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2026 SacTown Film Festival Selections 

Day 1-April 11th, 2026 Films
 

 

​​   BEST ANIMATION FILM

   (12:10 PM-12:32 pm)

   1. Beast of the Seine

   2. Game Boys

   3. Henri the Snail at the Watering Pail

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   BEST STUDENT FILM

   (12:40 PM-1:20 PM)

   1. What Sits Between Us

   2. Starting Quarterback

   3. Lovebite

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   BEST DIVERSITY/MINORITY FILM  

   (1:30 PM-2:55 PM)

   1.  Dandelion Daydreams

   2. Little Mamba

   3. Love is Blind

   4. Regional Treasure: Digging For Freedom

   5. Hangtown

   6.  Don't Ghost Me

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   BEST WEB SERIES

   (3:00 PM-3:50 PM)

   1. The Hodges

   2. Springtown Episode 2

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   BEST SHORT FILMS 10 MINUTES AND UNDER

   (4:00 PM-5:15 PM)

   1. Songs and Secrets

   2. First Last Place

   3.  Louse Luck Lenny

   4. When Amma Came to Dinner

   5. Dyer Lane

   6. 

   7. Only Space and Time

   8. The Reform Project

   9. The Influencer Academy

   10. Adam

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   SHORT DOCUMENTARY

    (5:20 PM-5:40 PM)

    1. Dick's-A-Thon

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   DAY 1 FEATURE FILM

   (5:20 PM -6:45 PM)

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   FILM DISCUSSION & AWARD

   (6:50-8:00 PM)​​​

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Day 1-April 11,2026 Individual Awards
Nominations

   ANIMATION FILM 

   Animation Best Director

   1. Rachel Kardos

   2. Jon Portman

   3. Millie Munoz/Kyle Mundell/                                 Amaria Holmes/Ava Schneiderman

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   BEST STUDENT FILM

   Student Film Best Director

   1. Parker Viale

   2. Emma Lawrence

   3. Will Nordstrom

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   Best Producer

   1. Julia Deveaux

   2. Emory Pardun

   3. Parker Viale/David Vorderstrasse

   Best Actor

   1. David Vorderstrasse

   2. Caleb McCarthy

   3. Kai'o Davis

   4. Cavlin Cobb

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   Best Actress

   1. Lainey Larsen

   2. Izzy Villareal

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   Best Writer

   1.  Emma Lawrence

   2. David Vorderstrasse

   3. Will Nordstrom/Emory Pardun

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  Best Supporting Actor

  1.  Ryan Calhoon

  2. Max Wulf

 

   Best Supporting Actress

   1. Jasmin Sandoval

   2. Annabella Lopez

   3. Sherly Sharma

   4. Zoe Oedekerk

 

   Best Cinematography/DP

   1. August Perry

   2. Parker Viale

   3. Will Nordstrom

 

   Best Composer

   1. Ryan Calhoon/Ryan Leonard

   2. Marcus Rentziperis

  

    Best Editor

    1. Emma Lawrence

    2. Parker Viale​

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   DIVERSITY/MINORITY FILM

   Diversity/Minority Film Best Director

   1.  Courtney Banzon

   2. D'Adonis Moquette

   3. Alice Kilcoyne

   4. Parneille Walker

   5. David Aguilar

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   Best Producer

   1. Quetzalma Pizzella

   2. A'sia Horne/Parneile Walker/ Chay Crumble/ Piankhi Iknaton/Elvina Carrington

   3. Ed NG/D'Adonis Moquette/                                   Scott Williams/Nick Anderson/Quinn Gardner

   4. Sean Kilcoyne

   5.  Jason Martinez/Luis Guizar

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   Best Actor

   1. Simon Gitiha

   2. Sean Kilcoyne

   3. Brandon Fobbs

   4. Geovanni Ryan

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  Best Actress

   1.  Rona Bernadette Arrongancia

   2. Riley Sky King

   3. Ivonnah Erskine

   4.

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  Best Writer

  1. Sean Kilcoyne

  2. Courtney Banzon

  3. D'Adonis Moquette

  4. Parnielle Walker

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  Best Supporting Actor

  1.  Michael Norwood

  2. Stanley Simons

  3. Mevlin Jackson Jr.

  4. Kendrick Daniels

  5.Ricardo Cisneros

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   Best Supporting Actress

   1. Gaby Dubon

   2. Monisha Harmon

   3. April Blackson

   4. Kikey Castillo

   5. Aasha Davis

   5. Lotus

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   Best Cinematography/DP

   1.  Ed Harimoto

   2.  Alice Kilcoyne

   3.  Alex Ajayi

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   Best Composer

   1. De'Von Whitaker

   2. John Dahl Honore

   3. Nick Anderson

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   Best Makeup

   1. Dan Acosta/Morgan Price/AJ Lashmett

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   Best Lighting

   1. David Bunge

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   Best Wardrobe

   1. Samuel Parkinson

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Day 1-April 11th, 2026 Individual Award Nominations Continued
 

  WEB SERIES

  Best Director Web Series

  1. Buford Brown

  2.  Michael Scordakis

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 Best Writer-Web Series

  1. Bufor Brown 

  2. Claire Langton, Chris Wallace, Chris Amik

 

​ Best Actor

  1. Mario Hodge

  2.  Chris Amik

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   Best Actress

  1. Keldamuzik

  2. Claire Langton

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  Best Supporting Actor

  1. John Goodin

  2.  Chris Laird

  3. Joshua Dalton

  4. Chris Wallace

  5. Steve Urbano

  6. Scott Divine

  7. Eric Gomez

  8. Tyler McDanniel

  9. Robert Hayes

  10. Christopher Rhee Pelton

  11. Jack Wattson

  12. Sevier Lassen

  13. Neil Nayyar

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  Best Supporting Actress

  1. Zamira Sole

  2.  Eileen Hoang

  3.  Rose Estacio​​

  4. Makenzie Salstrom

  5.  Mariah Forster

  6.  Keldamuzik

  7.  Raina Bahadur

  8. Deni Scofield

  9. Fabiola Escalante Molina

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  Best Cinematography/DP

  1.  Michael Scordakis

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  Best Sound/Composer

  1.  Neil Nayyar

   

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   Best Editor

   1.  Michael Scordakis

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  Best Hair and Make Up

   1.  Bunny Stewart/ Zoeht Rodriguez

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​​​   SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM

​   Short Documentary Film Best Director

   1.  Dylan Young

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Day 1-April 11th, 2026 Individuals Nominations Continued
 

​   SHORT FILM 10 MINS AND UNDER

   Short Films 10 Minutes and Under Best Director

   1.  Sherri Z Heller

   2.  Troy Le

   3. Lauren Rosson-Moore

   4. Joe Katches

   5. Kyle Ramos

   6. Lorna Norrrise

   7. Kurt Falk

   8. Jeff Fong

   9. Chris Cameron

 

   Best Producer

   1. Sean Kilcoyne

   2. Dawn Spinella/Todd Bull/Sherri Z. Heller

   3. Sandy Noricks

   4. Joe Katches

   5. Jeff Fong/D'Adonis Moquette/Quetzalma PIzzella

   6. Kevin Nguyen

   7. Kurt Falk

   8. Rico Martinez-Shepard

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  Best Actor

   1. Jesse Janzen

   2.  Lamondo Hill

   3.  Sean Kilcoyne

   4. Ivan Muhirwe

   5. Adam Paul

   6. Chris Amik

   7.  Sevryn Michale

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   Best Actress

   1. Isis McCoy

   2. Ann Renee Soychak

   3.  Sarah Rothaus

   4. Eileen Hoang

   5.  Lindsey Nakano

   6.  Mari Takahashi

   7. 

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   Best Writer

   1.  Sherri Z. Heller

   2.  Kyle Ramos

   3.  Lorna Norrise

   4.  Kurt Falk

   5.  Lamondo Hill

   6.  Troy Le

   7. Jeff Fong

   8. Lauren Rosson

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  Best Supporting Actor

  1. ​Arlo Kilcoyne

  2. ​Adrienne Sher

  3. ​David Pierce

  4. ​Kyle Ramos

  5. ​Chris Laird

  6. ​ Justin McDavitt

  7.  Cooper Hinshaw

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  Best Supporting Actress

   1. Precious Prado

   2. Alice Kilcoyne

   3. Adrienne Sher

   4. Riley Sky King

   5. Donna-Lisa Otto

   6.  Nisha Kumar

   7.  Navjit Bansi

     

   Best Cinematography/DP

   1. Brian Jeon/Alice Kilcoyne

   2.  Joe Katches

   3.  Kevin Nguyen

   4.  Paul Young

   5. Jeff Fong​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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   Best Editor

   1.  Paul Young

   2. Jeff Fong

   3. Joe Katches

   4. Cameron Caves

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  Best Composer

  1. John Dahl Honore

  2. Amanda Cohen

  3. Greg Palmer

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  Best Make-up

   1. Daniel Potter

   2. Don Redlingshafer

   3. Steve Corino

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  Best Lighting

  1.  Paul Ferrari​​​​​​​​

  2. Sean Kilcoyne

  3. Jack Leonidas

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  Best Comedic Assemble

  1. The Influcener Academy: Tommy Phan,             Crystal Huynk-Kim, Jalyana Davis,                          Wendy Bosley, Hester Wagner

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Day 2-April 12th, 2026 Films

  BEST MUSIC VIDEO

  (12:10 PM-12:37 PM)

  1. Hoodie

  2. Get Out

  3. Practice What You Preach

  4. Blind Missiles

  5. Joshua Tree (Part 2)

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 â€‹â€‹â€‹  BEST SHORT FILMS OVER 10 MINUTES

   (12:50 PM-2:00 PM)

   1. It's a Beautiful Day

   2. The Audition

   3. For Old Times' Sake

   4. The Night Fiend

   5. The Girl

   6.  Rest

 

   BEST SHORT FILMS OVER 15 MINUTES

   (2:10 PM-4:00 PM)

   1. No 

   2. Almost 30

   3. Second Chance

   4. Scar

   5. Mr. TV Man

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   DAY 2 FEATURE FILMS

   (4:10 PM-7:15 PM) 

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Day 2-April 12th, 2026 Individual Award Nominations

 

​   MUSIC VIDEO

    Music Video  Best Director​

  1.  Buddy Rahming​

  2. ​ Joe Katches-Blind Missiles

  3. ​ Robert Parham

  4. Joe Katches-Get Out

  5. Tiffani Marie/Geli Pascual                                 

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  Best Vocals

  1. Todd Spencer

  2. DJ Mic Rose

  3. Elise Evans

  4. Tamara Lawrence

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   Best Actress

   1. Tiffani Marie

   2. Tay Delisle

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   SHORT FILM OVER 10 MINUTES 

   Best Director

​   1.  Kyle Miller

   2. Nick Anderson

   3. Aaron Leong

   4.  Tony Pacheco

   5.  Mandy Kowalski 

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   Best Writer

   1. Nick Anderson

   2. Kyle Miller

   4. Tony Pacheco

   5. Mandy Kowalski

   6. Tyler Semons

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  Best Actor

  1.  Kaleb Roberts

  2. Tony Pacheco

  3. Jesse Janzen

  4.  Phoenix Brewer

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  Best Actress

  1.  Amy Acker

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  Best Supporting Actor

   1. Kirk Blackinton

   2. Brandon Ewing

   3.  Patrick Steichen

   4. Dano Jason

   5. Todd Cattell

   6. Brandon Larson-The Night Fiend

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  Best Supporting Actress

  1. Janine Romney

  2. Morgan Mena

  3. Deborah Bromley

  4. Shannon Mahoney

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  Best Producer

  1. Isabella Ajolo

  2. Tony Pacheo/Steve Pacheo/Janine Romney

  3. Joe Katches/Nick Anderson

  4. Todd Reynolds/Mandy Kowalski

  5. Aaron Leong/Stan Bautista

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  Best Cinematography/DP

  1.  Alan Cheeseman

  2.  Edd Lucas

  3. Joe Katches

 

  Best Editor 

  1. Arjun Bahia

  2. Marta Evry

  3. Skyler Henry

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   Best Sound/Composer

   1. Rylee Blechman

   2.  Kevin Edilson

   3.  Kyle Miller/William Miller

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   Best Makeup

   1. Rain Willimason

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   Best Comedic Assemble

    1. A Beautiful Day: Larry Wattson, Chris Amick,  Nathan Ready, William Marx, Tyler McDanniel

 

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   SHORT FILM OVER 15 MINUTES

   Best Director

   1. Jack Leonidas

   2.  Buddy Rahming

   3.  Dania Denise

   4. Jezer Serfica

   4. Lexi Dye

   5. Wes Smith

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   Best Writer

   1. Auri G. Hinson

   2. Jack Leonidas

   3. Lexi Dye/Jacobo Utzariz

   4. Wes Smith/Jeff Williams

   5.  Brandon Larson

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   Best Actor

  1.  Brandon Larson

  2. Ryan Danley

  3.  Brandon Erwing

  4. Michael Cichocki

  4. Malachi McKinney

  5.  Justin McDavitt

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  Best Actress

  1.  Hana Holloway

  2.  Regina Roggio

  3.  Dania Denise

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  Best Supporting Actor

  1. Isaak Butcher

  2. James Bane

  3. Tyler McDanniel

  3. Drew Absher

  4. Jake Gomez

  5. Jacob Renard

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  Best Supporting Actress

  1. Toody Lawrence

  2. Priscilla Lam

  3. Rae Ramsey

  4. Taylor Turner

  5. Sydney Rossoz

  6. Lain Larsen

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   Best Producer

   1. Lexi Dye/Ashley South/Craig Vincent

   2. Brandon Larson/Justin McDavitt

   3. Jack Leonidas

   4. Buddy Rahming/Auri G. Hinson/                             Roy Ellis/Lynel Gardner

   5.  Quetzalma Pizzella

   5. Sarah Harris/Wes Smith

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  Best Cinematography/DP

  1.  Dante Toccagino

  2.  Joe Katches

  3.  Brandon Ekstrand

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  Best Editor 

  1. Lily Nguyen

  2. Wes Smith

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   Best Sound/Composer

   1. Rylee Blechman

   2.  Kevin Edilson

   3.  

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   Best Make-UP

   1. Dan Acosta/Ari Dee

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  FEATURE FILM (Day 1 and Day 2)

  Feature Film Best Director

  1. 

  2.

  3.

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  Best Writer

  1. ​​​​​​​​​

  2. 

  3. 

 

   Best Actor

   1.

   2.

   3.

  Best Actress

   1.

   2.

  3.

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  Best Supporting Actor

  1.

  2.

  3.

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  Best Supporting Actress

  1. 

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