2026 Official Selection: Documentary – Featurette

Log Line: Part documentary and part cinematic
art, this beautiful film searches for America
through real story, music and spoken word.

Program: Where Is America The Beautiful? · Sun, Aug 23, 2026 · 2:00 PM

• Director(s): Fr3deR1cK
• Writer(s): Frederick Taylor
• Producer(s): Ellen Barnard
• Key Cast: Victoria Fahimmanesh
• Editor(s): Zayan Said / Lola Jett
• Cinematographer(s): Freddie Taylor
• Production Designer(s): Fr3deR1cK
• Sound Designer(s): Zayan Said
• Composer(s): Billy Livsey

Language: English

Runtime: 30m

Country: United States

Synopsis: “It is the past that tells
us who we are, without it we have no identity,”
Stephen Hawkins.
America has lost the identity that once made it great. Greatness has passed America by because history is repeating itself. This film is in search of what America was.
The interviews traffic through cultural groups from liberal to conservative. The focus is
diverse from Asian, Latin, Black and LGBTQ.
Everyone is given equal time from a Trump rally to Black Lives Matter marches.

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Source: FILA

2026 Official Selection: Thriller – Short

A Bonnie & Clyde story but Bonnie don’t give a fuck about him.

• Director(s): Rickey Larke
• Writer(s): Rickey Larked
• Producer(s): Rickey Larke, Preston Purchase, Lyandre Pierre, Julian Park, Lo Howard, Lorelle Lynch, Charles Taylor Goubeaud
• Key Cast: Jasmine Mathews, Christopher Dietrick, Derrick A King
• Editor(s): Charles G Geabeaud
• Cinematographer(s): Erin G Wesley
• Production Designer(s): Carla Sendino
• Sound Designer(s): Jared Fellows
• Composer(s): Jocelyn Chambers

Language: English

Runtime: 11m

Country: United States

Synopsis: A suave criminal searches for a new partner at a dive bar and finds the perfect Bonnie to his Clyde. He takes her to dinner to put her to the test, yet she has all the answers… and more.

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2026 Official Selection: Comedy – Short

A family where everyone has a special secret.

• Director(s): Samip Raval
• Writer(s): Samip Raval
• Producer(s): Sonali Sundararaj
• Key Cast: Behzad Dabu, Fred Sanders, Gabriel Brown, JoNell Kennedy, K.T. Thangavelu, Nikita Jones, Titi Lee
• Editor(s): Samip Raval
• Cinematographer(s): Tamas Harangi
• Production Designer(s): Sean Harvas
• Sound Designer(s): Kunal Rajan
• Composer(s): Adrian Disch

Language: English

Runtime: 15m

Country: United States

Los Angeles Premiere

Synopsis: A family gathers to celebrate an anniversary. Over the course of the afternoon, a series of revelations take place that change their lives and relationships forever.

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Source: FILA