Sinema Challenge 2025
The Buried Alive Sinema Challenge is a 13-day filmmaking competition created to inspire local artists. We know making a film in one weekend, especially horror, animation, or FX-heavy projects, is tough. So we gave filmmakers 13 days to make something wild and original! But there was a twist their films must be themed around a horror subject card and a Card Against Humanity, and the survivors who submitted on time are wild! Below is list of Sinema Challenge films playing on Thursday followed by the awards.
Use “BAFF2520G” for 20% discounts on orders with 10 or more.
6:30 PM
Block 01 – Sinema Challenge Part One (72 mins)
Theater: LeFont
Block Trailer
OVERVIEW
We kick off Sinema Challenge Night with Part One of the shorts block, featuring fearless women battling evil in distant lands, vampires threatening your human rights, not-so-friendly aliens, an Irish tale, a hex in the city, and one lonely hitchhiker.
FILMS
Crimson Case (11:00 mins)
Angel 23 and the Orb of Echoes (8:40 mins)
Alien Jerks! (8:34 mins)
Glow Up 0:08:00 mins)
Forged in Fire (5:56 mins)
HitchHiker (5:45 mins)
Hex in The City (9:08 mins)
Kill The Music (7:18 mins) (Out of Competition)
Q&A (15:00 mins)
DIRECTORS
Caleb McCrorie, Trent Duncan, Randall Baird, Derek Bailey, Levi Morgan, Aroon Narayanan, Chad Hudson
8:15 PM
Block 02 – Sinema Challenge Part Two (107 mins)
Theater: LeFont
Block Trailer
OVERVIEW
Buried Alive’s Sinema Challenge continues with Part Two of our shorts block, featuring goons, aliens, shadowy monsters, and the horrors of battling the beast within.
FILMS
Gooned To Death (8:34 mins)
Revenant Retreat (11:05 mins)
The Offering (12:40 mins)
I’m Always Here (15:00 mins)
The Beast (11:22 mins)
Forces From Beyond (12:52 mins)
Fledging (9:17 mins)
Discount Damage (11:12 mins)
Q&A (15:00 mins)
DIRECTORS
Anissa Matlock, Brentson Buckner, Chandler Balli, Doug Williams, Hagen Mattingly, James Mathis, Joseph Volpe, Tom von Dohlen
10:30 PM
BLOCK 03 – AWARDS CEREMONY (45 mins)
Theater: LeFont
OVERVIEW
After the chills, thrills, and laughs of Block Two, stick around for the Sinema Challenge Awards Ceremony! This is where the madness pays off, our fearless filmmaking teams will be celebrated for their creativity, craft, and ability to pull off the impossible in just 13 days. Expect cheers, surprises, and maybe even a little chaos as trophies are handed out and bragging rights are secured. It’s a high-energy cap to an unforgettable night, honoring the passion and imagination that make the Sinema Challenge a true Buried Alive tradition.