| A First August Breeze | Samuel Miller, Zach Campbell, Grant Kilhefner | Plymouth HS |
| A Hero in Hiding | Sebastian Domenech, James Altschul | Vernon Hills HS |
| A Rocky Transfer | Ki Doyle, Asia Spaulding, Liam Vanderwoude, Seth Estes, Gavin Lloyd, Emma Harrison | UG Academy of Cinematic Arts |
| Balloons | Christopher Putlock | Father Gabriel Richard HS |
| Boo | Torrance Lang, Niayla O’Neal, Danni Proctor, Zoey Trimble, Emma Dalton | School for Creative & Performing Arts |
| Chased | Andrei Thüler | Lycee Francais de Chicago |
| Daisy | Ethan Webb | Oscar A. Carlson HS |
| Defined | Ethan Webb and Chris Plewka | Oscar A. Carlson HS |
| Detective Texas Toast | Isaac Harmon, Matthew Quintana, Zoya Raza, Elijah Sylvester-Johnson | Grandin Theatre Film Lab |
| DyAD | Tanner Hamilton, Justin Schutz, Kayden Bravata | Northview HS |
| EMAIL 9 | Ethan Webb | Oscar A. Carlson HS |
| Gate in the Door | Hannah Puckett, Keara Hatton, Nick Raihala, Aliesha Caldwell, Kylie Georgiefski, Robert Sievers, Matthew Satter | UG Academy of Cinematic Arts |
| Half Full | Gianna Beaty, Gemma Uyehata, Gregory Schwind | UG Academy of Cinematic Arts |
| Haven | Ben Dreblow | Homeschool |
| Hey, Jerry | Daniel Ball, Benny Farbstein, Owen Riley, Logan Moore, Jack Riley | UG Academy of Cinematic Arts |
| Hold My Hand | Eli Berliner, Ian szigethy | Saint Ann’s School |
| Into The Past | Kevin Lewis, Jackson Hacker, Zoey FitzGerald Kidwell, Maura Juenger, Madison Arruri | UG Academy of Cinematic Arts |
| Last Man Standing | Jacob Goldberg, Devin Gorton | Homewood-Flossmoor |
| Leap of Faith | Helen Neppl | Glenbrook South HS |
| Locked | Alex Lange, Ben Smith, Cori Campbell, Michael Lee | UG Academy of Cinematic Arts |
| Madhouse | Michael Lee, Alex Lange, Eli Erb Joseph Schwind | UG Academy of Cinematic Arts |
| Magic in the Boy | Hayden Melvin | UG Academy of Cinematic Arts |
| Manipulation | Wyatt Richards | Highlands HS |
| Mis-taken | Carter Cook, Maggie Drake, Will Fribourg, Bella Salter, Jake Sapp | UG Academy of Cinematic Arts |
| Moonlight Daydream | Jacob Boatsman | Northwest School of the Arts |
| Noose | Chandler Thornton | Gainesville HS |
| Patterns | Jack Buckley, Liam M. Norris, Aiden Duncan | Homeschool |
| Roses Are Red | Sophie Zawadzki | Branksome Hall |
| Runaways | L Ruhland | Hope Academy |
| Stag | Samuel Mitchell, Aidan Wohl, Graham Bertoni, Alexandra Blum, Cameron Lipp, Matt Lee | Sidwell Friends School |
| That Would be Mine, Thank You | Cameron Roh, Leia Bulger, Connor Telford, Skylar Mckinney | UG Academy of Cinematic Arts |
| The Disease | Thomas Furman | Lincoln Park HS |
| The Duelist | James Altschul, Sebastian Domenech | Vernon Hills HS |
| The Forbidden Shell | Gretta Brown, Logan. Moore, Connor Andrews | UG Academy of Cinematic Arts |
| The Here and Now | Jules Brown | New Trier HS |
| The Short Film | Ariana DeJesus, Sara Vanderlaan, Abby Minnich, Gunnar Main, Autumn Rhoads, Zach Roda, Kasey Kreider, Maddi Olson, Matthew Binder | Hempfield HS |
| Threat of Winder | Andrea Ayala, Emily Cossentino, Joe Yeager, Patrick Redden | UG Academy of Cinematic Arts |
| Tired of Failure | Sean Neidhard, Cameron Hollstegge, Logan Ford, Ben Thomson | UG Academy of Cinematic Arts |
| Unstable | Jules Brown | New Trier HS |
