2026 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

When a couple runs over a stranger’s dog, they compete for the moral high ground at any cost.

Screening date & tickets — to be announced

• Director(s): Parker Croft
• Writer(s): Parker Croft, Nolan Gould
• Producer(s): Nolan Gould, Magen Ashley Young, Parker Croft
• Key Cast: Nolan Gould, Millie Gibbons, Bill Weldon

Language: English

Runtime: 13m

Country: United States

Synopsis: Academy Award-nominee Abigail Breslin presents:
The Liars of Black Mountain Road.

When a couple runs over a stranger’s dog, they compete for the moral high ground at any cost.

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Source: SOFF

2026 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

Three witnesses. Two sides. One prosecutor. Who will you believe?

Screening date & tickets — to be announced

• Director(s): Evan Fine
• Writer(s): Evan Fine
• Producer(s): Michele Sieglitz, Jason Ting
• Key Cast: Emma Faun Ferguson, Kent Weishaus, Valentina Sarmiento, Adrien Rooke, Germaine Gaudet, Marcus Stock, Max Mahle, Bruce Fingles
• Editor(s): Evan Fine
• Cinematographer(s): Evan Fine, Jason Ting
• Production Designer(s): Sydney Gorin
• Sound Designer(s): Evan Fine, Andy Zenczak
• Composer(s): Evan Fine

Language: English

Runtime: 17m

Country: United States

Los Angeles Premiere

Synopsis: A prosecutor fights for justice in the wake of a billionaire’s murder on New Year’s Eve.

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Source: SOFF

2026 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

Have your cake…and it eats you.

Screening date & tickets — to be announced

• Director(s): Ren Ariel Sano
• Writer(s): Ren Ariel Sano
• Producer(s): Ren Ariel Sano, Logan Mack
• Key Cast: Daisy Lopez, John-Michael Sedor
• Editor(s): Joe Carugati
• Cinematographer(s): Logan Mack
• Production Designer(s): Grace Alie
• Sound Designer(s): Elizabeth McClanahan
• Composer(s): Sylvain Kauffman

Runtime: 9m

Country: United States

Synopsis: An unsuspecting young couple bring a cursed candle to a friend’s 30th birthday party and unleash an unlikely evil that comes to collect its just desserts.

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Source: SOFF

2026 Official Selection: Screenplay – Screenplay – Feature Film

Ceremony date & tickets — to be announced

In this heartwarming musical comedy, a tech-hating grandpa’s “Tech Monster” story goes viral, teaching his family to balance technology with real-life connection.

• Writer(s): Thylea Michele Thymes

Language: English

Country: Not Specified

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In this heartwarming musical comedy, a beloved, old-school grandpa is determined to spend a few meaningful days with his tech-obsessed grandkids: Emma, a blogger preteen, and Matthew, who deeply idolizes Grandpa and even dresses like him. When the children receive new devices, Grandpa’s cherished one-on-one time is suddenly threatened. Determined to reconnect, he spins a bedtime story about a fearsome “tech monster,” hoping to teach them the value of real-life memories.

Source: SOFF