2026 Winners
Audience Award
TBD
Best Narrative
“ The Persian Rug ” Dir. Gabriel Beristain
Best Documentary
“ Nib Is My Pen Name ” Dir. Robert Caruso
Best Student Film
“ Pick Up ” Dir. Idil Hermansen
Best Animation
“ Wishbone Origins ” Dir. Emma-Leigh Undead
Best Foreign Film
“ Face The Music ” Dir. S.N. Watts
Best Experimental
“ !Pronto! ” Dir. Veen Viscal
Best Music Video
“ C'iest La Vie ” Dir. Andrew Nemodruk
Best Script
“ Respirar ” by August Joaquim Soto
Honorable Mentions
“ A Mixtape For Stom ” Dir. Adrian Goycoolea
“ Becoming Andrey Petrov ” Dir. Beate Petersen
“ Bride ” Dir. Wendy Steen Shaner, CB Zane
“ Bruny Wild Swimmers ” Dir. Lorrell Linda
“ Buried Above Ground ” Dir. Anna Chi
“ Dark Berry ” Dir. Steven Mitchell
“ Fighting Spaces ” Dir. Patricio Matos
“ From the Midnight Sun to Eternity ” Dir. Paola Ivana Suhonen
“ How About Annie? ” Dir. Barbara Pierron
“ Impact ” Dir. Madison Wake
“ Into The Wilderness ” Dir. Samuel W. Reed
“ Love New York ” Dir. Anthony Di Mieri
“ Mission Recompense: Love Letters to a Mississippi Delta ”
Dir. Erica M Sandifer
“ No Clean Hammer ” Dir. Brent L. Butler
“ Nothing To See: Watts ” Dir. Michael Soenen
“ Nowhere!! ” Dir. Alex Mendivil
“ Remember This ” Dir. Andrew Serban
“ S.O.S. ” Dir. Joseph Vivens
“ Shift Colors: Life in the U.S. Navy ” Dir. Caden Tyler richmond
“ Shkodra Elektronike - Stuhi ” Dir. Chiara Feriani
“ Songs For My Son ” Dir. Masahiro Wada
“ The Driver ” Dir. Christina Babinsack
Finalist
“ House By The Cove ” by Toni D'Antonio, Anthony Falco
“ Ride To Redemption ”
by Leslie Whirly-Robinson, Catherine Natale, Hilary Momberger-Powers
“ Sanguis Septem ” by Caprice Castano
“ Sleep Outside ” by Lisa Nagy Isaacson, Victor Ruggiero
“ The Punk Rock Queen of the Jews ” by Rossi
