**MHFF 2026  LIST** 🏆🎉

 

FEATURE FILM

Nominees

Baapya ( A Man) - Directed by Sameer Tewari

 

Still Christmas - Directed by Nick Rapuano

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Pick Up Artist - Directed by Alvaro Orlando

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Semi-Finalists
All Things Come To Night - Director Lilton Stewart III

Marginal Behavior - Director Duke Fightmaster


Quarter-Finalists
The Corridor of The Erased - Director Krishna Chandra Das

HONEYMOONAY NAMAH - Director Nishant Bhardwaj

Contradiction - Director Pierce Kafka


 

FOREIGN FILM  
 

Nominees

 

Gaza's Rain - Director Mo'men Ghanim Has

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A Girl Called Alice - Director Tristan Loraine

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We are not the same - Director Jesús Castillo​


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DOCUMENTARY FILM 
 

Nominees

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Cold Embrance - Director Vojta Petřina

 

Fear of Heights - Director Rich Murray

 

The Last Girl 2025 - Director Daryoush Gharibzade
 

  Semi-Finalists
Nothing to See Here: Watts - Director Michael Soenen
CAT MAN: Journey to Save Cat Kind - Director Allisyn Snyder
Kern Oil - Director Rickey Bird
Only Lazy Americans E-bike - Directors Gregory F Maassen

 Quarter-Finalists
Spectacular by Comparison-  Directors Evan Cannon, Tyson Kroening
Railroaded - Director David Matthew Glads

ALONE WITH OTHERS - Director Natalie Budkin
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SHORT FILM 
Nominees

 

How To Make A Film - Director Guillaume Dionnet

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Don't feel sorry for me! - Director Eir í Ólavsstovu

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The Liars of Black Mountain Road - Director Parker Croft

Semi Finalists 
& THAT FIFTH TOY - Director SANDEEP SINHA
Dark Sin - Director Sheila Thompson
My Foot is in Heaven - Director Iyad Hajjaj
END - Directors Brian Alexander, Nikki Durbin

One More Time - Director Jessie Van Der Vyver
 
Quarter Finalists
Nocturnal Symphony of a Nightmare - Director Giosuè Ugo
CASUS - Director William Eguienta
DIGITAL DETOX -Director iCLIC Collective
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STUDENT FILM
Nominees

 

Ghost - Director Miles Leung

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A Wish of Time - Director Kawthar ElSayed​

Semi Finalists  
Hands of Stone - Director Armando Guaracha
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MUSIC FILM
Nominees

 

Jota Racing Challenge - 
Directors Jonathan Neves, Bruno Cassetari, Matheus Mathos Pio

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My Love - Director Ilia Noyabrov

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Smoldering-Smoldering - Director Ilya Noyabrev

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Semi Finalists  
Invisible Wars - Directors Kaique Alves, Thiago

YOU ARE SPECIAL  - Director Ilia Noyabrov

I'm back - Director Ilya Noyabrev

Quarter Finalists  
Lullaby - Director Oleksandr Shvets 

 Until the last minute - Director Ilya Noyabrev

Sky-Sky - Director Ilya Noyabrev

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FEATURE SCREENPLAY
Nominees

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Blood Money - Writer Tom Cosgrove

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Christmas In The Cards - Writer Joseph Anthony Francis

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CLOUD ZERO - Writers Julie Lilly-Belote, Michael Schultz, Duane Humeyestewa

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​ON MY SHOULDER - Writer Martin L. Cohen

Semi Finalists 
Mo vam Wolfe - Writer Gary B. Haley

14 Maplewood Lane - Writer Gary B. Haley

Hostages of the abyss - Writer Fernando Gracia Ortuño

The Kessler Report - Writers Julie Lilly Belote, Paul 

Quarter Finalists
Uncertain Eyes - Feature - Writer Gary B. Haley

Vodoo Valentinos - Writer Michael Louis Gould

The Santa Situation - Writer Joseph Anthony Francis

Artificial Gravity. The Alex Cave series book 4. - Writer James M Corkill

Review - Writer Jonathan Zarantonello

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SHORT SCREENPLAY
Nominees

 

Diary of a Madman - Writer Eugene Hattingh

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Mile 2 - Writer Taylor Naslund

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The Final Fight Short Film - Writer Todd J Stein

 

Semi Finalists 
WAITING: UPDATE - Writer Kostiantyn Mishchenk
Dang Dong - Episode 1:  - Writer Mark Absher
Lucky? - Writer Tom E. Nicholson

Quarter Finalists
Leeward - Writer Gary B. Haley
Spiderpocalypse - Writer Eugene Hattingh
Mr. Green's Wild Ride - Writer Joseph Ciapanna
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WEB FILMS
Nominees

 

Janitors - Director Ethan Horlings

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'Til You Make It - Director Scott Major

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The Rider - Director Matthew Salacuse

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ANIMATION FILM
Nominees

 

Fido - Directors John Norris Ray, Maria Victoria Sanchez

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A Sacker - Director Dmitrii Gorbachev

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COMEDY FILM
Nominees

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It's Keisha, Right? - Director Josh Goodwin

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Cooked - Director Kevin Ruiz

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Scam Likely - Director Thomas W Spence

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Semi Finalists 

 

Just Press Play - Director Nicole Costantini

 

Family Meeting - Director Holly Bentea

THRILLER - HORROR FILM
Nominees

 

The Right Reverend - Director Michael Benjamin Wal

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Come the Nightfall - Director Tom Michaels

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RING RING - Director Adrian León

Semi Finalists
Eat Duh Bread: 1983 - Directors David E Speaks, R

Slow and Deceptive - Director Nate Buzelli

Morbid Sight  - Director AJ Moss


SCI-FI FILM
Nominees

 

Two Robots - Director Eyal Padan

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A Sacker - Director Dmitrii Gorbachev

Semi Finalists
Walkers Destruction - Director William M Mesa

Quarter Finalists
Triggered 2.0
Directors Mario Ricardo Rodriguez, Marcus Nel-Jamal Hamm

 

 

DRAMA SHORT FILMS
Nominees

 

Broken Toys - Director Christopher Sheffield

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Baking soda - Director Rich West

 

 

 

MOBILE-DRONE FILM
Nominees

 

Pop! A Globophobia Story - Director Carly Nykanen

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Two days on the windward shores - Director Dan Razvan Coman

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BEST ACTOR -ACTRESS
Nominees

 

Invisible Life - Director Natalia Arjona

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A Girl Called Alice  - Director Tristan Loraine

• Tegan Grace Muggeridge - 

  Key Cast 

  "Alice"

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We are not the same - Director Jesús Castillo

Antonio Rosello - Key Cast "Diego"

 

Semi Finalists

Remember Me? - Director Vinícius de Araújo

Beatriz Rocha - Key Cast

 

ENTROPY - Director Tracie Sullivan 

Daniel Sultana - Key Cast "Daniel"

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BEST  DIRECTOR
Nominees

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• My Mayfly - Director Paula Kay Hornick

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• Klown - Director Ahmed Jaf

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• BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Nominees

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• We Live at Night - Director Aidan Giacomo Pierre

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• ​Banquet of the Innocent - Director Eric Mason

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• FIRST TIME FILMMAKER

• Nominees

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• Desvelar - Director Indu Mullakkassery Sukumaran

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Shepherds - Director Ashland Thomas

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Souls Not Numbers - Director Mike Large

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            Semi-Finalist

Return to Sender - Director Carson Lane

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& THAT FIFTH TOY - Director SANDEEP SINHA

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                Quarter Finalist

               There's No Way - Director Hamza Ahmed

 

 

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• BEST TRAILER

• Nominees

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• A Girl Called Alice - Director Tristan Loraine

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High Moon - Director Sean Bridges

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"Fratres" Trailer - Director Cal Kusiak

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• Semi-Finalist

• Akaisha Daughter of God. The Last Messenger. - Director Jerry S Jackson

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• Steel Rust - Director Dan Razvan Coman

 

 

 

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   OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

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Walkers Destruction
Director William M Mesa
in WEB FILMS/SERIES

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​Five Years Out
Director Sammi Cannold
in SHORT FILMS​

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​Steel Rust
Director Dan Razvan Coman
in BEST DIRECTOR

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The Omega Connection
Directors Doug Abel, Kenneth Robinson
in SHORT FILMS

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​The Rider
Director Matthew Salacuse
in FIRST TIME FILMMAKER

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Cool Shades
Director Levon Manoukian
in SHORT FILMS

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​7 D.B.S.
Writer Eugene Hattingh
in FEATURE SCREENPLAY

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BROKEN WINGS
Director José Maluenda
in SHORT FILMS

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The Last Plate
Director JOVAN HODGES
in BEST TRAILER

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Elumetra
Director Mitch Greer
in SHORT FILMS

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Dear Deshawn: A Classic “UnClassic” Love Story
Director Nicole A Ashley
in COMEDY SHORT

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Inside the Madhouse (1887) - First Trailer
Director James G. Maynard
in BEST TRAILER

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Break-In
Director Everardo Garcia Jr
in STUDENT FILMS

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The Gilden Guard
Director Joanna Farrow
in SHORT FILMS

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Enemy Heroes
Submitter Mark Diamond
in SHORT FILMS, ANIMATION

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The Patch
Director Ioulia Lymperopoulou
in BEST TRAILER

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Fair Dubs
Submitter David Chambers
in FEATURE SCREENPLAY

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ABOUT CITIES, TANGOS, FERRIES, AND THE STRANGE DIFFICULTY OF REMAINING CLOSE TO ANYTHING
Director Kostiantyn Mishchenko
in DOCUMENTARY FILM

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​The Cost of Escape | The Wayfarer | Episode 4
Director James G. Maynard
in WEB FILMS/SERIES

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Dragon Hedgehog
Director Mitch Greer
in SHORT FILMS

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​Escape to Alcatraz
Writer Eugene Hattingh
in FEATURE SCREENPLAY

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The City
Director Rayne York
in SHORT FILMS

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Twice Upon a Time - Season 1
Director Doug MacDougall
in WEB FILMS/SERIES

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The Snail
Director Eyal Padan
in SHORT FILMS

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Bruhs In Da Hood
Director Nicole A. Ashley
in COMEDY SHORT

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Process. Architecture of Sound
Submitter Kostiantyn Mishchenko
in SHORT FILMS

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Life,Swing,Again
Director Hyung-rae Cho
in DRAMA SHORT FILMS

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hild of Dawn
Writer Leslie A Lee
in FEATURE SCREENPLAY

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Obadiah
Writer Tony Olmetti-Schweikle
in FEATURE SCREENPLAY

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DROP PROJECT
Writer Paul Millward
in FEATURE SCREENPLAY

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Before 1619: She Took Justice
Director Bobby John Field
in SHORT FILMS

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AM
Director Alexia Vasiliou
in FIRST TIME FILMMAKER

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The Sanguine
Directors Patrick McNerney, Daniel Jones
in SHORT FILMS, THRILLER

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Pretty Little Lucy
Writer David Williamson
in FEATURE SCREENPLAY

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TEARS FOR ENEBI
Directors PETER ATIGOGO, SEUNMANUEL FALEYE, Godspower Oshodin
in SHORT FILMS

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Crunch
Director John Redlinger
in SHORT FILMS, FIRST TIME FILMMAKER

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​Out Of Time
Director Marc-Albert Begin
in SHORT FILMS, FIRST TIME FILMMAKER

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Stranded
Writer Thomas Hauser
in FEATURE SCREENPLAY

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Say Can You See
Director Alan J. Chriest
in SHORT FILMS

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Tommy Hoarder and the Search for Missing Keys
Director Nick Vatterott
in FEATURE FILM

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Forever After
Director Miles Smith Jr
in STUDENT FILMS

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Sunday Pleasures
Director Benjamin Blum
in SHORT FILMS

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Yoga Girl
Director Kaitlyn Furey
in SHORT FILMS

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shadowland
Director bellopropello
in ANIMATION FILMS

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