Semi-finalists, Spring 2026
Every project that reached the semi-final round this season.
Spring 2026
Semi-finalists
129 projects from 37 countries, listed as they were judged. Each line reads: the project, the director or writer who submitted it, then the country it came from.
- A Cambodian winter Forest wise United States
- A Man Lies Here Stefano Moya Mexico
- A Triptych “The Arc of a Narcissist” - Rise - Collapse - Decay Adam john keith nigel Mitchell United Kingdom
- A Triptych - 99 years - Romanticism - Modernism - Realism Adam john keith nigel mitchell United Kingdom
- A Triptych AORTA - Mortality - Trust - Humility Adam J K N Mitchell United Kingdom
- Akashic Spheres James Scott United States
- Ass Whooping Luis Ayhllón Mexico
- ATLAS OF UNCERTAINTY Massimo Vito Avantaggiato Italy
- BALLROOM BOOM Billy McGrath Ireland
- Bat Diary Silvano Plank Italy
- BE(E)ING ALIVE Vincenzo Notaro Italy
- Being Hipp - First Lady of European Jazz Anna Schmidt Germany
- Book...ish Paul Pirkle United States
- Bread David Alan Templeton Not Specified
- Breathe: Honouring Voices of Health Kaye Tuckerman United States
- Common Law Kagan Goh Canada
- CORA (Bleistiftstriche) Alice Prosser Austria
- CRUSH Van Eesbeek Cedric Belgium
- D6 Project: We Are Not Okay Juliette Storr Bahamas
- Dippers in the Altai IV: Emergence of the Chicks Andrew Laurie United Kingdom
- DONDE HABITAN LOS SUEÑOS Fran Casanova Spain
- DYNAMICS Teo Baehler Netherlands
- Embrace of the Carp Linda Jane Walton Not Specified
- EXPLOSION AT BLACK TOM! JAMES B B SAUNDERS United States
- Feel Proud Walk Tall. A Photographer's Journey Matt Reed Australia
- Gaddni Dr. Paras Prakash Not Specified
- Good Luck My Road Eiji Nakamura Japan
- Green Falcons Patricio O'Donnell Not Specified
- Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear Paul Taublieb United States
- Guardians of the Rainforest Marianna Beltrami, Lia Beltrami Italy
- Gudrid the Fair Luca Centoni United States
- Happiness JoanGil Marti Spain
- Havenfall Andy Dodd, Andrew Bell, Julian Gamm United Kingdom
- Heart Wide Open Lauren Luxenberg Not Specified
- Heroes Among Us: Kid Electric Anthony Jones United States
- HIT ME TV Pilot Alexander John Brown Not Specified
- Hugging my ADHD Andrea Lira Sanmiguel Canada
- Hunting Secrets of the Tropical Whale Drew Kelly Australia
- Husky Toni - Go Ahead Ulrich Grimm Austria
- I come from the fog（I am from the mist） Zhan Xiao China
- I love you Ko Han Hsu Taiwan
- I See Dark (Veo Oscuro) Domingo Pisón Spain
- If Pigs Could Talk Miki Mistrati Germany
- Ima ricardo souza Brazil
- Interference Ian John Dixon Australia
- Jaye Lakhay Sanyukta Shrestha Nepal
- Just Another Day Therese Jamora Jamora-Garceau Not Specified
- Kill me softly Rodrigo Brand Not Specified
- LA TRANSFORMATION Jonathan Mourava France
- Land of the Mustaches Leon Joosen United States
- Landry Eric Gerard Sollars, Michael David Sollars, Geoffrey Durand Sollars Not Specified
- Last Year Reginald Butler Not Specified
- Lemon Beth Curry United States
- LOST PAGES OF WAR Maik Giessler Germany
- Lucky Phil Christopher Swider United States
- Lupae Edris Caige Not Specified
- Machanic Manyeruke: The Life of Zimbabwe's Gospel Music Legend James Ault United States
- MAN Salvador Garza Mexico
- MORGAN WOOD "EVERYTHING ALWAYS HAPPENS SO MUCH" Richard Gonzales United States
- MUOSSAIEF RED - BLOOD DIAMONDS Roberta Mormando Italy
- Mysterious Pond Gudni Halldor Gudnason Japan
- Nadia Kinan Kotrash United States
- Nafkot - Yearning Malka Shabtay Israel
- Noise & Neighbours Liza Ludick South Africa
- Norseman - Human Endurance Christer Klubb Fasmer Norway
- Obsession Karl Jonatan Karits Estonia
- ORPHAN Ignacio Bárcena Martín Not Specified
- Phoenix Incident - Festival Cut Keith Arem United States
- Pioneer of Love Amber Yanguo Hou United States
- Pisces Knockout Misha Ghose Not Specified
- Plainspoken Andrew Greer United States
- PROJECT LACUNA Amit Kumar Not Specified
- Psalms Benjamin Till United Kingdom
- RAIN Mark Limburg Canada, Netherlands
- Remember me, remember love FUNG HO Hong Kong
- Remember This Voice Jeff Chan United States
- REVERENCE Charles Evans, Jr United States
- REZ Listening Raven United States
- Right in the Sight of God Terrence Ward United States
- Rose Red Austin Dru Turmel United States
- Same Same But Different Craig Craig Brown United Kingdom
- Searching for Shadow Marie Smalley Not Specified
- Sludge (The Water Barons' Show) - Synth Farmers GRANT HUNTER United Kingdom
- Song of Goats Andrzej Jakimowski Poland
- Soon To Be Man Mark Tachna Not Specified
- Spot. Less. Love. Christoph Scheermann Germany
- Spy VS. Spy Mohammad Safwan Fayez Moubaydeen Not Specified
- Standby Christopher Christopher Shank Not Specified
- Stay With Me Irina Masinovsky United States
- SUGARBABES Camilla Anna Fink Sweden
- Temple Crimes Ian John Dixon Australia, Singapore
- The animal that therefore I am Bea de Visser Netherlands
- THE BLACK SPIDER Markus Fischer Switzerland
- THE CITY OF GOD BENEATH THE RIVER Edmund Tetteh Agorhom Ghana
- The Color of the Evening Sky Linda Linda Kampley United States
- THE DIENER Jason Eaton United Kingdom
- The Echo of the Herd Rüdiger Heim Germany
- The Family from No. 1,154 Christian Bernard Brazil
- The Game of Tao Esther Pardijs Netherlands
- The Hall of Forgotten Dreams Asia Charice Schmidt Not Specified
- The Joy of Curiosity Kum-Kum Bhavnani United States
- The Knowing Tyrel Reuben Lyngdoh India
- The last day of my left breast Stefania Gallo Not Specified
- The Last Drop! Rajeev Thakur India
- The Last Street Kevin P Ryan Not Specified
- The Little Things That Moves The World Dimitrios Sakkas Greece
- THE PROMISE OF PISA Norbert ter Hall Netherlands
- The Revenge Club Marla Naomi Eaton Not Specified
- The Secret Notes Joni Ravenna, Joshua Townshend-Zellner, Kabin Thomas Not Specified
- THE SHADOW VERSE Anna Blackblum Vasconcelos Not Specified
- The Silence of the World Angelo Vapellari, Nicolas Pastergue France
- The Support Sake Tour Christopher Leyva, Raechel Kadoya United States
- The True Story of Amerigo Bertolazzi Giacomo Beschi Italy
- The Volunteers: Mountain Rescue Brings Us Home Mark S Weiner, David Ritsher United States
- The Writer Austin Glasser, Luke Madenwald United States
- THE YOUTUBER JOSHUA MESZAROS Ireland
- Tides of Tradition Nina Van Belzen Netherlands
- Too Much Honey Samuel Wilkinson United Kingdom
- Uncle Joey Maria Anne Felicetti Not Specified
- Victor Aaron Huckleberry United Kingdom
- WAR BEAR David Meigh, Jose Almeida Brazil, United Kingdom
- WATERBUS Silvia Busacca Italy
- We are Greenland: Football is Freedom Søren Høy Denmark, Greenland
- What I am worth Yann JEANNOTIN France
- What Lies Between James J Cleary New Zealand
- White Wash at Ninety Marko Nabersnik Slovenia
- Wicked Women and Their Men Merrill Anway Jones Not Specified
- Windy Adam Edward Sherman Not Specified
- WingMan Harland Williams Canada
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