2026 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

An insomniac, hired gun begins to question her sanity when she runs into one of her previous victims alive and well.

• Director(s): Matt Van Tine
• Writer(s): Rich Van Tine
• Producer(s): Matt Van Tine, Rich Van Tine, Tim Simek, AnaElise Beckman, Ryan Kuna
• Key Cast: Aly Trasher, Tim Simek, William Gabriel Grier
• Editor(s): Matt Van Tine, Ed Morales
• Cinematographer(s): Ryan Kuna
• Production Designer(s): Rick Quitoriano
• Sound Designer(s): Eric Romero
• Composer(s): Royce Stubbs

Language: English

Runtime: 15m

Country: United States

Synopsis: An insomniac, hired gun begins to question her sanity when she runs into one of her previous victims alive and well.

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Source: FILA

2026 Official Selection: Feature Film – Documentary

Understanding the world of Psilocybin assisted psychedelic therapy and those that are turning to the treatment.

• Director(s): Christopher James Cramer
• Producer(s): Christopher James Cramer, James Dunovan, Devin Brooke, Ariel Barber

Language: English

Runtime: 1h 57m

Country: United States

Synopsis: Understanding the world of Psilocybin assisted psychedelic therapy and those that are turning to the treatment. Providing a look into micro-dose and full "Heroic" dose treatment with key topics including Veterans, PTSD, depression, end-of-life care, childhood trauma, ethics, costs of treatment, indigenous history and the science of psychedelic therapy.

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Source: FILA

2026 Official Selection: Featurette – Documentary

Turn Off the Machines follows Ethan Hughes, a radical homesteader in mid-coast Maine who lives entirely without electricity, global supply chains, or modern technological comforts.

Program: Turn Off The Machines · Sun, Aug 23, 2026 · 2:00 PM

• Director(s): Joseph El-Khoury, Muhammad Yusuf Khattak
• Producer(s): Joseph El-Khoury, Muhammad Yusuf Khattak, Jack Ruefli
• Key Cast: Ethan Hughes

Language: English

Runtime: 42m

Country: United States

World Premiere

Synopsis: Turn Off the Machines follows Ethan Hughes, a radical homesteader in mid-coast Maine who lives entirely without electricity, global supply chains, or modern technological comforts. Raised in Gloucester to working class parents, an early tragedy shattered a happy childhood and set him on a path of radical resistance. Living deliberately below the poverty line, Ethan’s life is not a retreat but a protest against capitalism, war, and ecological collapse. The film explores his convictions, his family’s daily rhythms, and the tensions that arise when belief meets the demands of life.

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Source: FILA

2026 Official Selection: Sci-Fi – Featurette

A group of middle aged men turn to an AI for help becoming "an Alpha"

• Director(s): Joseph Wesley
• Writer(s): Joseph Wesley, Rachel Kriegshauser, Eric Fisher
• Producer(s): Eric Fisher
• Key Cast: Ptolemy Slocum, Marcuis Harris, Laura Niemi
• Editor(s): Eric Fisher
• Cinematographer(s): Joseph Wesley
• Production Designer(s): Rachel Kriegshauser
• Sound Designer(s): Jacob Proctor
• Composer(s): Christopher Doucet

Language: English

Runtime: 32m

Country: United States

Los Angeles Premiere

Synopsis: An exclusive personal development boot camp promises to remake the lives of middle aged men in crisis. Doug joins the program in the hopes of getting over his divorce, only to fall prey to a nefarious artificial intelligence that specializes in manipulating insecure men.

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Source: FILA