2025 Film Stats

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28 films were recommended (including 2 double recs) – 19 opted in (2 didn’t respond, 7 are included as Special Mentions.) There are:

  • 13 Narratives & 6 Documentaries

  • 11 Directed by Women

  • 13 Feature Film Directorial Debuts

  • 3 Foreign Language Films

  • 14 U.S. Productions

  • 14 Came Through Festival Submissions

  • 7 Market Festival Premieres (4:Tribeca, 2: Berlinale, 1: Sundance)

  • 18 Award-Winning

  • 7 working with a Sales Agent

  • 19 reviewed on Letterboxd

  • 19 have Captions (open, closed or both)

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Special Mentions (not included due to distribution status)

  • A Story of Bones, Dir. Joseph Curran, Dominic Aubrey De Vere (Lisa Simmons, Allison Simmons-Uvin, Roxbury International Film Festival)
  • Brando With A Glass Eye, Dir. Antonis Tsonis (Paul Sbrizzi, Slamdance)
  • Dreams in Nightmares, Dir. Shatara Michelle Ford (Nehad Khedar, Blackstar)
  • Fragments of A Life Loved, Dir. Chloe Barreau (Allegra Madsen, Frameline)
  • No Other Land, Dir. Yuval Abraham, Hamdan Ballal, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor (Sean Flynn, Camden International Film Festival)
  • Tim Travers and the Time Traveler’s Paradox, Dir. Stimson Snead (Paris Burris, deadCenter)
  • We Can Be Heroes, Dir. Carina Mia Wong, Alex Simmons (Cara Ogburn, Milwaukee Film)

Special thanks to the following festival programmers who contributed:

Nehad Khedar (BlackStar), Sean Flynn (Camden International Film Festival), Mimi Plauché (Chicago International Film Festival), Paul Sloop (Cordillera International Film Festival), Dan Brawley (Cucalorus), Sky Sitney (DC/DOX), Paris Burris (deadCenter), Matthew Campbell (Denver Film Festival), Allegra Madsen (Frameline), Kayla Meyers (IndieMemphis), Jason Hoffman (Indy Film Fest), Cara Ogburn (Milwaukee Film), Tom Hall (Montclair Film), Crystal Merrill (Mountainfilm), Nick McCarthy (NewFest), Barak Epstein (Oak Cliff Film Festival), Jim Farmer (Out on Film), tt stern-enzi (Over-the-Rhine Film Festival), Isaac Zablocki (Reel Abilities), Lisa Simmons, Allison Simmons-Uvin (Roxbury International Film Festival), Beth Barrett (SIFF), Paul Sbrizzi (Slamdance), Heidi Zwicker (Sundance Film Festival), Andre Seward (Tallgrass Film Festival), Shailaja Rao (Tasveer Film Festival), Faridah Gbadamosi (Tribeca Festival), Karen McMullen (Urbanworld), Judy Laster (Woods Hole Film Festival), Meira Blaustein (Woodstock Film Festival).

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