Full Bloom Film Festival announces official selections for 10th anniversary celebration

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The Full Bloom Film Festival on Thursday announced its official film selections for 2025. A total of 46 films from 17 countries have been selected to screen during the 10th anniversary festival, which will take place September 11–13 in Downtown Statesville.

“Each year it gets harder to choose because the quality of submissions keeps getting better,” said Brandon Sproul, Full Bloom Film Festival Committee member.  “As we celebrate 10 years of Full Bloom, this year’s lineup represents some of the most powerful and captivating films we’ve ever had. I’m incredibly proud of how this festival has grown, especially in our ability to attract such outstanding independent work.

“These films will challenge, entertain, and inspire our community. I can’t wait for you to see them,” he added.

This year’s official selections span narrative and documentary features, shorts, and animation, submitted by filmmakers across the United States and internationally. The 2025 festival showcases stories from the United Kingdom, Belgium, Turkey, Spain, France, Chile, Iran, Poland, Nepal, the Netherlands, Australia, the Russian Federation, and more.

Below is the complete list of the 2025 Full Bloom Film Festival Official Selections:

 

Animation

  • 33rd & Clover – Cloey Davis, United States

  • Evil Eye – Mia StarrFrank, United States

  • Eyelash – Doğa Kılcoğlu Esen, Turkey

  • Mariposa – Brook Vitovsky, United States

  • Spring Waltz – Stefano Lorenzi & Clelia Catalano, Italy

  • Where the Deer Sleep – Matt Udvari, United States

Documentary Features

  • Coroner to the Stars – Ben Hethcoat & Keita Ideno, United States

  • Moses – Francisco Guijarro, United States

  • Sequoias of the Sea – Natasha Benjamin & Ana Blanco, United States

  • Sweet Appalachia: The Story of DelFest – Annie Danzi, United States

  • Trail Mix – Glenn Robert Sweitzer, United States

Narrative Features

  • Annie – Nicolas Bosc, United States

  • Malecón – Carlos Larrazabal, Spain

  • Seems Like Love – Yana Klimova-Yusupova, Russian Federation

  • Where in the Hell – Laramie Dennis, United States

Short Documentaries

  • A Bigger Table – Evan Kidd, United States

  • A Wayward Feeling – Kevin Heath Richey, United States

  • Against a Sharp White Background – Evey Ashani Williams, United States

  • Making Sense Backwards: The Nick Bragg Story – Diana Greene, United States

  • Stories of Regeneration: North Dakota – Evan Harrison, United States

  • StreetVet – Stephanie Keelan, United Kingdom

  • Warp Weft Water Weeds – John Rash, United States

Short Narratives

  • A Good Day Will Come – Amir Zargara, Canada

  • A Thousand Years – Bryce Ferendo, United States

  • Adelaide – Farhad Gharibi, Iran

  • Always Summer – Hans Dessers, Belgium

  • And That’s for This Christmas – Peter Vulchev, Bulgaria

  • Calf – Jamie O’Rourke, Ireland/United Kingdom

  • El Canón – Martín Seeger, Chile

  • Girl from My Dreams – Tomasz Żóltowski, Poland

  • I Love My Shower – Ainsley Wiseman, United States

  • Maitighar – Marc Gurung, Nepal

  • Mon Coeur en Arrière – Sarah Gouret, Belgium

  • Over – Duncan Ragg & Anna Phillips, Australia

  • Permanent Scar – Ally Betker, United States

  • Project Penelope – Felipe Castilla & Alex D. Lugo, United States

  • Seahorse – Natalie Bruijns, Netherlands

  • Solo un Ensayo – Hugo Sanz, Spain

  • Stamps – Shawn Deninger, United States

  • Tenderheart – Berry Newkirk, United States

  • The Apple Picker’s Son – Yang Zimik, United States

  • The Heart of Texas – Gregory J.M. Kasunich, United States

  • The Other Side – Nikita Hattangady, United States

  • The Reach – Luca Caserta, Italy

  • The Shell – Sema Güler, Turkey

  • What’s Wrong, Emma – Teo Frank, France

 

The Full Bloom Film Festival is a program of the Iredell Arts Council. Located in the heart of downtown Statesville, the festival features four unique screening venues within walking distance of one another. Over the course of three days, each of the 46 selected films will be showcased, offering an unforgettable celebration of independent cinema.

Learn More

Ticket information, screening schedules, and additional festival details will be available atwww.fullbloomfilmfestival.org.

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