2025
SANTA MONICA FILM FESTIVAL
The Santa Monica Film Festival ® is an annual film festival focused on emerging filmmakers and artists.
IN-PERSON SCREENINGS
Date: Sunday, January 22
Time: 12:00N - 9:00P
Theater: AMC 4 Santa Monica
VIRTUAL SCREENINGS (JANUARY 22 - 31)
This year, the online Festival experience allows you to watch where you want, when you want.
The Santa Monica Film Festival ® is an annual film festival focused on emerging filmmakers and artists.
IN-PERSON SCREENINGS
Date: Sunday, January 22
Time: 12:00N - 9:00P
Theater: AMC 4 Santa Monica
VIRTUAL SCREENINGS (JANUARY 22 - 31)
This year, the online Festival experience allows you to watch where you want, when you want.
The 2025 Santa Monica Film Festival will showcase award winning independent films from local, national and international filmmakers.
IN-THEATER SCREENINGS
Date: Saturday March 15th
Time: 11:00A - 7:00P
Venue: DGA Theater Complex
WORLD PREMIERE
Title: Follow The Silenced
Date: Saturday March 15th
Screening Time: 11:00A - 1:00P
Panel Discussion: 1:00P - 2:00P
Venue: DGA Theater Complex,
THEATRICAL PREMIERE
Title: Bitcoin Jesus
Date: Saturday March 15th
Screening Time: TBD
Venue: DGA Theater Complex
AWARDS & RECEPTION
Date: Saturday March 15th
Time: 7:00P
Venue: DGA Theater Complex
STREAMING
Dates: March 1st - March 15th
Venue: XOLO.TV
Official Selections
THEATRICAL SCREENINGS (March 15)
Fancy Florez's Summer Staycation Short Film
Director: Marissa Díaz
Richie Rich Hustla
Directors: Naomi Christie, Jamar Harding
Outsider Chimp
Director: TJ Coughlin
Unsaid
Director: Monique Moses
33
Director: Maximilian Uriarte
Belief
Director: Christian Loubek
Profiles Of Remarkable Neophytes
Director: Gavin Michael Booth
Cut Off
Director: Meg Swertlow
The Open Door
Director: Dean Ronalds
JUMPMAN
Director: Tom Dey
Cereal
Director: Chaplin Adam Boyd
Red Velvet
Director: Kevin Staake
BitterSweet
Director: Steven Martini
The Photographer
Directors: Gracen Matai Meyers, Jacob Kautzky
The Paper Bag Plan
Director: Anthony Lucero
The Devil's Plot
Director: Julia Rose Weisberg-Cortés
Follow The Silenced
Director: Matthew Guthrie
Bitcoin Jesus
Director: Matthew Guthrie, Mikki Willis
Short Films | Documentary | Feature Films | Episodic
About Santa Monica Film Festival
The 2025 edition of the Santa Monica Film Festival plans to combine an in-person film screenings at the DGA Theater Complex and a virtual experience for everyone to enjoy.
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