FI-LA 2026 Awards – By Title
All of our 2026 Awards sorted by project title. We know what you really want is to NOT search a huge list for a single title.
404 – Programmer’s Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking
A King’s Curtain – Grand Jury Award – Best Performance by a Cast
Afterthoughts – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Drama
At the Mercy of Faith – Grand Jury Awards – Screenplay Competition – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film
Bad Insect – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Short Film – Horror
Bad Insect – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Cast Performance – Horror
Bad Insect – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Horror
Barbrix! or How to Maybe Capture a Psychic Hominid – Grand Jury Award – Best Short Film – Sci-Fi
Barbrix! or How to Maybe Capture a Psychic Hominid – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Cast Performance – Sci-Fi
Barbrix! or How to Maybe Capture a Psychic Hominid – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Sci-Fi
Blonde in the Congo – Grand Jury Awards – Screenplay Competition – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film
Butt/Stuff – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Direction – Comedy – Ricki Romano
Cadavre Exquis – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Direction – Drama – Lorenzo Sterzi
Check Please – Grand Jury Award – Best Director – Short Film – Shane Chung
Check Please – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Short Film – Comedy
Chicken Salad – Grand Jury Award – Best Short Film – Arthouse/Experimental
Chicken Salad – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Writing – Arthouse/Experimental – CK Thornton
Chicken Salad – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Cast Performance – Arthouse/Experimental
Circumstantial Forgiveness – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Cast Performance – Comedy
Closure – Programmer’s Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking
Consumed By You – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Comedy
Dad’s Dr Visit – Grand Jury Awards – Screenplay Competition – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Short Film
Death Sentence – Grand Jury Awards – Screenplay Competition – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Short Film
Demonequin ‘87 – Grand Jury Awards – Screenplay Competition – Best Screenplay – Feature Film by Warren Proulx Jr
Dizzy – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Writing – Drama – Zac La Roc, Olivia Allen
EQUAL – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Arthouse/Experimental
Everything Between Us – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Short Film – Drama
Ex-Hale – Grand Jury Awards – Screenplay Competition – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Short Film
Fireflies in the Dusk – Grand Jury Award – Best Short Film – Comedy
Fireflies in the Dusk – Grand Jury Award – Best Lead Performer – Short Film – Emily Goss
Fireflies in the Dusk – Grand Jury Award – Best Produced Screenplay – Short Film – Jonathan Hammond, Ryan Roach
Firstborn – Grand Jury Award – Best Short Film – Animation
Firstborn – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Writing – Animation – Olivia G Porrill
Firstborn – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Animation
Focal Point – Grand Jury Award – Best Featurette – Sci-Fi
Focal Point – Grand Jury Award – Best Production Design – Featurette – Jessie Clarkson
Golden Slumbers – Grand Jury Awards – Screenplay Competition – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film
Heartbreaker – Grand Jury Awards – Screenplay Competition – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film
Hey Halifax, Hello! Today! – Grand Jury Award – Best Web Series
Hide – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Writing – Horror – Brian Barnes
Hill Boy – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Short Film – Drama
Imago – Grand Jury Award – Best Score – Short Film – Robert Crouch
Imago – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Short Film – Arthouse/Experimental
Imago – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Direction – Arthouse/Experimental – Mark Steger
Imperfect – Grand Jury Awards – Screenplay Competition – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Pilot / Series
Intergalactic Ingenue – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Short Film – Sci-Fi
Intergalactic Ingenue – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Direction – Sci-Fi – Nathan Deshawn Bouie
Journeys – Programmer’s Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking
Just Visiting – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Short Film – Comedy
Lines in the Sand – Grand Jury Awards – Screenplay Competition – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film
Little Matchmakers – Grand Jury Award – Best Supporting Performer – Short Film – Summer Kitchens, Sienna Kitchens, Eric Roberts, Penny Johnson Jerald
Lone Crew – Grand Jury Award – Best Production Design – Short Film – Su Tonani
Lone Crew – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Direction – Sci-Fi – Gabriel Fontes
Lone Crew – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Cast Performance – Sci-Fi
Lone Wolf – Programmer’s Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking
Majorette – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Direction – Horror – Kate Ohlweiler
MASC – Programmer’s Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking
MascLooking – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Short Film – Horror
Mountain King – Grand Jury Award – Best Feature Film – Horror
Mountain King – Grand Jury Award – Best Director – Feature Film – Gabrielle Christensen
Mountain King – Grand Jury Award – Best Supporting Performer – Feature Film – Carter Sirianni
Mountain King – Grand Jury Award – Best Production Design – Feature Film
Mountain King – Grand Jury Award – Best Score – Feature Film – Andrew Pattenaude
No Mercy – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Writing – Thriller – Sophiane AFROUN
No Mercy – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Cast Performance – Thriller
No Signal – Grand Jury Award – Best Featurette – Comedy
No Signal – Grand Jury Award – Best Editing – Featurette – Kody Newton
No Signal – Audience Award – Featurette
Nothing to See Here: Watts – Best In Fest – Best Feature Film
Nothing to See Here: Watts – Audience Award – Feature Film
Princess Di and the Lesbians – Grand Jury Awards – Screenplay Competition – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film
Quest For The Cryptids – Grand Jury Awards – Screenplay Competition – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Pilot / Series
Retribution – Grand Jury Awards – Screenplay Competition – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Short Film
Right On! – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Drama
Sanguis Septem – Grand Jury Awards – Screenplay Competition – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film
Sell Your House – Grand Jury Award – Best Feature Film – Documentary
Sell Your House – Grand Jury Award – Best Cinematography – Feature Film – Eric Foss
Silent Scream – Grand Jury Award – Best Short Film – Horror
Sober – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Music Video
Sober – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Writing – Music Video – August Falcon
Sober – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Music Video
Soda Gardocki – Waltzes, Trains, Wires & Wood – Grand Jury Award – Best Music Video
Soda Gardocki – Waltzes, Trains, Wires & Wood – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Direction – Music Video – Jessica c Moncrief
Soda Gardocki – Waltzes, Trains, Wires & Wood – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Cast Performance – Music Video
Something Borrowed – Programmer’s Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking
Star-Crossed – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Short Film – Sci-Fi
Star-Crossed – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Writing – Sci-Fi – Bud Myrick, Kevin Hoffer
Starfisher – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Writing – Sci-Fi – Anthony Ferraro
Stay In The Car – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Direction – Drama – Calvin Ghaznavi
Stay In The Car – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Short Film – Thriller
Stay In The Car – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Direction – Thriller – Calvin Ghaznavi
Stranded – Grand Jury Awards – Screenplay Competition – Best Screenplay – Pilot / Series by Amy Kay DuBoff
Supplemental – Grand Jury Award – Best Supporting Performer – Featurette – Marcuis Harris
Supplemental – Grand Jury Award – Best Sound Design – Featurette – Jacob Proctor
Talented – Grand Jury Award – Best Featurette – Drama
Talented – Grand Jury Award – Best Cinematography – Featurette – Truman Hatfield
Talented – Grand Jury Award – Best Score – Featurette – Keaton Lewis, Scott Tucker
Talented – Grand Jury Award – Best Song – “Almost Gone” by Jordan Cathryn & Ananda Dhar-James
The Bee – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Writing – Thriller – Ben Rejzer
The Bee – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Thriller
The Black Bart of Taco King #17 – Grand Jury Award – Best Performance by a Duo – Jasmine Mathews & Christopher Dietrick
The Black Bart of Taco King #17 – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Short Film – Thriller
The Brutal Alchemy of Water – Grand Jury Award – Best Short Film – Thriller
The Brutal Alchemy of Water – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Short Film – Thriller
The Candle – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Direction – Horror – Ren Ariel Sano
The Candle – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Horror
The Country They Call Life – Best In Fest – Best Live Action Short Film
The Country They Call Life – Grand Jury Award – Best Director – Featurette – Grace Sims
The Country They Call Life – Grand Jury Award – Best Lead Performer – Featurette – Sydney Cole Alexander
The Country They Call Life – Grand Jury Award – Best Produced Screenplay – Featurette – Grace Sims
The Debut – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Short Film – Comedy
The Debutante’s Gown – Grand Jury Awards – Screenplay Competition – Best Screenplay – Short Film by Ashley Heathcock
The Door – Grand Jury Award – Best Short Film – Drama
The Door – Grand Jury Award – Best Cinematography – Short Film – Med Ayed
The Door – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Cast Performance – Drama
The Door – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Direction – Thriller – James Graham
The Dragon King – Grand Jury Awards – Screenplay Competition – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film
the HOLE truth – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Writing – Comedy – Alison Whitney
The Last Word – Grand Jury Awards – Screenplay Competition – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Pilot / Series
The Ottoman – Best In Fest – Best Animated Short
The Ottoman – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Direction – Animation – Mike Stamm
The Quiet Year – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Short Film – Animation
The Reveal – Audience Award – Short Film
The Way We Move – Grand Jury Award – Best Editing – Feature Film – Sébastien Mercier de Sainte-Croix
The Way We Move – Grand Jury Award – Best Sound Design – Feature Film – Yohann Henry
Turn Off The Machines – Grand Jury Award – Best Featurette – Documentary
Unshut – Grand Jury Awards – Screenplay Competition – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Pilot / Series
Until The Time We Die – Grand Jury Awards – Screenplay Competition – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film
Vasomotor Rhinitis – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Direction – Drama – Mikheil Gabaidze
Vasomotor Rhinitis – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Writing – Drama – The short film was based on Anton Chekhov’s "Death of a Civil Servant" story
What We Dreamed of Then – Grand Jury Award – Best Feature Film – Drama
What We Dreamed of Then – Grand Jury Award – Best Lead Performer – Feature Film – Taylor Olson
What We Dreamed of Then – Grand Jury Award – Best Produced Screenplay – Feature Film – Taylor Olson
Where Is America The Beautiful? – Best In Fest – Best Documentary Short
White Meat: Appetizer – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Short Film – Horror
White Meat: Appetizer – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Writing – Horror – David Dylan Thomas
Wonderland – Grand Jury Award – Best Sound Design – Short Film – Creighton Yanchar
Wonderland – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Cast Performance – Horror
Yellow Jersey – Grand Jury Award – Best Editing – Short Film – Damien Smith
You’re Not Safe – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Cast Performance – Horror
You’re Not Safe – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Horror