Category: 2026 Official Selections

2026 Official Selection: Short Film – Animation

A man and a bird. Both dead inside.

Screening date & tickets — to be announced

• Director(s): Timothy David Orme
• Writer(s): Timothy David Orme
• Producer(s): Chris Carpenter
• Key Cast: Richard Farrell
• Sound Designer(s): Lanier Sammons
• Composer(s): Lanier Sammons

Language: English

Runtime: 9m

Country: United States

Los Angeles Premiere

Synopsis: On a rainy night in the heart of the city, a hooded, an unstable man engineers a dead bird with his own voice, in order to sing his own bird songs and ultimately get the perspective he needed.

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2026 Official Selection: Screenplay – Screenplay – Pilot / Web Series

Ceremony date & tickets — to be announced

Three smart, sexy, slight messed-up women join forces to wreak vengeance on the rock star who hurt them all.

• Writer(s): Staci Greason

Language: English

Country: Not Specified

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Dani, Red, and Sasha have absolutely nothing in common, except the trail of tears bad boy rocker Peter left in his wake. When Dani starts a blog about killing her ex, she unwittingly sets the wheels in motion for the women’s paths to collide.

In a city where discarded muses are a dime a dozen, All the Girls in Town explores the cost of loving the wrong person and the true power of friendship in reclaiming the self.

2026 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

In the wake of a terrifying encounter, an overwhelmed drag queen struggles under the weight of public attention.

Screening date & tickets — to be announced

• Director(s): Syra McCarthy
• Writer(s): Kyle Casey Chu, Roísín Isner
• Producer(s): Vee Godinez, Hillary Irene Pierce
• Key Cast: Kyle Casey Chu, Drew Benjamin Jones, Anna Dennis
• Editor(s): Ashley Rodholm
• Cinematographer(s): Sarah Simka Jaffe
• Production Designer(s): Rachel Groat
• Sound Designer(s): Shaun Farley, Skywalker Sound
• Composer(s): Katy Jarzebowski

Runtime: 15m

Country: United States

Synopsis: Akita the drag queen hasn’t left her apartment in days. Her inboxes overflow with messages of praise, concern, and… death threats? She lets in a film crew and recounts to a reporter about how Nazis stormed her Drag Story Hour. Inspired by Kyle Casey Chu’s true story.

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