The USC School of Cinematic Arts congratulates our alumni and students with projects accepted at the 2025 SXSW Film and TV Festival!

If your project, feature/short film, or immersive experience was selected for the 2025 SXSW Film and TV Festival, please share the details with us here so we can include your work in our publications.

Headliner

Another Simple Favor
Paul Feig ’84
Director

Drop
Cameron Fuller ’17 (SDA)
Producer
Joe Hagg ’97
Visual Effects Producer
Bear McCreary ’02 (Thornton)
Composer

Narrative Feature Competition 

Fantasy Life - WINNER
Charlie Alderman ’13
Producer
Sam Slater ’19 
Producer

It Ends
Keith Calder ’04
Executive Producer

Outerlands
Jessica Christiansen ’08 (Annenberg)
Executive Producer

Slanted - WINNER
Amy Wang ’99
Writer/Director/Producer

The Surrender 
Julia Max ’07 (SDA)
Writer/Director
Alex Winkler ’17 (Thornton)
Composer

Documentary Feature Competition

The Python Hunt - WINNER
David Bolen ’13
Cinematographer

Ghost Boy - WINNER
George Feucht ’99
Director of Photography

ASCO: Without Permission 
Nicholas Boak ’09
Producer

Narrative Spotlight

American Sweatshop 
Noor Al-Fallah ’16
Executive Producer
Michael Andrews ’01
Composer

The Astronaut
Chris Abernathy ’13
Producer
Eric Fleischman ’12
Producer
Cameron Fuller ’17(SDA)
Producer
Michael Holcomb ’10
Sound Designer
Jacques Brautbar ’15(Thornton)
Composer

Cotton Candy Bubble Gum 
Joe Schultz ’05
Sound Designer

$Positions
Daniel Johnson ’08
Editor

She’s the He 
Will Geare ’24
Editor

The Threesome 
Tim White
Producer

We Bury the Dead 
Ross Dinerstein ’05
Producer

SATISFACTION 
Alex Burunova ’09
Writer/Director/Producer

Documentary Spotlight

Are We Good? 
Jordan McNeile ’11
Cinematographer 
Derek Boonstra ’07
Editor

Seen and Heard
John Ealer ’99
Producer

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
Adam Gibbs ’08 (SCA/Dornsife)
Producer

Uvalde Mom
Achim Mendoza ’23
Assistant Editor

Luv Ya, Bum! - WINNER
Paul Jensen ’06
Producer

Midnighter

The Surrender
Pete Ploszek ’12(SDA)
Cast
Riley Rose Critchlow ’14(SDA)
Cast

24 Beats Per Second

Forever We Are Young
Patty Ahn Ma ’09 Phd ’15
Director

Festival Favorite

The Surfer
Robert Connolly ’09
Producer

TV Premiere

Happy Face 
Liz Glotzer ’85
Executive Producer
Melissa Moore ’00
Executive Producer
Will Pearson ’17
Executive Producer
Cecily Rhett ’94
Editor

Spy High - WINNER
Jody McVeigh Schultz ’05
Executive Producer
David Wendell ’87
Executive Producer
James Atkinson ’05
Editor
Jacques Brautbar ’15 (Thornton)
Composer
 

TV Spotlight

Mix Tape - WINNER
Nick Nantell ’03(Dornsife)
Executive Producer

Independent TV Pilot Competition

Bulldozer - WINNER
Caleb Reese ’96(SDA)
Executive Producer
Andrew Friedman ’00
Cast

R&R
JJ Herz ’21

Director/Writer/Producer
Thaddeus Scherer ’20(Thornton)
Music

Stars Diner
Tyler Walker ’11
Director/Producer/Writer

Narrative Short Competition

Baba I’m Fine
Taylor Gianotas ’10
Editor

Ben’s Sister - WINNER
Brian Niles
Cast

Brief Somebodies - WINNER
Andrew Reid ’17
Writer/Director

How Was Your Weekend? 
Lucas Ford ’19
Producer
Taylor Gianotas ’10
Editor
James Morosini ’14 (SDA)
Cast

Nervous Energy 
Elias Putnam ’21(Dornsife)
Producer 

The Sentry
Jake Wachtel ’16(Annenberg)
Writer/Director/Producer 

The Singers
Sam Davis ’16
Director/Director of Photography/Editor
Rayka Zehtabchi ’16
Executive Producer
David Breschel
Producer 
Michelle Patterson ’14
Production Designer

Strangers in the Same Shirt 
Charlie Porter ’13
Editor

Unholy 
Arielle Friedman ’11 (Dornsife)
Producer/Cast
Ryan Robinson ’25
Sound Designer/Composer

Randy As Himself 
Anjoum Agrama ’16
Editor

Animated Short Competition

Mine!
Lou Morton ’13
Director/Producer

Words of Her
Charlene Xu ’24
Director
Ajeng Canyarasmi ’19
Re-Recording Mixer

XR Experience Competition

1906 Atlanta Race Massacre
Nonny de la Peña ’09
Director/Producer

Face Jumping - WINNER
Samantha Gorman ’20
Director/Writer

The Last Practice 
Phil McCarty ’20
Director/Producer/Writer

In the Current of Being - WINNER
Cameron Kostopoulos ’22
Director/Producer

XR Experience Spotlight

Address Unknown: Fukushima Now  
Arif Khan ’17
Director

Symphoni
Ingram Mao ’23
Director
Seleny Xie ’24
Producer

Anouschka
Tamara Shogaolu ’13
Director

 

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