Selections 2026

The Last Take - *WINNER*
Director: Brian Foyster
At the end of his life, a golden age movie star confronts the love he was never allowed to claim.

Texas Strange - HONORABLE MENTION
Director: Justin Eugene Evans
Returning from a distant mission, a criminal expects glory but instead finds his crew has already decided his fate.

FILKOOL
Directors: Maral Forouzesh and Naser Rezaeiyan
A gentle giant who does not fit in learns he does not need to change when a child with Down syndrome shows him acceptance in its purest form.

Aliens
Director: Aroon Nayer
An immigrant alien in Los Angeles teams up with an extraterrestrial roommate to save a planet that may no longer want saving.

Only Here and Now - HONORABLE MENTION
Directors: Raymond Singer and Michael Hopkins
1942. On the night before war separates them, newlyweds confront the possibility that their first night together may also be their last.

Unfinished Chapter - HONORABLE MENTION
Director: Stanislav Puzdriak
Disappearances haunt a small town, and a writer whose stories predict them may hold the key to a reality more unsettling than fiction.

Obsolete
Director: Isaiah Salery
After losing his job to AI, a young man grapples with identity, purpose, and what it means to be deemed inefficient.

The Hideaway
Directors: Rachel Wender and Alison Faye Shelley
On the eve of a lawsuit over a “toxic set,” an actress and a former assistant turned producer confront buried truths, unresolved feelings, and a morally complex past.

MAGDA - HONORABLE MENTION
Directors: John Eric Steiner and Kasia Pilewicz
In modern day Poland, a nun must choose between her faith and her pregnant sister’s life amid strict abortion laws and deep personal conflict.

A Sweet Tooth
Director: Presley Paras
An ambitious analyst chasing promotion finds his life and identity shattered when a violent intruder crashes his carefully constructed world.

Después del Tono
Director: Juan Sucre
A wounded man searches for someone to hear him before realizing time and everything around him may already be gone.

Betateam
Director: Joseph Russell Proctor
A group of small time criminals plan their biggest heist yet… but cannot agree on what to wear.