APR 17-19, 2026
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
APRIL 17th, 2026
Opening Night Party (7pm to 10pm)
LALA's Argentine Grill On Melrose
7229 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046
APRIL 18th, 2026
Theater - Let Live Theater, 916 N Formosa Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046
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
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
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
APRIL 19th, 2026
Theater - Let Live Theater, 916 N Formosa Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046
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
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)
“Red Hands, A Mary Macintosh Novel”, Maureen Anne Meehan, Best Screenplay
“The Venetian Man”, Le’roy Kester, Best Suspense/ Thriller Screenplay
“Made In Philadelphia”, Matthew Clark, Best Screenplay
“The Manager”, Garrett Abdo, Best Dramatic Screenplay
Screenplays
“Kristian James’ Mr. Taps”, Kristian James, Best Horror Screenplay
“MOTHERSHIP”, Joseph Michael Leone, Best Comedy Screenplay
“Tangerine”, Kit Wilson, Best Action Adventure Screenplay