Winners of the season May 10, 2026 - July 20, 2026
Below are the winning entries for the May 10, 2026 - July 20, 2026 season.
In each nomination, we selected from one to three winning works.
Best Feature Film
By the Roots

Madison Young
White Shadow

GLORIA CHEE
THE HURT

Glenn Topping
Best Director Feature Film
By the Roots

Madison Young
White Shadow

GLORIA CHEE
On Fatal Ground

Alan von Kalckreuth
Best Short Film
HeadHunter

Michael Ratulowski
Delusion

Kenneth Christopher Muller
Our Brightest Nights

Callie Haverda
Best Director Short Film
MarY: A Jesus Story

Dane Evans
Want You

Tavia Christina
Future Days

Tom Xiao
Best Feature Documentary
Inherited Shame

Fruzsina Skrabski, Sándor Kiss
Bread for tomorrow

Carmelo Puglisi
The Baltic States, 1944

Tom Jüri Mae, Reet Mae
Best Director Feature Documentary
The Spirit of Sleeping Bear Dunes

Keith Andrew Patterson
Crushed Time

Alain Dufau, Nadia Dutreuil
The Murder that Never Happened

Catherine Legge
Best Short Documentary
Beneath The Surface

Only Co.
Barren lands - Terre aride

Hervé Barmasse
Sincerely, Sage Jo

Jacob Wilkins
Best Director Short Documentary
Beneath The Surface

Only Co.
More Than Pipe

Only Co.
Sincerely, Sage Jo

Jacob Wilkins
Best Feature Experimental
A Woman and her Angels

Oksana Mysina
Woman Alive

MACABIT ABRAMSON
El Almuerzo

Denis Paz
Best Director Feature Experimental
Coffee with Claude

Kevin Cowan
Best Short Experimental
Glass Hearts (ACT II)

Eli Lev
The Guardian Angels

Ilie Stepan
Minds

David Esperanza
Best Inspirational Film
Sol

Jomadlys "Jojo" Taveras
Song of the Open Road: The Story of the Southern California Youth Chorale

Victoria Rhodes
Father Time, why men are born to nurture

Jacqueline Farmer
Best Director Inspirational Film
Sol

Jomadlys "Jojo" Taveras
Song of the Open Road: The Story of the Southern California Youth Chorale

Victoria Rhodes
Without A Doubt "God is Always There"

Mike T Tremblay
Best Animation
The Case Of The Missing Shark Statue

Hunter Patrick Carron
a body without a horse?

Lara Fuke
ShipMates

Douglas Oze Evans
Best Independent Film
Nocturnal

Michael Excell
Love Lives On

Lenny Gatto
Best Director Independent Film
Nocturnal

Michael Excell
Love Lives On

Lenny Gatto
Best Feature Screenplay
Beyond The Arc

David Mills
Where I Am Myself - English ver.

SHINOBU IMAO
At Last

Bradley Nathanson
Best Short Screenplay
The Fugitive

Pierparide Tedeschi
New Chat

Alex Montaldo
The Last Choir

Tom Rivers
Best Original Concept
Chemical Solution (ACT III)

Eli Lev
"FEMININE: A REDEMPTION TALE"

Roxana Chapela
MIX ART CLIC

Sylvie KAY
Best Music Video
HUSKY – WIND SNOW HEAT

Evgenii Bakirov
Teeth and Human Services

Rileigh Gossett
Elyze’s Jiguru Song

Pai Chen
Best Original Song
“Love (“Eshgh”)” - Instrumental

Amir Válá Meshkin
Love Lives On (Title Song)

Lenny Gatto
SUGAR

TAKE THE PAIN
Best Sound Design
HeadHunter

Michael Ratulowski
Best Student Film
Leftovers

Alexis Sloan Gasper, Hudson James Gasper
Short Squeeze

Michael Francis Kelley
Verwegenheit

metecan erol duren
Best Director Student Film
Made In Translation

Remy Ellis
SCREENS

Val Minarcik
Verwegenheit

metecan erol duren
Best Pilot Episode
Roommate Agreement

Rileigh Gossett
Pool Boy

Jeremy Roth
Hetero Bed Death

George Liapes
Best Web/TV Series
MAMNIK - TRICKSTER

Victor Bojinov
Feel free to contact me
Daniel Garcia
Director and organizer of the festival
Email: info@ssff.online

© All Rights Reserved.
Made on
Tilda