2026 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

Narrative Features (2)

JAMEELA, directed by Zainab Malik & Mina Isabella JafriMalik (Pakistan) 

TURN UP THE NIGHT, directed by Melodie Roehrig (WNY) 

Narrative Shorts (20)

Awake, directed by Kelsey Tarantino (US) 

Bait & Switch, directed by Sarah Falkiner (US) 

Burning in the Garden, directed by Catalina Cielo (US) 

Cardboard, directed by Julie Hoang (US)

The Chexorcist, directed by Erica Stockwell-Alpert (US) 

Eviction., directed by Ashes Homon-Rahall (US) 

exception(al), directed by Michelle Bossy (US)

Friends We Hate, directed by Kimberly Te (US) 

Georgina, directed by Ana Marazzi (Puerto Rico, US)

Late Fall, directed by Abigail Jean Lucas & Alecia Orsini Lebeda (US) 

Mulata, directed by Yarilis Ramos López (Puerto Rico, US) 

Nunca lleves mahones a una primera cita, directed by Ady Ocasio (Puerto Rico, US) 

The Piano Tuner, directed by Nicole Claudine Giroux (US) 

Recao, directed by Dayra Ferrera (Puerto Rico, US) 

Reminisce, directed by Leslie Morris (US)

Repercussion(s), directed by Kelsey Nerrie (US) 

SHIFT, directed by Bridgette Cannell (US) 

STRIPPER MOMS, directed by Tricia Horvath (US)

We Can Never Go Back, directed by Aminah Hughes (US) 

Wooly Bully, directed by Kristen Buckels Cantrell (US) 

WNY Shorts (16)

Ant Girl, directed by Amanda Besl (WNY)  

Babysitting the Demons on Maple Street, directed by Amanda R. Woomer (WNY)

Blessed Are the Unclean, directed by Olivia Billings (WNY) 

Close Your Eyes, directed by Hope Muehlbauer (WNY) 

COSMOS, directed by Gabrielle Nunzio (WNY)

Forever Hold Your Peace, directed by Paige Cummings (WNY) 

House Haunting, directed by Allison Courtney (WNY) 

Inward, directed by Jo O'Donnell (WNY)

Kissing the Lipless, directed by Amanda Besl (WNY) 

Manic, directed by Amelia Favata (WNY)

Mélisande, directed by Victoria Hutton (WNY)

My Long Covid Story, directed by Sabrina Peña Young (WNY) 

NINA'S EYES, directed by Lukia Costello (WNY) 

No Bar, directed by Jo O'Donnell (WNY) 

The Paradox Payout, directed by Erika Frase (WNY)

The Showffeür, directed by Taylor Martin (WNY) 

International Narrative Shorts (2)

Home, directed by Sara Mokhavat (Iran) 

Trapos sucios (Dirty Clothes), directed by María Barragán (Spain) 

Animation Shorts (2)

Los Changos, directed by Gala Rodríguez Belén (Puerto Rico, US) 

Se fue la luz (The Power's Out), directed by Laurie Cruz Arocho (Puerto Rico, US) 

Student Films (7)

Dolls and Monsters, directed by Margot Miriam Moore (US)

En duda, siempre a la izquierda (In doubt, go left), directed by Mariana S. Belaval (Puerto Rico, US) 

The Hitman's Laundromat, directed by Kelly Kimbis (US)

myself & i., directed by M.K. Scanlon & Alisha Yi (US) 

Mystery of the Keeper, directed by Elina Myshanych (Ukraine)

Telaraña, directed by Nicola Ríos (Puerto Rico, US) 

Untamed, directed by Gleryxbelle Feliciano Ramos (Puerto Rico, US) 

WNY Student Films (8)

Basedball, directed by Ryan Elizabeth Brady (WNY)

FIREBALL, directed by TK James (WNY)    

The Girl, The Hare, and The Sun, directed by Rosemary Runk & Ali Guzman (WNY)

Moral of the Story, directed by Heaven Gebremedhin (WNY)

Nastell, directed by Cydney Jade Ramos (WNY) 

Planet Heart, directed by Samantha Zotara (WNY) 

Specter Nectar and the Death Machine, directed by Emily Sugar (WNY) 

SUGARCRASH, directed by Eva Rose Young (WNY) 

Documentary Features (1)

YAPs, directed by Miriam Gordon-Stewart (US) 

Documentary Shorts (1)

Miriam, directed by Karla Condado (Mexico) 

Music Videos (2)

The Audition, directed by Samara Von Rad (Canada) 

I am not afraid, directed by Ilana Alazzeh (US)