SAT NOV 8, 2025 5:30 PM

Discovery: Block #6

$15.00 (member) ; $20.00 (general admission)

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Culver Theater Aud. 1 | ‘PROOF Film Festival 2025’

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ABOUT THE EVENT:

The act or process of seeing, finding, or gaining knowledge of something previously unknown. With compelling visuals and impressive worldbuilding, the characters in these films come across truths that change their course.

 

ABOUT THE FILMS:

I Didn’t Like You

Director: Parker Fenady

Producers: Claire Loudis, Alexis G. Zall, Cooper Roth, Teddy Alvarez-Nissen, Parker Fenady

Writer: Parker Fenady

USA | 12min

@parkerfenady

Best friends Emilia and Maxine scheme to spy on their friend Jules’ first date, hiding behind boho menus and big girl drink orders at the bar. Expecting drama across the table, they find a quieter tension simmering between them. As Emilia begins to understand a longing she’s never named, soft glances and words left unsaid turn the night tender, leading to a quiet, surprising romance written in fumbling moments and a well-timed exit.

Scene House

Director: Annabella Fazio

Producers: Lia Lee, Sarah Carter, Cheshire Moon Productions

Writer: Annabella Fazio

UK | 13min

@annabella.fazio @lialeexiv @sarah_carter_oxox @cheshiremoonproductions @scenehousefilm

In a dystopian future, Actors inhabit an enclosed area called The Scene House. The Scene House serves as a unique hybrid of a theme park and a museum, providing actors with the freedom to move about as they please. Actors are nurtured within the confines of The Scene House, making the environment entirely commonplace for them, akin to how animals adapt to a zoo.

Thirstygirl

Director: Alexandra Qin

Producers: Alexandra Qin, Brooke Goldman, Esteban Pedraza

Writer: Alexandra Qin

USA | 10min

@aaalexqin @thirstygirl.film

Charlie and Nic are headed somewhere. We’re not sure where. All we know is Charlie can’t stop sending nudes and watching porn on her phone. As the sisters go along their journey, Charlie’s need for sex intensifies and she resorts to more and more depraved behaviors to get her fix. THIRSTYGIRL is an intimate film about sisterhood and addiction, following two Asian-American women traveling across the American South.

Sweetly

Directors: Brett Maline, Christian Lybrook

Producers: Brett Maline, Christian Lybrook

Writers: Brett Maline, Christian Lybrook

USA | 6min

@breezy__f__baby @christian.lybrook

DALE SWEETLY is a deadly, disabled corporate fixer who’s doing the dirty work of the world’s richest companies too chicken shit to do it themselves. His secret weapon? Using his disability to manipulate clueless asshats who assume he’s incapable just because he looks and moves differently than most.