We are proud to announce the 2025 BlueCat Quarterfinalists for features and shorts!
Congratulations to our Quarterfinalists and thank you to everyone who submitted!
Semifinalists will be announced on March 11th, 2025.
THE QUARTERFINALISTS
FEATURES
158 features out of 1,862 submissions
112 In The Shade by Brandon Soderberg
A Band of Wolves by Reynaldo Leal
A Better Future by Roger Hart
A Christmas Tale by Giovanni D’Amaro
A Hue Of Darkness by Ludrik Hooi
A Noble Path by Stephen Barber
A Seeping Wound by Darryl Wimberley
A Visit From My Teenage Self by The Mad Hapa
After What Happened at the Library by Kyle Casey Chu & Roisin Isner
Afterbirth by Rob Napoletani
Among the Green Mounds by Scott Keen
Artifice by Jason Yearout
Assistants by Nick Giedris
Astronomy Walkers by Reno Anastasio
Baby Rattler by Scott Corbett
Back Door to Heaven by Ronald L. Ecker
Bauble by Scot Kleinman
Blackness of Space, Whiteness of Bones by Melissa L. White
Bloomsday by Josie Maynard
Blue Bunny Ears by Yan Jia-Wen
Bowl 145 to Stay Alive by Terry Lynam
Brilliant by Madeleine Lowinger
Brother by Justin Rossbacher
Call of the Void by Rebecca Moretti
Can’t Buy Me Love by Dan McNeil & Jasmine Aziz
Cancelled by Bronwyn King
Children of Violence by Mark S DiPaola
Clay by Phil Blake
Cold Hard Cash by Tom Silva
Confessions of a Lab Rat by Erin McMullen & Roy McMullen
Counterpoint by Arden Earnest
Crab by Abi Perpall
Daddy Issues by Shannon Hardy & Ariel Sayegh
Danger! Love by Jonathan Irwin
Dark Sunset by Richard Ehrenreich
Demons by Shiva Ramanathan
Derek Monsoon and the Magical Mist by Michael L. Williams
E.L.Fin by Joseph Allen Costa
Earthly Delights by Evan Goodrich
Ebony Scrooge by Sandra J. Scott
Ergo Sum by Anthony Harris
Eye of the Storm by Richard H. Opper
Faithful Wife and Hooker by John Connell
Fatebenefratelli by Rogerio Boo
Finding Solace by Michael Mendershausen
Flathead by Iain Anderson
Free Loader by Colton Patrick Walter
Freehand by Julie Pearson Little Thunder
Gavalovski by Max Loria
Ghosting by Einar Thor
Ghosts of Sitka by Matt Donlan & Matthew Sawczyn
Gloom and Boom! by Omid Niliaram
Go To Hell by Benjamin Font & Emanuel Borria
God’s Acre by Marcus Rinehart
Going Out of Business by Lee LaMarche
Granny The Pirate by Deirdre Brennan
Gypsum by Tom Sime
Hart Crane by David Kaneen
Hollywoodland Noir by Lowell Thomas
Homecoming King by Leah Yip
How To Have Sex On Antidepressants by Mrittika Sarin
Hushville by Jeff Ellis
I’m Begging You to Date Me by Fiona Kida
In A Full Moon’s Fortnight by Caroline Rovello
Indication of Interest by Daniel Smith
Ingénue by Elâ Sophia
Jacked: The Last Strike by Pablo Briz
K-Town Blues by Kyung-Ja Lee
Kanawha by Robert Dean Palmer
Kill No Birds by Jeff Batori
Larry’s Magnum Opus by Shelly Lipkin
Last Chance Saloon by Paul Allen
Let’s Talk Tacheles by Matt Danciger & Tracy Scharf
Lighthouse Keepers by Matthew Lashua
LOL by Bart Norman & Alina Norman
Love and Led Zeppelin by Michael Gonzalez
Magnastic by John Cappello
Make Me a Movie! by Mary McDermott
Malka, Then And Now by Sandhya Hermon
Masters and Servants by John Enright
Miles in Between by Austin Mills
Neverland by Cody Beavers
Night Music by Lukas Huffman
Not Now!! by Leon Mintz
On a Hill by Meghan Reilly
Once in a While Sometimes by Arthur X. Jones
Other Savages by Stephen J. MacNeil
PaidUp by Holly Williams
Poems of Yore by Quanah Jay Hicks
Power Passports by Iolanda Tursi
Pyramid Point by Chris Cassingham
Remains by Mathew David Hart & Gilad Barak & Boaz Salomon
Restoration by Don Bapst & Braden Brickner
Richard Spong by Terry Luke Podnar
RTE 01 by Nathan Allen & Bryant Griffin
Run Renegade by Mary Ann Rotondi
Saeed by Ivan Mooh Mooh
Safe Words by Daniel Clements
Samurai Trucker Jerry by Sean Inamine
Sandy Gray by Teddy Cecil
Santa Fe by Brandon Shypkowski
Semblance by Scott Hoops
Semi-Divine Creature by Brandon M. Lunzman & Mitchell Kenneth Perera
Sila by Mashael Alqahtani
Silent Night – Un Holy Night by Lowell Thomas
Skin Deep by Dave Holton
Slug Fest by Mao Natori
Snatched & Held by Joseph Helms
South Wind Come by Ernestina Juarez
Stream of Terror by Scott Tomorelli
Study in Crimson by Tim Labor
Sündenbock by Rankin Fithian
Swiped by James Berg
#TBT by Billy Kirland
Tee Tee Boy by Steven Kreager
The Almighty Warriors by Robert Boyle
The Anchorite by Howard East
The Blood of Gold by Jeffrey K. Said
The Blue Bench by Virginia Shepherd
The Breakout Kids by James Kennedy Cole
The Bully Squad by Perrin Spychala
The Cellmate Vanishes by Jim Griffin
The Climber by Scott Timmins
The Collection by James Henry
The Cool Marathoner by Sanju Jacob
The Daring Escape Of El Ingeniosa Hidalgo Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra by Miguel Peed
The Dark Flame by Andrew Charles Bird
The Embassy by Christopher Datta
The Eye of Berwick by Joe Bright
The Good Detective by Christopher Cosby
The Good Life by Elâ Sophia
The Irresistible Vincent Chang by Andrew W. Chan
The Last Cowboy by Rickey Larke
The Last Guardian of Anshan by Vladimir Vassilenko
The Last Life of Auddie Lynne by David Miller
The Legend of Saint Nicholas by Jeff Haber
The Life I’ve Made by Patrick Hayes
The Mask of the Dragonfly by Kai David
The Murder of Wynstan Daly by Jessica Xu
The Omega Cross by Zephyr Quintain
The Player King by Matt Doherty & Mike Peebler
The Prince of Belmont by Logan Custer
The Quiet Ones by Max Whitney
The Scrapper by Leon Mintz
The Seer by Matthew Karges
The Shuck by John Patrick Hayden & Shawn Fisher
The Thread & The Veil by Garret Walsh
The Way You Earn It by Cole Smith
The Wedding by Mashael Alqahtani
Three On A Match by Goldie Jones
Three Souls by Roger Hart
Too Horrible To Mention by Rob Gruen
Unsettled by Chuck O’Neil
Valley Glen by Erin Sopapunta
What’s Past is Prologue by Courtney Froemming
Without Roots by Melanie Hope Lang
Yahoo Boy by Wendy J. Bednarz
Zigman by Paul Casar
SHORTS
116 shorts out of 785 submissions
A Good Friday by Vilsoni Hereniko
A-Frame by Marcus Baker
Ælectrona by Max Henry
Allentown by Yusuf Gad
Angry Eggs by Seth Chambers
Audition from Hell by Cassidy Schiltz
Becca by Neil Wishman
Becoming Myself Again by Norma Abrunzo
Behind the Mask by Catherine Andre
Beluga by Alexander Gustaveson
Better Now by Cindy Yang
Beyond Avalon by Edward A. Ybarra
Bird Watchers by Mia Judy
Birthday by Anuj Nijhawan & Tess Bliven
Blow by Sandra Mayer
Brooms’ Sunday by Edoardo Carboni & Chiara Zago
Bucket of Cheese by Brian Schroeder
Care Taker by Maggie Brennan
Chicken Skin by Julia Kupiec
Chinatown by Lorelai Jo-hsuan Lin
Clatterbridge by Patrick Crellin & Bethany White
Come On, Eileen by Chris Kivlahan
Congratulations! by Robin Chen
Cucuy by Erick Torres
Dead Frogs by Shannon J. Bae
December 32nd by Brenna Kwon
Devil’s Instrument by Frederik Ehrhardt
Diwata by Shea Formanes
Dogged by January Wiryawan
Drops of Dissonance by Christopher Shenkman
Em Evol by Vy Nguyen
Evil for Evil by Leah Saint Marie
Fatal System Error by Martin Molpeceres
Fired by Rubik Roy
Freedom Falls by Deanne Devine
Genus by Andrew W. Chan
Ghost Spots by Carmen Mickelson
Her Wings Unfolded by Cindy Yang
Hummer by Chloe Kekovic
I Have No Words by Shelly Paino
I Swear to God by Hunter Davis
I Want You To Have Richard by Molly Stark-Ragsdale
It’s Open by Doug Maguire
Joe Nales and The Case of the Two Jacks by Chris Churilla
Karina by Carmen Mickelson
Keepsake by tracy l Morris
Knives in the Blood by Brandon Prieto
Last Call by Nicole Collins
Leak by Amanda Jerido-Katz
Liz by Lauren Nicola
Lyre by Jason Gregory Tatas
Magic by Louise C Galizia
Maneater by Diana Cambronero
Mar by Xochitl Rios-Ellis
Mark of the Ghoul by Rhituparna
Masters by Abigail Gordon
Meaning by Michelle Hickey
Mermaid by Pierre Langenegger
Middle West by Anjali Bakhru
Mile Marker 106 by Gordon M. Cowan
Mine To Keep by Alia Zeid
Mom and Dad by Cambria Denim
Mom, I’d Like to Funeral by Chase Pierce
My Lady Garden by Sally Llewellyn
Namesake by Agatha Chapman-Poole
Never Force A Fish To Walk! by Deepanshu Chauhan
New Mutiny by Carly Roland & Alani Longwe
Night of the Disco Dead by Lauren Coggiola
No Excuses by John F. Martin
Noise by Ruth Jiang
Old But Not Cold by Desi Lyon
One Way or Another by Kate Kelly
Only If You Want To by Aaron Misthal
Pendulum by Amy Fredericks
Pop Screen by Meg Steedle & Zach Bandler
Prints Charming by Allie Nelson
Project Claudia by Dana Carrabon & Darcy Smith
RE by Wendy Bird Womack
Red Knot by Alex Lim
Santoku by Alexandra Lee
Scars That Define Us by Edward Worthy
Seed by Sara Roberts
Sheigets by Joey Schweitzer
Shoo-In by Auden Lincoln-Vogel
Some Stars Don’t Set by Klaus Brauer
SOS by Joseph Earp & Wade Shotter
Stationary by Kathryn Robinson
Stripes by Jeffrey Gerein & Bren MacDonald
The Balloon by Scott Younger
The Beach Of Stones by William Armstrong
The Bloody History of Chop Suey by Waley Wang
The Brave Ones by Josh Mann
The Country They Call Life by Grace Sims
The Dinner Party by Jeanine Barone
The Family I Never Have by Jiming Sun Lindal
The Fate of Teddy Pendernaps by Todd Deus
The Great White Hope by Lloyd Tunstill
The Guilty and The Innocent by Leonardo Pirzio-Biroli
The Hatred by Lela Cermin
The Holiday by Joanna Glembin
The Kids by Aaron Scharon & Elijah Thompson & Max McCrary
The Last Day of July by Xueni Yang
The Scream of the Butterfly by Anjini Taneja Azhar & Ariya Akhavan
The Suicide of Thomas Mary McKee by Kevin Fitzpatrick
The Undisputed Champion of the World by John Morrison
The Wash by Philippe Thuery
This Also is Vanity by David Harper
Thornwood by Nicolo Roni
Tidbit by Henry Leroy-Salta & Alexander Tol
Twin Town by Shan Christopher Ogilvie
Two of Us by Riley H. Shen
Unexpecting by Kenneth McClintock
Unknown Face by Jen Heck
Washing the Body by Peter Andrews
Worthy of Life by Allison Norlian & Judith Rubin
Zero Emissions by Andrew Gallagher
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