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2026 AWARD WINNERS

Audience Choice

  • Short Documentary: La Tierra del Valor (The Home of the Brave) - Director Cristina Costantini

  • Short Narrative: Light Bunny - Director Valerian Zamel

  • Feature Narrative: Nika and Madison - Director Eva Thomas

  • Feature Documentary: Los Lobos Native Sons - Directors Doug Blush, Piero Giunti

Jury Awards

  • Best Short Documentary: La Tierra del Valor (The Home of the Brave) - Director Cristina Costantini

  • Best Short Narrative: The Whole Thing - Director Calvin Sang, Writer Jake Mynatt

  • Best Local Short: Sound Again - Director Carlos Correa

  • Best Feature Narrative: Honeyjoon - Director Lilian T. Mehrel

  • Best Feature Documentary: Loving Karma - Director Andrew Hinton

  • Best First Feature: Run Amok - Director NB Mager

  • Lifetime Achievement: Gregory Nava

Jury Commendations

  • Feature Narrative Jury:

    • “Best Editing” to Steven Rico for Edie Arnold is a Loser

    • “Best Actor in a Feature Narrative” to Zack Kozlow in Dead Deer High

  • Feature Documentary Jury: “Honorable Mention” for “Bridging the Divide” to The [Conserv]atives - Directors Dominic Gill, Nadia Gill

  • Short Documentary Jury:

    • “First Runner-Up” to The Hardest Working Man

    • “Second Runner-Up” to Fletcher Street

  • Short Narrative Jury:

    • “Best Performance in a Short Narrative” to Karole Forman in Light Bunny

    • “Achievement in Directing & Writing” to Gregory JM Kasunich for Meeting Your Maker

    • “Commendation for Social Justice” to The Birthday Gift - Director Arianna Ortiz, Writers Stephanie Alison Walker and Paula Pizzi

  • Local Shorts Jury

    • “Commendation for Exceptional New Voices” to Directors Bryce Harbin, Benjamin Greene for Tougher, A Wrestling Documentary

    • “Commendation for Local Short Narrative” to Fitted Sheet - Director Celia Beasley

SPOTLIGHT SERIES

Doug Blush - Filmmaker

Wendy Lobel - Filmmaker

Vivian Kerr - Filmmaker

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