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“Clear Sky”

Canada / Utah Premiere

Directed by Shawn Clearsky Davis and Michael Del Monte


“DJ Ahmet”

North Macedonia

Directed by Georgi M. Unkovski

 

“Life’s a Bitch”

Belgium / Utah Premiere

Directed by Xavier Seron

“Living in the Last Days”

USA / World Premiere

Directed by Sterling Andrews

 

“Recollection”
USA / Utah Premiere

Directed by Caden Butera

 

“Standout: The Ben Kjar Story”

USA / Utah Premiere

Directed by Tanner Christensen

 

“The Cigarette Surfboard”
USA / Utah Premiere

Directed by Ben Judkins

“The Pantone Guy”

USA / Utah Premiere

Directed by Patrick Creadon

 

“Time Travel is Dangerous”
UK / Utah Premiere

Directed by Chris Reading

SHORTS
 

“AstroVan”
USA / Utah Premiere

Directed by Matt Heder

 

"Beaupré The Giant"

Canada / Utah Premiere

Directed by Alain Fournier

 

“Bottle George”

Japan / Utah Premiere

Directed by Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi    

 

“Burning Away”

Canada / Utah Premiere

Directed by Romane Lepage

“Cruelty”

USA / Utah Premiere

Directed by Sam Das

 

“Death & Cookies”

USA / Utah Premiere

Directed by Aaron Tharp and Andy Matthews

 

“Extras”

Canada / Utah Premiere

Directed by Marc-Antoine Lemire

 

“Franky Loses It”

USA / Utah Premiere

Directed by Dalton Call

“GalaxSea”

USA

Directed by Tyler Boren and Garrett Elton

 

“Gillyfish”

USA / Utah Premiere

Directed by Sarah Sellman

 

“Guts”

USA

Directed by Elias Gold

“Humantis”

USA / Utah Premiere

Directed by Paris Baillie

 

“In the Window”

USA / World Premiere

Directed by Joe Samaniego

 

“It Came From Inside!”

USA

Directed by Jackson Rees and Aura Martinez Sandoval

 

“Lone Mountain”

USA

Directed by Tanner Browning

 

“Losing Your Home”

Canada / Utah Premiere

Directed Emmanuel Rioux

 

“Mall Hot Dog”

USA

Directed by Aaron Hinton and Noah Richmond

“Margaret the Brave”

USA / Utah Premiere

Directed by Danny Chandia

 

“Path of the Plume”

USA

Directed by Talon Earley

 

“SED”

USA

Directed by Jacob Hamblin

 

“Sheet Talk”

USA

Directed by Jackson Dean Ahlander

 

“Somebody Cares”

USA

Directed by Julien Lasseur

“Susana”

Mexico

Directed by Gerardo Coello Escalante and Amandine Thomas

 

“Sweet Molly”

USA

Directed by J.C. McNaughton

 

“Take One”

USA

Directed by Gerald Adamson

 

“The Hideous Place”

USA

Directed by Weber Griffiths

 

“The Angel”

USA

Directed by Barrett Burgin

 

“The Destroying Angel”

USA

Directed by Derek Romrell

 

“The Hard Way” 

Canada

Directed by Daniel Cyr

 

“The Paternal Prism”

USA

Directed by John Tinsley

 

“The Straw Lady”

USA / Utah Premiere

Directed by Liam Arnold

 

“Tiger”

USA

Directed by Loren Waters

 

“Till Death Do Us Part”

USA

Directed by Jacob Hamblin

 

“Waves”

USA / World Premiere

Directed by Hans Glasmann

 

“Weirdos Wanted”

USA / World Premiere

Directed byShane Ivry Stewart

 

“When It Hits”

USA / Utah Premiere

Directed by Veronica Mitsuk

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FEATURE SCREENPLAYS
 


“American Money”
Written by Timothy A. McGhee


“Cafe Lavender”
Written by Luke Avery

“Kid Rocks”
Written by Peter Herlan

“Lynch”
Written by Peter Herlan

“Mega Raiders and the Enmity at Zolvar, the Prison Planet!”
Written by Nicholas Nuttall

“Mercury Days”
Written by Michael Carty

“My American Family”
Written by Delrey Pearson

 

“NightmareFest”
Written by Martin Richmond

“Reindeer in the Moonlight”
Written by Luke Avery

“Scratch”
Written by Paul Amstone

 

“Swingman”
Written by Zeki Turgut Gezgez

 

“The Union”
Written by Heidi McDonald

“Turns Out”
Written Natalie Lynch and Tara Jayn

 

“Waiting For You”
Written by Zachary Blaine Maxfield

SHORT SCREENPLAYS


“Eye For an Eye”
Written by Ashley Bowers


“Fireflies or C.S.H.C.?”
Written by Martin Richmond

“Gangs ‘n’ Gnomes”
Written by Spencer White

“The Night I Proposed”
Written by Robert Salisbury


“Reunited”
Written by Jason Lor

 

“Setae”
Written by Ben Vasion

 

“Six-Shooters and Sorcerers”
Written by Robert Salisbury

“Too Soon”
Written by Avril David


 

Screenplay finalists will be announced in late March with the winners being revealed shortly thereafter.

2025 DIFF SEMI-FINALISTS
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