2025 Spring Hot Films in the Making

A teenage girl’s first period becomes a rebellion against conservative culture when she transforms her shame into war paint, inspiring both her peers and her conflicted mother to break free from female oppression.

A Cornish artist struggling to keep her home accidentally falls in love with a nomadic Selkie.

"JUST ONE NIGHT" is a feature film about the meaning of life.
AMEN SAHRAEI, a talented and visionary filmmaker, now directs this feature film at the age of twenty-eight, reflecting the inner crises of modern human existence. The story follows a young girl who, at the peak of hopelessness, decides to end her life,but encounters someone who changes her mind.This fateful meeting becomes the turning point of the story, where the woman decides, with all her being, to live.The film will be produced in the United States and shot on location using local actors.this film's a spiritual continuation of the critically acclaimed film "A Special Day"which was previously selected in the Hot Films section.

HARMACY is character-driven documentary that reveals the systemic failures inside the U.S. pharmacy industry through the eyes of those most affected: patients, pharmacists, and whistleblowers. The film blends cinema vérité with stylized interviews, animated graphics, archival news footage, and gallows humor. We are guided through the film by pharmacist-comedian Dr. Maurice Shaw, whose stand-up performances punctuate throughout, allowing viewers to laugh through the horror and absurdity. Imagine the investigatory edge of The Bleeding Edge meets the dark humor and cultural indictment of LuLaRich.

The Atonement series follows seasoned "big-city" Detective Robert Grant as he returns to his hometown to investigate the murder of a local woman. His drive to untangle a web of secrets and lies brings him face-to-face with a past trauma he's struggling hard to forget.
In a town where trust is a rare commodity, Grant finds unlikely alliance and solace with Emily Thornton – a battered woman with a dark secret of her own.
With its compelling ensemble cast of characters and haunting backdrop of rural Georgia, The Atonement series tells a story that stays with you long after its truth is revealed.

A private detective takes a job, hoping for redemption and finds herself in the midst of an ever-expanding world of corruption.

Two brother private investigators work to solve the death of a woman’s husband. A case local police concluded was a suicide.