NOV 20-21, 2025
OFFICIAL Festival Schedule
Los Angeles FANTASY Fest 2025
november 20 -21
A two-day celebration of Animation, Horror & Sci-Fi in Los Angeles.
This year’s edition brings together filmmakers and audiences for two unforgettable days of animation, horror, and sci-fi cinema.
Our festival is divided into two sections:
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LIVE - For filmmakers who have confirmed their attendance at the festival in Los Angeles.
Enjoy in-person screenings, filmmaker Q&As, networking opportunities, and the official Award Ceremony at Skiptown Playhouse.
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ONLINE: Your film will screen in our secure digital platform, accessible worldwide, giving international audiences the opportunity to experience your work and vote for the Online Audience Award.
ONLINE – For filmmakers who cannot attend the festival in Los Angeles - Nov 19-21, 2025. Online Screening End Time: All online screenings will conclude on November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM Pacific Time (PT). After this time, the Online Edition will close and access will no longer be available.
Explore the full lineup below, and please note that all times are listed in Pacific Standard Time (PST).
More updates and film blocks will be added as we finalize the screening schedule.
Venue: Skiptown Playhouse - Address: 665 Heliotrope Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90004
Dates: November 20–21, 2025 - Hours: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM
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Wednesday, November 19 – Meet & Greet (Pre-Festival Night)
Time: 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Location: TBD – Hollywood Boulevard area
Join us for an informal Meet & Greet the night before the festival officially begins and Get YOUR BADGE too. It’s a relaxed evening for filmmakers, guests, and local creatives to connect, grab a drink, and set the mood for two thrilling days of animation, horror, and sci-fi.
Location to be announced soon.
Thursday, November 20 – Day One - LIVE in LA
Venue: Skiptown Playhouse - Address: 665 Heliotrope Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90004
10:00 AM – Doors Open & Badge Check-in
Start your day by picking up your badge and greeting fellow filmmakers.
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Block Title: Blood & Celluloid
- The Cat Burglar - Dir. Robby McBride - 5:00 min - United States
- Nahualli - Dir. Jesús Fernando San Miguel - 01:15:0 min - United States
Q&A with Filmmakers (Subject to Time Availability)
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Block Title: Nightmares of Tomorrow
- Battle of LA - Dir. Patrick Pizzolorusso - 14:36 min - United States
- We Regret to inform You - Dir. Michelle Bossy - 13:20 min - Greece
- To Keep Her - Dir. Tommy Doughty - 01:30:00 min - Canada
Q&A with Filmmakers (Subject to Time Availability)
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Block Title: Visions from the Void
- The Brothers Grim - Dir. Joey Carrier - 16:29 min - United States
- Inseparable - Dir. Alena Mauhs - 6:26 min - United States
- Metacognition - Dir. Liam Connaughton - 7:06 min - United States
- BURIED TRUTH - Dir. Luc Deborde - 29:48 min - United State
- Vermin - Dir. Ryan Riddle - 9:43 min - United States
- Ekelbrode - Dir. Ben Montgomery-Pierson - 14:47 min - United State
- THE LIGHTS GO OUT - Dir. JOHNNY GALVAN 3 - 12:59 min - United States
- Useless - Dir. Freddy Merentes - 4:53 min - United States
- A DAY MOST FOWL - Dir. Alex Torres - 5:36 min - United States
Q&A with Filmmakers (Subject to Time Availability)
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Block Title: Twisted Realities
- Nest - Dir. Mia Lang - 3:35 min - United States
- Eclipsed Hearts - Dir. Brian Shakti - 4:59 min - United States
- My Wife - Dir. Aaron Garcia - 6:00 min - United States
- Little Deaths - Dir. Derek Bensonhaver - 6:15 min - United States
- Little Pet - Dir. Alex Gruenenfelder - 01:31:30 min - United States
Q&A with Filmmakers (Subject to Time Availability)
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Block Title: Animated and Fear
- A Matter of Poultry - Dir. Nandini Bapat - 12:51 min - United States
- God’s Blood - Dir. Nico O. Bricker - 3:50 min - United States
- Root of the Problem - Dir. Amelia Kim Bell - 3:44 min - United States
- Robotany - Dir. Tyler Wolters - 4:17 min - United States
- The Demoness - Dir. Andrew de Burgh - 01:33:00 min - United States
Q&A with Filmmakers (Subject to Time Availability)
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Block Title: The Unknown Awaits
- Mr. Mane - Dir. Cody Parham - 8:25 min - United States
- Shadows - Dir. Sophia Terranova -15:41 min - United States
- GRAMPS - Dir. Boris Schaarschmidt - 3:40 min - United States
- JC Bratton's Dollhouse - Dir. Ken Zheng, Livi Zheng - 19:04 min - Unites States
- BANG! BANG! BANG! - Dir. Stefan Djordjevic - 16:17 min - United States
- Not Today - Dir. Juan Paulín Lara - 4:10 min - Mexico
- Last Supper - Dir. Cat Hernandez - 13:57 min - United States
- Wrong Move - Dir. Priscilla Zanni - 12:20 min - United States
- Fluff & Furious - Dir. Chieh-Chih Liao - 3:43 min - United State
- Deadly Still - Dir. Cameron Mosley, Charles Cornick - 4:49 min - United States
- Tormented - Dir. Liz Lugo - 9:21 min - United States
- Dead End Rides - Dir. Adrian Cabrie - 7:18 min - Australia
Q&A with Filmmakers (Subject to Time Availability)
End of Day 1
Thursday, November 20 – Opening Night Mixer
Time: 10:30 PM – Late
Location: TBD – nearby venue in Los Angeles
After the first day of screenings, wind down with our Opening Night Mixer — a casual hangout for attending filmmakers and guests. Expect good conversations, a few drinks, and plenty of cinematic energy.
Venue details coming soon.
Friday, November 21 – Day Two & Awards - LIVE in LA
Venue: Skiptown Playhouse - Address: 665 Heliotrope Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90004
10:00 AM – Doors Open & Badge Check-in
Start your day by picking up your badge and greeting fellow filmmakers.
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Block Title: Visions in Static
- The Procedure - Dir. Raanan Fogel - 19:59 min - Israel
- Mothership - Dir. Louise Bill - 9:41 min - United States
- Fatal Harmony - Dir. Nick Noyes - 17:43 min - Unites States
- WHAT’S KEPT INSIDE - Dir. Chava Méndez - 17:44 min - Mexico
Q&A with Filmmakers (Subject to Time Availability)
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Block Title: Nightmares of Tomorrow
- THE CAGE WE CHOOSE - Dir. Rafael Paiva - 17:43 min - United States
- The Feast of the Serpent - Dir. Craig M Baurley - 9:30 min - United States
- TEXAS NIGHTMARE - Dir. Michael Merino - 1:20:00 min - United States
Q&A with Filmmakers (Subject to Time Availability)
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Block Title: Dreams, Nightmares & Machines
- Contraction - Dir. Andy Greene - 10:00 min - United States
- The Red Veil - Dir. Kyle A. Miller - 13:13 min - United States
- Memoria Obscura - Dir. David Christopher Nelson, Connor Ryan - 5:00 min - United States
- Animato Anthropomorphica, the Business of Cats and Dogs - Dir Mike Valiquette - 2:08 min - Canada
- Demon Hunter: Time 2 Kill - Dir. Zoe Kavanagh - 01:37:44 min - Ireland
Q&A with Filmmakers (Subject to Time Availability)
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Block Title: Beyond the Shadows
- Firecrow - Dir. Markham Samuels - 19:55 min - Canada
- Nightjar - Dir. Aaron Garcia - 24:50 min - United States
- Haunting Within - Dir. Megan Wynd - 7:54 min - United States
- MODIE/M-0D13 - Dir. S.K. Manning - 3:46 min - United States
- The Hunger - Dir. Anthony Vincent Stoppiello - 9:12 min - United States
- Il Colore della Notte - Dir. Blake Vaz - 12:35 min - United States
- HUM - Dir. Billy Caldwell - 20:20 min - United States
- LOOM - Dir. Jesse Cook III - 14:59 min - USA
Q&A with Filmmakers (Subject to Time Availability)
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Block Title: The Quantum Curse
- Bastard Toadflax - Dir. Koka Singh Arora, Juggy Arora - 12:00 min - United States
- DRAINOMANIA - Dir. Christopher Greenslate - 14:45 min - United States
- Roman's Hunger - Dir. Matt Phillips - 2:30 min - United States
- Loser Lesbian Vampire - Dir. Lula Cherry - 18:41 min - United States
- Piercing Screams - Dir. Michael Jason Allen - 01:21:37 min - United States
Q&A with Filmmakers (Subject to Time Availability)
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM - Awards Ceremony
Obscura Awards
The Obscura Awards honor the boldest voices and most imaginative visions in animation, horror, sci-fi, thriller, and suspense. Presented annually at Los Angeles Fantasia Fest, these awards celebrate outstanding storytelling, technical excellence, and genre-defying creativity in both short and feature films, as well as unproduced scripts.
End of Day 2
Friday, November 21 – Closing Night Afterparty
Time: 10:30 PM – 1:00 AM
Location: TBD – Los Angeles (safe area)
Celebrate the conclusion of Los Angeles Fantasia Fest 2025 right after the Award Ceremony.
Join filmmakers, guests, and the festival team for one last night of networking, music, and celebration before the curtain closes.
Final venue to be confirmed.
ONLINE SCREENINGS - November 19–21, 2025 - ONLINE
Platform: Vimeo (Private Festival Screening Room)
Experience the Los Angeles Fantasia Fest 2025 – Online Edition, available exclusively through our official website.
All selected online films will be hosted securely on Vimeo, our trusted screening partner.
For copyright and privacy reasons, films cannot be downloaded, shared, or viewed outside the festival platform.
Access will be granted only to ticket holders and participating filmmakers.
You can begin watching from November 19 until November 21, 2025
All online screenings will conclude on November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM Pacific Time (PT).
After this time, the Online Edition will close and access will no longer be available.
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Films to watch ONLINE:
- 3 BILLION - Dir. Yolanda Torres - 01:34:00 min - Spain
- 2ḦOOM [zu:m] - Dir. Ariel Orama López (AG Orloz) - 10:00 min - Puerto Rico
- ATF: Task Force - Dir. Jedi Calvin - 4:01 min - United States
- Animato Anthropomorphica, the Business of Cats and Dogs - Dir. Mike Valiquette - 2:08 min - Canada
- Anyone - Dir. Thao Tran - 1:00 min - Vietnam
- Coupé No. 13 - Dir. Ehsan Namakiravesh - 4:48 min - Germany
- FLEETING LOVE - Dir. Txus Angulo - 1:00 min - Spain
- GARAGE SALE MASSACRE - Dir. Warren Dean Fulton - 10:00 min - United States
- Grumpy Old Man - Dir. Chris Ihlenfeldt - 3:23 min - United States
- Inspiration - Dir. Diego Mezarina - 16:27 min - Peru
- Jus d’orange - Dir. Alexandre Athané - 13:45 min - France, Poland
- LIFT - Dir. Randy Chans - 01:37:36 min - Indonesia
- MÄRBLES - Dir. Ariel Orama López (AG Orloz) - 1:23 min - Puerto Rico
- Sightings and Visions - Dir. Rod Rodrigues - 18:59 min - Brazil
- The Old Man and The Robot - Dir. Callum Scott-Dyson - 10:00 min - Korea, Republic of
- Hasta que la muerte nos separe - Dir. Juan Carlos Carlos Flores Umaña - 9:32 min - Mexico
- Co-Pilot - Dir. Brooke Rodda - 3:00 min - USA
- TV Man - Dir. Leonardo Valenti - 28:58 min - Italy
- Foil Guy vs ANVIL - Dir. Malcolm Lamont - 0:57 sec - USA
- Amityville Barbi versus the Evil Dead-O's - Dir. Ronin James - 9:53 min - United States
- Viles - Dir. Dave Alcaide - 18:22 min - Spain
- A Shit Day - Dir. Dane Heig - 15:47 min - Australia
- Emily's Mountain - Dir. Tal Somech - 22:02 min - Israel
- Paw and Scissors - Dir. Shamim Shoomali - 4:02 min - United States
- Broke Boy$ - Dir. Milad Hülshorst - 45:01 min - Germany
- GO TO HELL - Dir. Dean of the Dead - 27:17 min - United Kingdom
- Arcadia - Dir. Facundo Martin Romero - 16:36 min - Argentina
- Chardak - Dir. Mileta Postic, Predrag Joldic - 9:00 min - Serbia
- VISITING - Dir. Piero Cannata - 9:12 min - Italy
- In the Dark Light - Dir. Nancy Greene - 9:30 min - United States
- Cyko KO (Animated Pilot) - Dir. Robert Feldman - 16:05 min - United States
- Monitor - Michael Berardini - 2:47 min - United States
- Sacred Beast - Dir. Link Kraft - 16:58 min - United Kingdom
- BROKEN - Dir. Angelo Donzella - 19:44 min - Italy
- Rotting Hill - Dir. Anastasia Sidorova - 15:00 min - Australia
- The Upstanding Millars (of Society) - Dir. Franco Rizzo - 14:59 min - Malta
-《Jincheng Driving School》 - Dir. 炳豪 焦 (JiaoBingHao) - 9:40 min China
- DYSMORPHIC - Dir. Saul Pena - 1:44 min - United States
- MIGGY15 - Dir. Surapong wetsuwanmanee - 8:00 min - Thailand
- END - Dir. Brian Alexander, Nikki Durbin - 10:00 min - United States
- EGRESSUS - Dir. Mario Velardo -12:53 min - Italy
- The Apteryx Clan and the Great Falafel Ball Heist - Dir. Richard Wareham - 2:51 min - Netherlands
- Birdies - Dir. Franka Bogović, Oleksandr Saško Moskalov - 1:48 min - Croatia
- The Art Of a Nightmare - Dir. Thomas Larsen - 3:50 min - Norway
- Room 13 - Dir. Pierre Vandamme - 4:59 min - Belgium
- The Nest - Dir. Sergio Pazos Conde - 3:59 min - Spain
- Dogs and Ghosts - Dir.Sarah Bostock - 2:34 min - United Kingdom
- The Ballad of Lulu and Dad - Dir. Wayne Paul Mattingly - 27:27 min - United States
- Borrowed Light - Dir. Christian Markus Stahlhofen - 6:16 min - Sweden
- The Cellar - Dir. Jamie David Langlands - 01:24:27 min - United Kingdom (Feature)
- JANE 2687 - Dir. Joe Benedetto - 17:29 min - United States
- Rails - Dir. Maxim Kuts - 11:00 min - Russian Federation
- The Cloud Herder - Dir. Aidan McAteer - 7:05 min - Ireland
- SKÖLL - Dir. Rubén Jiménez Pacheco - 12:20 min - Spain
- MOMMY, WHERE DID I COME FROM? - Dir. John Dimes - 4:28 min - United States
- Halloween Headliners - Dir. Chris Carter, John Simpson, Christopher Miniaci - 13:45 min - Canada
- A.V.A. - Dir. Alec Alevsky - 10:08 min - Spain
- State of Mind - Dir. Cameron Morin - 12:41 min - Canada
- VICIOUS CIRCLE - Dir. SOTIRIS GEORGE KAPPOS - 22:43 min - Greece
- Evil - Dir. Max Palahniuk - 21:51 min - Russian Federation
- The Solution - Dir. John Klein, Steve Kniss - 17:00 min - United States
- CURTAINS - Dir. MARK TRIFUNOVIC - 9:52 min - Canada
- Your Order's on the Way - Dir. Facundo Daniel Lopez - 10:44 min - Argentina
- Some things are a sign, but some aren't - Dir. Danaja Kurnik - 4:20 Slovenia
- Harvest Moon - Dir. Ignacio Martín de la Sota - 13:00 min - Argentina
- NO WITNESSES - Dir. Emiliano Reyna - 16:02 min - Mexico
- Pinga Fogo - Dir. VITORIA ALMEIDA MANTOVANI - 15:00 min - Brazil
- Potent Parcel - Dir. Guylaine Marcoux - 18:02 min - Canada
- CITYWALK - Dir. Malin Dahl - 1:47 min - Sweden
- The Space Rodent - Dir. Jason D. Morris - 1:20:33 min - United States (Feature)
- Civil War - Dir. Flávio Carnielli - 25:00 min - Brazil
- Paramo Station - Dir. Manuel Vélez Arboleda - 7:00 min - Colombia
- Ghee - Dir. Romi Banerjee - 21:25 min - India
- Wavelength - Dir. Danainan Vin Kridakorn, Andrew Strobridge - 10:58 min - Thailand
- WEIRDTHINGS MOTTOLESI - Dir. Giovanbattista Lobianco -19:28 min - Italy
- The Hollow Rabbit - Dir. Jack Andrew Hourahine - 16:51 - Canada
- FEIM - Dir. Pablo Pedrera - 2:46 min - Spain
- Testimony of Disappointment - Dir. Magdalena Alicja Synoradzka -23:03 min - Poland
- The night of the blood moon - Dir. Bruno Souza Barros - 9:54 min - Brazil
- Angel Dust - Dir. Miguel Varela - 15:32 min - Spain
- Anxious Danny - Dir. Ksenia Samarina, Petr Tarasov - 4:00 min - Armenia
- AFTER THE FALL - Dir. Polly Schattel - 18:55 min - United States
- Forest of Echoes - Dir. Benjamin Watts - 12:47 min - United States
- Kiss Me Again - Dir. Orson Abram - 37:48 min - United States
- The Ghost That Wouldn’t Die - Dir. Matthew Packman - 24:00 min - United States
- CONTAMINATION - Dir. Neil Chase, David Heacock - 01:46:58 min - Canada (Feature)
- Suspected Cloud - Dir. Wenting Chen - 21:37 min - United States
- Mint in Box - Dir. Mike Logan - 9:30 min - Canada
- Overtime - Dir. Trent Duncan - 6:53 min - United States
- Strawberry Sweet Killers - Dir. Bethany Barich - 22:23 min - United States
- Mine - Dir. Esabella Anna Karena Strickland - 4:19 min - Canada
- CACCIA GROSSA - Dir. Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti - 39:16 min - Italy
- Finishing Touches - Dir. Ben McClure - 27:41 min - Australia
- WHAT’S KEPT INSIDE - Dir. Chava Méndez - 17:44 min - Mexico
- The Tower Protocol: Resurrection - Dir. Peter S. Giakoumis - 12:31 min - United States
- DRAG - Dir. Brandon Tanczak - 15:30 min - United States
- Blood Lust - Dir. Luis Angel Reyes - 9:55 min - United States
- ScapeGoats - Dir. Josh Evoy - 19:10 min - Canada
- Lovecraft In Florida - Dir. Mike T Lyddon - 12:10 min - United States
- SPUDS - Dir. Vance Mellen Mellen - 14:51 min - United States
- Pishtaco - Dir. Alvaro Hurtado - 5:00 min - Peru
- Don’t mess with Carla Jane - Dir. David Macé - 24:30 min - France
- Vanlande - Dir. Alexandra Elofsson - 21:17 min - Sweden
- The Forbidden Lands - Dir. Mattia De Pascali - 01:38:00 min - Italy (Feature)
- The Human Touch - Dir. John Angelo Martin Serrano - 4:32 min - United States
- Everett Interpretation - Dir. Orçun Poyraz - 25:00 min - Turkey
- Neon Blue - Dir. Neil Taylor - 14:04 min - United States
- The Framed Return - Dir. Ricky Chen - 3:28 min - Australia
- Dreamwalker - Dir. Luca Schenato, Sinem Vardarli - 15:00 min - United Kingdom
- Your Husband Was a Good Man - Dir. Jamie Alvey - 22:00 min - United States
- Breaking News - Dir. Victoria Korina, Claire Midori Arts - 5:44 min - Canada
- KILLA MAID! - Dir. Chonnajun Waitayawinyoo - 2:07 min - United States
- Smugglers Rest - Dir. Steven Lancefield - 5:23 min - United Kingdom
- There's Something In My Eye - Dir. Richard Louprasong - 10:00 min -United States
- FRANKS IN HELL - Dir. JOHNNY GALVAN - 17:28 min - United States
- Typeface - Dir. Tom Pugh - 4:07 min - Australia
- The Intruder - Dir. Ricky Neuwirth - 5:55 min - United States
- Planetagatik - Dir. Eneko Muruzabal Elezcano - 9:35 min - Spain
- The Time We Keep - Dir. Jim Muñoz - 13:40 min - Colombia
- Bocuk: An Ancient Ritual - Dir. Buğra Mert Alkayalar - 20:00 min - Turkey
- Waiting for Cloto - Dir. J. Julian Vacas - 8:30 min - Spain
- Suspected Cloud - Dir. Wenting Chen - 21:36 min - United States
- Soraya in the Land of Nod - Dir. Leela Dutta - 2:40 min - India
- I Love You - Writer´s Cut - Dir. Rafael Maria Friebe - 6:31 min - Germany
- ISA - Dir. Jonathan Sneider Rodríguez Serrato, Facundo Alderete - 20:00 min - Argentina
- Sardonic - Dir. Dylan Anglin - 12:00 min - United States
- Existence Zero - Dir. Matteo Scarfò - 01:13:20 min - Italy (Feature)
- Savage - Dir. Daniel Mark Medina - 6:45 min - Peru
- STALKER - Dir. David Cholewa - 18:30 min - France
- PANDORA, INC. - Dir. Joe Lueben - 11:45 min - United States
- Here Comes the Tickle Monster - Dir. Zoe Allen - 11:09 min - United States
- The Punishment Tapes - Dir. John Theissen Jr. - 42:00 min - United States (Feature)
- SHOOTING - Dir. Roberto Loiacono - 36:06 min - Italy
- Furies - Dir. Tony Le Bacq - 13:30 min - France
- EVIL SEX - Dir. David "Callahan" Ruiz -13:23 min - Spain
- Welcome to the Apocalypse - Dir. Santiago Ramos Solano - 11:01 min - Costa Rica, United States
- Crazy critters - Dir. Juan Pablo Bornio - 14:22 min - Uruguay
- Stuck At The Spaceport - Dir. John Semerad - 5:00 min - United States
- Kid President - Dir. Yadid Hirschtritt Licht - 5:20 min - United States
- The Screaming - Dir. Guillaume Boivin, Steve Villeneuve - 8:00 min - Canada
- Eulogy - Dir. Olly Poulter 19:26 min - United Kingdom
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