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Cheer Dad

By Alan Ng | June 2026

Director Joyce Licorish’s Cheer Dad is the kind of story that reminds us love is the fuel families run on, and if…

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Cheer Dad

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Director Joyce Licorish's Cheer Dad is the kind of story that reminds us love is the fuel families run on, and if you're part of the cheerleading...

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Cage Rage

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Filmmaker Matt Newton writes, directs, and stars in Cage Rage, a story about an MMA fighter on the verge of a breakthrough who keeps getting in his own way...

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On Guard

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In Will Calkins' On Guard, a fourteen-minute dramatic short, Jaime (Makenzie Pridgen) is an emotionally unstable fencer who tracks down her rival, Taylor...

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Agon

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I can promise you one thing about Giulio Bertelli's directing and writing debut Agon: it's unlike any sports movie you've ever seen. There are no roaring...

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Finding the Zone

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There's something refreshing about a film that keeps things simple — a kid, a dream, and the family holding him together. Writer-director Elan Milkes...

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Signing Tony Raymond

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Right off the bat, I know writer-director Glen Owen's Signing Tony Raymond is technically a football movie because Moneyball is technically  a baseball...

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Uppercut

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In writer/director Torsten Ruether's Uppercut, the sport of boxing is a metaphor for life. But it's the people who choose to step into the ring, and the...

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Marty Supreme

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Co-writer-director Josh Safdie continues his meteoric rise to auteur status with Marty Supreme, a frenzied spin through the life of a fast-talking young...

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Boyfighter

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HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL 2025 REVIEW! Boyfighter, written and directed by Julia Weisberg, follows bare-knuckled fighter Diego (Michael Mando) and his son,...

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The Edge

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In Jane Larkin's The Edge, we meet three young athletes who share a home while pursuing their dreams of competing in Elite Sport. Annie Murphy (Jane...

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