Finalists, Summer 2026
Every project that reached the final round this season.
Summer 2026
Finalists
Every project that reached the final round this season, listed as they were judged. Each line reads: the project, the director or writer who submitted it, then the country it came from.
- 1 am in the morning Anna Guseva
- 20 Years of the Herbert Pixner Project Elias Zifreind, Laura Pfister Austria
- A Colombian Saga: The Movie Ronald J. Brickman United States
- A FRIEND OF OURS Francois Rabes, Felicie Dutertre France
- Aankhon Ki Shararat+ Jake Joss, Nishant Priyadarshi India
- After Tony Hunter United Kingdom
- All the love, SUNG-JIN. Min-Jae Kim South Korea
- Almost Silent Agostino Zoida
- Amos Lockhart and the Forgotten Valley Tom Rivers
- Anguish Daniel McEwan
- Anthony & Cleopatra Stephen J Willis United Kingdom
- Ark Cruises Kevin Nelson Reams
- Arthurian Legends Episode 1: The Birth of Legend Andrew Connor
- Ashes & Sighs Ian John Dixon Singapore
- Asset Jay Oellrich
- AT HEART, GRATITUDE Herve Marcotte France
- AZO Sandra Luce Côte d'Ivoire, France
- Bah Humbug Jo Garrett
- Breathe by Shameless Rob Robert Hart Jenkins United States
- BRIDGE -My Little Friends- Kazuyuki Ishihara Japan
- Broken Burden Mario Kanaet Croatia
- BROTHER IN LAW Szymon Jakubowski Poland
- Can't All Be Bad Quentin Han
- Central's Baby Cornell Hubert Calhoun III United States
- Chinese Canary Betty Jiang
- Chocolate or Vanilla Christina Tzidras Australia
- Classic Car EnVy Jim Masi United States
- Closed loop Yann Cheung China
- Cold Heart Will Carter United States
- Cornelius and the Circusanimals Zhana Stoyanova
- Courier Tigran Agavelyan Armenia
- Courtyard windows Pepi Romagnoli Italy
- Crushed Time Alain Dufau, Nadia Dutreuil France, Réunion
- Crypto Cowboys Joshua Reis
- DANCE: Generations Dawn Gifford Engle Spain
- Dang Dong - Episode 1: Feng Shui is Here Today Mark Absher
- Despite It All Bridget Avildsen United States
- Dexamene Toby McShane
- Diary of a WoMan Simon Aeby Switzerland
- DOUBLE SQUEEZE David Underwood
- Easier Said Than Done Erik J Waldman, Dante DiBello
- El Almuerzo Denis Paz Guatemala
- Embracing the wind Petya Mihaylova Angelova Bulgaria
- Emily or Oscar? Chris M. Allport United States
- Ennui Audri Phillips United States
- Enough Sally Llewellyn
- Equilibrium Federico Santini Italy
- EVERYTHING Jeffery Allen Williams United States
- Fantasy Age Helen Wu
- Five Defiant Women Vivianne Rosenberg
- Foreign Exchange Terrence Ross
- From heights to horizons Ana Castro Portugal
- Glissando of a Dream Goran Bjelanović
- GOLD MINE Andrzej Ciesielski
- Good Morning Emanuele De Marco Italy
- GRIEVING Blanca Rosas Algeria, United States
- Healers Todd Waters
- Hide Ian Sciacaluga United Kingdom
- Hide and Seek Rositsa Trayanova Bulgaria
- Hillwalkers Tom Cosgrove Ireland
- Holiday Down Under Eric Stanton Betts
- Homeworld, Book of Althea Marta Jorgensen United States
- Honeymoonay Namah Nishant Bhardwaj India
- Hot Blues in a Cold War Victoria Luther, Antje Dohrn Germany
- Hypotypose Lucas Cornette Belgium
- I had an affair with my husband Joe Jminnella
- I have laughed again. Ping Chen Wang Taiwan
- Ice Breath Leonard Alecu Romania
- Il Regalo "The Gift" Loris Mazzeo Switzerland
- Il Sogno di Atossa, dai "Persiani" di Eschilo Natasha Giuseppina Pacifico, Lorenzo Paglioriti Italy
- Inherited Shame Fruzsina Skrabski, Sándor Kiss Hungary
- Io Corro - journey into the art of Luca Bray Barbara Zonzin Italy
- Ivor Shaun Boosheri
- Jackie and Harry Fisher Alexander
- Kate And Jack Are Just Friends Aubrey Arnason Canada
- "Keep the Cow from Popping" Dmitry Gorozhanin Russian Federation
- Keep the Wolves Away Israel Branch
- Killer Director Azeem Khan United Kingdom
- KINDA LOVE Tobia Berti Italy
- Korla Josef Cauchi Malta
- LAW BENEATH THE BRIDGE-CHAPTER 1 - BORAN'S BIRTH Umut Emre Erkan Türkiye
- Legend of Juan Yun David Wang, Runyu Shi China
- Life Is Lorena Villarreal Treviño Mexico
- Little Moms Nabi Khadem Canada
- Little Yellow Flower Chien-Ping Lin Taiwan
- LOST KINGS OF BIOKO Oliver Goetzl Germany
- LOVE LANGUAGE zapoida francis Germany
- LOVE SHACK Felix Williamson Australia
- Maestro Roman Toi - Beautiful songs I dedicate to you Kalli Paakspuu Canada
- Mary's eternal ways Janos János Tari Hungary
- Maya Aditya Ingale India
- Meet Me on a Rock Marie Bryan Ireland
- Memories: Jose de Jesus Lesley Elizondo United States
- Memory Film: a filmmaker's diary Jeni Thornley Australia
- Midnight Garden Nate Stewart United States
- Migrating Fears Solon Solomon United Kingdom
- MOON DUST Bruno De Champris France, Japan, United Arab Emirates
- Mount Everest Aleksandar Milosavljevic Serbia
- MR. POLO LOUNGE: A COMEDY, PART I Kevin Michael Irvine
- Ms. Information Gwen Isaac New Zealand
- NA5T1 Oscar John Holmes
- NOISE Robert Scott MacLeay Brazil
- NOMADIC DOCTOR Mart Bira United Kingdom
- Obsession Karl Jonatan Karits Estonia
- Pater Noster Moutaz Kotrob Philippines
- PATH Firouz Farman-Farmaian France
- Peel Island Jenny Mansell-Black
- Primates, Privilege & Possibility Brian H. Alexander United States
- Public Access David Shadrack Smith United States
- Remaining at the Dacha Tee Jay Pettit
- Sakura Alexander Winters
- Saving Sapo Padang: Inside the Fight to Protect Sumatra's Wildlife Chris Clarke Netherlands, United Kingdom
- Sherlock Holmes and the True Believer Dӓnna Wilberg United States
- Si tu Benjamin Fraser
- Sky of Thorns Antonia Klarić, Luna Strmotić Croatia
- Solomon's Keys Victoria Polzer
- SPEED or PERISH Seth Ickerman France
- Star Tours Last Launch Plasse Mickaël France
- Strikezone David Franklin Nighbert
- SUDDENLY RED Patrizia Masi Italy
- Sweet Enough to Eat Rob Garrott United States
- Taking Flight: The 8th Wonder of the World Darci Gamerl United States
- The 2nd Best Coffee Daniella Sasaki United Kingdom
- THE ABORIGINAL WOMAN WHO COULDN'T WRITE Elizabeth Avalos Castillo
- The Best School Lunch in Japan and Organic Farming 亘 安孫子 Japan
- The Collaborator Travis Hodgkins
- “The Courier from the Northern Hills“ Alexandra Lee Russian Federation
- The Curse Of Kashaanti Dilraaj Kang United Kingdom
- The Facechangers Remo Carlo Notarianni
- THE FREQUENCY DIVIDE Treena Wynes
- The Interview Meredith Sabrina DeFalco
- The Kulaaloo's Revenge Judy Elizabeth Brulo
- The last prisoner Riccardo Leto Italy
- The Last Voyage Michelle Therese Congues Australia
- The Lion of God Q is for Quantum Part 1 - The Motion Comic David Cole United States
- The Love Movement: The Bernadette Scott Story Lynn Geyer United States
- The Order Brian M Wixson
- The Phatman Dale Melgaard United States
- The Professor's Outline Jason Holt
- The Reformation Room Luke Mazey United States
- The Replacement Plan A.j. Thompson
- THE RICE PADDY NAVY - What the Hell Ye Zhang
- The Sapphire King Russell A Reball
- The Sound of Paper Mandi Gorenstein United States
- The Street Pastor Ákos Wéninger Hungary
- The Thrift Store Dress Suresh Cedrick Pereira Canada
- The Wildman of Shaggy Creek Jesse Edwards United States
- THIS IS HOW HE SURVIVES Trisha T Pritikin
- Ticket, Please Rod Lara Australia
- To Let Bradley Martin Urquhart United Kingdom
- Traveling Worlds Jorge A Troncone Osorio United States
- Troublemaker Michael Chidozie Onah, Gbenga Salu Nigeria
- Unspoken Catalina Rodriguez Colombia
- VAMPIROLOGY 101 Grady C Cook, Jason C Cook United States
- VENGEANCE IS A LADY Michael Williams United States
- Victoria The First William Osinski
- VULNERARE Sergio Mario Illuminato Italy
- Wag Mark Holtom
- WarBabies Lan Deal United States
- We Are The Shaggs Ken William Kwapis United States
- When Dawn Breaks Jonas Leopold Gruber Germany
- World of the Perfect George Vladimir Pchelarov Canada
- Xera - Crystal Corals Carlos Diaz Sanchez Spain
- YUAN Prijomas Pojebleskus
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