Santa Monica Film Festival (2025)

Santa Monica Film Festival (2025)

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Santa Monica Film Festival (2025)
  • Jules

    Movie

    Jules is in a relationship with Clutch, an ex-motocross racer whose career ended prematurely due to an injury during a pivotal race. As a result of Clutch’s injury, he has forbidden Jules to continue riding motocross. In an effort to keep her sanity and freedom, Jules continues to go to the motoc...

  • Cereal

    Movie

    In 1982, a young boy wakes up one Saturday morning to a disheartening reality: not only is his box of favorite cereal empty, but his TV has no signal and he can't watch his beloved Saturday morning cartoons. However, hidden in the television static, an unusual and mysterious advertisement catches...

  • See You At Sunrise

    Eight-year-old Charlie used to go on adventure trips with his now terminally ill mom Hannah. On this special night, she surprises him with a road trip to Joshua Tree to make all his wildest dreams come true.

  • Imposter and Ponies

    From a real nobody in Berlin, to a fake somebody in the limelight in Iceland, to a mix-up in West Hollywood, a tragic comedy written by life.

    After sharing a currywurst with his pal Max, Casper's personal narrative is increasingly in danger of getting lost. Max has news: BOND'S DAUGHTER was appa...

  • Night Shift

    Movie

    A security guard is tasked with guarding the most rare Ferrari Collection in the world. On his first night watch...things start to go wrong...

    Tagline: 12 Hours. $100 Million Dollars worth of Ferraris. What could go wrong?

  • Family Ties

    Movie

    A visual poem about the connectivity in one particular family.

  • Broke AF

    Movie

    Addy, who's rendered job-less, car-less, and stranded, is a month behind on her rent. Molly, while driving her Pomeranian home from acupuncture, sees Addy and offers her a ride. Molly is devastated by her recent breakup with her influencer-boyfriend, and she needs a place to stay. Addy is devasta...

  • Haagua

    Movie

    A major disturbance more than 400 years ago interrupted nature’s law along the shores of the West Coast of California, Mexico, and beyond. A chain reaction ensued, forever changed our coastlines, seascapes, practices, and Indigenous life. However, a new wave is upon us. Allowing the space to not ...

  • Floating Dreams

    Movie

    The documentary offers an unflinching look at the refugee crisis in the central Mediterranean, highlighting the devastating impact of new European policies that hinder rescue operations and criminalize humanitarian efforts.

    Embedded onboard a European rescue ship, the film captures the perilous ...

  • Bed Time

    Movie

    A short comedy about a night spent with the worst neighbors in the world.

    Featuring the voices of "All my Children" and "Homeland" series co-star James Mount, and "Pitch Perfect 1, 2 and 3" co-star Shelley Regner

  • Closed Gates

    "Closed Gates" is a touching film that follows Raju, a young autistic boy in India, and his mother, Sana, as they strive for acceptance and inclusive education amidst societal biases. The film highlights their struggles against bullying and discrimination, showcasing themes of resilience and the ...

  • What to Expect When You're Not Expecting

    Movie

    In this queer comedy short, Spencer and his husband Elliot run into one road-block after another in their journey toward becoming Daddy's, while Spencer's best friend, London, deals with her own parenthood problems. Spencer eventually learns that all good things take time, even for such an anal r...

  • Badass

    Movie

    In this edgy Latina comedy inspired by true events, a split-second decision results in a high stakes opportunity. But does Emilia have what it takes to follow through?

  • The Accidental Spy

    Movie

    Days after 9/11, Blerim Skoro was recruited from a Manhattan prison by the CIA. For over a decade, he was America’s infidel mole, roaming the Middle East as a spy deep inside al-Qaeda.

    Blerim lived in constant danger amongst terrorists, leaking intelligence to the US government in the desperate ...

  • For Max

    Two divorced parents reopen the old wounds of their failed marriage and navigate through their son's increasingly distant behavior.

  • Rock N' Rolled

    Young tightly-wound accountant Harmony Hart brings her new boyfriend Felix home to NYC to meet her mother, the world-famous rock star Desiree Hart.

    The legendary diva and her entourage of colorful collaborators put Harmony and Felix through the rock n’ roll ringer, testing the limits of their bu...

  • American Delivery

    Movie

    In the U.S.—where more women die in childbirth than any other wealthy nation—the joys of pregnancy and motherhood are often overshadowed by fear. Amid a growing maternal health crisis, especially for women of color, American Delivery is a documentary that tells the story of the glimmers of hope: ...

  • Rare Kind

    Movie

    Rare Kind is an informative and emotional look into the lives of people diagnosed with a rare disease, who are often misunderstood by society due to a lack of empathy or skewed perceptions about disabilities that only affect a very small percentage of the world. This story journeys into the menta...

  • Sumarsólstöður

    Movie

    In a world where art and reality collide, Miho’s vivid dreams reveal the cosmic force of the Architecture, uniting her with artists across the globe in a desperate battle to heal the universe.

    Miho, a Japanese art researcher, begins experiencing vivid dreams that draw her into another dimension,...

  • I Love This Country

    Movie

    A short elegy in the cross-generational, shared experience of the ultimate sacrifice.

  • By Faith

    Movie

    We accompany a group of women pilgrims who walk from Três Corações to Aparecida do Norte, on a journey that lasts a week, almost 300km, passing through farms, mountains, beautiful and challenging places in the interior of Brazil. We show the real Brazil, a rural Brazil.