emanuel — Staycation
Colleen Fuglaar — Michelangelo and Me + Da Vinci and Me
Anton Svantesson-Helkiö — See me
Phoebe von Satis — The Hallmark Couple
Phoebe von Satis — Gold Glory & Nobility
Phoebe von Satis — Only in Malibu
Danilo Del Tufo — Forevermore
Gary St. Martin — Dirty Revenge
R. Scott MacLeay — Noise
Cassandra Hodges — Wild Blooms
Chris Ross Leong — NeverWere: a Lycan Love Story
Gary Beeber — Water
Valto Baltzar — Le Cafe De Mes Souvenirs
Shaun Guzman — Hope!
Shaun Guzman — Alone
Graciela Cassel — We are Rivers
Michelle Lynn — Secrets of Montmartre
Michelle Lynn — An Ever After Drama
Michelle Lynn — The Green Mill
AnayaMusic Kunst — Sanctuary
Anaya Music Kunst — Effata
Brooke Wolff — Eye of the Storm
Dr Dawn Menge — Legends of the Land of Quails
Stephen Kelly — No Mas
Stephen Kelly — Mikey Blue Eyes
ΕΛΠΙΔΑ ΑΜΙΤΣΗ — Voyage in the desert
Ken Kimmelman — Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana
Gianni Salamone — Sinestesìa
Dean Morgan — Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged
Daniel W Smith — Calamity & Mercy
Valérie Verseau — Love Is My Gun
Michał Kucharski — Am I a painter?/Czy jestem malarzem?
Jacob Comforty — Monument to Love
Lynn Elliott — Uncle Franco’s Birthday Suit
Lynn Elliott — Alta California
Lynn Elliott — Pirandello’s Life
Lynn Elliott — Ghost Town, N.M.
Vicentini Gomez — Doctor Hyphoteses
John Martinez — The Days of Knight: Chapter 1
Kai Fischer — Lambada The Dance Of Fate
Sean Gregory Tansey — The Stones of Rome
Sean Gregory Tansey — The Pathos of Hamlet
Michaela Kuti — Fear not, my child
Larry Gene Fortin — Sonnets (words in despair)
Larry Gene Fortin — Fire Flies
Larry Gene Fortin — Sundown In Beaver Creek
Lynn Elliott — The Quisling
Tommy Anderson, Sherry Severs — Hollywood Elite Podcast Episode 1 Salute to the 2025 Oscars
Vincenzo Amoruso — The Arcangel Of Death
Monte Albers de Leon — Mecca
Gabriel Womack — Brothers of Babylon
Christopher Pennington — Virulence
Lena Mattsson — The Rorschach Test
Lena Mattsson — Not Without Gloves
Uwe Schwarzwalder — The Spiritualization of Jeff Boyd
C. Arnold Curry — The Duchess
Samantha Casella — Katabasis
Hugo Teugels — Cassandra Venice
Susan Downs — Something ain’t right
Roger Paradiso — Searching for Camelot
Ioannis Koutroubis — Urban Eats MTL
Denise Mack — Mourning Coffee
Joseph Starzyk — The Golden Years
Victoria Bugbee — Out of State-A Gothic Romance
Linda Harkey — The Case of the Missing Pink Piggy
Siona Talekar, Zachary Simpson, Erin Rementer, Linda F. Radke — “Hey Mommy” Theme Song
