Congratulations to our 2025 Oceanside Intl Film Festival Official Selections
The Full 5-Day Program for OIFF 2025 is Coming Soon. We’d Like to Present the Official Selections for our 14th Annual Event, Taking Place February 18th – 22nd, 2025 at The Brooks Theater. Follow Us on Social and Check Back with osidefilm.org for Updates Regarding our Upcoming Schedule Announcements.
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SHORT FILMS SELECTIONS – OIFF 2025
A LETTER FROM ANTARCTICA // DIRECTED BY BEN HERRGOTT (Australia)
THE ACT OF CRYING // DIRECTED BY XIAYANG LI (Los Angeles, CA, US)
AMAZIGH // DIRECTED BY SERRA SOYUPAK (Turkey)
AMBUSH AT ST. MARY’S // DIRECTED BY ANTHONY PARISI (San Diego, CA, US)
AN EXAM’S JOURNEY // DIRECTED BY CARL BENGTSSON (Sweden)
BAHARI BINGWA, THE TURTLE PROTECTOR // DIRECTED BY SAMUEL WANJOHI (Kenya)
BEETHOVEN’S GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD // DIRECTED BY DANIEL MAGGIO (Pasadena, CA, US)
BIG WAVES WILL RISE YOU // DIRECTED BY SAM OSTYN & EVA KÜPPER (Belgium)
CANTA SANTIAGO // DIRECTED BY JAMES VALDEZ (Los Angeles, CA, US)
CREATURES OF HABIT // DIRECTED BY NATE ALLEN LAVERTY (Canada)
DAMMI // DIRECTED BY YANN MOUNIR DEMANGE (United Kingdom)
EAT HOT CHIP & LIE // DIRECTED BY ANDERS KAPUR (New York City, NY, US)
HOW NOT TO BE A CLIMATE ACTIVIST // DIRECTED BY GABRIEL DIAMOND (United States)
INTERMISSION // DIRECTED BY GAVIN GRANT (San Clemente, CA, US)
JASMINE // DIRECTED BY TOM CAULFIELD (Los Angeles, CA, US)
KEEP // DIRECTED BY LEWIS ROSE (United Kingdom)
LAST CALL // DIRECTED BY HARRY HOLLAND (United Kingdom)
THE LAST TAKE // DIRECTED BY BRIAN FOYSTER (West Hollywood, CA, US)
LET IT KILL YOU // DIRECTED BY DAVID CORNUE (United States)
LOCALS ONLY // DIRECTED BY TARYN O’CONNOR (San Diego, CA, US)
METRONOME // DIRECTED BY PÉTER LEHR JUHÁSZ (Hungary)
MILIMO // DIRECTED BY KEMANE BÂ (Congo)
MOTHER // DIRECTED BY MEG SHUTZER & BRANDON YADEGARI MORENO (San Francisco, CA, US)
MOVING IN PERFECT HARMONY // DIRECTED BY REEF X APPLEBAUM (Laguna Beach, CA, US)
MUTUAL TIDES // DIRECTED BY CHRISTIAN GREGG (Phoenix, AZ, US)
OCEAN STATE OF MIND// DIRECTED BY DANNY HARDESTY (Rhode Island // San Diego)
PIECHT // DIRECTED BY LUKA LARA STEFFEN (Germany)
¿QUÉ ES UN NIÑO? (WHAT IS A BOY?) // DIRECTED BY CRISTIAN JESUS VEGA (Monterey, CA, US)
REBOOT // DIRECTED BY TYRA PACHECO (Savannah, GA, US)
RETURN TO ZERO // DIRECTED BY AMADO STACHENFELD (Ojai, CA, US)
RICK GRIFFIN INTERLUDE 02, VIRGINIA CITY // DIRECTED BY STEVE BARILOTTI (Pasadena, CA, US)
ROLLING FOR RIZZ // DIRECTED BY DAVID S. DAWSON & JORDAN JACOBO (Oceanside, CA, US)
SEVEN JEWISH CHILDREN // DIRECTED BY OMRI DAYAN (United Kingdom)
SHAPED BY THE SEA // DIRECTED BY JARED JACOBSEN (San Diego, CA, US)
SOLID // DIRECTED BY GRACE GREGORY (Los Angeles, CA, US)
UNSAID // DIRECTED BY MONIQUE MOSES (Glendale, CA, US)
WILD SEA // DIRECTED BY TOM VETTERL (Germany)
YEAR OF BEES // DIRECTED BY TINGERINE (New York City, NY, US)
2025 FEATURE FILM SELECTIONS
CALL ME MULE // DIRECTED BY JOHN MCDONALD (Seattle, WA, US)
THE CIGARETTE SURFBOARD // DIRECTED BY BEN JUDKINS (San Francisco, CA, US)
FOXTROT: OPERATION REUNIFICATION // DIRECTED BY ROBERTO SIERRA OREGEL (United States)
THE SHAPE OF THINGS: THE DICK BREWER STORY // DIRECTED BY BOB CAMPI (Hanalei, HI, US)
THIRTY ON // DIRECTED BY HENRY BROWER & DAYNA SMITH (Los Angeles, CA, US)