The 14th edition of the International Filmmaker Festival of New York (IFFNY) is proud to unveil its official selection for 2025. This year, IFFNY received an impressive 542 submissions from around the world, reflecting a remarkable spectrum of global storytelling. After a careful and passionate review process, 57 exceptional projects have been chosen, representing 89 countries across five continents. Of these, 47 will compete in the official competition across various categories, while 10 outstanding works have been selected for the festival’s new Spotlight Showcase—a non-competitive section celebrating bold, innovative voices. These Spotlight films will also be featured in IFFNY’s online program, making the festival accessible to a broader international audience and continuing its mission of connecting global filmmakers with film lovers everywhere.
FEATURE FILM
-“Idilia” by José Taltavull Sepúlveda & Javier Canales Sepúlveda/ 73 min/ Spain
-“Ocarina” by Alban Zogjani 92 min/ Kosova
– “Monday Wolves” by Mateo Rojas/ 89 min/ Peru
– “Children of Silence” by Anika Petrov/ 95 min/ Ukraine
SHORT FILM
-“The Long Walk Home” by Jeremy Folmer/ 14:30/US
-“Nice Shoes” by Nkenge Jones/13:42/ US
-“El Azul Silencio” by Mateoit Carratú/9 min/Spain
– “Hotcakes” by Carlos Gallego García/12 min/ Mexico
– “Bud” by John R. Caccamo /12 min/ US
-“Let me out” by Anders Lidin Hansen/ 11:21/ Norway
-“Juicy” by Emily Weider/ 7:21min/ US
-“Umbra” by Dario Haruni/19:38 min/ Albania
– “The Interview” by Mac Brydon/ 8:23/US
-‘Eat Hot Chip & Lie” Anders Kapur/ 14:51/US
-“The Meal” by Thomas Steen Sørensen /15:38 min/ Denmark
-“Free Mind” by Ramy Gheit Abouelkhir /5:41/US
-“Diell” by Rain Nikolla/17:26/Albania
-“My mother’s scarf” by Asis Tabrizi/ 18 min/Iran
-“Unmarked” by Soren Halvorsen/ 19 min/ Belgium
-“The Island You Forgot” by Mei-Ling Chao/ 16 min/ China
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM
-“The Saint of Brooklyn” By Ulisse Lendaro/72 min/Italy
-“Lost in the Moment” by Mateo Alvarenga/ 80 min/ Argentina
-“Aladileh” by Joseph Winter /92 min/Israel
-“The Dust of the Sahara Flowers” by Omar El-Badawi/ Afghanistan
SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM
– “You” by Elisa Bessa/7:26 min/ Brazil
– “Common Ground” by ASH YIP/ 13:55 min/ US
– “Ankla” by Raul Fabricio Cabrera/5:22 min/Ecuador
-“Before the River Dries” by Lina Morante/ 32 min/Canada
ANIMATION
-“Brave new tech” by Laura Gingrich/7 min/Korean, Spain
-“Owner” by Eugene Feoktistov/4 min/ Russian Federation
-“Into the Reds Tale” by Alisdair Zhang/ 4 min/ US
-“Lalaland”by Anna Moreau/ 7 min/ Cuba
MUSIC VIDEOS
-“Orange blues 24” by Alyssa Dann /04:58 min/ US
-“lvx Machina – Thug Deluxe” by Cristian Balint & Béla Baptiste/3:41 min/US
-“A Gloucester Fisherman” (tribute music video short) by The Atomik Age Project/5:43 min/US
-“Ballerina” by Maia Dobbs/ 3:55 min/US
SCRIPT OF FEATURE FILM
-“At the Mercy of Faith” by Samuel Taylor/US
-“Able’s Fables” by Mark Amador/ US
-“Serendipity” by Karl Safindah/Camroon
-“Shadows of Yesterday” by Zara Kuznetsova/Ukraine
-“Velvet Skies” by Elias Haddad /Iran
SCRIPT OF SHORT FILM
-“Running on Empty” by Margaret Young /Japan
-“Guilty as sin” by Nick Spicer/ UK
-“Non-Smoking area” by Theodora Christodoulos /Greece
-“Mina’s House” by Miha Zupan/ Slovenia
-“Bosnian Behara” by Medina Beširović/Bosnia & H.
SPOTLIGHT SHOWCASE–Non-competition
-“Giselou” by Mohammad Sadeq Esmaeeli/60 min / Iran
-“Veus del pallars sobirÀ” by Laia Rissech Pere Manrique/70 min/Catalan
– “Voiceless” by Zahra Mojahed/14:38min/Germany
– “Canarian healers, traditions of healing” by Beatriz Chinea Hernández/30 min/Spain
-“Shadows of Ourselves” by Pedro Serrazina/7:39 min/ Portugal
– “A child is listening” by Pedro Moraelche/18 min/ Spain
-“Dear son” by Zhu Cunkuo /11 min/ China
– “Another ghost story” by Alfonso Morillas/16 min/Spain
-“I’am where the butterflies sleep” by Ceyhan Kandemir/78 min/ Turkey
– “Tales of the Sea” by Luca Severi/98 min/Italy
(This non-competitive category highlights outstanding works that deserve special recognition for their artistic vision, cultural relevance, or unique storytelling. Selected by our programming team, these films and projects are featured to celebrate the voices, perspectives, and creativity shaping today’s cinematic landscape.)
IFFNY 2025 will take place on May 28, 29, and 30 at the prestigious Dolby Theatre in New York City.
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