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Metrograph To Screen Filmmaker 25 New Faces Shorts on December 6
Filmmaker is very happy to be partnering on December 6, 2025 with New York’s Metrograph for an evening of shorts drawn from the magazine’s 2025 25 New Faces list.
I wrote for the Metrograph’s calendar:
Filmmaker’s 25 New Faces list has annually curated a cross-section of emerging and impressive new independent film talent. Directors, writers, actors, below-the-line—these are filmmakers who have made indelible work in the past year and will go on to shape tomorrow’s film culture. With the magazine’s 29th edition of the list in its current edition, the editors have curated from their work an excitingly diverse selection of shorts spanning horror, drama, documentary, comedy, and experimental work.
Pulling shorts from 12 of this year’s directors, the programs span Sundance award winners, the new wave of horror, video essay, documentary, coming-of-age stories, comedies and more. I’ll be moderating Q&As with several of the filmmakers each night, and we’ll talk not just about their films but also, more generally, the ways in which they are approaching the short film in terms of artistic process, method of feature development, and as career development. I hope to see many readers there!
Below are the complete programs and links to the 25 New Faces profiles.
Filmmaker Magazine 25 New Faces: 2025 Part 1: Sat Dec 6, 6:00pm
- The Non-Actor, dir. Eliza Barry Callahan, 18 minutes
- Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites, dir. Chheangkea, 19 minutes
- As Told By a Corpse, dir. Yace Sula, 5 minutes
- Video Barn, dir. Bianca Poletti, 13 minutes
- Ragamuffin, dir. Kaitlyn Mikayla, 14 minutes
- Budget Paradise, dir. La’Tajh Simmons-Weaver, 14 minutes
Filmmaker Magazine 25 New Faces: 2025 Part 2: Sat Dec 6, 8:30pm
- WassupKaylee, dir. Pepi Ginsberg, 19 minutes
- A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers, dir. Birdy Wei-Ting Hun, 12 minutes
- Sister Salad Days, dir. Adesola Thomas, 17 minutes
- Tiger, dir. Loren Waters, 13 minutes
- Queerbait, dir. Nate Gualtieri, 10 minutes
- Crime Film, dir. Auden Lincoln-Vogel, 10 minutes
