Yucca Valley Film Festival

The Desert is Where Your Spotlight Is β€’ 8th edition – Nov 6, 7, 8, 2026

Day 3 – Sunday Nov 8

Join us Sunday Nov 8 for the final films and events!

First event starts at 8am.

Final screenings starts at 1pm.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON | 1 pm

THE SESSION

Short Film, directed by Ryan Moulton (pictured).

Devastated from a recent breakup and desperate to move on with his life, David goes to therapy for the first time.

David bears his soul to his therapist during this session, only to discover that the therapist was drawing a realistic pair of women’s breasts instead of taking notes.

H.A.G.S

Short Film, directed by Matt Mazany (pictured).

πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ YVFF Alumnus

πŸ† 3x Emmy Nominee

Vivian and her friends return to school for their 10-year reunion, only to be sent on a nostalgic photo scavenger hunt that quickly turns deadly.

As the group splits up and gets picked off one by one, a hilariously petty villain with a decade-long grudge proves the past never stays in the yearbook.

LIFE IS (A) SHORT

Short Film, directed by Brooke Dooley.

⭐ Starring Chelsea London Lloyd (pictured).

πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ YVFF Alumnus

πŸ† 3x Emmy Nominee

On the ten-year anniversary of her dad’s death, Frankie reflects on the absurdity of content creation.

She would rather end her life than make a short film about death. But is she serious?

A twisted look at why we make art through the lens of grief.

GOLDEN HOUR

Drone Film, directed by Patrick Thies.


πŸŸ₯ Festival Premiere.

RUN, JAMIE

Short Film, directed by Tyler Baker (pictured).


πŸŸ₯ Desert Premiere.

Following a little league softball game, a family of four’s journey home is interrupted by disaster β€” Mark, the family patriarch, has to shit.