Summer 2026 Nominations – Genre Competitions
Summer 2026 Nominations – Technical Competitions
A Place to Get Shelter by Daniel García (Spain)
After the Rain on Thursday by Jenn Webb and Marla Lopez (UK)
Among Those Hidden by Hannah Sulak (USA)
Archives by Jamie Duffy (USA)
Awake by Josh Andres (USA)
Blind Spot by Fletcher Russmann (USA)
Checked Out by Chandler Roberts (USA)
Child Check by Natalia Warchol (USA)
Dude House by Griffin Yarmaloff (USA)
Every Breath You Take by Casey Hotchkiss (USA)
Ghosts’ Stories by Edward Horodyski
Gilded Gutter by Hellen Rose (Australia)
Gross Income by Josh Levinson (USA)
Heil Director by Jesse Crosby (USA)
Hidden Identity by Sen Cheng (China)
IBO by Maz Joachin (Bahamas, Haiti)
Insha’Allah by Yaser Salamah (USA)
It’s Only Life (2026) by Joseph Stephen Meadows and James Hussey (USA)
Night Mutilator & Friends by Ryan Policky (USA)
Noam Catch an Easter Rabbit by Emile B LaCerte Jr
Omoi by 杉戸 香奈 (Japan)
Perfect Game by Christopher C Avent Sr. (USA)
Photo Graphic by Edgar Arce (USA)
Pillow Men by Jacky Wong (China)
Prismara: Echoes in the Glass by Rosemarie Douglas (USA)
Prismara: Everpasture by Rosemarie Douglas (USA)
Prismara: Maera’s Tide by Rosemarie Douglas (USA)
Prismara: Titan Drift by Rosemarie Douglas (USA)
Recurrence by Izabela Ventsislavova Moneva (Australia)
Releasing the Past by Freangel Pacheco (Venezuela)
Room 404 – Love Not Found by Jochen Schönfeld (Germany)
Run-No Bullying in the Bldg-Vernon Eddins Jr by Gabriel Solomon (USA)
Satisfaction Guaranteed by Riley Scott (USA)
Seeking the Light by David Kalergis and Abigail Salmon (USA)
Session 6 by Joshua Frank Miller (USA)
Shadow of the Fighter by Yaroslav Savchak (USA)
Shadows of Hourly by Jordan Payton (USA)
Somber by Hayden Glover and Anna Rodriguez Volkova (USA)
Someone Else by Peter Hanson (USA)
Southern Winds by William Marc Langford (USA)
Staff Only by Eyal Padan (Israel)
Standing on Business…An Entrepreneur Origin Story by Nicole Michelle Gates-Golden (USA)
Standing Up by Gagandeep Singh Gill (USA)
The Buc Stops Here by Joseph Ruzer (USA)
The Catbird Soundtrack by Tatyana Kot (USA)
The Golden Grouper by Maz Joachin (Bahamas)
The Last Rat by Raul Krrishnan (India)
The Mid Life Crisis Series by Howard Bowler (USA)
The Physics of Bungee Jumping by Jack Franklin Solomon
The Room Where People Die: Dance Party! by Melissa Tracy (USA)
Thirty Seconds: A Drifting Story by Jonathan R Moore (Canada)
Together by Morgan Mead (USA)
Unauthorized by Yang suho (South Korea)
Undefined Forest by Ignacio Nano Brasca
Wake Up Call by Eyal Padan (Israel)
Summer 2026 Nominations – Genre Competitions
Summer 2026 Nominations – Technical Competitions
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