Annual Awards 2025-2026 | Program 7: Beyond Reality

2:10 – 3:50 PM | Cinema #9 | Sci-Fi and Other Fantasies | 🟡 13+

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At The Mercy Of Faith

Andrew Arguello (USA)
California Premiere

Haunted by his sister’s murder, Marvin loses his faith—until the spirit of one of her killers returns, drawing him into a profound spiritual reckoning.

19:22

Thickly Settled

Brian D Jones and Jordan Brooks (USA)
California Premiere

When a lost man in a crumbling marriage discovers through a chance encounter that traveling back in time may actually be possible, he’s faced with a choice: to change the past risking an uncertain future, or reclaim the path he’s already on.

22:02

Nothing But the End

As the end of the world seems to loom, Dax, a young man living in a remote trailer park, must choose between staying with his paranoid mother, who wants to turn their trailer into a bunker, or finally living his own life.

14:57

Echoes

Sean Nam (France)
California Premiere

Lucas works for Echoes, a company that controls human destiny—until he meets a woman who doesn’t exist in its system. As he investigates, he risks everything for a truth that could change his path forever.

14:16

Focal Point

Raphael Buisson (USA)

In a dystopian future, a grieving scientist discovers Earth exists within a single neuron. He launches a desperate quest across space and time to find his son.

27:14

Total runtime: 1h 38m

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