OIF REEL OFFICIAL SELECTION

Comedy

A Hench Life – By – Jonathan Wright
A HENCH LIFE is a dark comedy short that explores the not-so-glamorous lives of low-level henchmen working for a supervillain. Think Deadpool meets The Office — full of explosions, poor life choices, microwave burritos, and one guy named Kevin who just wants benefits and a sense of purpose. [ PG-13 ]

Backyard Bros – By – Shawn Lawrentz
After incinerating their BBQ, a trio of Florida bros cook up something better: a revolutionary business plan to disrupt the pet industry that could only come from a “Florida Man”. [ G ]

Catching Santa – By – Tyler Sussmann
A conspiracy theorist podcaster has dedicated his life to catching Santa after an encounter with him when he was a kid. [ PG-13 ]

CHALLENGE FORCE: World’s Best – By – Reign Burton
3 former OiF award winning actors unite their genre powers to stop a villain from erasing fun and unleash the true spirit of cinema. [ PG ]

CHALLENGE FORCE: World’s Best – By – Reign Burton
3 former OiF award winning actors unite their genre powers to stop a villain from erasing fun and unleash the true spirit of cinema. [ PG ]

Groundhog – By – Danielle Hollobaugh
A not so secret agent makes his move. [ PG-13 ]

How to Throw a Block Party in Chinatown – By – Clio Yang
Two small business entrepreneurs turn to their local performing artists in the Orlando Chinatown to help hype up their original boba tea, on the condition that the duo learn some of their tricks. [ G ]

Implantability – By – Krystal Alexandria
While trying to find a missing flash drive, a mob boss interrogates a Deaf civilian. When her assistant comes up with creative ways to torture the deaf, the results are shocking. [ PG-13 ]

Let’s Make A Movie – By – Gregory Mohn
A time traveling hobo is mistaken for Jesus. Also, the President is kidnapped by aliens, probably. [ PG-13 ]

MUCKSPOUT THADDEUS – By – Jay Bogdanowitsch
A soon-to-be divorced young couple go searching for a mystical figure and his treasure to help rescue their home from foreclosure, however, they in for a rude awakening. [ PG-13 ]

RICKY & JORTS – By – Sophie Gonzalez
Two goofy best friends attempt to solve a murder mystery by investigating their oddball friends (and enemies). [ PG-13 ]

Ridiculous – By – Danny Day
“Ridiculous The angels fly because they take themselves lightly” [ G ]

S*ITTING TOGETHER – By – J.P. Smith
Two sweet girlfriends learn more about each other than they bargained for on their hiking trip. [ PG-13 ]

Second Contact – By – Scott Hahnert
After humanity celebrates first contact with an alien species, an accountant is tasked with finalizing negotiations with their representative. He discovers that galactic diplomacy is far messier than he imagined. [ G ]

Stop & Watch – By – Lisa Kathleen Mark
“LOGLINE A super-smart middle schooler stumbles on a mysterious gizmo way cooler than anything he’s ever built. Now if he only knew what it actually does.” [ G ]

TAKING IT OVER – By – Tiffany Cribbs
Avery plans to take over his fathers lawn empire but has some mishaps along the way. [ PG-13 ]

The Professionals – By – Robert Fowler
Two eccentric roommates are summoned for jury duty only to become trapped in a bureaucratic nightmare where forms are sacred, signatures are salvation, and freedom is just another checkbox. [ PG ]

This Fire Isn’t Yours To Name – By – Joshua Shaffer
She saved a life and went viral — now she must decide if the fire inside her is humiliation… or salvation. [ PG ]

Trivia Night! – By – matthew thomas komorowski
A fun night of trivia is interrupted when a wanted man hides out from the cops in a local bar. [ PG-13 ]

Zombie, My Friend 2: Dead Serious – By – Strebor Roberts
Armed with memes, a chicken costume, and zero qualifications, your three favorite unlikely heroes are back and must save the world from a zombie influencer. [ PG-13 ]

Horror

11:41 – By Jonathan Silva
An unnamed couple is hours deep into a first date. The conversation is flowing as much as the wine. But a miscalculation, and a spiked drink or two, quickly spiral into madness. [ PG-13 ]

Bring Out Your Dread – By Nick Marinucci
Haunted by her best friend’s suicide, a woman steps into a literal house of horrors, only to face the monster of her own despair. [ PG-13 ]

Dinochron – By Matthew Marin
Two women on a sunset hike stumble upon a forgotten lake and awaken a towering monster that won’t let them leave. [ PG ]

Do Not Follow – By Mo Osman
A group of friends decides to ignore warning signs while hiking through a remote forest and become victims to ancient beings. [ PG-13 ]

Don’t Let It Ride – By Ysela Williams
A respected church leader takes a late night drive- but she’s not alone. By the end of the ride, one question remains: who’s really in control. [ G ]

Fatal Nightmare – By Nick Scott
In the sun-drenched suburbs of Southwest Florida, a detective investigates a series of deaths by nightmare, discovering a twisted killer who harvests deepest fears through a deceptive online contest and delivers personalized terror via cursed images [ PG-13 ]

Final Cut – By Jacob Schwartz
A celebrated film editor with a ruthless eye for perfection moonlights as a serial killer, turning his victims into twisted “final cuts” in a gruesome homage to his craft. [ PG-13 ]

First Stab – By Jennifer Coe
A would-be serial killer bent on revenge discovers murder isn’t like the movies. [ PG-13 ]

Go Right Ahead – By Kelly Weaver
Abigail and her boyfriend Gerald are heading home after a busy work day. When they arrive home, they are greeted by someone from her past and they experience something they will never forget [ PG-13 ]

Happy Trails – By Doc Bravo
A thrill-seeking guide leads a group of hikers into a cursed forest, ignoring a deadly warning. As night falls, something begins stalking them. Who survives the night? [ PG-13 ]

Haze – By Derek Ziegler
Ashleigh is a kidnapping survivor whose recent television appearance attracts the attention of local journalist, Mariah, who is currently writing a piece on missing women in the area. [ PG-13 ]

HER – By Kelvin Aultman
A third-year medical student falls obsessively in love with his mysterious and alluring older neighbor, only to uncover a horrifying secret that shatters his reality. Torn between fear and fascination, he must decide if love is worth risking his life—or losing his sanity.

I Am You – By Jonathan Landwer
A disaffected man seeking a temporary escape from his perfect life discovers his doppelgänger has permanently replaced him, leaving him to question his identity and reality itself. [ PG ]

Knock, Knock – By Claire Louise Huder
Haunted by a knocking only he seems to hear, a young man goes on a walk in the woods with his love in order to clear his head. [ PG-13 ]

Lost Souls – By Lewis Leslie
After losing the love of his life, Chase calls on help from the other side. But what price is he willing to pay to get her back? [ PG-13 ]

Marshskin – By Juan Pantoja
A group of young adults explore an area plagged with disappearances and encounter something that will change their lives. [ PG-13 ]

never wake up – By Joshua Byers
A guilt-ridden husband slips into a dreamscape of unraveling realities, where remorse, punishment, and vengeance blur—until he wakes to a truth he can’t escape. [ PG-13 ]

No Way Out – By David Kashner
A passenger in a ride share must figure out if her driver is actually her ride share driver before it’s too late. [ PG-13 ]

Past Tense – By TL Westgate
Norman is bringing his wife to his new boss’s house for dinner. Hopefully she’s not too extra. [ PG-13 ]

Riddle Me This – By Brooke Fauver
Four friends wake up in an unfamiliar room. While trying to figure out what was going on, they realize only way to get out alive is to solve riddles. [ PG-13 ]

Running From Demons – By Hugh DiMauro
A plainclothes detective’s perfect plan is thrwarted by his arrestee’s lawyer who happens to work for a very peculiar law firm. [ PG ]

The Hearth – By Geoff Scott
A couple’s weekend getaway to a vacation home takes a sinister turn when an ancient god requires a sacrifice. [ PG-13 ]

The Oracle – By Dominique Gomez
A man, as he struggles to return to his wife and son, descends into a mysterious and surreal world—guided by a cryptic figure known only as The Oracle. As reality begins to unravel, he’s left questioning whether he’s being led to safety… or deeper into madness. [ PG-13 ]

Turn Around – By Jacob Schwarz
A recently engaged couple encounter car troubles on their journey home. While looking for gas they discover they may not get to their destination alive. [ PG-13 ]

One-Take

A Mother’s Wrath – By – Michael Lamberti
Her daughter was taken from her. Now, one mother must hunt her killers down by channeling the power of Dai Shinken. [ PG-13 ]

Choices – By Rachel Qualls
Choices: In a race against time, a grieving son collides with consequences. [ PG-13 ]

Foreclosed – By Larry Elavsky
As a man faces the loss of his family home to foreclosure, he hatches a disturbing plan: turn the property into a crime scene so no one else will want it [ PG-13 ]

Harmony Heights – By Jason Boldt
Harmony Heights. Behind close doors “The American Dream” is not quite what it seems. [ PG-13 ]

Her Time Has Come – By Will Henao
On the day she leaves for college, a young woman and her high school sweetheart share one final hour—singing their way through a tender goodbye in a house filled with love and unspoken truths. [ PG ]

I’M ALL EARS – By Tracey Jane
A comforting midnight radio show host reveals a Van Gogh killer. [ PG-13 ]

Kings and Queens – By Sky Belluomini
A shy young man enrolls in a drag class and, guided by a vibrant community of kings and queens, discovers the confidence to embrace his true self and ignore outside judgement. [ PG-13 ]

Last Supper – By Dale Metz
The host considers every detail ensuring this evening is one her guests will not forget. [ G ]

OPEN HOUSE OF HORROR – By WENDY FELICIANO
A high-stakes open house takes a hilariously unexpected turn, when a determined realtor faces off against quirky guests, growing chaos, and a very unusual surprise- all in one uninterrupted take. [ PG ]

Rumor Mill – By Brandon Miles
“At a wild house party, one innocent secret whispered between two friends spirals into a hilariously absurd rumor that ricochets through the guests until it circles back to the original source completely unrecognizable.” [ PG-13 ]

smoke in every bite – By Brandon Blackburn
A guy named Jimmy is eating burger driving down the road and its pretty gross so he throws it out the window because he sees an ad in a magazine for the best ribs in eagle lake. [ PG-13 ]

Something Leather – By Kathleen Enriquez
On their anniversary, Isobel’s moments with her partner Olivia is disrupted by strange moments of confusion. As the day unravels, small flashes of disorientation hint at something amiss, and Isobel’s grip on reality begins to slip. [ PG ]

The Expiration – By Andrew Higgins
The Expiration, a action packed ONE SHOT. An unexpected hitman turns the tides on an unsuspecting target. [ PG-13 ]

The Holdup – By Ryan Burke
Told in a single, unbroken shot, this 7-minute crime thriller follows a tense robbery gone wrong. A hardened professional tries to keep his reckless younger brother and volatile crew from unraveling—only to discover that a single, human moment can be more dangerous than a loaded gun. [ PG-13 ]

The House Call – By Justin Bansraj
A nurse visits a routine patient who refuses to open her door, but the longer he stays on the porch, the more he begins to question who he’s speaking to. [ PG-13 ]

The Last Supper – By Fernando Tosetti
In a tense, opulent dining room under the shadow of a Last Supper painting, Don Carlo, a cunning mob patriarch, savors a final meal while confronting his sons Tony and Giuseppe, unraveling a web of betrayal and family loyalty. [ PG-13 ]

The Library – By Alex Bradley
A man wakes up in a library and has to find his way out through leftover words from a book that he doesn’t know he wrote. [ PG ]

The Velveteen Actor – By Jeffery Herman
An actor prepares in front of a mirror to become Orson Welles – only to confront the blurred line between performance and identity. In the quiet ritual of transformation, he questions: when does pretending become reality? [ G ]

Through Her Eyes – By Robert Laur
An innocent adventure turns into a child’s nightmare of whispers and looming shadows! [ PG-13 ]

Wither – By Levi Smith
A widowed man seeks a companion with which to share his home, his wealth, and his secret. [ PG-13 ]

Your call is very important to us – By Noah Camenker
A simple fraud report becomes a nightmare journey through automated customer service hell. [ PG-13 ]

ZENITH – By Arturo Uspango
A hallucinatory exorcism is performed after a massacre. [ PG-13 ]