Day 1
Thursday, August 13, 2026
Sayville Theater
Day 2
Friday, August 14, 2026
Sayville Theater
Day 3
Saturday, August 15, 2026
Sayville Theater
Day 4
Sunday, August 16, 2026
CM Performing Arts Center
4:00-6:00 PM Filmmaker Registration
4:00–6:00 PM Opening Night Red Carpet & Press
6:00–7:30 PM Filmmaker Mixer at Butera’s
7:30 PM Opening Night Feature Film Block 1 + Filmmaker Q&A Opening Night Film
Baristas vs. Billionaires
9:30 PM Screening Block 2MAIN + Filmmaker Q&A Late Night Thrillers & Suspense
She Cries Murder
Colorhouse
Doubles
9:30 PM Screening Block 2SECOND + Filmmaker Q&A Thresholds: Beyond the Surface
What's Next for Jayden
ILAAJ Healing
Present Tense
Silicon Valley Girl
10:00 AM Screening Block 3MAIN + Filmmaker Q&A Advocacy and Art
Dream a World
The Second Life of Freddie Nole
Mike and Billy's American Pie
10:00 AM Screening Block 3SECOND+ Filmmaker Q&A Short Form Story Block
A P.U.P. Story
Welcome to Theatre
She Fell From Space
The Copier
Rocketship
May I Put You On Hold
The Donut Hole
Your Night is My Day
Rita's Wish
12:00 PM Screening Block 4MAIN + Filmmaker Q&A Student Feature / Short
Ride Out
The Talk
12:00 PM Screening Block 4SECOND + Filmmaker Q&A Deep Character Study
Anatomy
2:00 PM Screening Block 5MAIN + Filmmaker Q&A Underserved Voices - Child POV
Mermaid
Love Zuri
2:00 PM Screening Block 5SECOND + Filmmaker Q&A Viz Ability and Student Films
Viz Ability Montage
The Lost Castle
The Creature
The Two Sides of Erin
9/11: One Man's Journey
Someone's in the House
Autistic Mode
Prestige Director's Cut
The Art of Being Different
Episode II: Knowledge
In the Season Thereof
4:00 PM Screening Block 6MAIN + Filmmaker Q&A Sayville & Long Island Locals
Upside Down on Long Island
West Landing
Notes on a Page
Fly Away [Music Video]
Rising Tides Rising Voices
4:00 PM Screening Block 6SECOND + Filmmaker Q&A Student Films
Imaginary Friend
Strawberry Milkshake
Nocturne in Dissonance
Forget Me Not
Behind the Mask
Potato Heads
6:00–7:30 PM Filmmaker Mixer at Sayville Athletic Club
7:00 PM Screening Block 7MAIN + Filmmaker Q&A 9/11 Memoriam Block
9/11: An American Requiem
Those Left Behind
7:00 PM Screening Block 7SECOND + Filmmaker Q&A Comedy Block
We Want the Virus
Stall Buddies
Auditory Problems
9:30 PM Screening Block 8MAIN + Filmmaker Q&A Unique Stories
Curio
The Teacup
A Bit of Everything and Matzo Balls Too
Thanks Babs
When Memory Turns into Sound
Erika the Road Taken
Affordable Housing
The Circle
9:30 PM Screening Block 8SECOND + Filmmaker Q&A Avant-Garde & Mixed Shorts
How to Build a Life
Ways to Fly
Tough Enough
Development
A Paradox of Quantum Superposition
The Departing Present
Debbie Walks Her Duck
Lovebirds
11:30 PM Screening Block 9MAIN + Filmmaker Q&A No Sleep Friday Night
Slumber Still
Frankslist
The Shower
11:30 PM Screening Block 9SECOND + Filmmaker Q&A Midnight Vibe
Beautiful Pam
A Comfort
I Don't Know if I'll Have to Say Everything Again
Opting In
10:00 AM Industry Block 1: The Indie Architecture - Packaging, Incentives, & Distribution
11:00 AM Industry Block 2: The Talent Equation - Attachment Strategy and Representation
12:00 PM Industry Block 3: The Actor’s Lens - Saying "Yes" to Indie Film
12:00 PM Screening Block 9ASECOND with Garrett Clayton, Podcast recording (Scoop on the Stoop)
REACH
1:30 PM Industry Block 4: Crossing Mediums - Directing for the Global Screen
2:30 PM Industry Block 5: The Multi-Hyphenate Hustle - Pitching and the Creative Process
3:30 PM Industry Block 6: Building the Engine - Vocational Readiness & The Below-the-Line Economy
4:30 PM Pitch Perfect Competition
6:00 PM Screening Block 10MAIN + Filmmaker Q&A Women Filmmakers / Bold Visions
He/She/Us
The Owls
Marianne and the Rebels
Level One
Father Daughter Dance
Trouble
Rock Island Prison 1864
6:00 PM Screening Block 10SECOND + Filmmaker Q&A Darker Tone Feature + Shorts
Neverland
The Runner of Pamplona
Ask the Blessing
6:00 –7:30 PM Filmmaker Mixer 1 at Metro’s
7:30 –9:00 PM Filmmaker Mixer 2 Sayville Athletic Club
8:00 PM Screening Block 11MAIN + Filmmaker Q&A Ensemble Showcase
Stakeout
The Three Phases of Fern
If Only You Were Free
1020
We Got Ours
Writing for Timothèe
8:00 PM Screening Block 11SECOND + Filmmaker Q&A LGBTQ+ Representation
The Dads
Find an Identity
10:00 PM Screening Block 12MAIN + Filmmaker Q&A Local Filmmaker Web Series
The Egg
10:00 PM Screening Block 12SECOND + Filmmaker Q&A International Features
The Jewish Jail Lady and the Holy Thief
Unspoken
10:00 AM Professional Table Read
1:00 PM Nominated Filmmaker Mixer Brunch
3:00-6:00 PM Closing Awards Gala