Official Selection 2025
SHORTS 2
SATURDAY, NOV. 8 / 4PM
This screening session features 6 short films (line-up below).
​All selected films are in English and/or have English subtitles.
Marilyn Monroe Theatre at The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute,
7936 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California.
Map, parking & arrival tips.

The Callback (United States) by Kara Herold
A comedy about following a dream into a waking nightmare.
Running time: 00:13:13

Supercritical (United States) by John Osment
In a post-apocalyptic nuclear fallout shelter, a young scientist bothers their team leader with a series of progressively inane HR requests.
Running time: 00:07:18

A Mother Goes To The Beach (Portugal) by Pedro Hasrouny
Teresa, a single mother spends a day at the beach with her six-year-old son, Benji and her sister Marga, who is back to Portugal for a summer vacation. The day becomes very stressful with her sister’s constant speech about her son’s achievements and her criticisms towards Benji.
Running time: 00:15:31

Sun Tea (United States) by Eliza Gill
Lucky and Charm chase Sunny around LA to get them to spill the tea about Hermes and Venus.
Running time: 00:06:58

Land of Forgotten Echoes (United States) by Layne Marie Williams
Two sisters, Orpha and Rosalee, have never been exposed to the outside world until an intruder appears.
Running time: 00:14:33

Nothing about you scares me (Poland) by Justyna Nowak
During the production of a play based on Aristophanes’ “Birds” three artist friends need to take responsibility for the roles they play in their social microcosm. Someone regrets leaving somebody. Someone seduces the director of the play, because they believe in polyamory. Someone thinks that the war has never ended, and one must never surrender. Someone else claims that it’s all about how you fall, and you should know how to drop. In the meantime, an unusual post-hipster melodrama unfolds.
Running time: 00:30:00