2026 Official Selection: Screenplay – Screenplay – Pilot/Series

In a near future where wealthy parents genetically enhance their kids, modified and natural-born teens navigate high school, class warfare, identity, and the cost of perfection.

• Writer(s): Matthew DeJohn

Language: English

Country: Not Specified

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A dark comedy set in a near future where wealthy parents genetically enhance their kids, an ambitious freshman Claire enters high school determined to take her place among the elite “mods.” But as status, class, and grotesque side effects collide, her family’s choices begin to threaten the perfect future she thought she was promised.

A dark comedy set in a near future where wealthy parents genetically enhance their kids, an ambitious freshman Claire enters high school determined to take her place among the elite “mods.” But as status, class, and grotesque side effects collide, her family’s choices begin to threaten the perfect future she thought she was promised.

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2026 Official Selection: Comedy – Short

When his estranged mother crashes his holiday orgy, a detached young man must fake a normal, loving relationship over dinner.

• Director(s): Idan Argov
• Writer(s): Idan Argov
• Producer(s): Idan Argov, Noa Gur Itzhak
• Key Cast: Idan Argov, Ricki Hayut, Gil Seri Levi
• Editor(s): Itamar polivoda
• Cinematographer(s): Sefi Elisha
• Production Designer(s): Shira Haimoff
• Sound Designer(s): Shelly Bar-On
• Composer(s): Omer Teper

Language: Hebrew

Runtime: 19m

Country: Israel

Los Angeles Premiere

Synopsis: On the eve of a holiday, Dor’s plans for a wild orgy collapse when his estranged mother shows up unannounced. Mistaking one of his hookups for a serious boyfriend, she turns the evening upside down. As the three sit down for a painfully polite holiday dinner, Dor and his mother have to finally face what tore them apart.
A bittersweet comedy about shame, masculinity, and family expectations.

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2026 Official Selection: Comedy – Short

A woman organizes a cabin getaway for her friends to debut a new comedy character that will change the course of their lives forever.

• Director(s): Jared Bronen, Alex Guaglianone
• Writer(s): Jared Bronen, Alex Guaglianone
• Key Cast: Marina Gasparyan, Jared Bronen, Margaret Burrus, Anthony Jackson, Kate Shine
• Cinematographer(s): Aidan Macaluso
• Sound Designer(s): Somepoint Sound

Language: English

Runtime: 8m

Country: United States

Los Angeles Premiere

Synopsis: A woman organizes a cabin getaway for her friends to debut a new comedy character that will change the course of their lives forever.

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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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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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