2026 Official Selection: Music Video

A haunting meditation on a life well lived, where the weight of excess slowly gives way to the fragile line between fulfillment and self-destruction.

• Director(s): Jessica c Moncrief
• Writer(s): Jessica c Moncrief, Soda Gardocki
• Producer(s): Jessica c Moncrief
• Key Cast: Soda Gardocki, Vanessa Burgundy
• Editor(s): Jessica c Moncrief
• Cinematographer(s): Jessica c Moncrief
• Production Designer(s): Jessica c Moncrief and Vanessa Burgundy
• Sound Designer(s): Jessica C Moncrief
• Composer(s): Soda Gardocki

Language: English

Runtime: 3m

Country: United States

Synopsis: Accompanying an original song by Punk/Americana legend Soda Gardocki, this music video reflects on a life shaped by experience and excess. Set within a custom designed world lit primarily by practical lighting and candlelight, the film unfolds through evocative imagery that blurs the line between pleasure and reckoning. Conceived, produced, lit, shot, directed, and edited by Jessica Moncrief.

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Source: FILA

2026 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

• Director(s): Brenden Hubbard
• Writer(s): Brian Barnes
• Producer(s): Mylissa Fitzsimmons, Parth Marathe, Damon Russell, Brenden Hubbard, Bennett Krishock, Bryan Matthews, Shawn Christensen
• Key Cast: Ionie Nieves, Alejandro Rose-Garcia
• Editor(s): Josh Earle
• Cinematographer(s): Jack Mannion
• Production Designer(s): Christina Coleman
• Sound Designer(s): Nick Messitte
• Composer(s): Darren Morze

Language: English

Runtime: 16m

Country: United States

Synopsis: From the Academy Award winning team behind "Curfew." Still reeling from an incredible loss, a father (Shakey Graves) and daughter cling to a bedtime routine keeping them safe in a town where an unfathomable horror visits its inhabitants night after night.

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2026 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

Imagine you could become rich with with the push of a button – there’s just one small, tiny catch…

• Director(s): Ben Rejzer
• Writer(s): Ben Rejzer
• Producer(s): Gabrielle LeBlanc
• Key Cast: Garrett McKenna
• Editor(s): Ben Rejzer
• Cinematographer(s): Jens Ericson
• Composer(s): Jon Monroe

Language: English

Runtime: 16m

Country: United States

Synopsis: When posed a with a simple choice – get rich, but be hunted forever – a young man must fight sanity and survival under the careful watch of an tiny, striped tormentor.

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2026 Official Selection: Drama – Short

An aspiring writer uses increasingly desperate and unconventional methods to overcome a crippling ailment – writer’s block.

• Director(s): Dave Rosas
• Writer(s): Dave Rosas
• Producer(s): Dave Rosas, David M. Rosas
• Key Cast: Dave Rosas, Mason Bancroft, James E. Clark, Daniel Maggio, Jessica Rosas
• Editor(s): Dave Rosas
• Cinematographer(s): Dave Rosas
• Production Designer(s): David M. Rosas
• Sound Designer(s): Dave Rosas

Language: English

Runtime: 15m

Country: United States

Synopsis: An aspiring writer uses increasingly desperate and unconventional methods to overcome a crippling ailment – writer’s block.

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Source: FILA