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