Feature 2026 Winners

Quarter-Finalists

(Alphabetized by Title)

1918 by Jack Azadi
24 Hours of Wildlight by Kevin Barney
A Dangerous Woman by Mary Delsol Dobon
A Motor City Throwback Christmas by Julia M Chan
A Sure Thing by James Mangan
Aktion T-4 by John Martins III
American Widow by Vladimir Lisinac
Ashes by Melissa Harkness
Bandits, Bullets, and a Whole Lotta Bad! by Phillip Rogers
Big New York Movie by Jennifer D’Angelo Kircher and Gregory D’Angelo
Blend by Richmond Riedel
Blood Vessels by Kurt Doerr
Blowback by Eric Murphy
Bombed by Barbara Young Singer and Robert Bonney
Breach by James Roberts and David Roberts
Briggfoot by Aidan Cullen
Bringing What Was Hidden Into the Light by Richard Carson Bailey
Burning Water by Loren Davis
By the Time I Got to Woodstock by Jeffrey Massie
Cadre by Brian Streaty and Paul Rose
Chameleon (An Ill Wind Blows) by Daniel Klausen
Charmer by David Kurtz
Cheaters by Gallo and Harris
Chugga Chugga Bang Bang by Andy Gonzalez-Bendiksen and Liz Magallanes
Continental Divide by Dan O’Day
Coyote Run by Bob Matias
Dating Daughters by Terry Daniels
Daughter Birmingham by Jim Hendricks
Dead End Mary by Brett McKay
Dead in Committee by David Ball
Dead of State by Nathan Rulf
Deadly Woods by James Fine
Death Deals The Cards by Tim Northburg
Depth of Field by Dan Southard
Destiny Dog by L C Anderson
Dharma by Vee Kumari and Justin Ross and Tom Foran
Eighty Pieces of Eight by Karl Mather
Entanglement by Kenneth David Leavitt
Evil Not Heard by Stuart Pollack
Faithless by Ricki Holmes
FALLING STARS by Julie Rogers
Feral Mountains by Terry Podnar
Fifi: A Monkey’s Tale by Brantley Edwards
Flame by Denise Agnew
Footsteps of My Father by Erik Wolter
Galentine’s Day Trip by Gary White
Gentlemen of the Gridiron by Birgit Syran Myaard
GIL by P.S. Lutz
Gone Dark by Charlie Ricottone
Good Humor by Erik Fetler
Gunman Buddha by Anthony Pirro
Halusinasi by Slina Laeira
Helen on 86th St. by Nicole Kempskie
I Got You by Peter Ricq
Illicit by Paul Mroczka
Incarnations by Albert M Chan
Inside the Night by Jim Palladino and Healey James
Irreversible Damage by Leon Masters
Is That Cool? by Alex Klein
January Seventh by Joel Dahl
Kate’s Light by Dave Schroeder
Kitshickers by Joel Gregoire
Knock by Jane Nolan
Knocking at the Gates by Jeffrey Howe
Left For Dead by Alex Stirling
Legend of The Damn Cross Wearer by Craig White and Stacey Nation
Like an Animal by David Page
Live Bait by John Mazzullo
Looking for Dez Cart by TMP Jefferson
M – Demon Killer by Mark William Hammond
Maintaining Is Exhausting by Karman Graham
Makin’ It by Mike Bloebaum
May 9th by Derrick Peprah
Meet Day by Michael L Williams
Melodic Addiction by Kenya Branch
Misdirection by Bongo Jack Hooper
Monkey Island by Stan Gutgarts
Murder at the Concours d’Elegance by Jason Kubik
My Brother, the Zombie by Mike Houlihan
My Husband Shot John Lennon by Sean O’Connor
Nick’d by Mike Nielsen
‘Night Father by Winnie Soldi
North Brother Island by Kimberly McLeod
Ollie by Jackie Quinn Piper
Out Late by TIM TURNER
Pendulum by Madeline Rooks
Perfect Spiral by Zachary Posner and Daniel Furlong
Pet Sounds by Iain Anderson
Pieces of You by Jack Warner
Pitch by Isa Luzarraga
Porch Pirates by JJ Brent
POTUS by Mahyar Rasi
Prison Dogs by Tobi Solvang
Rabbi Rifkind by Alex Barnett
Recompense by Samuel Shindel Spencer
Requited by Bill Johnston
Rich Hunt by Willie Hynd
Rogue Mine by Martin McLoughlin
Ryan by Laurel Ellis
Saving Glory by Farook Qais
Six Flags Over Saigon by Robert Hunter
Skin Deep Blood Red by Cain Angelle
Snake Oil by Sean Plemmons and Jeff Hassen
Sonoran by Jack Aupperle
Still the One by Sal Pietromonaco and John Miceli
Stolen Jeopardy by David Russotto
Stonesinger by Yoshua Shelton
Summer at the North Pole by Kelly Cochran-Yzquierdo
Temporal Rift by Andy Warin
The 12 Days of St. Nick by Jack Polo
The Accidental Pastor by Clint Morey
The Ambassador by Brian Baker
The Banner by Ernestina Juarez
The Beauty of the Rodeo by Steffany Sommers
The Bloody Claws of Willow Creek by Matt Hausmann
The Burning Man by Jordan Oliver
The Constant by Tommy Garcia
The Day The Sky Turned Red by Sergio Pintore and Daryl D. Well
The Death Spiral by Griffin Pettyes
The Decision by Carlos Perez
The Forever House by Russell Bennett
The Fourth Night by Mike Briock
The Good Guy by Robby Schwartz
The Harlem Story by Danny Holst
The Killing House by Phil Hughes
The Lake by Jonathan Everett
The Lake Monster by Deanne Devine
The Last Jewish Theatre by Anna Lisa McClelland
The Last Three Kings by Barbara Nicolosi
The Nubian Dynasty by Sonya Marshall
The On-the-Roof Gang by Matt Zullo
The Open Air by Stacey Russell
The Resonance by Alex Hastings
The Resonant by JB Dunn
The Underground Shift by Antoinette Tina Martinez
The Unfinished Sonata by Ariane Hahusseau
The Wind Tunnel by Ljubomir Medenica
The Woke Project by Ken Alozie
The Write-in by Corey Foxx
Theo Cole by Kevin Cutts
Thicker Than Blood by Kenneth Gildin
Tomorrows People by Bridget Addison
Trophies by Peter Van Horne
Up River by Eric Miller
Vice Versa by Jason Lajoie
Vital by Amir Zargara and Gabe Berry
When Will I See You Again? by Michael Elliott
Whisper Lake by Christopher Hall
WiFi Not Available by Brett Cline
Yosemite by James Sperl