2026 Outstanding Achievement Award Winners

 

Feature
Don't Make Friends by Joey Sawyer

International Feature
A Record of Love by Seyoung Lee

New England Feature
Summer Interlude by Alex Lucier

Massachusetts Feature
Beget by John Tedeschi

Feature Documentary
Flowers Beyond the Dark by  Iryna Pravylo

Short

Creator by Jon Pivko

New England Short
Galilee by Rachelle A. Dermer

Massachusetts Short

Join the Club by Melissa Dimetres

Worcester Short
Periphery by Brittany Severance & Herman E. Servatius

Short Documentary
Veno, The Struggling Artist by Marc Bowen Kornblatt

Horror Short

The Celebration by Jack Wladyslaw Kudas

Comedy Short
Young Hot Divorcee by Nova Hopemarkl

Italian Short
La Mister by Domenico de Ceglia

Student Short
Herencia by Javier Barrios Acuna

Animation Film

Ball Lightning by Catriona Trina Baker

Experimental Film

Ant Girl by Amanda Bell

International Short

Annie by Alyssa Horrobin

Unproduced Feature Length Screenplays

Frozen Lies by Eric R. Letter

Unproduced Short Length Screenplays

It's Time by Robert John Lanciani

Mass Indie Spirit Awards
Astral Plane Drifter by Scott Slone
Love Me Bait Me: The Power of Queer Representation
by Rachel van der Bie
A Genre Fluid Film by Adam (Jessica) Griswold
The Phantom Ruse by Ken Duane Harris
The Imposter Syndrome: Episode 1 by Wednesday Klevisha
Filkool by Maral Forouzesh
Tongue by Gabe Kimpson & Christina Alexandra
Blue by Marco J Sandoval
Palace Pizza by Anthony Neri

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