Opening Night + Awards

Opening night features the San Diego premiere of SHEEPDOG, the awards announcements and dessert reception.

Afghanistan War, Air Force, Army, DEI Stories and Storytellers, Emerging Filmmaker, Family, Friendship, Global War on Terrorism, Healing, Local, PTS, Resilience, Student Film, USMC, Vietnam War, World War II

Doc Block

Five documentary shorts reveal personal stories and experiences from training, frontlines and back home, covering World War II, the Vietnam War and the War in Afghanistan.

Black Voices, DEI Stories and Storytellers, Family, Friendship, Korean War, Made By or Starring Military or Veterans, Resilience, USMC, Vietnam War, World War II

Triumph Over Prejudice: The Montford Point Marines

Triumph Over Prejudice dives deep into the uncharted terrains of the Black experience in the early 20th century Marine Corps, illuminating stories often shadowed in history's corners.

Army, Family, Healing, PTS, Resilience, World War II

Rohna Classified

This documentary film uncovers the circumstances behind a World War II attack in which 1,015 U.S. soldiers were killed. It remains the greatest loss of life at sea in the history of any U.S. war.

Army, Asian Voices, Black Voices, DEI Stories and Storytellers, Emerging Filmmaker, Family, Friendship, Global War on Terrorism, Healing, LGTBQIA+, Local, Made By or Starring Military or Veterans, Navy, Pacific Islander Voices, PTS, Resilience, Student Film, Vietnam War, Women Voices

Narrative Block

This collection of narrative shorts explores a range of human emotions and cinematic styles, from horror to period drama.