Finalists, Winter 2026
Every project that reached the final round this season.
Winter 2026
Finalists
99 projects from 28 countries, listed as they were judged. Each line reads: the project, the director or writer who submitted it, then the country it came from.
- I was within everything Mida Kagolkina Spain
- 2090 Declaration Jaeyong Choi Republic of Korea
- A brave smile. The story of Candy Candy Yattaa Brusini Italy
- A Kaddish for Selim Jane Wells United Kingdom
- Aching Earth Barry Ferrier Australia
- All In My Power Chandler Clarke United States
- Almost Broken Brian Kurlander, Edwin Dasso Not Specified
- Angel's Tide Zeph E Daniel United States
- Berlin Loop Emily Manthei Germany
- Beyond The Summer Of Love Michael Duncan Not Specified
- Bunnyville Maria Audrey Samudro Indonesia, United Kingdom
- CaSSIS. Mars Demystified. Episode 3. Spiders. Tatiana Keller Switzerland
- Cement People GARY GREEN United States
- Cheers Captain Alma Michael Thomas Wall Sweden
- CLUTCH Michael Merino United States
- Cold Time Vyacheslav Komarnitsky Russian Federation
- Common Law Kagan Goh Canada
- Constant Danny Ratcliff United States
- Dearly Departed Caleb Nicholas Not Specified
- Deva Aaj Pan Vhay Amol Jalandhar Jadhav India
- Diplodocus Wojtek Wawszczyk Poland
- Dojo Armin Alic United States
- Don't Look Away Ashley Malcolm Morrison Australia
- Dust and Dignity - African Lessons Carla Zickfeld Italy
- Echo Frequency Lara Köller Germany
- El Almuerzo Denis Paz Guatemala
- Fighting Fear Pascal Funk Germany
- Five Nights at Freddy’s: Haunting Hours Dane Smoot United States
- FLASHING BACK JJ Brent Not Specified
- Franisco Letelier: "I Write Your Name" BROGAN / JULIE T / M DEPAOR / THOMPSON United States
- From The Cowboy's Boot Heel: The Musical Journey of Rob McNurlin Steven Middleton United States
- Fruitless Henri van Hettinga Voß Germany
- Galliard Michiro Naito Japan
- Girl of Peace Caitlyn Jordan United States
- Hello Paul Ogier Not Specified
- HERE LIVED Jane Wells United States
- Home Call Jeremy O'Hanlon Ireland
- How to Lie to Yourself in Three Maybe Four Easy Lessons Stoney Forde United States
- I have laughed again. ping chen wang Taiwan
- I See Dark (Veo Oscuro) Domingo Pisón Spain
- If Not for Farming Samuel Stacey United States
- Illusion of Abundance Amy MacDonald, Sofia Gorder, Christopher Lee, Alexander Lee United States
- Imbroglio Ian Sciacaluga United Kingdom
- In Progress - Bernar Venet's sculptures Julia Sandor France
- In the Footsteps of Alexander Nevsky Anna Turchaninova Russian Federation
- IRISO Mitsuo Kurihara Japan
- Journey Damien Osborn Australia
- K3+ Erasmo Acosta United States
- KISMET II Merve Uslu-Ersoy Turkey
- La strada segnata Michele Iovine Not Specified
- Legacy chris williamson Not Specified
- Life of Time Peter Ladkani Germany
- Litium Peter I Östlund Sweden
- Lock Her Up Elizabeth Ann Searle United States
- Lucid Ina Mertesacker Not Specified
- Luo Shente Robert A. Braunstein MD United States
- Mancala: Crisis in Bauxite Mining Obediya Jones-Darrell Canada
- Moisture Duda Gorter Brazil
- Not a Love Story Francesco Massini Italy
- Out of State-A Gothic Romance Victoria Bugbee United States
- Portae Infernales Markus Wimberger Austria
- purple crab jeromy desjarlais Canada
- Reality Game Greg Lyon Not Specified
- Reckoning Armando DuBon Jr. United States
- REDEMPTION Ciril Tscheligi Germany
- RESISTERHOOD Cheryl Jacobs Crim United States
- Savings Bonds Chris San Nicolas Not Specified
- Shanghai Palace heidi Jacobsen United States
- SPIRALMIND Benito F Perez, Jackson J Smith United States
- SYVERTSEN'S COMPLEX Marni Sullivan Not Specified
- Team Nuggets - Chicken Impossible Tor Fruergaard, Michael Hegner Denmark
- The Bad Boy of Gospel Experience Neil Carr United States
- The Boots Ruby Lovell, Jaskaran Bahia Not Specified
- The Bulliiball Showdown - Rise to Glory Manuel Antonio Cantu United States
- THE BUMBLEBEES Music & Lyrics by Zachary Simpson | Produced by Studio Story Monster United States
- The Color of the Evening Sky Linda Kampley United States
- The Deserter Christoph Baumann Germany
- The End of the World Sebastian Pereanu Romania
- The Last Ember Kevin P Ryan Not Specified
- The last tupper Manhal Aziz, Nina Rosser Spain
- The Magic Man Rudolph Rajendra Not Specified
- The Mandate - for whom international law matters Stefan G. Ziegler Switzerland
- THE PERFECT PALM Ayse Altinok United States
- The Square Symphony Etienne Jaxel-Truer France
- The veil of silence Michael Davies Not Specified
- TIME Petra de Nijs Netherlands
- Tinker's Christmas Sandra Jones Cropsey United States
- Trigger Haris Gioulatos Greece
- Turtle Sara Goworowska Poland
- GYRE Gina Lennox Not Specified
- TWO FATES Kelsey Ann Wacker, Lori Lee Peters Not Specified
- Unicorn Jiaxi LI Australia
- Walk With Us Hannah Westbrook, Kym Franklin, Willa Moore, Darren Crisp United States
- WHITE WOLVES – GHOSTS OF THE ARCTIC Oliver Goetzl Germany
- Why Did You Come Back Every Summer Juli Suàrez Spain
- Wilting of the Blood Orchid Kiresh Bedhesi South Africa
- Wof Zerash Coffee Sylwia Pecio United Kingdom
- Yahoo Boy Wendy J Bednarz Not Specified
- Yoga Boy and Karma Cat Rudolph Rajendra Not Specified
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