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2026 Official Selection: Screenplay – Screenplay – Short Film
Screenplay Awards Ceremony · Sat, Aug 22, 2026 · 6:00 PM
Father knows best, son knows better?
Country: Not Specified
After a health scare, an Archie Bunker-like father and his gay son struggle with connecting. Are they exactly alike or worlds apart?
2026 Official Selection: Comedy – Short
While at a funeral for an uncle he barely knew, Jonathan must sneak out to avoid more uncomfortable conversations and to make it the party of a lifetime.
Program 08 – Shorts Block – Infectious Spotlight · Sat, Aug 22, 2026 · 6:10 PM
Language: English
Runtime: 11m
Country: United States
Synopsis: Jonathan has a problem: the hottest party of the year is happening on the exact same day as the funeral of an uncle he barely knew. Determined not to miss out on the party, he launches a series of lies in an attempt to sneak out of the funeral. Faced with the regret of a relationship never explored, he learns that some opportunities can’t be rescheduled—and some goodbyes deserve to be heard.
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2026 Official Selection: Comedy – Short
Sometimes you have to get the blame off of you.
Program 01 – Shorts Block – Frenetic Spotlight · Fri, Aug 21, 2026 · 7:00 PM
Language: English
Runtime: 18m
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
Synopsis: A friend starts stealing from others at a game night, and then makes matters infinitely worse.
2026 Official Selection: Drama – Short
Built like a cadavre exquis, the film assembles dreams, memories, and ruptures into the portrait of a man whose death gives birth to the truth he never dared to live.
Program 03 – Shorts Block – Diabolical Spotlight · Fri, Aug 21, 2026 · 8:00 PM
Language: French
Runtime: 11m
Country: Canada
Los Angeles Premiere
Synopsis: Constructed like a cadavre exquis, the film unfolds in fragments, between dream and reality, revealing the many facets of a fractured identity. A posthumous coming-out where a man’s death becomes the birth of his truth.
2026 Official Selection: Comedy – Short
Two anxious roommates fight over the most hallowed of queer spaces…the bathroom.
Program 05 – Shorts Block – Subversive Spotlight · Fri, Aug 21, 2026 · 9:30 PM
Language: English
Runtime: 7m
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
Synopsis: Aster is a freshly-out trans girl exploring her evolving sexuality. Sophie is a bisexual woman with too many hot Feeld dates to count. As Aster crashes out over the significance of doing a ~certain~ sexual act for the first time, Sophie tries to reassure her, only to begin spiraling over her own romantic pining. In this dramedy of queer femme friendship, these not-quite-old-not-quite-young women trade insults, reassess 90s rom-coms, and–-most importantly–-hold each other up.
2026 Official Selection: Sci-Fi – Short
Psychic Hominids will answer life’s greatest questions, if you can catch one.
Program 05 – Shorts Block – Subversive Spotlight · Fri, Aug 21, 2026 · 9:30 PM
Language: English
Runtime: 12m
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
Synopsis: Sir Charles and Barbrix work through an unusual roadblock in their relationship while Sir Charles tries to capture a hominid in pursuit of answers to life’s greatest questions.
2026 Official Selection: Screenplay – Screenplay – Feature Film
Screenplay Awards Ceremony · Sat, Aug 22, 2026 · 6:00 PM
Guilt is a ghost that never stops whispering.
Language: English
Country: Not Specified
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When a devout young preacher’s faith is shattered by a traumatic childhood tragedy, his attempts to rebuild his life as an adult are upended by haunting visions, supernatural warnings, and the reemergence of unresolved guilt, forcing him to confront the demons of his past… before they destroy his family.
2026 Official Selection: Drama – Short
A career woman’s love and devotion to her Shakespearean actor father are tested when his descent into Alzheimer’s jeopardizes her chance for a coveted promotion.
Program 19 – Shorts Block – Authenticity Spotlight · Sun, Aug 23, 2026 · 3:45 PM
Language: English
Runtime: 17m
Country: United States
Synopsis: A career woman’s love and devotion to her Shakespearean actor father are tested when his descent into Alzheimer’s jeopardizes her chance for a coveted promotion.
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2026 Official Selection: Comedy – Short
In a twisted pursuit of acceptance, two lovers descend into consensual self-destruction as their erotic fantasies consume them.
Program 23 – Shorts Block – Groundbreaking Spotlight · Sun, Aug 23, 2026 · 6:10 PM
Language: English
Runtime: 13m
Country: United States
Synopsis: In a twisted pursuit of acceptance, two lovers descend into consensual self-destruction as their erotic fantasies consume them.