• 20 Pounds to Happiness, Director Yelyna De León, U.S. Feature Film, 1 hour 40 minutes.

  • A Gun For Your Troubles, Writer David Carment, Pitch - Texas Young Filmmaker. An outlaw finds himself in one last gunfight -- with death.

  • A Letter From Eve, Writer Pablo Jesus Solis, The Pitch. The Andersons invite their friends, the Winters, over for dinner, but the Winters are grieving over the death of their Daughter, and grief tends to kill the mood.

  • A Mother's Gift, Writer Deisy Sanjuán, The Pitch. A young widow makes the heart-wrenching decision to leave her daughters in the care of their grandmother, realizing that the greatest act of love might be letting go.

  • A Step Away, Director Karla Sofia Rivera, Texas Young Filmmaker Short Film, 3 minutes. Elena, torn by her mother’s absence, finds comfort in fleeting moments that feel almost real. With a rosary in hand and her mother’s love in her heart, she steps into an uncertain future, holding onto hope and their enduring bond.

  • A Woman Is Many Things (Just Fine Isn't One of Them), Director Chase Musslewhite, Texas Short Film, 17 minutes, RGV Premiere. Jeanie has found herself in her early 40s, divorced, and in attendance of her ex-husband’s engagement party. Set amidst a perfect party storm of pitying former friends and a new, gracious bride-to-be, Jeanie does her best to keep her sanity.

  • Beyond the Drumlins, Director Daniel W. Bowhers, U.S. Feature Film, 1 hour 35 minutes. Texas Premiere. Professor Jonathan Rust's expedition goes awry when a teammate vanishes. As his group searches for answers, they stumble into a chilling realm between life and death—unraveling reality, sanity, and the true cost of unearthing the past.

  • Bones, Director Gerhardt Slawitschka, U.S. Short Film, 10 minutes. Texas Premiere. Deep in the American frontier, two ambitious paleontologists fight for fossil finds.

  • Bottled Milk, Director Joel Hernandez, RGV Short Film, 4 minutes.

  • Buddy, Director Jacob Sizemore, Texas Short Film, 10 minutes.

  • Candy & Caldo, Writer Pamela Oliver Munoz, The Pitch. When a half gringa, half Mexican full-on control freak whose father left when she was young, creates an algorithm that leaves only two days to find true love, she finds that this is one equation that may require her heart, not her brain.

  • Come and Take it, Directors Mario Alberto Zamarripa & Jose Guadalupe Zamarripa, Music Video, 4 minutes.

  • Cowboys and Hindus, Director Tejal Desai, U.S. Short Film  16 minutes.

  • Daddy War Bucks, Director Jake Abraham,  Texas Short Film, 20 minutes.

  • Dreams Unpainted [未绘之梦], Directors Dilan Arjun Koganti & Winston Lin, Texas Young Filmmaker Short Film, 11 minutes.

  • Drive Thru, Writer Hondo Constante Teran, The Pitch. After years of establishing themselves as proper business owners in their community, a group of vampires must deal with the actions of an Elder Vampire who does not approve of their methods.

  • Earworms, Writer A. Nik Mendez, The Pitch. As a town descends into madness, a musician faces the consequences of a wish gone wrong while a duo navigates the strange phenomenon affecting their once peaceful town.

  • EL Lloron, Director Rodrigo Moreno-Fernandez, RGV Short Film, 17 minutes, RGV Premiere. In El Llorón, Felipe is a professional mourner, paid to weep and console at strangers’ funerals. But beneath the practiced sorrow lies a man whose own pain has no audience. This poetic and thought-provoking short examines the rituals of grief, identity, and the blurred lines between performance and reality.

  • GROCERY BAG - LAST DRAW (LIVE), Director Andres Cooke, Music Video, 3 minutes.

  • In the Wake of Silence, Directors Brooklyn Deva Rice & Max Davis, Texas Young Filmmaker Short Film, 22 minutes. World Premiere. In the Wake of Silence follows Kate Hansen as she navigates the aftermath of her sister’s death in a car accident, struggling to reconnect with her family and partner through the haze of grief. As buried emotions surface, Kate begins to find solace in vulnerability and the slow, painful path toward healing.

  • Invader, Writer Emma Zepeda, Pitch - Texas Young Filmmaker. An alien is hunted by humans -- and other aliens.

  • Kitty Bravo in Freefall Failure, Project Manager Spencer Bryant, Texas Short Film, 1 minute.

  • LITTLE COWBOY, Writer Matthew Hamilton, The Pitch       

  • Little Queen [Petite reine], Director Julien Guetta,  International Short Film, Country of Origin & Filming: France, 25 minutes. A night in the life of Harry Hayes, a budding musical talent, trapped on the graveyard shift at an isolated gas station as he experiences the highs and lows of the job (and life). He’s trying to figure out just what the hell it is he’s doing here.

  • Llorona, Director Silvia Vera, RGV Short, 12 minutes.

  • "Maybe, tomorrow", Writer Hania A. Rocio, The Pitch.

  • MOTOS, Director Jesus Beltran, U.S. Short Film, 19 minutes.

  • My Little Moon, Director Ali Atshani, International Feature Film, Country of Origin: United States, Country of Filming: United States & Islamic Republic of Iran 1 hour 27 minutes, World Premiere. A young Iranian woman secretly resists an oppressive system and seeks freedom in a world that punishes her for dreaming.

  • Neches, Director Katy McCarthy, Texas Short Film, 9 minutes. RGV Premiere. During a day on the Neches river, a woman recalls being a young girl warmly introduced to the spirit of the landscape by her mother.

  • Nightmare of La Lechuza, Director Lainnie Contreras Felán, U.S. Short Film, 6 minutes.

  • Olvidar, Director James Fite,  Music Video, 4 minutes. RGV Premiere. Olvidar is a music video performed by and starring Adriel Baéza and also starring Jennifer Shiver. 

  • Out of Israel, Writer Heather Cathleen Cox, The Pitch. A naive American journalist visiting Jerusalem over October 7, 2023, begins connecting with her Hungarian Jewish lineage when Israel deems her a high-level security threat.

  • Oyu, Director Atsushi Hirai,   International Short Film, Country of Origin: France, Country of Filming: Japan, 22 minutes.

  • Peace and Serenity, Director Triston Kollister, Texas Short Film, 11 minutes, RGV Premiere. As she prepares a surprise party for her father, a resilient young woman navigates tension among her estranged family. Determined to repair the emotional distance between her brother and father... if only for one night.  

  • PopularLon3r - Bleed (Official Music Video), Director Baldemar Garcia, Music Video, 3 minutes.

  • Queen of Nowhere, Writer Cristo Petrides, Pitch - Texas Young Filmmaker. A famous author flees tithe woods, trying to finish her novel. Seeing the creature in the woods slowly come to life through her imagination, she finds inspiration and a will to write in this imaginary fantasy about the nature of creation.

  • Remember Me, Director Rodrigo Rodriguez, Music Video, 5 minutes. James, a struggling songwriter and musician, keeps a heartfelt promise to perform an original song he wrote for his late fiancée, Grace, at the place where their love story began in the summer of 2004

  • Sacred Temple [Templo Sagrado], Director Orlando Moguel, International Feature Film, Country of Origin & Filming: Mexico, 1 hour 46 minutes. People come to the Sacred Temple to receive spiritual healing. Sabina is the spiritualist who heals them, and Caro, her assistant, is still in love with her. At the Temple, they settle their differences, with an unexpected and tragic ending.

  • Shadows in the Attic, Writer Isai Portillo, Pitch - Texas Young Filmmaker. The most dangerous place of all -- inside the human mind.

  • Shakespeare for all Ages, Director Hannes Rall, International Short Film, Country of Origin: Germany, Country of Filming: Germany & Singapore, 3 minutes, Texas Premiere. Shakespeare’s works are timeless. This film proves it!

  • Sous Vide, Directors Luke Van Garza & Martha Louise Van Garza,  Texas Short Film, 9 minutes.

  • STREET SMART: Lessons from a TV Icon, Director Ernie Bustamante, Documentary Feature Film, 1 hour 25 minutes. Rio Grande Valley premiere. STREET SMART: LESSONS FROM A TV ICON is a feature documentary about Sonia Manzano aka “Maria” on SESAME STREET. From the South Bronx, to the first Latina on TV in a regular role, and beyond, her journey continues to inspire.

  • SuperRed Corruption, Writer Matthew Montalvo, Pitch - Texas Young Filmmaker. When corruption returns, spite follows suit.

  • The Girls from Sweetwater, Director Jon T Anderson, Documentary Short Film, 26 minutes. Rio Grande Valley Premiere. An inspiring story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, who trained during WWII to fly military aircraft. Their vivid accounts of training in Texas reveal the challenges they faced—from grueling training and skepticism to the abrupt end of their program.

  • The Hunger, Writer Adriana Nathali Ruiz, Pitch - Texas Young Filmmaker.

  • The Non-Biological Mexican, Director Joseph Balderas, Documentary Short Film, 15 minutes.

  • The Path to Uhuru, Director Joshua Gallas, Documentary Feature Film, 45 minutes. RGV Premiere. A group of veterans embark on a challenging climb up Mount Kilimanjaro. As they push their bodies to the brink, they also confront the emotional and mental wounds from years of serving in intense combat zones and trying to reintegrate into society. By sharing their journey, they shine a light on several non-profit organizations that have played a crucial role in aiding their healing process.

  • The Price, Director J.B. Lawrence, Music Video, 3 minutes. "The Price" tells the story of Sally and Meeks, a couple whose passionate romance spirals into betrayal and vengeance.

  • The Ride, Director Slava Denisov, U.S. Short Film, 15 minutes.

  • The Wake, Director Peter Ahlén, International Short Film, Country of Origin & Filming: Denmark, 29 minutes.

  • The Warning Dream, Director Daniel Jinsol Lee, Texas Young Filmmaker Short Film, 5 minutes.

  • This Is Not Life, Director Leo Pfeifer, Documentary Short Film, 22 minutes. The story of a father and daughter — in the wake of a life sentence for a nonviolent Marijuana offense.

  • Time in a Bottle, Writer Arianna Lizette Salinas, The Pitch. Time begins to catch up with two friends as they discover they've been reliving the same last few days of summer for years.

  • Unholy Alliance, Writer Renata Gonzalez, Pitch - Texas Young Filmmaker.

  • Unseen, Director Karla Sofia Rivera, Texas Young Filmmaker Short Film, 2 minutes, RGV Premiere. In a world where imagination is the only escape, Olivia retreats into a reality of her own making. As her parents' tension grows, the line between fantasy and fear blurs, and her refuge becomes her last solution.

  • Uvalde Mom, Director Anayansi Prado, Documentary Feature Film, 1 hour 28 minutes. When a school mass shooting rocks a small town in Texas, a mom desperate to save her kids is launched into the public eye. She speaks out against a faulty system that never protected her. The community challenges these powers and exposes those who failed to protect its most vulnerable – children.

  • Valley Underground, Director Carlos Lopez, Documentary Short Film, 22 minutes.

  • We're Here, Director Lee E Wells, Documentary Short Film, 39 minutes. Rio Grande Valley Premiere. As Texas wildfires subside, Director Lee Wells captures a powerful story of loss, resilience, and hope—where strangers from across the nation show up for ranchers with one message: “We’re here.”

  • White & Black Canvas. Director Luis Antonio Rodriguez, RGV Short Film, 9 minutes. Rio Grande Valley Premiere. Eleven-year-old Mckella combats racism through her passion for painting, using art as a refuge to express emotion. Her vibrant canvases celebrate diversity, unity, and resilience, transforming pain into powerful, visual affirmations of hope and strength.

  • With All Due Humanity [Avec l'humanité qui convient], Director Kacper Checinski, International Short Film, Country of Origin & Filming France, 25 minutes.

  • YAHWEH, Director Juan Ruben Cantu, RGV Short Film, 6minutes. Told through the eyes of Mary, Yahweh is a poetic reimagining of the Nativity and the crucifixion—not as distant religious moments, but as the intimate story of a mother and her son. From the wonder of His birth to the horror of His death, this short film threads together the tender humanity and divine weight of who Jesus truly was.

  • Yuri, Director Zack Rodriguez, RGV Short Film, 24 minutes.

  • Zoe, Director Hannah Martinez, Texas Short Film, 17 minutes. Zoe, a Valedictorian desperate to escape the dead-ends of her rural town, lies to her status-obsessed Mom about getting into college. Mysterious visions force Zoe to confront the fact that she’s losing herself to get what she thinks she wants.

  • Zombies in the Barrio, Writer Enrique Perez, The Pitch. Zombies have invaded the barrios, and the citizens are oddly unfazed.