2026 Winners

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Best Film. Sponsored by Entertainment Partners, Movie Magic Scheduling / Budgeting And Celtx Professional

• Mermaid (Narrative Feature) WINNER

• Ride Out (Narrative Feature, Student), WINNER

• 1020 (Narrative Short), WINNER

• Nocturne in Dissonance (Narrative Short, Student), WINNER

• Ask the Blessing (Narrative Short)

• Colorhouse (Narrative Short)

• If Only You Were Free (Narrative Short)

• Writing for Timothée (Narrative Short)

• Trouble (Narrative Short)

• A Comfort (Narrative Short)

• Father Daughter Dance (Narrative Short)

 

Best Directing, Sponsored by Alliance of Women Directors and Scriptation

• Mermaid (Feature) Fia Perera, WINNER

• Three Phases of Fern (Narrative Short) Bill Blaney, WINNER

• Baristas vs. Billionaires (Doc Feature) Mark Mori, WINNER

• Those Left Behind (Doc Short) Jacob Campbell, WINNER

• Ride Out (Feature)

• We Want the Virus (Feature)

• Auditory Problems (Narrative Short)

• Curio (Doc Short)

• When Memory Turns into Sound (Doc Short)

• Notes on a Page (Doc Short)

 

Cinematography, Sponsored by Women In Media, Celtx

• Mermaid (Feature), WINNER

• Three Phases of Fern (Narrative Short), WINNER

• We Want the Virus (Feature)

• Colorhouse (Narrative Short)

• If Only You Were Free (Narrative Short)

• Ilaaj: Healing (Narrative Short)

• Upside Down on Long Island (Narrative Short)

• Opting In (Narrative Short)

• Lovebirds (Narrative Short)

• Notes on a Page (Narrative Short)

• Imaginary Friend (Narrative Short, Student)

 

Best Art Direction, Sponsored by Women In Media

• Nocturne in Dissonance (Narrative Short), WINNER

• Marianne and the Rebels (Narrative Short), WINNER

• Potato Heads (Narrative Short, Student) WINNER

• Curio (Documentary Short), WINNER

• Autistic Mode (Feature)

• Mermaid (Feature)

• Stakeout (Narrative Short)

• Strawberry Milkshake (Narrative Short)

• Opting in (Narrative Short)

• Auditory Problems (Narrative Short)

• Rock Island 1864 (Narrative Short)

• Behind the Mask (Narrative Short, Student)

 

Best Ensemble, Sponsored by WeAudition

• Marianne and the Rebels (Narrative Short), WINNER

• Three Phases of Fern (Narrative Short)

• We Got Ours (Narrative Short)

• The Copier (Narrative Short)

• The Shower (Narrative Short)

• Strawberry Milkshake (Narrative Short)

• Colorhouse (Narrative Short)

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Best Actor, Sponsored by WeAudition

• Anatomy (Feature) Tommy Nash, WINNER

• Ask the Blessing (Narrative Short) Luke David Hamilton, WINNER

• Mermaid (Narrative Feature)

• Ride Out (Narrative Feature)

• Beautiful, Pam (Narrative Feature)

• Slumber Still: Dawn of Shadows (Narrative Feature)

• Nocturne in Dissonance (Narrative Short)

• If Only You Were Free (Narrative Short)

• Your Night is My Day (Narrative Short)

• The Donut Hole (Narrative Short)

• Father Daughter Dance (Narrative Short)

• Marianne and the Rebels (Narrative Short)

 

Best Actress, Sponsored by WeAudition

• Opting in (Narrative Short) Shauna Grace, WINNER

• Mermaid (Feature)

• Neverland (Feature)

• A Comfort (Narrative Short)

• Auditory Problems (Narrative Short)

• The Runner of Pamplona (Narrative Short)

• 1020 (Narrative Short)

• Your Night is My Day (Narrative Short)

• Strawberry Milkshake (Narrative Short)

• The Donut Hole (Narrative Short)

• Father Daughter Dance (Narrative Short)

 

Original Screenplay in Produced Film, Sponsored by Celtx

• Three Phases of Fern (Narrative Short), WINNER

• Opting In (Narrative Short)

• Mermaids (Feature)

 

Wardrobe, Hair, and Make Up, Sponsored by Women in Media

• Rock Island Prison (Narrative Short), WINNER

• Ask the Blessing (Narrative Short)

• Tough Enough (Narrative Short)

• Marianne and the Rebels (Narrative Short)

• Curio (Narrative Short)

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Best Editing Sponsored by Avid

• Neverland (Narrative Feature), WINNER

• Ilaaj: Healing (Narrative Short), WINNER

• Baristas vs. Billionaires (Documentary Feature), WINNER

• Curio (Documentary Short), WINNER

• Colorhouse (Narrative Short)

• Trouble (Narrative Short)

• Your Night is My Day (Narrative Short)

• Doubles (Narrative Short)

• The Talk (Narrative Short)

• Thanks Babs! (Doc Short)

• When Memory Turns into Sound (Doc Short)

• A Bit of Everything and Matzoh Balls Too (Doc Short)

• Erika: The Road Taken (Doc Short)

• Notes on a Page (Doc Short)

 

Best Song, Sponsored by Avid

• A P.U.P Story (“I’m a Pup” by Peter Halperin), WINNER

• Fly Away

• The Copier

• Opting In

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Best Sound Editing, Sponsored by Avid

• Auditory Problems (Narrative Short) WINNER

• The Egg (Web Series) Asher DeVerna, WINNER

• When Memory Turns into Sound

• Stakeout

• The Circle

• ILAAJ: Healing

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Best Score, Sponsored by Avid

• Neverland - Kyle McCuiston - WINNER

• When Memory Turns into Sound

• The Egg

• Stakeout

• Ride Out

• ILAAJ: Healing

 

Screenplay, Sponsored by Entertainment Partners

• FEATURE

  • 1st: Ilaaj

  • 2nd: Simon & Delilah

  • 3rd: Sophie's Miracle

• SHORT

  • 1st: We're Not Dead Yet

  • 2nd: Mommi With An I short

  • 3rd: Afternoon short

• STUDENT, SEMI-FINALIST

  • Salt

 

Pitch Perfect Competition, Sponsored by Adorama and Movie Magic

1st Prize, Incubator Grant Award:Joseph Zanchelli - Deli Dog Days

2nd Prize: Susan Kelejian - Love In the Wings