“Since its debut in 1998, Filmmaker’s 25 New Faces list has annually curated a cross-section of emerging independent film talent—directors, writers, actors and below-the-line artists who have both gone on to receive exciting broader recognition as well as made indelible works that speak vibrantly to the moment of their creation. With the magazine’s 27th edition of the list in its current edition, the editors have put together a program of short films from the ’23 crop as well as two blocks of favorites and deep cuts selected from the over 600 filmmakers who have appeared on the list since its inception.”—Filmmaker editors Scott Macaulay and Vadim Rizov