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Poster for San Diego Short Film Festival

San Diego Short Film Festival

Opens on October 11

Run Time: 460 min. Release Year: 2025

San Diego Short Film Festival

Tickets available in the online shop at Tickets | SDSFF

An intimate short film festival, listed on IMDb, The San Diego Short Film Festival
(SDSFF) celebrates the art of storytelling through short films of various genres,
showcasing the work of talented filmmakers from San Diego and around the world.
From thought-provoking dramas to captivating animations, the festival presents a rich
tapestry of storytelling, offering a platform for emerging and established filmmakers to
showcase their craft for fellow film enthusiasts. SDSFF consists of four distinct blocks of
short films over a 6 hour period.

Block I: 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

“Traingazing” (14:10) directed by Alexia Howard
“Sands of time” (3:00) directed by Kevin Wang
“Hannah” (15:00) directed by Thomas Mehler
“Hang-Ups” (3:43) directed by Jacob Willett
“It’s Just Business” (20:28) directed by Alex Bindschadler
“Listening In” (9:41) directed by Dan Goldsmith
“One Giant Waddle” (7:55) directed by Kevin Jones
“The Little Prince” (15:52) directed by Amar Khati

Block II: 11:45 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.

“Strolling Down Brighton Pier” (4:58) directed by Kenny McCracken
“Rebound” (15:00) directed by Jared Jacobsen
“Memoria Obscura” (5:00) directed by David Christopher Nelson, Connor Ryan
“The Absurd” (11:08) directed by Gabriela Lopez
“Party Demon” (9:52) directed by Preston Tompkins, Zach Reinert
“Remote Death” (1:55) directed by Kevin Jones
“Wreckless” (10:00) directed by Tim Troy
“No Left Turns” (31:36) directed by Douglas Ryan

Block III: 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

“Keepsake” (17:35) directed by Emily C. Wagner
“School Principal” (14:55) directed by Micheal Diyani
“Rain, Rain” (8:40) directed by Thomas Pace
“Blurrish” (28:00)directed by Felix Nunez
“3 To Die” (11:0) directed by Mitch Yapko, Allen Rueckert
“Swimming With Giants” (10:00) directed by Sam Pfoser

Block IV: 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

“Love Sonnet” (10:25) directed by Tony Tacheny
“The Box” (10:38) directed by Angela Andronache
“Brother’s Horn” (15:00) directed by Majid Asadi
“Pollution Without Borders: The Tijuana River Pollution Crisis” (4:12) directed by Jenna Xu
“The Kluane Compositions” (13:00) directed by Matthew Lien, Diyet van Lieshout
“Un Homme and a Lady” (10:08) directed by Mitch Yapko
“Darcine’s Day” (16:30) directed by Aaron Goffman

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