Winter 2024/2025 – Semi-Finalists

A September to Remember by Sam Gollestani (USA)

Anima Ex Machina by Nico Mastorakis (USA)

Atlantic Narratives by Kostiantyn Mishchenko and Valeriy Zayets (USA)

Bloody Felt by Samuel Torres (USA)

Bunny Boogie by Rebecca A Storrow (USA)

Cocoon Lover by Xinchen Zhang (USA)

Don’t Close Your Eyes by Sebastian Gonzales (USA)

Dream by Angel Azcona (Mexico)

Hapless Revenge with Juneteenth Discussion by Joshua Lavelle Newman (Iran)

Highway 1 by Frederic Dominioni (USA)

Pigasus: The Lost Paradise – Battle for Evermore by Sean Patrick O’Reilly (USA)

Recovery by Kailer Michael Riley (USA)

Santiago by Nathan Cadelina (USA)

Sexaholics Anonymous by Christian Allen (USA)

Sooner is Better by Benjamin Suchman (USA)

Sorry, Again by Adham Khairallah (USA)

Southern Love by Jaime Zevallos (USA)

Thanks Diabetes by Devon Daniel Green (USA)

The Bird & I by Allan Lamarre (USA)

The Hunger Games: Starving Yarmouk 12 to Death by Imed Ben Labidi (Qatar)

The Long Road Home by Barbara Anne Lindstrom (USA)

The Unsung Heroes Behind the Flying Tigers by Xiangyun Selena Liu (USA)

Tiny Teaching Tales by Julie Anne Burch (USA)

Too Much of Me by Benjamin Suchman (USA)

Trios by Antonio Orbe (Spain)

Unshod by Mary Piller (USA)

Waiting for Cloto by J. Julian Vacas (Spain)

We’re Happy as Clams by Derek Jaskulski (USA)

Wildermann by Aydan J Stewart and Kody Lambourne (USA)

You Should be Grateful by Heather Waters (Australia)

Cal Film Festival