2026 Official Selection: Screenplay – Screenplay – Pilot/Series

A struggling actor, while navigating his own personal demons, stumbles upon an unexpected source of income and inspiration: reading eulogies for the deceased.

• Writer(s): James Crisp

Language: English

Country: Not Specified

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A struggling actor is hired by a dying bar regular to crash his unwanted funeral and perform a brutally honest self-written eulogy. When the performance shocks the room and reminds him he still has talent, he accidentally launches a bizarre new career giving the dead the final word.

Source: FILA

2026 Official Selection: Comedy – Short

Runtime: 18m

Two mom friends struggling to recover from the dirty little secret that pregnancy left behind, make an unusual pact.
The Hole Truth : Sometimes you find out who your real friends

• Director(s): Christine Lakin
• Writer(s): Alison Whitney
• Producer(s): Alison Whitney, Natasha Goss, Leah Bleich
• Key Cast: Alison Whitney, Natasha Goss, Mindy Sterling, Ron Funches, Horace Dodd
• Editor(s): Davey Robertson
• Cinematographer(s): Davey Robertson
• Production Designer(s): Marisa Papavero
• Sound Designer(s): Alex Bologne
• Composer(s): Gabriel Mann

Language: English

Country: United States

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After cleaning up Jonah’s Birthday Party, mom Natalie and her friend Amy, collapse into the couch where they confess that since childbirth, both have experienced terrible hemorrhoids. Natalie’s are back and so bad that she’s certain she needs surgery. The ladies decide (after a thorough inspection of each other’s) that they will have surgery on the same day, and go on a well-deserved Girl’s Trip to “recover” away from their families at a gorgeous AirBnB in Malibu. How bad

Source: FILA

2026 Official Selection: Comedy – Short

Runtime: 7m

Two anxious roommates fight over the most hallowed of queer spaces…the bathroom.

• Director(s): Ricki Romano
• Writer(s): Ricki Romano
• Producer(s): Lauren Skelton, Ricki Romano
• Key Cast: Lauren Skelton, Ricki Romano
• Editor(s): Jet Harris
• Cinematographer(s): Alexandra Geneviève Agar
• Production Designer(s): Arushi Mathur
• Sound Designer(s): Joseph Vnuck

Language: English

Country: United States

Los Angeles Premiere

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Aster is a freshly-out trans girl exploring her evolving sexuality. Sophie is a bisexual woman with too many hot Feeld dates to count. As Aster crashes out over the significance of doing a ~certain~ sexual act for the first time, Sophie tries to reassure her, only to begin spiraling over her own romantic pining. In this dramedy of queer femme friendship, these not-quite-old-not-quite-young women trade insults, reassess 90s rom-coms, and–-most importantly–-hold each other up.

Source: FILA

2026 Official Selection: Sci-Fi – Short

Runtime: 12m

Psychic Hominids will answer life’s greatest questions, if you can catch one.

• Director(s): Dylan Dugas
• Writer(s): Eddie Fritts Tomaselli
• Producer(s): Dylan Dugas
• Key Cast: Sydney Rose Walker, Bianca Stein
• Editor(s): Dylan Dugas
• Cinematographer(s): Dylan Dugas
• Production Designer(s): Rachelle Flauta
• Sound Designer(s): Mike Gallagher
• Composer(s): Aaron Olson

Language: English

Country: United States

Los Angeles Premiere

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Sir Charles and Barbrix work through an unusual roadblock in their relationship while Sir Charles tries to capture a hominid in pursuit of answers to life’s greatest questions.

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2026 Official Selection: Screenplay – Screenplay – Feature Film

The road back to God runs through the shadows.

• Writer(s): Samuel L Taylor

Language: English

Country: Not Specified

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When a devout young preacher’s faith is shattered by a traumatic childhood tragedy, his attempts to rebuild his life as an adult are upended by haunting visions, supernatural warnings, and the reemergence of unresolved guilt, forcing him to confront the demons of his past… before they destroy his family.

Source: FILA