Programme
Explore competition films, screening blocks, filmmaker details, and festival programme highlights across features, documentaries, shorts, animation, student work, and genre cinema.
Official competition
Browse a cinematic programme shaped around island atmosphere, emerging voices, genre discovery, documentary storytelling, and audience experience.
During one late summer on Catalina Island, two former lovers are forced to confront the choices that separated them when a family secret resurfaces before the festival weekend.
A portrait of Avalon’s harbor community, following fishermen, ferry workers, local artists and longtime residents whose lives are shaped by the rhythm of the sea.
With only ten minutes before the final boat leaves Avalon, a young woman must decide whether to return to the life she knows or stay for the one she has just imagined.
A young islander and a clever fox set out before sunrise to find a lost compass, discovering a hidden world of boats, stars and stories above Avalon Bay.
A film student arrives on Catalina with one camera, one weekend and one chance to finish the short that could define the beginning of his career.
When a private yacht enters Avalon Bay after midnight, a hospitality manager discovers that the glamorous guests on board are hiding something far darker than a late arrival.
Screening blocks
Short films, animation, student work, genre films, and special selections can be grouped into clear screening blocks so audiences understand what they are booking.
A curated block of short films grouped by tone, theme, filmmaker voice, or audience experience.
Tickets TBAAnimated work can be presented as a focused block, with attention to technique, visual identity, and storytelling range.
Tickets TBAA programme space for new filmmakers, schools, first-time directors, and early-career storytellers.
Tickets TBAFilm details
For every confirmed selection, include the title, poster, director, country, runtime, premiere status where appropriate, screening date, venue, short synopsis, accessibility notes if available, and ticket link.
Keep copy concise. Programme pages work best when audiences can scan quickly, compare films, and move directly to tickets or scheduling.
Awards pathway
Competition listings should make clear which films are eligible for awards and how each film belongs within the wider festival programme.
When confirmed, jury information and award categories can be added here or linked from a dedicated awards page.
Film cards should help guests choose screenings, discover new filmmakers, and understand why each selection belongs at Catalina.
After the festival, this page can transition into an archive of official selections, award recipients, and festival highlights.
Official selections
Once the line-up is confirmed, this page becomes the public gateway to the official films in competition, screening blocks, tickets, venues, and filmmaker details.