presented by lil' baker films / los angeles, ca

Our event in 2021 was a private event that we turned into an annual thing. We aim to be an indie film festival for all that is weird, quirky, or spooky. Our festival is a free indie hub for like-minded people to network, watch live music, and indie films. Spooky is in our name, but we like all things! We know there are millions of festivals to submit to, the hard work that goes into making films or writing scripts, and we strive to highlight that passion, ambition, and skill. We're filmmakers ourselves. We start the festival with a music video block, then have live entertainment before going into our selected films. It's a one night one only hodgepodge of indie goodness. Submit and come support local filmmakers!

LSF 2026 Edition

Films / Scripts / Music Videos / Trailers

Awards: 1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place
Our goal is to bring together a community of like minded creatives, highlight their hard work, and just have fun with all that is spooky.

Nath Milburn - Festial Director
Ari Holub - Festial Manager

lil' spooky fest 2026

Films
SELECTED
Rotting Hill by Anastasia Sidorova - 1ST PLACE
Hell by Parker Croft - 2ND PLACE
Hysteria by Anssi Määttä - 3RD PLACE
Every Other Animal by Olia Oparina & Alex Hernandez-Maxwell
HOLO by Alexander DeSouza & Alex Hernandez-Maxwell
The Liars of Black Mountain Road by Parker Croft
Warfighters by Andrew Melzer

HONORABLE MENTIONS
Artichoke by Amir Moini
Ashley Bones: The Bimbo Cannibal by Lee Dubin
The Beneath by Lisette Vlassak
Staples by Jordan Lee-Tung

FINALISTS
A Monkey's Portion by Akaysha Brunker
Bay for Blood by Harry Waldman
Beliar by Zitong Liu
THE BLACK SMOKE OF PREDICTION... by Damir dado Šuša
Blau/Bad by Lukas Wolfgang Martin & Merlin Lüttger
Curse of the Were-Puppet by Matt Jeston
Jollypop by Lisa Spanevello
LingKellia: Satirical Prescription Drug Commercial by Adam Raynes
Ol' Silus by Phillip Ashley Trow
Skelly-YUMS Cereal by Adam Raynes
The Spliffin' Pigeons by Thomas Robinett

SEMI-FINALISTS
500 Tunnels Under Los Angeles by Harry Valentine
A Black Box Story by Joachim Moore
Achilles Returns by George Tounas
Alla Fine del Giorno by Julian Vincenzo Ricci
Animal by Matt Low
Beyond Mamushi by Martin Daniels
Black Leather Angel by Alexander Grapes
CHANNEL 02 by Kennon Fleisher
Cherub by John Alan Hulbert
Closing Shift by M-Alain Bertoni
Comparable by Max Radbill
Follow Me Home by Stanislav Puzdriak
The Green Man by Daylen Hartz
Hazelbeth by Graham Hastings
Homeboy by Charles Kennell
Imposter Syndrome by Jackson Sui
Infernus by Vincent Vente
Just A Girl by Lily Daroff
Killer Timmy Trout by Riley James Thorpe & Josh Medina
Neon Dream by Mercedes The Muse
Tuesday the Thirteenth by Julien Peck
TV Man by Leonardo Valenti
VIDEO by Joey Michael Ruhala

QUARTER-FINALISTS
2020 by Alejandro Lalinde
A Paradox of Quantum Superposition by Sandy Parker
Back Up by Brian Mortensen
Blackout by Andrew Dennis
Call 154 by Matt Moeller
The Call of Cthulhu by John Semper
CHEATER by Shawn Pipkin-West
The Cold Open by Nicholas Noyes
Cousin Crumple Comes A-Callin' by Andrew Goldfarb
Don't Look In The Dark by Samuel Freeman
Esoterica by Thomas Martel
Forsaken by Elaina Couse, Alice Carroll
The Girl in Kelp by Zack McCune
I Hate Found Footage by Michael Rock
Il Colore della Notte by Blake Vaz
Impacted by John Myrick
The Killer Within by Ethan Diddlemeyer & Sebastian Fischer
Learning The Ropes by MAC BRYDON
Let There Be Light by Igor Poptsov
Meat Locker by Mark G. Lakatos
Merry Christmas Mithras by Trix StarT
Mister Propeller - The Round Continues by Eyal Padan
No Mercy by Sophiane AFROUN
Only at Night by Damien Donnelly
Only Space And Time by Chris Cameron
The Others: Doom from the Stars by Gary Hill
Penny for Your Soul by Erica Bass
Peter by David Anderson
Roadkill by Ayla Mai Ahlquist
Rose by MADGIO FILMS
Scriven by David E Baugnon
Seven: The Mystery of Jacques by Ben Goldman
Sitter Wanted by Adam Raynes
Slouching Towards Branson by Will Wood
Something is Wrong With David by Abigail Clark
Stroller by jerry Adam Lesnick
The Treatment and The Cure by Corey Andrews
Unsolved Stories by Jessica Emberly
Wierdo by Valerie Knill
Work Life Balance by Patrick C Clinton
WWT by Damien Vervoort

Oct 5th, 2026 was lil' spooky fest's sixth year. It was held at the WHAMMY! Analog Media in Echo Park with performances by Derek the mime and hosted by Cody McGlashan.

Nath Milburn - Festial Director
Ari Holub - Festial Manager
Location - WHAMMY! Analog Media

Music Videos
Every River Will Meet the Sea by Zoe Aliza Huddleston - 1ST PLACE
Mountainface - Music Video by Michele Powles - 2ND PLACE
Mama Doom “ Woven Linen” by Anne Hickey - 3RD PLACE
LIMBO by Roberto Di Vito
Bronco Forte by Danger Charles

FINALISTS
Africa by Bisaso Ashraph
Black Throne by Luke Ostermiller
Crazy Lady by Daria S Rountree
The Evil Scientist's Laboratory by Tyler Baum
Fuel the Flames by Tyler Walton
Monster Lullaby by Luke Ostermiller
NECROPOLIS by Hannah RB
Pulsus Bagnio by Ryan Thomas Johnson

SEMI-FINALISTS
AM by Alexia Vasiliou
Hellbound Swing-Dorian Graves (Wild Rebel Records) by Marcus Schütz

QUARTER-FINALISTS
The Glow on the Ridge by Cale Frombach

Trailers
Bloody Legend - feature film trailer by Susan Taylor & Catherine Stone - 1ST PLACE
NATURMORT - Driven by Silence | Trailer by Gökhan Yıldız - 2ND PLACE
Hot Tub Etiquette: The Movie Trailer by Aidan Jack O'Connell - 3RD PLACE
Coming Death by Bob Rose
Family Secrets - Trailer by Marc D Lotus & M.D. Singleton
Happy Birthday by Vania Vasquez & Cynthia Bergen
The Infected by Dylan B Altman
Trailer-Penny For Your Soul by Erica Bass

Scripts
Max Impact: Hit N'Miss by Kevin Buster Johnson - 1ST PLACE
Bunzilla by EMMA ZADOW - 2ND PLACE
Sanguis Septem by Caprice Castano - 3RD PLACE
The Amenities by Spencer B Ross
Archfiend by Alex Ayres
Bloody Repair by Solvan Knell
Death Can Be a Funny Business by Joe Fishel
KAT13_ by John Alan Hulbert
The Midnight Well by Donovan Santiago
The Multiplicity by Max Jordan
My Reputation by Douglas Lloyd
MY SOUL TO KEEP by Phillip McSween
Pretty Little Lucy by David Williamson
THE RECYCLE Edge of True Ending by Solvan Knell
Rehearsal by Kami Renee Martin
SACRED SUN by Michael Louis Gould
Saturday Night Slaughter by Michael Hansen
Three Knocks by Evan Kail
Titanic Failure by Matthew S Mason
The Viewer by Tom Kim
VOODOO VALENTINOS by Michael Louis Gould
Your Penance Comes at Dawn by Jake Clark
California Listen by Darshana V Nadkarni

lil' spooky fest 2025

Films
SELECTED
To The Brink by Hugo Docking - 1ST PLACE
How We Hamsters Die by Phoebe Burdick & Mio Gribskov - 2ND PLACE
TGary Screams at You by Cody Bell McGlashan & Nolan Sordyl - 3RD PLACE
Castle Crisis by Gavin Richard Geffros & Chandler Garland
Dormant by Niels Bourgonje
Housewife by Greta Guthrie & Jacob Lazarow
Howl if You Love Me by John R. Dilworth
IMPOSTER The Series by Shayda Frost
Joel Harlow's Descent Through HELL by Joel B Harlow
Moving Parts by Hugo Docking
OBJET #0001 by Petra von Schatz
The Runaway by Jordan McLaughlin

HONORABLE MENTIONS
Damsel of the Doomed by Corey Jason Trahan
Debacle by Nadia Islas Cital
How to Explain Laughing to Dead Flowers by Ten-Headed Skeleton
Watch Them Come Blood by Michael Cuenca
We All Fall Down by Hailey Mauk, Michael Ainslee Diaz

FINALISTS
Alienation by Zeynep Ekim
The Bag by Daffa Sudaryono
The Ballerina's Curse by Juming Delmas
Bay for Blood by Harry Waldman
The Black Quarry by Corey Jason Trahan
Brown Hare by MK McGehee
Close Friends by Eleanor Propp
Cookies for Christmas by Adam Raynes
Crack by Claire Johnstone
God Country by Matthew Thomas Laughter
Grandma's Pleasure Ep 1 + 2 by Orion Canning
Happiness by Nil Yurdakul
The Keeper and the Moon by Börteçine Umay Sümer & Didem Peker
Lale by Aybuke Yilmazer
Pyro by Andrew Connor Essig
The R.I.P Man by Jamie Langlands
The Re-Education of Jane Brown by MK McGehee
Reunion by Mark G. Lakatos
The Sessions by Vince Eisenson

SEMI-FINALISTS
A Seat at the Table by Lanese Love
Banana Dog's Revenge by Esperanza Gabriel
The Bean Pit by David Alexander
The Black Dog by Sophia Peaslee
Boo! You're Dead by Ethan Guetta
The Caretaker by Luke Tedder
Cinematic Dream by Selin Toprak
Condemned by Bas Majzoub
Creature Feature by Christina Morris
Demon Hunter: Time 2 Kill by Zoe Kavanagh
Frere Jacques by Shayna Lauren Smith
Girls just wanna Kill by Sean Kurosawa
Half Life by Dustin Jacobs
Haunters of the Silence by Tatu Heikkinen, Veleda Heikkinen
His Train of Thought by David Ramer
In Your Own Time by Logan Schmideler
Kim? / Who? by Merve Yıldıran
The Litterbug by Jesse Womack
Lonely Miss Albright by Julia Zanin de Paula
LOST WORLD 2020 by MITRA MAZUMDER
The Nature of Death by Sean Cruser
No Signal by M-Alain Bertoni
Pegasus by Hermes Cavagnini
Premonition by Frank Gittleman
Reddening by Sinem Kayacan
The Silent Crawlspace by Richard Benter
Staten Island Ghost Story by Vincent J Mazella
Video Art by Aybuke Yilmazer
The WeedHacker Massacre by Jody Stelzig
Working Title by Guy Hartman-Cocco
The World of James Gagmy by Lon Takiguchi
Your Feedback is Important To Us by Robert Barhite

QUARTER-FINALISTS
A Sweet Tooth by Presley Paras
The app «Be happy!» by Igor Kolosov
At the Mercy of Faith - Short Film by Andrew Arguello
Bite Me by Clarence Williams IV
Bloodmaker by Chris Dasinger, Sylvester Sletten
Breaking and Entering and Humping by Jeremy Sless
The Bug by Patrick Conboy
claimant by nadereh sadat serki
Comedy Man by Rev Rowe
The Days of Knight: Chapter 1 by John P Martinez
Dream by Angel Azcona
Extreme Gravity by Lorenzo Ayuso
Eyes Only For You by Austin Carrillo
Germaphobia by Nick Daniello
Holiday Heartbreak by Erick Juarez
Humor Me by Anthony Tome
In A Place Like This by Shannon Glover
Inside The Inferno by Steven Hernandez
The Itch by Seren Lee
KOE 3577 by Juha Lilja
Komodo Dragon by Rex Youjian Xiao
Lights Gone Out by Christopher Hogue, Steve Barroga
The Lost Ones by Devin Morano
Màthair by Gary J Hewitt
Mommy, lets play hide and seek. Spooky Baby. by Line Adelen Nilssen Asp
Mop Monster! by Brogan Luke Bouwhuis, Ryan Bouwhuis
Musik LUV Magick by Alicia R Norman
Open House by Julie Fergus
Passion Of Iron by Özgür Gerçel
Paul Tells All: The Regrets of a Sad Slasher by Nicky Lazos
Pesticide by Will Cahill
Possessing the Abandoned by Valerie Gormley
REMY & BO: BLOOD DEBT by Terry Chez Nasty Hall
Sand by Stella Degli-Kassis
SEKHMET by Emmy Swayze
Self-Tape by Paul Laier
Seven Layer Supreme by Theodore C Schneider
The Shoe by Mauricio De la Maza-Benignos, Sofía Alejandra Díaz Garza
The Space Rodent by Jason D. Morris
Spectre by Austin Carrillo
Stone Soup! by Jarrod McCarthy
Stop Taking Pictures by Arlin Godwin
Sympathy by Marc Pachon
The Tempter's Desecration by Alessio Tornese
To Love A Monster by Joey Carrier
Trios by Antonio Orbe
Violet Light - Dahlia's New Friend by Jesse Terrell
Wet Ingredients by Matthew Ragsdale, Kendy Paxia
Wide Asleep by Sebastiano Pupino
Zohali by Angelina Mitchell

Oct 5th, 2025 was lil' spooky fest's forth year. It was held at the Los Angeles HM157 in Lincoln Heights with performances by This is a Revolver and Apple Biting Juggler.

Nath Milburn - Festial Director
Ari Holub - Festial Manager
Kyle Riccio - Sound & Tech
Kevin Barrios - Graphics
Location - Los Angeles HM157

Music Videos
Antisocial by Tobias Rothacker - 1ST PLACE
TAKEITALL by Ron Geffen - 2ND PLACE
Walk With Me Through The Fire by K.K. Hammond - 3RD PLACE
Grayshapes - Blade by Ihor Zhebko, Bohdan Yanovych
Handgemeng - "Medieval Knievel" Music Video by Henrik Østreng Eriksen
KILLERS by August Falcon
Mama Doom- Bleeding Garden by ANNE HICKEY, David Mayer
Moving Target by Nikki Born
THE PROPHET by Oddio Factory by Philippe Sfez
Siddharta - Mir by Ven Jemersic
Slugwoman by Kaho Sugisaki
Susisisar by Hanna Ojala

FINALISTS
AI Ferrari Commercial by Jaeyong Choi
Lilith Music Video by Melvin Daligdig

Trailers
Crazy Texas by Francis Juarez - 1ST PLACE
Zits by David Bornstein - 2ND PLACE
The Reprisal by Marc Lotus & MD Singleton - 3RD PLACE
The Basement Remains by Robert Franklin Godwin III
The Madness Within by Madison Traub, Rachel Traub
Trailer for The Rabbit Ears Massacre by Telmo Jim Granda

Scripts
Crossroads by John Fraser & Dmitry Torgovitsky - 1ST PLACE
Toilet Sharks by Bruce Griffiths - 2ND PLACE
The Basement Remains by Robert Godwin - 3RD PLACE
"Mimic Men" by Toneata Leona Martocchio
At the Mercy of Faith by Samuel Taylor
ATRAX by Maria Pearce
Bow House by Rebecca Dahm
The Cartoon Man by Antonio Caos & Daria Leone
Carver by Joseph Payne
Digging Up the Past by Helen Rana
EYE OF WAR by Dr. Ronald Dalrymple
Gary Screams for You by Cody McGlashan
GAUNT by Mike Ede
Jarboy by Cody Bell McGlashan
Locals Only by Emerald Elaine Johnson
Manic Pixie Dream Girl by Maya Ysabel G Ng
Metal Show-Script by Ashland Thomas
Nether Road by Dennis Collins Johnson & Eugene McDaniels
Night of the Living Diwali by Shankar Sudhakaran
Old Man Dead by Allen Sircy
The Re-Education of Jane Brown by MK McGehee
Reunion (Screenplay) by Mark G. Lakatos
The Revenger by Bill J. Ochs & Mark C. Bowen
Rise of the Pumpkinoids! by Joel Thomas Macha
Sharp for Life by Candee Kramer
STRANDED by Line Rainville & Franco Pirrone
Superstar Blvd. by James Steele Haney
Theater 8 by John P. Martinez
The Tin Can in the Cemetery by Anh My Nguyen

lil' spooky fest 2024

Films
Les Bêtes by Michael Granberry - 1ST PLACE BEST FILM
JUGGERNAUT - 2ND PLACE BEST FILM
Flush by Will Dowsett - 3RD PLACE BEST FILM
Buzzkill by Peter Ahern - RUNNER UP BEST FILM
Cold Terror by Özkan Yasun
Whittled Down by Olly Glenn
Spongebob Reimagined by GARNAMATAC Animation
Broomsticks on Broadway by Gordon Howie

Music Videos
Rebound: Lazychair by Reijo Nurmi
Annabel (lee) - If You Show Me (Alice) by Tyler Hubby
Il Fuoco Grande - The Big Fire by Erika Errante Baruffaldi
Roadkill Jamboree by Meghan G. Graham
Re-Arranger by Naveed Shahid Mir
CYA by Alice the GOOn
Moxy the Band by Evan Doll
Everybody's Hurting My Feelings by Jordan Wippell
Andy Shauf - Halloween Store by Margaret Bialis

Scripts
ReddeR by James Steele Haney - 1ST PLACE BEST SCRIPT
Blood Oranges by Steve Flavin - 2ND PLACE BEST SCRIPT
Housewife by Jamie Alvey - 3RD PLACE BEST SCRIPT
OREAD by Lee Copeland
Hospital Bingo with Mother Mischief by Penny G. LeLeux
GOODNiGHTMARE by Ian Rowe
Time to Dye by Brian W. Smith
Cajun Justice by Mike Briock
Hibernation by Mike Briock
Protect the Wild Life by Em Koopman
TOKYO GHOST by Rachel Walsh-Williams
Champagne Friday by Thom Hilton
The Girl Who Was Left by Ali Jabarzadeh
Sound Guy by Clive Martin
What Kind of Films Do You Like by Idil Sukan
Spring Heeled Jack by Anthony A. Labriola
Virulence by Christopher Pennington
Team Bonding by Mike Ede

Oct 5th, 2024 was lil' spooky fest's forth year. It was held at the Jaxx Theatre with opening performance by Sheriff McCabe & the Lonesome Three and hosted by Ron Lynch.

Nath Milburn - Festial Director
Ari Holub - Festial Manager
Kyle Riccio - Sound & Tech
Kevin Barrios - Graphics
Charles Emery - Reader
Cristian Seitz - Reader
Dea Divi - Reader
Roza Chervinsky - Reader
Sofia Weddle - Reader
Location - Jaxx Theatre

lil' spooky fest 2023

Films
Neckbeard by Chris Allison & Ryan Kramer - 1ST PLACE BEST FILM
Shut by Niels Bourgonje - 2ND PLACE BEST FILM
Self Improvement by Jakob Zieman - 3RD PLACE BEST FILM
JEFF CAN'T SWIM by Michaela Myers
The Wolf's Lament by Scott St. James Cardona
Snif & Snüf by Michael J Ruocco
The Magic Hour by Nath Milburn & Andrew Melzer
A Bold Voyage by Nath Milburn
WALD by Christian Groen
The Voice in Isabel Fleiss's Office by Jim Haverkamp

Music Videos
Take a Break by Ryan Parker
Yellow Dove Aftermath by Rony A. Abovitz
I've Made Contact by Brent Black
Harper's Bizarre by Lucas Ostrowski
Godmother – I'll Never Learn by Matías Boettner

Scripts
The Otherside by Brent Minderler - 1ST PLACE BEST SCRIPT
Zits by David Bornstein - 2ND PLACE BEST SCRIPT
The Dive by Andrew Essig - 3RD PLACE BEST SCRIPT
The Four Of Us Are Dying by Jesse Dorian
DEMONCODE by Corey Trahan
BOYSandGIRLS by James Ferda
The Long and The Short by Julie Fergus

Oct 21st, 2023 was lil' spooky fest's third year. It was held at the Yard Theater with opening performance by the Clowns.

Festival Director - Nath Milburn
Host - Brett Johnson
Sound & Tech - Ari Holub
PA - Luke Baker, Alex Sandford
Location - The Yard Theater

lil' spooky fest 2022

Screenings
Unholy 'Mole - 1ST PLACE BEST FILM
The Sprayer - 2ND PLACE BEST FILM
My Friends The Plants - AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER
I AM THE SPELL
Beacon
Lou
Untitled
Five Stars
Decider
Nightmare at Camp Bloodbath
ca y est
I'm Tired
Help Me
Special Delivery - 3RD PLACE BEST FILM
Wich
furniture
I Want In
ADAM2

Upstairs - 1ST PLACE BEST SCRIPT
Starhead - SCRIPT RUNNER-UP

Oct 21st, 2022 was lil' spooky fest's second year. It was held at the Yard Theater with opening performance by Nino "Almighty" Gold, David Liebe Hart, with Prissy Whip as headliner.

Festival Director - Nath Milburn
Festival Manager - Luke Baker
Sound & Tech - Ari Holub
Bartender - Nino "Almighty" Gold
PA - TJ Gonzalez, Alex Sandford
Location - The Yard Theater

lil' spooky fest 2021

Screenings
Rip Rexler (A Cowboy in Search of Water)
How to Cowboy 101 #364
How to Cowboy 101 #68
Franc Kooper Investigates Things Podcas
Billy Hoople
Vodi

Oct 2nd, 2021 was lil' spooky fest's first year. It was held at the Yard Theater with opening performance by Jacob the Horse. We had 50+ guests in attendance. For 2022, we plan on making it a much larger event, more bands, more room, more screenings, and highlight screenplays from short to feature length.

Festival Director - Nath Milburn
Festival Manager - Luke Baker
Sound & Tech - Ari Holub
Bartender - Nino "Almighty" Gold
PA - TJ Gonzalez, Alex Sandford
Location - The Yard Theater

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