Short‑film spotlight at Regal LA
IndieShortFest pushed its 2025–2026 Annual Awards event for May 9 at Regal LA Live and named Dojin Kim’s South Korean short Where the Rain Stops for the Realities & Visions program — the listing includes a Q&A (post published March 27) (x.com). If you follow festival shorts, that Q&A is a useful signal for which international filmmakers are breaking through the L.A. circuit (x.com).
Indie Short Fest published its full Annual Awards schedule on March 18 and the announcement lists 67 films from 23 countries across 11 screening blocks and three auditoriums. (indieshortfest.com)) Program 1, titled Realities & Visions, is scheduled 11:00 AM–12:30 PM in Cinema #8 and includes the South Korean entry Where the Rain Stops in its lineup. (indieshortfest.com)) Where the Rain Stops is listed as a 2025 animated short running roughly 9 minutes and follows two robot siblings who set out across a rain‑soaked plain searching for a place where the rain stops. (watch.eventive.org)) The film screened at Seoul Indie‑AniFest (a posting of the film is available on the festival’s YouTube channel) and was later programmed as a Los Angeles premiere at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in October 2025. (youtube.com)) The Annual Awards schedule shows three filmmaker Q&As across the day and the event’s ticketing information lists a Spotlight Q&A in Cinema #10 from 4:45 PM–6:00 PM as part of the May event programming. (indieshortfest.com)) Indie Short Fest cites past festival boosts for short films that went on to Oscar‑longlisted status, a track record organizers highlight when promoting their Annual Awards showcase. (festagent.com))
