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2026 AWARD NOMINEES

DANCE FILM

POI

BAYLA

Circularity

Porcelain

STUDENT FILM

Added Flavor

Somebody

Best Man Worst Plan

Out of the Smoke

El Día Que Me Quieras

DOCUMENTARY - SHORT

Critter Encounters: A Forever Home

Anchor Points

Back to One - Return to Ground Zero

director - short film

Casey DeFremery (My Severed Arm)
Sof Puchley (Pretty Boys)
Claire Chubbick (Anatomy of a Trap)
Joslyn Rose (The Listeners)
Andres Luna III (California Dreaming)

ACTRESS - SHORT FILM

Zen Dot (RSVP)
Denise Borraz Trepat (Enough)
Alexandra Corin Johnston (Emma & Emma)
Elyssa Nicole Trust (Observance)
Chelsea London Lloyd (Life is (a) Short)

ACTOR - SHORT FILM

Ron Bottitta (American As)
Kenny Cooper (The Big Break)
Dustin Ingraham (Very Prosperous Men)
Matt Edwards (Pretty Boys)
Jefferson White (The Writer)

animation

BRIDGE -My Little Friends

Chucky Chicken in Driving Me Looney

The High King's Daughter

drama - SHORT FILM

Dust of Her
Enough
Sunflower Sisters
California Dreaming
The Writer

comedy - short film

Frankslist
The Morning After Text
Pasta Perfetta
The Henchman
Life is (a) Short

sci-fi - short film

Luce Nella Foresta

The Night the Sky Fell

Intergalactic Ingenue

2.0

horror - short film

A Hero's Death
The Last Draft
HER
My Severed Arm
Fashion Model

director - FEATURE film

Michelle Salcedo (Switch & Bait)
Yusaku Mizoguchi (Sae)
Geno Marx (Babybacks)
Gabrielle Christensen (Mountain King)
Francis Tejada (Quiet After Supper)

ACTRESS - FEATURE film

LeeAnne Bauer (The Passenger)
Otmara Marrero (Bait & Switch)
Luna Fujimoto (Sae)
Viridiana Marquez (Babybacks)

Actor - FEATURE film

Paul Santoli (We Want the Virus)
Bryan Mittelstadt (Quiet After Supper)
Aryaan Ohri (Tales from the Crypto)
Jonathan Green (Miss Matched)

BEST PICTURE

The Passenger
Switch & Bait
Mountain King
Quiet After Supper
Babybacks
Sae

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