2025 HUDSON VALLEY FILM FEST

We proudly support independent filmmaking and the local arts scene.
The HVFF seeks to unite community and celebrates all that is indie.
TUESDAY 8/12/25
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'71 Super Creep "Monsterlou"
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Dork
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Aguilucho: Dance of the Harpy Eagle "Back and Forth"
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One Giant Waddle
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Stick Bug
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IO TV
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The Misadventures of Jane
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Terrestrially Challenged
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Final Trick
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My Dear CaraMia
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Grace of God
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FREE SNAKES
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10 MINUTE INTERMISSION
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Nostril
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Kevin Must Dance
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Sequoia
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"The Dark"
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Secret
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No Need To Worry
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Won't Be Long Now
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Feed
WEDNESDAY 8/13/25
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illustrabamus
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The Sandwich Line
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Statue of Liberty
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"This Hate" – The Pinclouds
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Last Hope
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Bark
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Beefy: Portrait of a Lake Monster
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I'M SO SORRY BABY
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The Print in the Woods
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There's No Crying in Baseball
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10 MINUTE INTERMISSION
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Holy Moly Meteorite!
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waterlogged
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Hot Idiot
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What Makes Us Girls
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Limbo
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Speculative Speciation: Passenger Pigeon
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RUNNING OZ
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Christmas Guts
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LIVE.com
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Collision
THURSDAY 8/14/25
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Breaking Pointe
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Too Short To Slug Film Festival
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Discarded T-Shirts
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Climate Control
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Apple Crumble – The Pinclouds (music vid )
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All Beauty Queens Have Broken Bones
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Tarantula Land
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SoulTron the Traveler
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Everything In This World Is Exactly What It Is
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The Greenhouse
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Sister in Red
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LAST BREATH ON EARTH
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10 MINUTE INTERMISSION
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VHX
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OH, DEER
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chimera
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Cast & Brew
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Housewife
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The Warmest Color is Blue
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Mama Doom – Morning Son (music vid)
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Las Nogas
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The Fencer
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Harpo's Blues
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Flash Warning
Film Details
Tuesday, Part 1

Dir Anne Hickey
Monsterlou
A music video for the band '71 Super Creep for the song "Monsterlou" off of the EP A Night at the Drive In. Recorded at Nada Studios by John Naclerio. A Gratuitous Film Production.
Genre: Music Video, Science Fiction
Run Time: 2:50
City: N/A
Cast: Darrin Muller, Bill White, Kurt, Chuck Salamone
Producer: Anne Hickey and David Mayer
Cinematographer:
Writer: Anne Hickey and David Mayer
Editor: N/A
Music: '71 Super Creep

Director: Ryan Castrillo
Dork
“Dork” is an ethereal psychedelic love story , told beyond space and time in the urban jungle of NY between two kindred spirits on subway platform.
Genre: Experimental/ Romance /Animated
Run Time: 2:23
City: New York, NY
Cast: N/A
Producer: Ryan Castrillo
Cinematographer: Ryan Castrillo
Writer: Ryan Castrillo
Editor: Ryan Castrillo
Music: Ryan Castrillo

Director: Daniel Byers
Aguilucho: Dance of the Harpy Eagle
In the Darién Gap rainforest, the Emberá tribe of Playa Muerto finds an unexpected ally in a rare Harpy Eagle nesting nearby. Aguilucho: Dance of the Harpy Eagle follows their journey to protect both the eagle and their ancestral lands through ecotourism, science, and revived cultural traditions.
Genre: Documentary
Run time: 21:50
City:
Cast:
Producer: Katrin Redfern, Andrew Stern, Munir Virani
Cinemaphotographer:
Writer:
Editor:
Music:

Director: Clara Gallagher
Back and Forth
The music video for Allie Young’s “Back and Forth” – filmed over the course of two days in Belgrade, Serbia. A young woman searches for identity in iconography.
Genre: Music video
Run Time: 3:52
City: Belgrade, Serbia / Kingston, NY
Cast: Allie Young, Katarina Anić, Branko Mitrović, Jovana Grujić, Predrag Miletić, Marjana Vidojević, Anja Bjelotomić, Ashley Hill, Milutin Marković, Masha Ovcharova, Teadora and Dobro Ljubičić, Miljana Ljubičić, Straja Tabaković, Darija Vučko, Strahil Zaharijević, Svetlana Bunjevac, Sara Zeljković, Nina Zeljković, Dragana Zeljković, Margot Mancel, Iva Hauber
Producer: Sara Zeljković, Friend Studio | Executive Producers: Cory Campbell and Jana Zaharijević
Cinemaphotographer: Sergey Kostromin
Writer: Clara Gallagher Editor: Clara Gallagher
Music: Vocals, lyrics, and co-arrangement by Allie Young | Produced, co-arranged, and co-mixed by Jacob Kotler | Co-mixed and mastered by Terrin Munawet GB Mystical

Director: Kevin Jones
One Giant Waddle
A group of penguins watching the moon landing gets jealous of the astronauts' constant bragging about taking giant steps. While the penguins watching are stuck on Earth, with gravity keeping their steps so tiny that their walking style is mockingly referred to as waddling.
Genre: Animation, Sci-fi
Run Time: 7:31
City: Portland, OR
Cast: N/A
Producer: Kevin Jones
Cinemaphotographer: Kevin Jones
Writer: Oliver Magga/Kevin Jones
Editor: Kevin Jones
Music: N/A

Director: Wylie Anderson
Stick Bug
Two star-crossed friends escape to the woods for one night in an attempt to find their way back to one another.
Genre: Coming Of Age, Drama, Romance, Queer
Run Time: 8:15
City: New York, NY
Cast: Talia Frank-Stempel & Nico Carney
Producer: Maddy Pomilla
Cinemaphotographer: Seana Rogovin
Writer: Talia Frank-Stempel
Editor: Lily Judge
Music: Annie Collette & Nick Arcari

Director: Gavin Glover & Eva Hansberry
IO TV
It began with a flick of the remote. Alone, in her apartment, our protagonist was simply changing the Telly... until an unfortunate mishap pulled her into a world much, much smaller. She's trapped inside a tiny TV.
Genre: Surrealism - Objects- Horror
Run Time: 4:40
City: Brooklyn
Cast: Laura Bartolomei, Eva Lansberry, Chef Claude
Producer: Damiano Privitera
Cinemaphotographer: Eva Lansberry, Jarrod Bates
Writer: Eva Marie Lansberry
Editor: Eva Marie Lansberry
Music: Composer: William Wright

Director: Matt Bartolomeo
The Misadventures of Jane & Phil
Two undercover agents slip up during a mission, and are interrogated by two absent-minded guards.
Genre: Spy / Comedy
Run Time: 6:41
City: Pine Plains, NY
Cast: Ashley Kilbride, Matt Bartolomeo, Jon Silver, Brad Veeder, Jennifer Bartolomeo & WIllis Williams
Producer: Matt Bartolomeo & Ashley Kilbride
Director of Photography: Matt Bartolomeo & Corina Klay
Writer: Matt Bartolomeo & Jon Silver
Editor: Matt Bartolomeo
Music: Matt Bartolomeo, Dan Keeler & Jason Tindall

Director: Patrik Kancsar
Terrestrially Challenged
Terrestrially Challenged follows two aliens, Oznit and Yugo, who make an emergency stop on Earth in search of a radiant fuel source. Hoping to avoid detection, they stumble into a gas station run by a bizarre creature named Dick the Clerk Johnson.
Genre: Animation
Run Time: 5:39
City: Warrington, UK
Cast: Michael McGoldrick, Jeremy Manuel Peña, Luke Beal, Darius Richardson
Director of Photography:
Writer: Michael McGoldrick
Music: Michael Picher

Director: Spencer Lyon
Final Trick
A magician can't impress people with his magic. he catches up with an old friend to play a meaningful game of poker.
Genre: Dark Comedy
Run time: 7:34
City: New York via Conn.
Cast: John Porcelli, Russell Ksiez, Zion Amparo, Flora Soto, Tara Rao Sankar, Jack Fleming, Giovanni Lotito
Producer: Tara Rao Sankar
Director of Photography: Daniel Shillinglaw
Writer: Spencer Lyon
Editor: Spencer Lyon
Music: slight return, Soul kitchen, Magic

Director: Lily Anninger
My Dear CaraMia
CaraMia Bacchiochi shares her story of addiction and unhoused living in Poughkeepsie, New York during the 1980s, leading her to an eventual life of sobriety dedicated to providing aid to those in the same city and position she was once in.
Genre: Documentary
Run Time: 12:57
City: Poughkeepsie, NY via Philadelphia
Cast: CaraMia Bacchiochi
Producer: Lily Anninger
Cinematographer: Lily Anninger, Christian Wolke
Writer: Lily Anninger
Editor: Lily Anninger
Music:

Director: Carli Platt
Winner: Rising Student Award
Grace of God
When her secret relationship comes to light, Catholic schoolgirl Avery must deal with the unraveling of her relationship with God, her parents, and, most importantly, her girlfriend Grace.
Genre: Drama, LGBT
Run time: 4:10
City: New York City
Cast: Ava Briglia, Akili Bandele, Page Bonder, Bruce Borman
Producer: Carli Platt
Director of Photography: Nic Chang
Writer: Carli Platt Editor: Carli Platt
Music: Original Score by Charlotte Zager

Director: John Quinn
FREE SNAKES
After pulling a lackluster prank, a lonely man finally gets the attention he’s been craving when two visitors (from the future) mistake him for their messiah.
Genre: Comedy/Sci-Fi
Run time: 4:26
City: Brooklyn
Cast: Robert Lyons, Amelia Johnston, Shane Cagney
Producer: John Quinn
Director of Photography: John Quinn
Writer: John QuinnEditor: John Quinn
Music: OriginaJack Nicoletti and Audrey Mills
Intermission
Tuesday, Part 2

Director: Michael Dondero & Shengnan Dong
Nostril
Lala is a sleep-deprived woman kept awake by her husband’s obnoxious snoring. When the sound becomes so powerful that it sucks her into his nose, Lala finds herself in a battle against the boogery germ creatures that dwell within.
Genre: Horror/Comedy/Animated
Run Time: 4:30
Cast: Lea Marie Heller
City: NYC
Producer: Michael Dondero & Shengnan Dong
Cinemaphotographer: Michael Dondero
Writer: Michael Dondero
Editor: Michael Dondero and Shengnan Dong
Music: Ryan Beppel

Director: Walker Higgins
Kevin Must Dance
When a weary traveler stumbles upon a secluded B&B, she's told she can stay for free, if she agrees to dance with the house's most unsettling resident.
Genre: Horror, Comedy, Narrative, Suspense
Run Time: 8:39
City: NYC
Cast: Ana Stan, Carter Oakley, Ricky DeRosa
Producer: Walker Higgins
Cinematographer:
Writer: Walker Higgins
Editor:
Music: :

Director: Michelle Künzler
Sequoia
In a seemingly idyllic suburb, where 1950s-inspired AI maids maintain perfect homes, one diligent maid gains sentience and embarks on a dangerous quest for truth.
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Run Time: 15:02
City: Los Angeles via Switzerland
Cast: Elsha Kim, Amber Koval, Erica Butler, Kolten Horner
Producer: Rui Dong
Direct;or of Photography: Nandan Lawande
Writer: Michelle Künzler
Music: Composer: Ira Sharma

Director: Jack Warren
Secret
The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, retold.
Genre: Fantasy
Run Time: 4:54
City: Middletown, CT / Phoenicia, NY
Cast: Rajendra Amira, Alex O'Shea, Max Johnson
Producer:
Cinemaphotographer: Jacob Brodsky
Writer:
Editor: Jack Warren
Music: : Lopii (Katie and Olivia Lopez)

Director: Cass Vincent
The Dark
The song and film are a love letter to the dark, following a hooded figure through a cemetery at dusk. Gothic visuals offer a peaceful escape from the artificial world, reconnecting us with solitude and the past.
Genre: Music video
Run Time: 5:18
City: Hudson Valley
Cast: Cassandra Vincent
Producer: Cass Vincent
Cinemaphotographer: Vincent Kaprat, Cass Vincent
Writer: Cass Vincent
Editor: Vincent Kaprat, Cass Vincent
Music: :L ight Shadows

Director: Austin Abbott
No Need to Worry
Three different men in distress leaving three different messages on three different answering machines across three different times.
Genre: horror, creature feature
Run Time: 2:38
City: New York
Cast: Luke Manley, Eric DuRant, Mike Pirillo
Producer: Austin Abbott
Cinemaphotographer: Nia Garza, Austin Abbott
Writer: Austin Abbott
Editor: N/A
Music: : Joe Bobula, Mike Nevin

Director: Billy Nawrocki
Winner: Indie Shoestring Award
Won't Be Long Now
A new father's life is upended by an entity which seems to relentlessly stalk his family.
Genre: Horror/Drama
Run Time: 21:57
City: Peekskill, NY
Cast: Billy Nawrocki, Alyson Nawrocki, Penelope Nawrocki, Justin Gelband, Jorge Lucas
Producer: Billy Nawrocki
Cinemaphotographer: Billy Nawrocki
Writer: Billy Nawrocki
Editor: Billy Nawrocki
Music: : Adrianna Krikl

Director: Kara McLeland
Feed
Rachel and Nick are desperately clinging to normalcy after a baby alien throws their life into chaos. One deadly dinner party changes everything.
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
Run Time: 17:26
City: Nashville, TN
Cast: Ashley Wolfe, Cael Adcock, Kayla Enquist
Producer: Kara McLeland, Hayley Rose Maurer, Madeleine Hicks
Director of Photography: Athena Kulb
Writer: Kara McLeland
Editor: Sarah Pearce
Music: Paul Kintzing
Wednesday, Part 1

Director: Breezy Corker
illustrabamus
A short, experimental film that utilizes mixed-media to explore the concept of growth and developing maturity: especially of that in young-adults.
Genre:
Run time: 3:20
City: Rochester, NY
Editor:
Music Composer: Mario Brown

Director: Jaime Schwarz
The Sandwich Line
The Sandwich Line: A young woman whose given up on finding love stumbles upon a magical sandwich line where every time she buys a sandwich, she gets a date.
Genre: Romantic comedy
Run Time: 12:00
City: NYC
Cast: Jaime Schwarz, Tessa Albertson, Kaya Rosenthal, Jane Park
Cinemaphotographer: Terrence Hayes
Writer: Jaime Schwarz
Producer: Jeremy Jacobowitz, Christina Leonardi, Talia Light Rake, Jaime Schwarz
Editor: Kate Pedatella
Music: : Alexander Arntzen

Director: Fei Yu
Statue of Liberty
Little Kiki has always holds a dream about the Statue of Liberty, but it drifts near and far, real and unreal..
Genre: Drama
Run Time: 8:12
City: NYC
Cast: CHLOE KUO & Milo Uhrmacher
Producer: Jasmine Zhang
Cinemaphotographer: Jack Foster, Natalia ten Wolde
Writer: Fei Yu
Editor: Fei Yu
Music: :

Director:
This Hate Hurts
Music video of Pinc Louds’ third single from their upcoming album You Can’t Eat the Moon and Be a Werewolf Too.
Genre: Music video
Run Time: 4:09
City: New York City
Producer: Christian Huguenot
Cinemaphotographer: Christian Huguenot
Writer: Christian Huguenot
Editor: Christian Huguenot
Music: : Pinc Louds

Director: Lena Kaminsky
Last Hope
Douglas a well-meaning rule breaker gets a second shot to return home.
Genre: Dramedy
Run Time: 9:57
City: Hudson, NY via NYC
Cast: Patrick Kerr, Marcia DeBonis
Producer: Eva Kaminsky, Lena Kaminsky
Cinemaphotographer: Nada Stjepanovic
Writer: Lena Kaminsky
Editor: Zack Boger
Music: Andrea Wittgens (composer), Sgt. Splendor (featured)

Director: Searit Kahsay Huluf
Bark
After a breakup, an obsessive woman steals her ex’s dog in a desperate attempt to reconnect. Bark twists love, revenge, and grief into a visually striking exploration of emotional chaos.
Genre: Dark Comedy, Animation
Run Time: 16:35
City: Los Angeles
Cast: Jennifer Sherer, Alfonso Caballero, Monica Potter
Producer: Jennifer Sherer
Director of Photography: Joshua Ladd
Writer: Tristen Tarp
Editor: Lindsay Armstrong
Music: : Jon Ong

Director: Ryan George Kittleman
Beefy: Portrait of a Lake Monster
Beefy isn’t the world’s most famous lake monster. In fact, he’s not famous at all, but one man hopes to change that.
Genre: Animation
Run Time: 5:40
City: Richmond, CA
Cast: Tim Stephenson, Frank Gerard
Producer: Half A Library
Director Of Photography: Roger Grange
Writer: Ryan George Kittleman
Editor:
Music: : Franco Beceiro

Director: Friday Anderson, Kylee C. Roberts
Winner: Best Actor Award
I'M SO SORRY BABY
Mars, a black and trans person, experiments with their nonbinary identity within a monogamous, "straight", relationship. In the devastation of heartbreak, they see themself in the mirror for the first time.
Genre:
Run Time: 22:00
City: Brooklyn
Cast: Si Boudoin, Caleb Eberhardt, Miles Nelson, Patrick Johnson, Amamah Sadar
Producer: Kylee C Roberts, Jules Rach, Terran Scott, Richie Greene
Cinemaphotographer:
Writer: Friday Anderson, Si Boudoin
Editor:
Music: :

Director: Luke Kreger
The Print in the Woods
A cryptozoology enthusiast stumbles upon a mysterious footprint in the woods and sets off to hunt the elusive creature that left it.
Genre: Comedy
Run Time: 11:56
City: Oakland, CA
Cast: David Brown, Skinner, Travis Wesley
Producer: Sam Hyatt
Cinemaphotographer: Brian Lee
Writer: Luke Kreger
Editor: Luke Kreger
Music: Marcus Leitner

Director: Alex Spott
There's No Crying in Baseball
A young girl bowling league is greatly underestimated by their older male rivals.
Genre: Music Video, Comedy
Run Time: 3:00
City: Brooklyn
Cast: Krystal Grow, Naomi Scott, Indigo Vorrasi,
Polly Juergens, Riley Abato, Saige Fairweather, Brett Keyser, Jeremy Burrell, Mike Vorrasi, T. Martin Higgins
Producer: Jared Leong, Tomo Hiratsuka
Cinemaphotographer: Olaa Olabi
Writer:
Editor: Jenna Yonker
Music: : Basic Bitches
Wednesday, Part 2

Director: V. Leigh
Holy Moly Meteorite!
A meteorite is headed to earth and Patty and Bobby are on their first (and last) official date. What could go wrong?
Genre: Sci-fi/Comedy
Run Time: 2:58
City: Los Angeles via Pleasant Valley, NY
Cast: Ava DeVoe, Yony Marian
Producer: Dana DeVoe, Kacie Newport
Director of Photography: Omri Marian
Writer: V. Leigh
Editor: Kacie Newport
Music: Michael R. Newport

Director: Danielle Goldwert
waterlogged
A climate scholar grapples with surreal environmental disasters, as his personal despair merges with the broader human crisis.
Genre: Animation
Run Time: 6:09
City: NYC
Cast:
Producer: Alex Berenfeld
Cinemaphotographer: Danielle Goldwert
Writer: Danielle Goldwert
Editor: Danielle Goldwert
Music: Isaac Diskin

Director: Joey Rizzolo
Hot Idiot
Two office besties deconstruct a date with an unexpectedly eligible suitor.
Genre: Comedy
Run Time: 10:58
City: NYC/CT via Beacon, NY
Cast: Rachel Caplan, Katharine Chin, Christopher F Costa, Matthew DeCapua
Producer: Katharine Chin
Cinemaphotographer: Alba Robledo Diaz
Writer: Katharine Chin
Editor: Emily Chao
Music: Olivia Robledo Diazsic

Director: Ria May
What Makes Us Girls
What Makes Us Girls follows 17-year-old Arlo as she struggles to act as a role model to her little sister, Millie, while rebelling against the pair’s boy crazy mom.
Genre: Drama
Run Time: 15:00
City: Boston
Cast: Isabel Couceiro, Rose Mallick, Marybeth Paul, Felipe Albors
Producer: Lydia Evans
Cinemaphotographer: Tristan Womach
Writer: Ria May
Editor: Ash Costa
Music: Emory Smith

Director: Joshua Guillaume
Limbo
Under the eye of surveillance, an uninsured convenience store worker experiences chest pains, setting her scrambling through a healthcare obstacle course, and gambling on drastic measures she hopes will save her life.
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
Run Time: 11:00
City: Kansas City, MO
Cast: Mary L Wilkens, Nicole Hall, Shardae "Sean" Crabtree, Ric Averill, Jamie Morrow, Josh Guillaume
Producer: Amber Sammet
Cinemaphotographer: Christopher C. Commons
Editor: Josh Guillaume
Writer: Josh Guillaume
Music: Alkis Livathinos

Director: Jacklyn Brickman, Sharon Gill
Speculative Speciation: Passenger Pigeon
Since the 1600s, over 160 bird species have gone extinct—each a loss of life and potential. Speculative Speciation uses AI to imagine the birds that might have evolved from these vanished species.
Genre: Experimental
Run Time: 5:29
City: Kalamazoo
Cast: N/A
Producer: N/A
Cinemaphotographer: N/A
Writer: N/A
Editor: N/A
Music: : N/A

Director: Ryan Patrick Kelley
RUNNING OZ
With Ozwald's last breath, a secret is shattered, leaving Kaycanne to fend for her life..
Genre: Animation, Experimental, Video Art
Run Time: 7:02
Cast: Charrell Mack, Benjamin Paul Birmingham
Producer: Ryan Patrick Kelley
Director of Photography:
Writer: Ryan Patrick Kelley
Editor:
Music:

Director: Tate Cozza
Christmas Guts
On a quiet Christmas Eve, Joe, a rugged loner, receives an unexpected gift: a tin of festive cookies. The holiday spirit turns deadly when one bite unleashes a horrifying transformation.
Genre: Horror
Run Time: 6:00
City: Chatham, NY
Cast: Tate Cozza
Producer: TCtheRipper
Cinemaphotographer: Tate Cozza
Writer: Tate Cozza
Editor: Tate Cozza
Music: Oh Christmas Tree - EdoKey

Director: Noah Manglapus
LIVE.com
Late at night, two girls discover a voyeuristic website with horrifying consequences.
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Run Time: 10:09
City: Oswego
Cast: Mallie Rae, Camila Rodriguez, Sean Hurley
Producer: Antonina Manglapus
Cinemaphotographer: Emmet Jenson
Writer: Noah Manglapus
Editor: Noah Manglapus
Music: : Siamese Goldfish

Director: Frank Theodore
Winner: Small But Mighty
Collision
When Jonathan confesses to his best friend Isaac that he may have killed someone in a hit-and-run, Isaac's world is turned upside down.
Genre:
Run Time: 10:52
City: New Windsor, NY
Cast: Connor Bond, Gabriel Pages
Producer: HUDSY
Cinemaphotographer:
Writer: Frank Theodore
Editor:
Music: :
Thursday, Part 1

Director: Shannon R Miller, Gianna Bravaco
Winner: Nectar of The Projector Award
Breaking Pointe
A ballerina stuck to a music box dreams of breaking free.
Genre: N/A
Run Time: 1:17
Cast:
Producer:
Director of Photography:
Writer: Shannon R Miller, Gianna Bravaco
Editing & Animation: N/A
Music: : N/A

Director:
Winner: Firefly Freakout Award
Too Short To Slug Film Festival
Left by their mother to fend for themselves, two siblings in Iowa learn to live by their own code, until a choice becomes a secret that tests their trust in each other.
Genre: N/A
Run Time:
City: N/A
Cast: Producer:
Director of Photography:
Writer:
Music: Composer:

Director: Ethan Knecht
Discarded T-Shirts
A comedic essay film that parallels the search for love with sorting through a closet of old shirts—each representing past identities and relationships. As the protagonist sifts through them, they confront what to keep and what to leave behind.
Genre:
Run Time: 9:54
City: Pleasantville, NY
Cast:
Producer:
Director of Photography:
Writer: Ethan Knecht
Editing:
Music: : N/A

Director: Sarah Lasley
Climate Control
A director making a documentary about the perils of fossil fuel extraction is consistently subverted by an AI agent that wants to tell a generic love story.
Genre: Experimental
Run Time: 15:00
City: Arcata, CA
Cast: Hannah Huber, Branden Brown, Andres Barajas, and Sarah Lasley
Producer: Nicola Waugh
Cinematographer: Tava Lawrence, Hannah Huber, Wren Kosinski, Bella Boljonis
Writer: Sarah Lasley
Editor: Sarah Lasley
Music: Christian Ruggiero, Yannis Panos

Director:
Apple Crumble
Apple crumble from Pinc Louds.
Genre: Music video
Run Time: 2:25
Cast:
Producer: N/A
Director of Photography: N/A
Writer: N/A
Editing & Animation: N/A
Music: : N/A

Director: Max C Tullio
All Beauty Queens Have Broken Bones
Marlo believes God wants her to win Miss Teen Indiana—by breaking her legs for the pity vote. Her sister Rose, a heavy drinker, is skeptical but increasingly unsure of what to believe.
Genre:
Run Time: 7:36
Cast: Betsey Brown, Gigi Grace,
Producer: Imani Nyla Cook-Gist, Courtney DeVita, Aureole Ribes
Cinem
Writer: Madeline Cash, Max C Tullio
Editor: Anna La Roche
Music: : Derek Zeoli

Director: Andrew Motte
Tarantula Land
A Texas brown tarantula navigates its changing landscape through touch and vibration in the grasslands of southern Colorado.
Genre: Experimental documentary
Run Time: 3:18
City: La Junta, CO via Bozeman, MT.
Cast:
Producer:
Cinematographer: Andrew Motte
Writer: N/A
Editor: Andrew Motte
Composer:

Director: Pierre Guillet
SoulTron the traveler: An intergalactic being arrives on planet Earth.
Genre: Experimental/Sci-Fi
Run Time: 11:43
City: NYC
Cast: Soultron the traveler
Producer: Michael Cuomo, Pierre Guillet
Director of Photography: Pierre Guillet
Writer: Based on a character created by Michael Cuomo
Editing & Animation:
Music: : Michael Cuomo

Director: Filippo Di Franco
Everything In This World Is Exactly What It Is
As her memories begin to fade, a woman in the autumn of her life spends her days with a teenage girl, whose profound presence forces her to confront her memories and, ultimately, her sense of self.
Genre: Drama
Run Time: 14:00
City: Elizaville, NY/Filmmaker from Brazil
Cast: Barbara Suter and Carola Di Franco
Producer: Miles Cohen
Cinematographer: Chloe Smith
Writer: Filippo Di Franco
Editor: Miles Cohen
Music: : Avelino Jorge

Director: Danielle Nicole
The Greenhouse
In The Greenhouse, a woman’s relationship takes a dark turn when she goes to her plants for... comfort. What blooms next is part love story, part revenge fantasy, and entirely uninhibited.
Genre: Comedy/Horror
Run Time: 4:55
City: Los Angeles (CalArts) via San Antiono, TX
Cast:
Producer:
Director of Photography:
Writer:
Editor:
Music: :

Director: Elle Rinaldi
Sister in Red
On her first solo road trip, a young woman hears a chilling sound in her motel room and must choose: face her fear alone, or trust an eccentric ex-circus star with a strange, otherworldly explanation.
Genre: Horror/Fantasy
Run Time: 14:16
City: Nyack, NY via Durham, CT.
Cast: Geffen Aviva, Maude Mitchell
Executive Producers: Roya Alidjani, Ana Fangayen; Producers: Ana Fangayen, Allegra Licci
Cinematographer: Kyra Isabella Chen
Writer: Elle Rinaldi
Editor: Victoria Barbarito, Payton McCarty-Simas
Music: : Victoria Barbarito, Payton McCarty-Simas

Director: Kevin V. Doan
LAST BREATH ON EARTH
Clara embraces thoughts of spirituality, the afterlife, and loneliness in the aftermath of her mother’s death.
Genre:
Run Time: 3:30
City: NYC
Cast: Lynn Kim Do
Producer: Devon Tayman
Director of Photography: Jake Vriezelaar
Writer: Kevin V. Doan
Music: :
Intermission
Thursday, Part 2

Director: Alisa Stern, Scott Ampleford
VHX
A collection of home movies languish on a shelf, longing to be watched again. Little do they know, there's a fate far worse than being forgotten.
Genre: Comedy/Horror
Run Time: 4:54
City: Brooklyn, NY & Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Cast: Erin Natal, Scott Ampleford, Henry Thompson
Producer: Alisa Stern, Scott Ampleford
Director of Photography: Alisa Stern
Writer: Alisa Stern, Scott Ampleford
Editing: Alisa Stern
Music: Scott Ampleford

Directors: Dante Russo, Marjorie Lewit
OH, DEER
When a couple's explosive argument is interrupted by a tragic accident, the night takes a turn they never saw coming.
Genre: Dark comedy
Run Time: 3:00
City: Wallkill, NY
Cast: Artem Agafonov, Jessie Zarrelli
Producer: Marjorie Lewit, Dante Russo, Tara Latorre
Director of Photography: Christopher Orrico
Writer: Marjorie Lewit and Dante Russo
Editor: Marjorie Lewit

Director: Lees Duggan
chimera
A child is transformed into a chimera and must learn how to use their new body while navigating a strange world.
Genre:
Run Time: 9:42
Cast: Sophia Shaw
Producer:
Director of Photography: N/A
Writer: Lees Duggan
Editing:
Composer: Bruno Medeiros

Director: Priscilla Zanni Bertran
Cast & Brew
Disaster brews on a chaotic film set when a worldwide coffee collapse leaves the diva lead actor in a frenzy, because apparently, the scene can wait, but his coffee can’t.
Genre: Dark Comedy
Run Time: 9:54
City: Made in Spain (Shot in California)
Cast: Jackie Shearn, George Vagujhelyi, Luca Antonio, Caitrin Walsh, Chayanika Baishya, Rakhir Bharat, Dorna Baghaeiamri, Alex Hernandez, Amanda Kang
Producer: Priscilla Zanni
Director of Photography: Salman Alam Khan
Writer: Priscilla Zanni
Editor: Priscilla Zanni
Music: : Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons "Winter"

Director: Greta Guthrie, Jacob Lazarow
Winner: Best of Fest Award
Housewife
When a woman accidentally cuts herself on her forgotten dollhouse, she’ll unwittingly awaken Housewife, a primordial monster with strange ideas about how to care for her children.
Genre: Horror
Run Time: 4:34
City: Shot in Guilford, CT-from Brooklyn, NY
Cast: Shannon Collis, Colleen Grate, Miranda Parkin, Andrei Dolezal
Producer: Andrei Dolezal, Greta Guthrie, Jake Lazarow, James Russin, Miranda Parkin, Shannon Collis
Director of Photography: James Russin
Writer: Greta Guthrie & Jake Lazarow
Editor: Nick Sivak
Music: Greta Guthrie

Director: Kevin Ralston
The Warmest Color is Blue
Rebecca comes home from work one day to find her TV is missing. Detective JW Bond arrives on the scene to find out what happened to Rebecca’s TV. Together, they find more than what they bargained for.
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Run Time: 5:53
City: NYC
Cast: Shan Fahey & Ian Faria
Producer: Kevin Ralston, Joe Carleton
Director of Photography: Kevin Ralston
Writer: Kevin Ralston
Editing: Kevin Ralston
Music:

Directed by Anne Hickey
Mama Doom – Morning Son
Mama Doom in collaboration with Gratuitous Productions created a video for the song Morning Son off of the upcoming album "Eminent Womb".
Genre: Music video
Run Time: 2:55
City: Chester, NY
Cast: Heather Salamone, Anne Hickey, Chuck Salamone, Ryan Doty, Gina Cimeno, Cheyenne Cole, Krystal Ancona
Producer: Anne Hickey,
Director of Photography: N/A
Writer: Anne Hickey, David Mayer, Chuck Salamone, Heather Salamone,
Editing & Animation: N/A

Director: Catya Plate
Las Nogas
Five hundred years from now, Earth is a dry wasteland. Doctor Alma, a brilliant Vulkeet (half parakeet, half vulture) on a Vespa, must cure the strange, lovable Homeys—humanity’s last hope to bring back the rain.
Genre: Sci-Fi, Dramedy, Stop-motion Animation
Run Time: 19:32
City: Brooklyn
Cast: Misty Lee, Phil Miler, Clarissa Jacobson, Alessandra Levy, John McBride
Producer: Catya Plate
Director of Photography: Catya Plate
Writer: Catya Plate
Editing: Todd Aven
Music: : Antoni Mairata

Director: Nicholas Marchetti
Winner: Dare To Be An Artist Award
The Fencer
Gabbie, a rising star in fencing, has been shaped by years of training under her relentless father and coach, Enzo. But after a critical injury, she must choose between protecting her future—or chasing the legacy he never achieved.
Genre:
Run Time: 13:30
City: NYC
Cast: Bear D'Angelo, Ray Abruzzo
Producer: Angela Wong Carbone, George N. Makrinos, Alanah Rafferty
Writer: Nicholas Marchetti
Director of Photography: Emily Kordovich

Director: Sally Eckhoff
Harpo's Blues
A tribute to the singer Phoebe Snow
Genre: N/A
Run Time: 6:33
City: Stuyvesant Falls, NY
Cast: Sally Eckhoff
Producer: Sally Eckhoff
Director of Photography: N/A
Writer: Sally Eckhoff
Editing N/A
Music: : N/A

Director: Allegra Leguizamo
Flash Warning
A young woman must learn to trust her gut after an unsettling incident with her boyfriend's father sends her into a spiral of self-doubt and confusion.
Genre: Thriller
Run Time: 9:24
City: Rosendale via NYC
Cast: Allegra Leguizamo, August Blanco, Alex Veadov, Jenny Maguire
Producer: Monica Greig, Katie Song, Louisa Oreskes
Director of Photography: Sharon Pulwer
Writer: Allegra Leguizamo
Editor: Simone Woronoff
Music: BLKMKT

You would be hard pressed to find a festival that shows more passion and support towards their filmmakers. I've exhibited films through HVFF for the past three years, and each time the organizers have shown an incredible degree of consideration in communicating with me and promoting my work. The festival itself is awesome; The Warwick Drive-In is a fantastic venue and the projection is impeccable. Excellent goody bags and a great tent filled with cool merch, cute photo-ops, and helpful volunteers. Makes you feel very well taken care of. One of my fave festival going experiences. I have felt championed through HVFF and I am happy to champion them right back--they deserve it! ~ Jack Warren
Hudson Valley Film Fest forever. An awesome program of shorts + the most fun possible way to see the films. Everyone from the festival was lovely. I see no reason not to make this a summer staple.
~ Babe Howard
The Hudson Valley Film Fest is a fantastic festival. They value the artists in their local community as well as in the NYC community and exceptional work from around the world. Seeing your film at a drive-in is also a unique and fun experience. They bring everyone together for an outdoor event prior to the screenings where you can meet other filmmakers. You can tell that there's a lot of heart and passion put into this festival and it is well-curated. Their awards are also beautiful handmade sculptures. As someone from the Hudson Valley, I have to say that this festival also captures something of the culture of the region. ~ Francesco Cordaro
