SSFF 2026 Winners!!!
Shawna Spirit Award Winners
Individuals
Drew Dammron
Chris Esper
John Keough
Projects
Short Movies
A Genre Fluid Film by Adam (Jessica) Griswald
Herencia by Javier Barrios Acuna
Late Fall by Abigail Jean Lucas
OMG by Tania Watson
Street Muse by Beth Cloutier
Festival Awards
Features
Outstanding Feature
City Exterminator by Christophe Karabache
Outstanding Mobile Feature​
Depressed Terrestrial by Steven Bouffard
& Craig Dunlavey
Outstanding Patreon Feature​
What We Dreamed of Then by Taylor Olson (Canada)
Outstanding Feature DocumentaryNo Baby on Board by Julia Kots
Outstanding Horror Feature
The Freaks Go Marching by Jerry Landi
Outstanding Anthology Feature
Watch Them by Marvin Suarez

Outstanding Experimental Feature
La Buona Educazione by Domenico De Ceglia (Italy)
Shorts
Outstanding Short
Frankslist by Christine Celozzi
Outstanding Patreon Short
Round the Corner by Russell Emanuel
Outstanding International Short
The Myth of Sysiphus by Elahe Saberi (Iran)
Outstanding Short Documentary
Vienna: Suddenly An Angel by Marko Albrecht
Outstanding Long Short
My Sight is Lined with Visions
by Beatrice Hoang
Outstanding Horror Short
Horror Stories by the Campfire
by Shana Figueroa
Outstanding Animation
Down The Hatch by Alexandra Lukina
Outstanding Music Video
Humankindness by Ramzi Abed
Outstanding Mobile Device
Now Smile by Miguel Lopez de Leon
Outstanding Experimental
The Geologic Record of My Heart
by Joanne Burke
Outstanding Student Short
Paid Debt by Luke McDonough & Jim McDonough
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Women In Film Fellowship Winner
Jasmine Patrick
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Best Screenplays
Best Feature Screenplay
Trí na chéile (In Our Togetherness)
by Catherine O'Shea (Ireland)
Best Short Screenplay
The Last Robbery by Jasmine Patrick