2026 Official Selection: Music Video

He fell for two loves in the same breath of time. Neither would share him. So he was forced sober from them both, left to live through aching withdrawals and haunting memories.

• Director(s): August Falcon
• Writer(s): August Falcon
• Producer(s): August Falcon
• Key Cast: August Falcon, August Falcon, Lyra, Jakey Lucky
• Editor(s): August Falcon
• Cinematographer(s): Jordan Rennert
• Production Designer(s): August Falcon
• Sound Designer(s): August Falcon and Jonah Bailor
• Composer(s): August Falcon

Runtime: 5m

Country: United States

Synopsis: A masked man is haunted by memories of Timothy and Annalise, two romantic soulmates who arrived in the same thread of time, and when neither would share him, he lost them both. What’s left is a slow unraveling that strips him to the bones, haunting memories surfacing like withdrawal symptoms through the changing seasons of mourning. SOBER isn’t just about moving on, It’s about reclaiming the part of himself he lost in them.

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Source: FILA

2026 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

The safest places have become the most deadly.

• Director(s): Sam Balcomb
• Writer(s): Sam Balcomb
• Producer(s): Andrew Vogel
• Key Cast: Courtney Bandeko
• Editor(s): Jesse Soff
• Cinematographer(s): Sam Balcomb
• Production Designer(s): SiggySooky
• Sound Designer(s): Rainfall Films
• Composer(s): Jeff Dodson

Language: English

Runtime: 8m

Country: United States

Los Angeles Premiere

Synopsis: Madalyn wakes up to find a wedding ring on her finger and a stranger’s belongings in her home. Something is very wrong, and as her world spirals around her on the Fourth of July, Madalyn discovers that no one is safe.

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Source: FILA

2026 Official Selection: Horror – Short

An ancient blood feud between two gangs of rival mimes escalates to horrifying new heights when they discover their mimed weaponry has – extremely bloody – real world consequences

• Director(s): Tommy O’Rourke
• Writer(s): Tommy O’Rourke
• Producer(s): Josh Sathre
• Key Cast: Kelsey Gunn, Derek Loughran, Omar Heyward, Katie Orr, Ari Fromm, Sika Lonner
• Editor(s): Jon Gollner
• Cinematographer(s): Zachariah Dalton
• Composer(s): Adam Chavez

Runtime: 12m

Country: United States

Synopsis: In this completely silent horror/comedy film, the Deburau and Marceau mime families have had a blood feud since the dawn of time but managed to keep a tenuous peace – until now

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Source: FILA

2026 Official Selection: Arthouse/Experimental – Short (under 20 mins), Sci-Fi – Short

A trans-dimensional visitor lands in the desert and gathers specimens, only to find the one that could set him free.

• Director(s): Mark Steger
• Writer(s): Mark Steger
• Producer(s): Mark Steger
• Key Cast: Mark Steger, Paul Donald, John Grady, Jimbo Matison
• Editor(s): Mark Steger
• Cinematographer(s): Mark Steger, Kyoko Takanaka(additional Cinematography)
• Production Designer(s): Mark Steger
• Sound Designer(s): Mark Steger
• Composer(s): Robert Crouch

Language: English

Runtime: 10m

Country: United States

Synopsis: Imago is an experimental odyssey of a trans-dimensional being who lands in the desert and gathers curious specimens. The symbiotic visitor may represent the larval stage of a more developed entity that requires an outside stimulus to complete its metamorphosis – and set it free.

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Source: FILA