Selections & Winners

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Summer 2026 Winners

Best Narrative Short:          " The Listeners " Dir. Joslyn Rose

Best Documentary Short:          " Sacred Isolation " Dir. Maxwell Wijaya

Best Animated Short:          " Yokaitopia " Dir. Glenna Burmer

Best Student Short:                  " Hard Break " Dir. Kaitlyn Maher

Best Foreign Short:                  " The Border Czar " Dir. Raymond T. Williams

Best Experimental Short:          " Treasure Imagination " Dir. Scott Rice

Best Music Video:                  " Take It Or Leave It " Dir. Alex Chacon

Best Commercial:                  " Bose: Caravan " Dir. Eric Nathaniel Chavez

Best Short Script:                  " The Opening " by  Shing Moussa Chung

Honorable Mention:                  " Ghosts' Stories " by  Edward Horodyski

Summer 2026 Selections

" Bose: Caravan " Dir. Eric Nathaniel Chavez

" BOYHOARDER " Dir. Gabrielle Carrubba

" Hard Break " Dir. Kaitlyn Maher

" How To Get Caught " Dir. Alexandre Bassard

" It's About Time " Dir. Sofia Smith

" It's Weird Next Door " Dir. Newton Mayenge

" Pay Deferred " Dir. Katherine Connor Duff

" Sacred Isolation " Dir. Maxwell Wijaya

" Take It Or Leave It " Dir. Alex Chacon

" The Border Czar " Dir. Raymond T. Williams

" The First Response " Dir. Ethan Paul Tanti

" The Listeners " Dir. Joslyn Rose

" The Silent Whispers " Dir. Miranda Zhao

" Treasure Imagination " Dir. Scott Rice

" Yokaitopia " Dir. Glenna Burmer

Summer 2026 Finalist Honorable Mentions

" A Ledge At The Museum " Dir. David Martínez

" B.D. Jackson: An American Photographer " Dir. John J Newcombe

" Enemy Heroes " Dir. Mark Diamond

" Job Seeker " Dir. Joon Han

" My Brother's Keeper " Dir. Ashira Abramowitz

" Pablo! " Dir. Harvey J Lopez

" The Brazilian Templars Mystery: Cave Mysteries and Amazon Miracles " Dir. Kathleen Ball

" We Are Not The Same " Dir. Jesús Castillo