APR 17-19, 2026
HBFF - APR 17TH, 18TH & 19TH 2026
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VIP Gala Dinner @ Award Ceremony
$75.00 - The VIP Gala Dinner includes preferred reserved seating with the best view of the awards ceremony, red carpet interview, a full meal, and an excellent opportunity to make valuable connections with industry professionals.
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VIP Festival Pass
$325.00 - The VIP Festival Pass includes everything in the festival pass as well as a reserved, best view seat in the theater, 10 general admission tickets to give away to friends, family, cast, & crew for your show, and a VIP badge with your name, picture, film, and position. These passes are limited!
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Festival Pass
$100.00 - The festival pass will include entry into all of the screenings & after parties for the weekend and the award ceremony on December 10th.
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Day Pass
$55.00 - This day pass will get you access to all of the events at the festival for one day.
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Single Show Ticket
$15.00 - This ticket will get you access to one screening block at the festival.
2025 SCREENING BLOCKS AT
LET LIVE THEATER
APRIL 17th, 2026
Opening Night Party (7pm to 10pm)
LALA's Argentine Grill On Melrose
​7229 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046
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APRIL 18th, 2026
Theater - Let Live Theater, 916 N Formosa Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046
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BLOCK A (12:30PM - 2:01PM)
"Perception", Robyn Babina, Best Woman Filmmaker
"Amentalio", Hayden Perry, Best Student Filmmaker
"A Mother’s Promise", Heather Waters, Best Drama Short
"Youngin", Derek Michael Parker, Best Drama Short
"An Everyday Occurrence", Virginia Porter Hepp, Best Student Filmmaker
"The Ballad of the Man Who Once Was", Sebastian Rivera-Mendoza, Best Short Film
"The Third", Meredith Lawder, Best Drama Short
"The Mime and the Clown", Jonathan Morgan Heit, Best Drama Short Film
"Lucia & Nicole", Marlene Emilia Rios, Best Drama Short
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BLOCK B (2:21PM - 4:00PM)
"The MJ Mishap", Parker Green/ Kai Cohen, Best Comedy/ Dramedy Short
"Little Matchmakers", Rachel Borders, Best Comedy/ Dramedy Short
"Goldilocks", Susie Kim, Best Woman Filmmaker
"Don’t Take The Brand X", Kendall Christianson, Best Comedy/ Dramedy Short
"NANI", Mainak Dhar, Best Comedy/ Dramedy Short
"Motel Room Six", Aron Cagan, Best Comedy/ Dramedy Short
"Shades of You", Mark A.J. Nazal, Best Comedy/ Dramedy Short
"Grave Expectations", Larry Ziegelman, Best Comedy/ Dramedy Short
"Bad Tat", Cole Kelley, Best Comedy/ Dramedy Short
BLOCK C (4:20PM - 5:42PM)
"The Ugly Resistor", James Parente, Best Animation Short
"My Way or the Subway - The Dodo Show", Doruk Yildirim, Best Animation Short
"The Lights Go Out", Johnny Galvan, Best Animation Short
"The Family Photo", John Norris Ray/ Maria Victoria Sanchez, Best Animation Short
"SnowBugs", Jenny Schuermann, Best Animation Short
"Cat-Tastrophe", Morgan Seigler, Best Student Filmmaker
"Bau Cua", Kristine Pham, Best Animation Short
"Monsieur Figaro", Sarah Benhammou-Lionnard, Best Foreign Short
"I Remember", Kyle Beights, Best Student Filmmaker
"Chloe", Robyn Babina, Best Animation Short
"Tiny Teaching Tales", Julie Anne Burch, Best Animation Short
"Life is Prickly", Diane Sherry, Best Animation Short​
BLOCK D (6:05PM - 7:54PM)
"Where The Shadows Wait", Riley Robbins, Best Short Film
"Only Space And Time", Christopher Cameron, Best Horror Short
"The Old Ballgame", Des Matelske, Best Horror Short
"At the Mercy of Faith", Andrew Arguello, Best Horror Short
"Dilemma", Trevan Jay Hiatt, Best Action/ Thriller Short
"The Man In The White Mask", Kendall Christianson, Best Horror Short
"Home Sweet Home", Trevor L Wilde, Best Horror Short
"SEEAHTIK", Syed Hasan, Best Horror Short​
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BLOCK E (8:14PM - 9:30PM)
"Welcome to Zeitza", Luker Saint Feller, Best SCI-FI Short
"All That Remains of Project Falcon", Trevor Taylor, Best SCI-FI Short
"Memoria Obscura", David Christopher Nelson/ Connor Ryan, Best SCI-FI Short
"Ekelbrode", Ben Montgomery-Pierson, Best SCI-FI Short
"Focal Point", Raphael Buisson, Best SCI-FI Short
"Ruined Earth - A Climate Crisis Short", Shahab Zargari, Best SCI-FI Short
"Sans", Louie Pecan, Best Short Film
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APRIL 19th, 2026
Theater - Let Live Theater, 916 N Formosa Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046
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BLOCK F (12:30PM - 2:16PM)
"Twitch: The Life and Times of Daniel Franco", Sterling Hampton IV, Best Documentary Feature
"Behind The Mic: The Arvie Lowe Jr. Story", Deji Emmanuel/ Amber Mitchell, Best Documentary Short
"Behind The Score", Ali Habib, Best Documentary Short
"The Quiet Art", Johnny Phillips/ Ross Wilcox, Best Documentary Short
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BLOCK G (2:35PM - 3:52PM)
"The Gun Machine", Ryan McDowell, Best Short Film
"Media Team Go!", HighWesthus/ Daniel Neville/ Ben Lamb, Best Web Episode/ New Media
"WAKE UP", Joseph Larkin/ Zak Dossi/ Tristan Kevitch, Best Music Video
"The Blossom and the Mountain", Kathleen Stevenson, Best Music Video
"Lily", Scham Salomon, Best Short Film
"Envy", Randeep Nagi, Best New Filmmaker
"The Ride", Slava Denisov, Best Experimental Short
"Wings", Amanda Mergulhao Ferrari, Best Experimental Short
BLOCK H (4:12PM - 5:41PM)
"The Golden Hours", Jorrit Van Der Kooi, Best Feature Film
AWARD CEREMONY (6:00-8:00PM)
NOTE: ARRIVE EARLY! SEATING IS FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED, EXCEPT FOR VIP TICKET HOLDERS. FREE TICKET DOES NOT GUARANTEE YOU A SEAT! THEATRE IS OVERBOOKED TO ENSURE A FULL HOUSE. THEATRE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERBOOKING. NO ADMITTANCE ONCE SCREENING HAS BEGUN.