2026 Film Selection

AI Jesus is a sharp, satirical short film exploring what happens when faith collides with artificial intelligence. When a small-town Florida church gets its hands on a cutting-edge humanoid robot named Manuel Diaz, the congregation is divided. Pastor Alex welcomes Manuel as a high-tech tool to modernize the ministry, while Pastor Kevin is deeply skeptical. Manuel's every word and gesture begin to captivate the community, blurring the line between machine and messiah. Pastors from a rival church sabotage Manuel by paying a webmaster to hack the AI Jesus - making for an unforgettable sermon.

Aunt Jessica helps her nephew get away with murder.

Teen sisters set out to prove that they can overcome tragedy, and when everything seemed hopeless, a shocking breakthrough delivered the sign they had been seeking.

Janine is thirty and feeling nothing but grief. Her best friend plans a lowkey birthday, her boss gives the worst advice imaginable, and dinner goes sideways. Across one long, terrible day, a single message threatens to pop her carefully air-tight autopilot routine. Oh yeah! And she's an inflatable doll! An absurdist tragicomedy about grief, anhedonia, and that feeling you get when you can't feel anything at all.

A troubled drifter arrives at his brother's home in the dead of the night carrying a deadly secret that will forever change their lives.

When corporate analyst Martin Scofield's jealousy over his wife Beth's alleged affair with their boss Rick escalates, he confronts them in a fit of rage, leading to a deadly confrontation that forever alters the course of his life.

On a planet at the edge of the galaxy...

Drone Runners unfolds in the aftermath of a century-long intergalactic war between humans and drones, a conflict so devastating it birthed a fragile truce. But peace is a thin veil. Renegade drones, shielded by the very treaty meant to end bloodshed, continue to massacre human settlements across the outer systems.

Only one figure dares to defy protocol: an Unauthorized Drone Runner, a rogue warrior armed with a powerful AI sidekick and a mission to stop the killings. Her actions threaten the delicate balance, prompting the dispatch of another Drone Runner, Lara Solaris, tasked with neutralizing the rogue.

But Lara's new mission becomes something far more complex. Beamed into a battlefield strewn with bodies and betrayal, she discovers that the rogue is not a threat but a protector, and a key to unraveling a deeper truth. The planet they fight on holds an ancient history, buried beneath its scorched surface, and a secret capable of tipping the scales of power in either direction.

As Lara confronts the rogue, she's forced to choose between duty and conscience, between the mission she was given and the genocide she's now sworn to prevent.
The war may be over, but the fight has just begun.

Three brothers fight to win their father's inheritance.

Enemy Heroes: Because... sometimes it is not easy to tell... Who is the Enemy?.. Who are the Heroes?

Enemy Heroes is a multi-level WWII version of "All Quiet on The Western Front" in which the audience agonizes over the heart-wrenching choices the protagonists are forced to make, and in so doing clarifies their own values.
It's not a film about War. It is a film about Humanity.

Writer: Mark Diamond
Genre: Historic Drama (World War II)
Animator: Joel Christopher Payne

Fictional drama takes place towards the end of WWII and a young Jewish boy Otto Friedman seeks revenge on a very nasty Nazi trio who took everything from this boy-Revenge Thriller inspired by movies that emotionally affected the 17 year old film maker Charles T. Lincoln V, See Charles not only film 95% of this film he even played multiple main characters of this film and somehow fought himself and pulled it off flawlessly in this film. His best work yet and we think his acting is fantastic.

What starts as a fun weekend retreat for a bunch of college students soon turns into a stressful and unnerving encounter when they go to a secluded, abandoned house.

After a body is found in the desolate boglands of rural Ireland, two detectives navigate a community bound by silence, where every answer brings them closer to a truth one of them has spent years trying to escape.

They're all nervous to go to work today. Their stories behind the statistics.

Marion and Tommy make their living by reviewing products online, which they don't actually test, nor use.

A young private investigator and Navy veteran is struggling with grief after losing her husband Craig. She starts emotionally closed off but gradually opens up through her investigation of James Fitzpatrick and her relationship with Hugh. Her journey is about healing, finding purpose, and learning to trust and love again, transforming from a lonely widow to a more adventurous and hopeful person.

Getting There is an exploration of how people find the place where they feel they belong. I live in Boca Raton, Florida, but where I want to live is on the other side of the planet in Perth, Western Australia. I set out to understand how people made the move to Perth, and why people wanted to come to Boca. Six movers shared their stories and helped me to see the similarities, little differences, and big gaps between where I am at home and where I feel at home.

My sophomore music video project/ final from my film class.

A place where dreams are real, wishes come true, and everything is always awful for everyone.

The first installment of the Hard Times anthology, Hell, follows the patriarch of a dying farm on the outskirts of Ash Harbor as he is methodically ground down by the machinery of despair. What begins as endurance curdles into something far more existential, a portrait of collapse told through dust, labor, and silence.

Hell made its world premiere in 2026 at Animation Dingle, where it quickly garnered critical acclaim and went on to collect multiple awards at festivals around the world.

A romantic comedy short film following two best friends, Daniel and Noelle, who have secretly been in love with each other for years. Their idiotic friends, Parker and Marcus, take on the role of wingmen to push them together, but their over-the-top schemes cause more chaos than romance.

Leland and his dancers make an HBCU historically rooted dance style their own in this Emmy Award-winning love letter to Dance and Atlanta, helmed by Fr3deR1cK for KQED in San Francisco. J-Setting dancers bring energy, precision, and stunts to the floor, and the Dance Champz of Atlanta are trying to take this underground LGBTQ+ art form to the next level. Leland Thorpe and his team are on a mission to get the underground version of the dance form taken more seriously in the wider dance world.

Soon after Jimmy loses his job and finalizes his divorce, he learns he has inherited a rundown bar in Southwest Florida from a father who abandoned him at birth. As the obstacles of selling a bar pile up, he slowly gets to know the father that was never there through the bars dysfunctional staff. He slowly finds out the life he really never wanted was the one he needed the most.

From an Award Winning Singer/Songwriter, Terry W. Crossen, in association with the Tri-County Line Dancers, comes a music video about a heart-warming connection between two country line dancers.

Mansi and her brother (Dada) run an NGO for the disabled people. Guptaji, a wealthy man, wants to buy their land, but the NGO refuses to sell its land.
Guptaji threatens them. Manasi's brother (Dada) plays a mind game that screwed them and also exposes a big secret.

In an isolated backwoods community, Susanna tries to flee the devout neighbors she once trusted until they come to collect. As ritual sacrifice, false salvation, and buried guilt surface, she must fight for survival against a faith she helped feed.

In a world of perpetual change, the trilogy "One day the sun will only shine for you - "Soames beaivvi beaivváš báitá dušše fal dutnje" takes us on a journey through our hedonistic and fragile contemporary age, where the shadows of our actions stretch far into the future. It is a mythological voyage through excess, unrest, noise, injustice, power, and pleasure. It carries with it fragments of the intangible knowledge from the Sami and Kven cultural heritage.

Phil's Day Off - Phil's Off Day is a short, symbolic character study told in two movements that contrast. What begins as a fast silent comedy slows into color and dramatic stillness, revealing the weight behind the laughter. The tone is playful on the surface, inspired by silent-era physical comedy, but the rhythm of the movement is relentless. Phil is always moving, always reacting, always recovering , yet never arriving anywhere meaningful. The speed exaggerates how life can feel when it becomes a series of uncontrollable mishaps. The humor masks exhaustion. The end of the film slows to real time and shifts into color. The chaos has ended. For the first time, he is still. He sits quietly on the edge of the dock revealing a major storyline shift. The mood then turns serious.

A music video from Provenance Episode 2 about how bitterness is a prison.

The year is 1989. Thrust into a galactic adventure, 5 teens discover that one of them is not what they seem. Now, marooned on an alien world, they must wrestle against forces they could never have imagined and face the question that could tear them apart: Who can you trust?

From Episode 1: One of the five teens is an alien shapeshifter with a bounty on their head. To complicate matters, an alien device has tampered with all of their memories so that no one knows who it is.

A SMALL TOWN DETECTIVE INVESTIGATES A STRING OF LOCAL MURDERS THAT LEAD TO AN UNUSUAL DISCOVERY.

Rookie Run-Thru is a 3D animated short film produced at the Savannah College of Art and Design, telling a simple yet heartfelt story of finding your true “Esprit de corps”: to achieve something greater than ever thought possible. The film follows the story of Claire: a new conductor who must learn to battle her inner thoughts and fears while leading a marching band for the very first time.

As Claire steps up to conduct on the podium, she gets stuck in her head, literally, and has to navigate her fears personified as giant instruments. They toss her around, bully her, and even laugh at her. But in a moment of clarity, she realizes the potential she has to be a great leader and controls her fears using her conducting skills. Claire finally climbs the podium; transforming into an amazing conductor to her bandmates!
Our amazing crew has worked diligently to bring this film to life, along with the guidance of mentors, professors, and the contributions made toward our Crowdfundr.com page. Thank you for supporting our march forward!

When her best friend and mentor is murdered, private investigator Natasha Hall sets out to find the killer and protect the legacy of her departed comrade.

A group of film students try to save their club by winning a film festival prize.

Whilst grappling with the absence of his father, a young man is found struggling with pursuing football - the one thing they bonded over. He never knew what really happened... until now.

A mob boss suspects foul play amongst her minions and has her henchmen help her get answers out of the accountant. Hilarity ensues.

Tempted is a crime thriller about how one man's impulsive decision and greed cause the destruction of everyone around him.

Recently divorced, a woman's childhood photo album draws her back to her deceased father. When she finds herself with him again, a single flower proves he was really there.

As a kid, Brandon began his career as a DJ playing parties for adults around town and selling mix tapes he made in his basement, the year was 1978 and he was only two years old.

Over the decades, DJ Brand New became an upstate New York legend and beloved member of his community establishing a music production studio and radio station and organizing community events.

Brand New continued to entertain at parties and events even when faced with unfathomable personal loss and tragedy including a lengthy battle with sarcoma cancer that ultimately claimed his life during the making of this film.

We are honored to help share the story of this grand incredible man with the world and hope that this film will make sure he, and his many contributions to the community, and the music industry will never ever be forgotten.

Academy Award-nominee Abigail Breslin presents:
The Liars of Black Mountain Road.

When a couple runs over a stranger's dog, they compete for the moral high ground at any cost.

Zephyr Sage, drowning in debt, turns to the Global Organ Donor Exchange to sell his body parts. Facing ruthless creditors and a manipulative loan shark, Hyacinth, he treads a perilous path where each choice could cost more than money.

The View From Down Here is an observational short documentary told entirely from a seated point of view. Moving through art museums, bars, elevators, parks, and everyday thresholds, a wheelchair user reveals how perspective shapes what is seen, what is missed, and how connection unfolds in spaces designed for standing bodies. Quiet and meditative, the film invites viewers to experience the world from below eye level.

Three married couples are invited to spend the weekend at the cottage of a very peculiar man they meet at an online group.

After the death of her grandfather, a teenage girl must face the skeletons in her family closet when she pays a visit to her ancestral home.

Nia Kim, a 16-year-old girl, is rushed to Brookshire Hospital after a severe car accident. Her divorced parents, Justin and Tanya Kim, anxiously await news of her condition. As they confront their past issues and fears, they find moments of revolution, connection and understanding.

In Wright of Passage, Lee Giat, a determined pilot, faces the aftermath of his dad's fatal plane crash, embarking on a redemption-filled odyssey. Guided by his father's legacy of using aviation as a means for positive change, Lee pilots the "Spirit of Science" aircraft on a solo flight halfway across the planet.

Amidst perilous landings, cultural clashes, and unforeseen emergencies, Lee's mission to inspire and uplift becomes a testament to the unbreakable human spirit. This documentary chronicles his journey to heal old wounds, reshape destinies, and redefine limits, showcasing the power of courage, community, and aviation as a catalyst for change.

When the Walking Sleepyheads overtake and force the infamous Camp Sylvania to close, the young inheritor of the Doctor's secret lab must find a way to save camp. A "not so spooky" Halloween story for ages 7 and up.