Regional Competition Finalists

K-12 Finalists

Date Night (Director Watkins) (2 min) After forgetting date night, a girl scrambles for last minute date ideas.

The Mystery Dog (5 min) A ghost club goes undercover to find a phantom dog in a music school.

Clickbait (3 min) Four teens vanish after a campfire turns into a phone‑driven distraction.

One More Night (5 min) Two kids reunite a year later to relive the day that changed them.

College Finalists

Loud & Lively, Still & Silent (2 min) A city’s rush fades into the quiet beauty of falling snow.

Capicua! (1 min) An animated tale of a grandpa and grandson bonding over dominoes.

The Check (1 min) A first date implodes when a guy asks the worst question imaginable.

UNSOLVED: The Cereal Murders (5 min) Cereal boxes fall victim as a detective faces his strangest case yet.

Nevermore (4 min) Inheritance, M**der, and a vengeful Raven haunt a guilty doctor.

Sprinkles (5 min) Nick braces for the toughest talk of his life with his longtime crush.

Hivemind (3 min) A girl explores a strange game after her friends mysteriously stop talking to her.

Password 316 (3 min) A man tries to hack his girlfriend’s laptop while battling his alter ego.

Between The Lines (4 min) Notes in a used book foretell the terror that strikes when lights fail.

Non-Student Finalists

illustrabamus (3 min) An experimental short exploring young‑adult growth through mixed media.

A Day at Gap Theater (4 min) An inside look of a screening at the newly opened Gap Theater.

The Hardest Arrangement (4 min) While planning a funeral, Danielle discovers the love Marcus meant to share.

Right Here (5 min) A missing child reveals a deeper truth as a mother’s reality unravels.

A Neglected Face of Profundity (4 min) A haunting look at how judging the messenger blinds us to real wisdom.

Tooth-walking Seahorse (3 min) A documentary about an Atlantic walrus herd off the coast of Svalbard

A Painting Comes to Life (2 min) An animated version of cityscape paintings using stop motion techniques.

Popcorn Pushers (4 min) A mob‑owned cinema faces chaos as the Lumbagos fight to stay open.

The Scissor Man (3 min) Wilkes‑Barre’s 1917 nightmare begins when the Scissor Man emerges.

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