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.
DOCUMENTARY SHORT COMPETITION WINNER
I Got My Brother
Ben Proudfoot ’12
Executive Producer
Josh Rosenberg ’03
Executive Producer
XR EXPERIENCE COMPETITION WINNER
Body Proxy
Samantha Gorman ’20
Director/Writer
HEADLINER
I Love Boosters
Megan Ellison
Executive Producer
Over Your Dead Body
Timothy Olyphant ’90 (Roski)
Cast
Pretty Lethal
Bridger Nielson ’04
Director of Photography
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
Tripp Vinson ’93 (Dornsife)
Producer
James Vanderbilt ’99
Producer
They Will Kill You
Alex Litvak ’95
Writer
David Ellison
Executive Producer
NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION
Sender
Jake Katofsky ’18
Producer
Mireia Vilanova ’20
Co-Producer
Eric Baird ’17
Co-Producer
Pretty Lethal
Bridger Nielson ’04
Director of Photography
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION
Phoenix Jones: The Rise and Fall of a Real Life Superhero
Karl Steig ’12
Editor
NARRATIVE SPOTLIGHT
Chili Finger
Edd Benda ’13
Director/Executive Producer
Stephen Helstad ’15
Director/Executive Producer/Writer
Jack Sheehan ’10 (Marshall)
Executive Producer
Alex Bell ’12
Executive Producer
Sam Sandweiss ’15
Producer
Cristina Dunlap ’09
Director of Photography
Peter Bawiec ’15
Sound Editor
Paul Stanko ’13 (SDA)
Cast
Aaron Rovner ’13
VFX Supervisor
Kayla Carlisle ’15
Storyboard Artist
Molly Benda ’13
On-Set Dresser
Amaris Pueyes Méndez ’24
Producers' Assistant
Downbeat
Daniel Rashid ’15 (SDA)
Writer
Family Movie
Kyra Sedgwick ’85 (SDA)
Director/Producer/Cast
Pizza Movie
Billy Rosenberg ’00
Director/Writer
Seekers of Infinite Love
Victoria Strouse ’97
Director/Writer
DOCUMENTARY SPOTLIGHT
Drif
Kevin Hibbard ’04
Writer
The Way We Move
Eleonore Dailly ’07
Producer
MIDNIGHTER
Grind
Ed Dougherty ’03
Director/Writer
Monitor
Ben Levine ’21
Executive Producer
24 BEATS PER SECOND
Los Lobos Native Sons
Doug Blush ’88
Director/Producer/Writer
We Are The Shaggs
Ken Kwapis
Director/Writer
TV PREMIERE
Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Eva Anderson ’02
Producer
NARRATIVE SHORT COMPETITION
Marga en el DF
Gabriela Ortega ’17 (SDA)
Director/Writer
Karla Luna Cantu ’18
Producer
Monica Salazar ’13
Editor
Them That’s Not
Redd Coltrane ’24
Producer
Visitors
Minnie Schedeen ’17
Writer/Director
DOCUMENTARY SHORT COMPETITION
He’s Out There
Sam Davis ’16
Director/Producer/Director of Photography/Editor
I Got My Brother
Ben Proudfoot ’12
Executive Producer
Josh Rosenberg ’03
Executive Producer
MUSIC VIDEO COMPETITION
Model/Actriz – Cinderella
Nathan Castiel ’14
Director/Writer
XR EXPERIENCE COMPETITION
Body Proxy
Samantha Gorman ’20
Director/Writer
Love Bird
Cameron Kostopoulos ’22
Director
XR EXPERIENCE SPECIAL EVENT
Oryza: Healing Ground
Tamara Shogaolu ’13
Director/Producer
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