
2026 winners
To qualify for an award, entries had to receive a score of 90 or above in judging
Film awards
WINNER - BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Bruised Fruit
Directed by Grace Alwyn Ashworth
WINNER - BEST MUSIC VIDEO
ALL OVER AGAIN
Directed by Joseph McGovern
WINNER - BEST TRAILER
FOLLOW THE DOG
Directed by Cayce Mell
WINNER - BEST WEBSERIES
Alvin's Assignment Episode 1: The Check Engine Light
Directed by Michelle David
WINNER - BEST TV PILOT
ALVIS HELVIG SPACE VIKING
Directed by Ethan David Henry
WINNER - BEST ANIMATION FEATURE
BIG CITY PIZZA
Directed by Dusty Saunders
WINNER - BEST ANIMATION SHORT
Bear and Ferret
Directed by Lauren Abromavage, Kristin Thaeler, & Emily Purdum
BEST STUDENT FILM
RITUAL3
Directed by Emily Rivera-Fontanez
WINNER - BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Unlikely Mermaid
Directed by Lorraine Portman
WINNER - BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
My Name is Robert Ruark
Directed by Si Paros
WINNER - BEST COMEDY SHORT
Casting Call
Directed by Lina Ross
WINNER - BEST COMEDY FEATURE
THE BIG BREAK
Directed by Avi Setton
WINNER - BEST OHIO FEATURE
Influenca
Directed by Ian James Milheim, Justine Hope
WINNER - BEST MICROFILM (under 5 minutes)
Something Something Ectomy Something
Directed by Krista K. Miranda
WINNER - BEST SHORT FILM (over 5 minutes)
SKINERGY
Directed by Will Custer
WINNER - BEST FEATURE FILM/BEST OF FEST
TOP HATE
Directed by Michael Thomas Cain
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Screenplay awards
BEST SCREENPLAY (FEATURE)
Distant Lightning
Written by David Mills
BEST SCREENPLAY (SHORT- Horror Comedy)
A Huge F*cking Spider!
Written by Shane Thompson
BEST TV PILOT SCRIPT
The Deadlands
Written by Alex Edward McComas and Morgan Cyrus
BEST ACTION SCREENPLAY (FEATURE)
N-W-G (New World Gangsters)
Written by John Snell
BEST ACTION SCREENPLAY (SHORT)
Fingering Bigfoot
Written by James Ferda & Erik William
BEST DRAMA SCREENPLAY (FEATURE)
The Amazing Garrett Morgan
Written by David Siracusa
BEST DRAMA SCREENPLAY (SHORT)
Operation: ASHFALL
Written by D.J. Floyd
BEST HORROR SCREENPLAY (FEATURE)
Subsidence
Written by Lisa Nagy Isaacson
BEST HORROR SCREENPLAY (SHORT)
Shadowplay
Written by Derek Stewart and Kira L. Wilson
BEST SCI FI SCREENPLAY (FEATURE)
Goodbye, Sugar Planet
Written by Will Roane
BEST SCI FI SCREENPLAY (TV Pilot)
Vintrospection
Written by Lisa Nagy Isaacson
BEST SCI FI COMEDY SCREENPLAY (FEATURE)
The Snatchers
Written by Ernest Steven Koehler
BEST COMEDY SCREENPLAY (SHORT)
I THINK MY GUMMY JUST KICKED IN
Written by Amy Leigh McCorkle and Melissa Goodman
BEST HORROR COMEDY SCREENPLAY (FEATURE)
Death Can Be a Funny Business
Written by Joe Fishel
BEST DARK COMEDY SCREENPLAY (SHORT)
Flex
Written by Lea Devon Sorrentino