2026 Official Selection: Sci-Fi – Short

Runtime: 14m

Some matches should never be made.

• Director(s): Bud Myrick
• Writer(s): Bud Myrick, Kevin Hoffer
• Producer(s): Michael Greenspan, Bud Myrick
• Key Cast: Erica Ibsen, Philip Michael
• Editor(s): Bud Myrick, Benjamin Djahanbani
• Cinematographer(s): Joshua Hess, Mark Kohl
• Production Designer(s): Ellen Lenbergs
• Sound Designer(s): Dal Lowe

Language: English

Country: United States

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A beautiful young woman craving connection risks revealing her true nature—only to fall for the wrong man, igniting a night of passion, poor decisions, and consequences you can’t sweep under a rug.

Source: FILA

2026 Official Selection: Screenplay – Screenplay – Feature Film

Bad men make beautiful mourners.

• Writer(s): Caprice Castano

Language: English

Country: Not Specified

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When a detective is sent to investigate what appears to be the ritualistic suicide of seven women, it becomes clear their grieving husbands know more than they let on. The longer he questions them, the less certain he becomes of what happened, or of his own grip on reality. As the truth surfaces, it reveals something more dangerous than a crime: the power these husbands hold over the town, over each other, and over anyone who stands against them.

Source: FILA

2026 Official Selection: Sci-Fi – Short

Runtime: 17m

A daughter’s quest to reunite with her father.

• Director(s): Gabriel Fontes
• Writer(s): Gabriel Fontes
• Producer(s): Camila Fontes, Su Tonani, Jonas Vaz
• Key Cast: Elisa Rosati Rodrigues, Olivia Torres, Rafael Tepedino, Regina Braga
• Editor(s): Gabriel Fontes
• Cinematographer(s): Gabriel Fontes
• Production Designer(s): Su Tonani
• Sound Designer(s): Pier Valencise
• Composer(s): Fabio Mondego

Language: Portuguese

Country: Brazil

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Guided by a mysterious voice, a little girl that doesn’t fit anywhere leaves on a journey to meet her father again.

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2026 Official Selection: Animation – Short

Runtime: 9m

A surreal mythology following the journey of a firstborn child.

• Director(s): Olivia G Porrill
• Writer(s): Olivia G Porrill
• Editor(s): Olivia G Porrill
• Cinematographer(s): Olivia G Porrill
• Production Designer(s): Olivia G Porrill
• Sound Designer(s): Olivia G Porrill
• Composer(s): James Gray Gasket Gordon

Language: No Dialogue

Country: United States

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A firstborn child is delivered into a strange world. After passing the first threshold of birth, she must encounter a new one: what lies beyond the world that she was born into, and what the consequences are if she does not pass through. A mythology on the right of passage of a child who must become their own being, and the unique circumstance of being the first child to endure it.

Source: FILA

2026 Official Selection: Drama – Short

Runtime: 17m

Azra seeks solace from bullying classmates and her strict mother by a serene riverside, where she develops an unspoken bond with a girl who joins her on the opposite shore.

• Director(s): Ilgın G. Korugan
• Writer(s): Ilgın G. Korugan
• Producer(s): Sığla Unal
• Key Cast: Ece Doğa Bayraktar, Selin Şemsettinoğlu, Gülhan Kadim, Dilara Vural
• Editor(s): Tuvana Simin Günay
• Cinematographer(s): Ahmed Hamdi Eren
• Production Designer(s): Kristin Cansu Palancı
• Sound Designer(s): Aniket Solanki
• Composer(s): Esin Aydıngöz

Language: Turkish

Country: Türkiye

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Alienated by bullies at school and her strict mother at home, Azra seeks solace by a serene riverside. There, she develops an unspoken bond with a girl who joins her on the opposite shore, opening herself up despite her fears.

Source: FILA