Announcing the 2026 Semifinalists for features and shorts!
Congratulations to our Semifinalists and thank you to all who submitted!
The Finalists will be announced on February 17th.
THE SEMIFINALISTS
FEATURES
83 features out of 2,715 total feature submissions.
A Setter Dog by John C McGrath
Alice by Tylie Cox
All Nazis Die by Nathan Shapiro
All She’s Got by Jonny Diaz & Phil Costa
American Martyr by Catherine Fraser
Antarctic Ring by Lillian Young
At the Fleetwood by Max Cabot
Attagirl by TK Lawlings & Scott Morse
Caterpillar by Gayla Kraetsch Hartsough
Chickantula by Nora Novak
Cutting Numbers by Morgan Von Ancken
Dead Eye Dong by Jimmy Prosser
Death in the Family by Benjamin Ingram
Demo Reel by Kelly Tippett
Falling Up by Stephanie Drapeau
Grandmothered by Eric Rich
Gridiron by Jim Endecott
Gulf Of Aden by Steve Garry
Guy Who Just Bought a Boat by Patrick Tierney
Head Down, Chin Up by Ella McKenzie, Mark Stafford
Hijrah Girls by Alessandra Bautze
Home by Adam El Nabli
Humdrum by Daniela Di Salvo
I’ll Show You Mine by C.H. May
Improvidently Accepted by Erik Louis Smith
In Sync by Dwayne Colbert & Lynze Montreuil
Interference by Sue Faulkner
It’s What You See by Lisa Hickey
Kate by Iain Anderson
Kill The Ump by Hal Ackerman
Late Night Driver by Jay Perry & Shaun Perry
Life as a Mesoplankton by Ariella Stoian
Lone Pine Mountain Devil, Bitch by Olivier Agostini & Chris Wivell
Lonesome Tonight by Joshua Cannon & Mica Jordan
Louisiana by Hope Perello
Menagerie by Gerald Winter
Middle School Madness by Mary McGloin & Kyle Thornton & Kirk Yang
Monochrome by Devin Githara-Pipkin
Mourning After by Kathleen Caprario-Ulrich
Murderer in the Ski Degree by BA Anaclerio
My Fair Drag Queen by Devin Toohey & Brian Whitaker
Not So Alone by Emma Prescott
On The Other Side by Lanre Olabisi
Panama Railroad by Noah Price
Perceval the Fool by Andrew Reuland
Portia’s Penguin by Benita Cullingford
Prince of Straw by Nathan Allen
Prison by Konstantin Selivan
Refraction by Spencer Mead & Trevor March
Riot Grrrls by Jessica Wynn & Jessi Cape
Role of a Lifetime by Salvatore DeLucia
Sapiens by Ed Wiles
Slain by Dre Aguirre
Smiling Feet by Clark Barclay
Storied by Mackenzie Sunshine Aliano
Sugar Foot by Steven P. Vargo
Take Revenge On Every Day by Ross Inman
Taos by Elizabeth Eromosele & Nicole Rosario Muller
Ten Good People by Pony Wilson
The Christmas Bell by Ruby Fink
The Constant by Tommy Garcia
The Coolest Girls in Glendale by Jacqueline Postajian
The Fall of Brian by Maxine Mattana
The Giant of Guadarrama by Alia Zeid
The Gospels by Soneil Inayat
The Guessing Game by Johnny Kurtzuba
The Headmaster by Felix McEnroy
The Love Ledger by Michael Taylor
The Loving Dead by Jeremy Coleman
The Man Who Came From The River by Kieran O’Dea & Brennan O’Dea
The Paper Crane by Alexis Ann Croyle
The Second Best Man by Darrin Rose
The Umbrella Guy by Adam Westervelt
The White House in the Woods by Richard Cullen
Time Of My Life by Odynok X.
To The Moon And Back by Malcolm Earl Robinson
Touching Untouchable by Bryan Aran
Unfinished Business by Kevin Wilson
Vena Sewn In by Ann Marie Martin
What Water Stains the Innocent by Eric Cook
Wildcats by Judith C Posey
With Hidden Noise by Brent Stratton
Zoophobia by Mary L Ellevold
SHORTS
41 shorts out of 1,091 total short submissions.
Alone by Carolina Gimenez
Brilliant Acts: Under The Veil by Cole S. Sexton
Can You Stand the Rain? by Pamela Faulkenberry-Fowlkes
Coffin Up by Nadine Wilson
Doll by Shia Shabazz Smith
Enemy of Death by Nikki Berkhof
Family Touch by Stephanie Lee
Frank by Abi Polinsky
Germaphobe In a Sex Club by Caitlin Cronenberg & Jessica Ennis
Ghomeeda by Aya Mheidly
If Paige Asks by Sydne Horton
If You Go by P.J. Palmer
In Broad Daylight by Sandy Snow
Induction by Eric Jason Meisner
Isle of Plastica by Drina Connors Kay
Jean by Lola Arenas
Let me run by Benjamin Samuel
Life Like a Fair by Sandra J Cropsey
Loteria by Joel Ojeda
Mailbox Swag by David G.Hatton
Male Point of View by Roisin Isner & Kyle Casey Chu
Memry Lane by Sarah Robertson
Milk Teeth by Melis Aker
Mouthpiece by Christian D.K. Long
Nude by Vitoria Hronopoulos
October 32nd by Brenna Kwon
Of Summer Storms & Salt by Jessica L. Folk
Old Kills by Manuel Medina
On The Way To Goodbye by Jax Bakewell
Pacific Pilgrimage by Carly Keyes
Passion Play by Tom Hughes
Play On by Nikolay Moss
Roommates of the Silence by Victor Atkins
Saturday Girl by Clare Perry
Smokeshow by Chloe Leigh King
The “Seed” Between Worlds And Stars by Celeste Escalera
The 50th Way to Use a Feather by Bennett Ryals
The Gap by Olivia Dal Pra
Three Ice Cubes by Dana Wall
Tudor Core by Ella Gonzales
Zeenat And The Men Who Give Her Pause by Richa Rudola
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