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    • Best Animation
    • Best Comedy
    • Best Documentary
    • Best Drama
    • Best Experimental
    • Best Horror
    • Best Local Director
    • Best Local Film
    • Best Micro Short
    • Best Music Video
    • Best Narrative
    • Best Student Short
  • Georgia Film Festivals
    • ATL Documentary
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Best Student Shorts of 2025

Best of the Year Nominees - Student Shorts

Screening Saturday December 6, 2025 at 1:00 pm  / 87 min. run time

screening with Best Music Video Nominees

IN YOUR DREAMS

Director Nathaniel Gary Henry / United States / 11:00


James, a successful neuroscientist, decides to build a device that allows two people to share dreams. He uses this device to take his father into the dream world and violently confront him about how he was raised.

OFFAL

Lucia Menendez / United States / 06:10


A recent immigrant to the United States must make a good first impression in her job interview at an uncanny meat processing plant.

PUG

Max Wilson / United States / 04:58 


Two bantering buddies posing as getaway drivers pick up a bank robber.

STARFISH

Ashlyn Mote / United States / 08:33


Afraid to grow up, June urges her childhood friend, Iris, to stop sabotaging her life with drugs. When Iris refuses, June must decide if she is willing to accept Iris's choice or if she will join her.

THE HAND OF DARKNESS

Rowan Kelley / United States / 08:00


In 1978, Astoria, Oregon, newcomer Alice Mitchell becomes the target of an otherworldly entity hell-bent on consuming her soul to regain its former power.

2025 Venue

Limelight Theater

Parking in the Pencil Factory Loft parking deck and street parking is available.  King Memorial MARTA is next door. 

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