2026 Award-Winning Short Films

The staff at an old school Cuban diner are forced to decide between their political rhetoric and their conscience when ICE comes to arrest the undocumented Venezuelan busboy.

A small Oregon town, an exploding whale, and the man who made the story famous.

An intimate portrait of honky-tonk icon Dale Watson and his wife Celine Lee, using their music to explore a life rooted in Americana.

A million flowers. A thousand urban forests. One mission to bring back Florida’s Ghost Orchid from the brink of extinction.

After 37 years turning drive-thru orders into personal connections, Sighle Williams expects a quiet farewell from a Florida burger joint—but her town has other plans.

While stuck at her sister’s baby shower a thirty-something woman is forced to decide whether she wants to have kids or not after unexpectedly giving birth to her reproductive organs.

In the sweltering wake of Hurricane Irma, a young woman strikes up a connection with her older neighbor, stirring up revelations that will last long after the floods have receded.