Baby Tooth

A young woman puts out an advertisement for two things: to sell her Grandad’s boat, and for someone to pull out her baby tooth.

Narrative • USA • 2025 • 6 Minutes
Director: Olivia Accardo
Writer: Olivia Accardo
Producers: Kristen Politis, Sofia Snyder
Cast: Dakota Bouher, KeithRoy Chrismon
Festivals: Tribeca

Big Steps

A disillusioned office worker endures a lonely and mundane existence until he starts seeing visions of Bigfoot. He tries to rid himself of these hallucinations, until he realizes that Bigfoot might actually be a sign of something missing from his life.

Narrative • USA • 2025 • 13 Minutes
Director: Oliver William Staton
Writer: Oliver William Staton & Benjamin Sivo
Producers: LaTaryion Perry
Executive Producers: Jacqueline Malone, Barker Carlock, Dale Annin, LaTaryion Perry
Cinematographer: Andy Pui Man Leung
Editor: Benjamin Sivo
Composer: Carmine Mattia
Cast: Intae Kim, Sandy Gulliver, Jamie Ewing, Zachary Krueger, Fadil Kulam, Michael Oilar
Festivals: Indy Shorts, SF Indie Fest
Local Connection: Sandy Gulliver lives in Lake County
Alumni: Sandy Gulliver has been in many films that have played at LCFF, including feature films Relative, Once Upon A River, and QWERTY, as well as short films, I’ll Be Your Sailor, Bob And Edgar, and Killing Irma 
Public Contact: Oliver William Staton
Email Address: oliver.william.staton@gmail.com

May I Put You On Hold

While dealing with telephone customer service, Liz is accidentally transferred to the Afterlife. Now, stuck between death and hold music, Liz must outwit cosmic bureaucracy and discover what really matters, if she wants to get back to the land of the living.

Narrative • USA • 2025 • 13 Minutes
Director: Ash Blodgett
Writer: Ryan Self
Producers: Tara Jayn, Nicole Mangona, & Ryan Self
Executive Producers: Ash Blodgett
Cinematographer: Becky Davis
Editor: Ash Blodgett
Composer: Daniel Walter
Cast: Tara Jayn, Natalie Lynch, Sam Manual, Terry Li
Festivals: HollyShorts, Newport Beach
Public Contact: Ash Blodgett
Email Address: ashblodgett@gmail.com

Sound Asleep

Deen Peels needs sleep, but the world just won’t shut up. Over one relentless night, he’s determined to take back control – even if it kills him.

Narrative • United Kingdom/Spain • 2025 • 6 Minutes
Director: Nadaav Soudry
Writer: Nadaav Soudry
Producers: Nadaav Soudry, Dino Webber, Ajay Arora
Executive Producers: Jonathan Livingstone & Chito Salarza-Grant
Cinematographer: Franklin Dow
Editor: Nadaav Soudry, Ross McFall, Louise MacGregor, Slade Takala-Lamey
Composer: Rich House
Cast: Danny John-Jules
Public Contact: Festival Formula
Email Address: submissions@festivalformula.com

Pas De Deux

The chaos of a flashback is transformed into a visceral performance as two bodies struggle for control in this grotesque dance for two.

Narrative • United Kingdom/USA • 2025 • Minutes
Director: Nathan Koranda
Writer: Nathan Koranda
Editor: Carlos Roques & Nathan Koranda
Composer: Tongyu Wu
Local Connection: Writer/Director Nathan Koranda live in Homewood
Public Contact: Nathan Koranda
Email Address: nkoranda.animation@gmail.com

Wolf Rayet

Narrative • France • 2025 • 5 Minutes
Director: Emma Corbillon, Julie Demelle, Alexandra Ventouras, Mélanie Sthehlé, Perryne Crevier
Writer: Emma Corbillon, Julie Demelle
Producers: Pierre Le Pivain (Supinfocom Rubika)
Editor: Perryne Crevier
Composer: Tristan Alexandre & Benoit Capelle
Public Contact: Patrick De Carvalho
Email Address: patrick2carvalho@gmail.com

Pearls

Tony and Linda are struggling to grow their family. When Tony is forced to face his fertility issues, he turns to a mysterious oyster dealer, Marvin. Whose oysters deliver more than their promise of virility.

Narrative • United Kingdom • 2025 • 15 Minutes
Director: Alastair Train
Writer: Alastair Train
Producers: Aybuke Kavas
Executive Producers: Alastair Train
Cinematographer: Giovanni Compagnoni
Editor: Inigo Berron
Composer: James Thorne
Cast: Rory Murphy, Mark Wingett, Helen Jessica Liggat
Festivals: Another Hole In The Head, FilmQuest, Hollyshorts
Public Contact: Festival Formula
Email Address: submissions@festivalformula.com

Plasticized

A fisherman gobbles up a package of crackers and throws the wrapper into the sea, while waiting on the shore for a fish to take the bait. What the bait bites, however, is not exactly what he expected.

Narrative • United Kingdom • 2025 • 15 Minutes
Director: Nerea Úbeda Segura
Writer: Nerea Úbeda Segura
Producers: Nerea Saez Torres, Miguel Angel Poveda Criado
Cast: Juan Pablo Shuk, Angela Gascon

Pocket Man

Careful what you put in your pocket.

Narrative • USA • 2025 • 2 Minutes
Director: Ericka Clevenger
Writer: Alex Miller
Producers: Moon Babies Inc.
Cinematographer: Matthew Burke
Editor: James Dierx
Composer: Yacht
Cast: Alex Miller, Nina Tarr, Courtney Pauroso, Chad Damiani, Brodie Reed, Kayla Marcus, Megan Few, Ryan Keem, Charlie Dunn, Nancy Santos
Festivals: Fantastic Film Festival, Another Hole In The Head, Chattanooga Film Festival
Public Contact: Festival Formula
Email Address: submissions@festivalformula.com

Worst. Experience. Ever.

Maya’s days working at a small shop take a surreal turn when her boss makes a bombshell revelation. As unsettling truths begin to surface, Maya discovers her supposedly ordinary life might be an elaborate fabrication. In this darkly comic tale, a simple confession spirals into an existential crisis.

Narrative • United Kingdom • 2025 • 15 Minutes
Director: Alex Boutell
Writer: Alex Boutell
Producers: Luke Fraser
Executive Producers: Kate Taylor, James Howland, Charlie Crompton
Cinematographer: Matt Fox
Editor: Quin Williams
Composer: Pete Diggens
Cast: Hannah Khalique-Brown & Ed Jones
Festivals: IndyShorts, Cordillera International Film Festival, FilmQuest, Newport Beach
Public Contact: Esther Smith
Email Address: submissions@festivalformula.com

No Clean Hammer

No Clean Hammer follows Izet, a solitary man from Bosnia, as he drives from Tuzla to Sweden to recover his mother’s body. Based on a story passed down generations in diaspora, the short unfolds as folktale, capturing the surreal and absurdist aftermath of the Bosnian wars.

Narrative • Bosnia/USA • 2025 • 16 Minutes
Director: Brent Butler
Writer: Brent Butler
Producers: Damir Vukovljak, Ajdin Hasanić, Brent Butler, Nicholas Veneroso
Cinematographer: Daniel Gomez
Editor: Dustin Muenchow & Nicholas Gallucci
Composer: Shane Winter
Cast: Irfan Kasumović, Elmir Krivalić, Eric Burns, Arman Kutić, Enisa Šuman, Halida Miladinović, Goran Kosić
Local Connections: Producer Damir Vukovljak is from Chicago, and Writer/Director Brent Butler is from Milwaukee. 
Public Contact: Brent Butler
Email Address: brent@disorbetto.com