Love Your Shorts Film Festival's Summer Rewind takes over The Ritz Theater in Sanford
- Alastair Mac
- 19 hours ago
- 4 min read
Join LYSFF for a Sanford summer tradition and watch a selection of films from the 2025 festival!
Love Your Shorts Film Festival's Summer Rewind is a summer tradition, revisiting a selection of outstanding films from the 202t, 3-day Love Your Shorts Film Festival earlier this year, offering audiences a chance to relive the magic of these captivating stories.
From thought-provoking dramas to heartwarming slices of life, the Love Your Shorts Film Festival continues to captivate film enthusiasts and celebrate the art of concise storytelling.
Summer Rewind comes to the big screen at The Ritz Theater in Sanford on August 29, 2025 at 7.30 pm.
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The 2025 Summer Rewind lineup:
Birdy Man
Anni Zhang and Yutong Qiu, United States, 2:06
A man teasing a seagull with food on a pier learns a lesson.
Vance and the Afterlife
Sam Kimbrell, United States, 10:17
A corporate stiff dies and meets his afterlife guide for directions.
Contracting the Cooties
Skylar Levine and Maya Bayewitch, United States, 5:09
A second-grade girl touches a boy’s hand, unaware that she just contracted the “cooties.” Her friend must help find the cure before it’s too late.
Edson’s Gravy
Ryan George Kittleman, United States, 2:22
An ode to Russell Edson’s poem Gravy.
Les Betes
Michael Granberry, United States, 11:38
A mysterious rabbit summons a host of strangers to entertain a wicked king and his court.
Gopher Games
Brent Fannin, United States, 18:11
As much of Florida’s landscape is being squeezed by developers, protections for gopher tortoises are slowly being chipped away.
The Mooning
Mason Klesch and Vivian Osness, United States, 3:11
The truth behind the 1969 moon landing.
Stressy Squishy
Katherine Fan, United States, 2:03A stress toy that is traumatized by bullying and abuse decides to go to therapy for help.
Ms. Rossi 3: Ms. Rossi Meets the Mob
Pat Battistini, United States, 19:50
While traveling for work, Ms. Rossi gets picked up by the wrong driver at the airport.
I’m Not a Robot
Victoria Warmerdam, Netherlands, 22:22
After failing CAPTCHA tests, music producer Lara becomes obsessed with a disturbing question: Could she be a robot?
For more details check out the Love Your Shorts Film Festival website:
The Love Your Shorts Film Festival celebrates short films in Sanford, screening only short films under 30 minutes in length. Films are divided into different blocks for screening and the audience votes for their favorites.
The winning films from each block advance to a final block for a panel of judges to pick the overall festival winner. Winners of each block earn the festival's award, the "Monroe," an original piece of metal artwork named after Sanford's Lake Monroe.
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