Finalists, Spring 2026
Every project that reached the final round this season.
Spring 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Good Luck My Road Eiji Nakamura Japan
- Green Falcons Patricio O'Donnell
- 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
- Heroes Among Us: Kid Electric Anthony Jones United States
- HIT ME TV Pilot Alexander John Brown
- 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
- Kill me softly Rodrigo Brand
- LA TRANSFORMATION Jonathan Mourava France
- Land of the Mustaches Leon Joosen United States
- Landry Eric Gerard Sollars, Michael David Sollars, Geoffrey Durand Sollars
- Last Year Reginald Butler
- Lemon Beth Curry United States
- LOST PAGES OF WAR Maik Giessler Germany
- Lucky Phil Christopher Swider United States
- Lupae Edris Caige
- 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
- Phoenix Incident - Festival Cut Keith Arem United States
- Pioneer of Love Amber Yanguo Hou United States
- Pisces Knockout Misha Ghose
- Plainspoken Andrew Greer United States
- PROJECT LACUNA Amit Kumar
- 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
- Sludge (The Water Barons' Show) - Synth Farmers GRANT HUNTER United Kingdom
- Song of Goats Andrzej Jakimowski Poland
- Soon To Be Man Mark Tachna
- Spot. Less. Love. Christoph Scheermann Germany
- Spy VS. Spy Mohammad Safwan Fayez Moubaydeen
- Standby Christopher Christopher Shank
- 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
- The Joy of Curiosity Kum-Kum Bhavnani United States
- The Knowing Tyrel Reuben Lyngdoh India
- The last day of my left breast Stefania Gallo
- The Last Drop! Rajeev Thakur India
- The Last Street Kevin P Ryan
- The Little Things That Moves The World Dimitrios Sakkas Greece
- THE PROMISE OF PISA Norbert ter Hall Netherlands
- The Revenge Club Marla Naomi Eaton
- The Secret Notes Joni Ravenna, Joshua Townshend-Zellner, Kabin Thomas
- THE SHADOW VERSE Anna Blackblum Vasconcelos
- 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
- 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
- Windy Adam Edward Sherman
- WingMan Harland Williams Canada
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