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6th Annual Indie Short Fest – Awards Show
Regal LA Live · Los Angeles · May 9, 2026
Discover moments from the Annual Awards ceremony of the 6th Annual Indie Short Fest, held at Regal LA Live in Los Angeles, celebrating excellence in independent filmmaking across 39 competitive categories.
The evening honored 27 films from 11 countries, selected from a highly competitive pool of 3,993 monthly finalists submitted between September 2024 and December 2025, bringing together filmmakers, actors, writers, producers, and special guests for a celebration of cinematic achievement and independent storytelling.
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
First Light — Kristopher Roller and Alex Broadstock (USA)
Kristopher Roller
BEST EDITING
Raphael Buisson — Focal Point (USA)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Strolling Down Brighton Pier — Kenny McCracken (UK)
Composer and executive producer Kurt Rosenberg and producer Zach Stevens
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Raphael Sommer, Björn Pankratz, and Vali Herrera — Come and Find Me (Switzerland)
Co-composer Raphael Sommer
BEST FILM NOIR SHORT
Where The Shadows Wait — Riley Robbins (USA)
Lead actor Adam Wesley and Riley Robbins
BEST THRILLER SHORT
The Father, The Daughter, and the Hostage — Itamar Kasirer (Israel)
BEST YOUNG ACTOR
Fflyn Edwards — Come and Find Me (Switzerland)
Director Carmine Carpenito
BEST YOUNG ACTRESS
Ashi Sharma — Patakha (USA)
BEST CHILDREN SHORT
Patakha — Rohit Relan (USA)
BEST LGBTQ SHORT
Silim — Alexander Cruz De Ocampo (USA)
Talent and post-production coordinator Jomari De Guzman and co-executive producer Danielle Cendejas
BEST WESTERN SHORT
Land of Forgotten Echoes — Layne Marie Williams (USA)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
Dans — Maria Garcia (Mexico)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Allison Dayne — A King’s Curtain (USA)
BEST FIRST TIME MALE DIRECTOR
Carmine Carpenito — Come and Find Me (Switzerland)
BEST FIRST TIME FEMALE DIRECTOR
Ama Anane — Cottonmouth (USA)
BEST COMEDY SHORT
Outrage! — Ivette Ivanova (Bulgaria)
Producer Christo Dermendjiev
BEST ROMANTIC COMEDY SHORT
Cottonmouth — Ama Anane (USA)
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Nevena Kalaudova, Zhoreta Nikolova, Asen Blatechki, Marinela Angelova, Gerasim Georgiev-Gero, and Ivette Ivanova — Outrage! (Bulgaria)
Producer Christo Dermendjiev
BEST MICROFILM
Unruly — David Ernesto Herrera (UK)
David Ernesto Herrera and writer and producer Antonia Horlick
BEST FANTASY SHORT
Satomi — Rayner Wang (Hong Kong/Japan/USA)
Co-producers Roy Finch and Susie Landau Finch
BEST SCI-FI SHORT
Focal Point — Raphael Buisson (USA)
Raphael Buisson and producer and lead actor David Alan Graf
BEST STUDENT FEMALE DIRECTOR
Sahar Ghorishi — Whispers of Home (USA)
BEST STUDENT MALE DIRECTOR
Bryce Ferendo — A Thousand Years (USA)
BEST STUDENT SHORT
A Thousand Years — Bryce Ferendo (USA)
BEST ACTING DUO
Stephen Tobolowsky and Gareth Williams — Watching Walter (USA)
Gareth Williams
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Adrien Bourguignon — Focal Point (USA)
Director Raphael Buisson
BEST ACTOR
David Alan Graf — Focal Point (USA)
BEST ACTRESS
Jess Haring — We’ve Been Trying to Reach You (USA)
BEST INDIE SHORT
Dizzy — Zac La Roc (USA)
Zac La Roc and actress Kayla Blake
BEST DRAMA SHORT
Watching Walter — Mitch Yapko (USA)
Producer Cynthia Gravinese, director Mitch Yapko, and writer and producer Mark Dylan Brown
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