2026 Award Winners

Super SHORTS

Best Super Short Doc

Boots on the Ground for Art

Best Super Short Drama

The End of the Hall

Best Super Short Comedy

Buzz Buzz

SHORT FILMS

Student

With an End in Mind

Experimental

White Meat: Appetizer

Suspense

The Escort

Sci-Fi

Upstairs

Thriller

Entering

Animation

The Ottoman

International

In the Room

Cinematography

Stoptime Rag

Ensemble

Cahill’s Lanes

Actor

Francisco Solorzano

The Shave

Actress

Kathleen Turner

Joan’s Teeth

Writer

Penny B. Jackson & Melissa Skirboll

$13

Director of Doc Short

Christiane Arbesu

How We See

Director of Narrative Short

Sara Gaston

Coyote

Doc Short

One Fighting Irishman

Comedy Short

Rain Was Not in the Forecast

Drama Short

Trouble

FEATURES

Cinematography Feature

Island of Dreams

Ensemble Feature

irregular

Actor Feature

Christopher Ryan

Paul & Greg & Amelia

Actress Feature

Tara Westwood

Stop Time

Writer Feature

Joey Bicicchi

Woozy

Director Documentary Feature

John Bacon

We Grew Up: Kids in Adult Prisons

Director Narrative Feature

Marko Nabersnik

Whites Wash at 90

SIGNATURE AWARDS

Personal Stories

Wooly Bully

Original Ideas

Once More for Safety

New Work

Fatal Negligence

Helena Weinrauch Humanitarian Award

Won’t Be Displaced

NY Filmmaker

Brian DiLorenzo

Best International Feature

Whites Wash at 90

Best Horror Feature

Woozy

Best Documentary Feature

The Last Message

Best Comedy Feature

Irregular

Best Narrative Feature

Paul & Greg & Amelia

Audience Choice

Joan’s Teeth

Filmmaker Favorite

Blank Slate

Best of Fest

How We See