2026 Awards Screening Schedule

Posted on Posted in 2026

Join us tonight 4/13 for our Best of the Fest Screenings!

5:00 PM – Research Award (Sponsored by Ohio University Libraries)
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World Director: Sasha Waters, Documentary, USA, 91 min

5:00 PM – Awards Screening Shorts Program 1 – 101 min

Black Bear Award for Best Use of Sound (Named for our friend John Butler)
Domestic Demon Director: Anahid Yahjian, Experimental, USA, Portugal, 6 min

Film House Award for Visionary Filmmaking (Named for our friend Ed Lachman)
Winter in March Director: Natalia Mirzoyan, Animation, Estonia, 16 min

Another World is Possible Award (Sponsored by filmmaker Kelly Gallagher)
Happiness Director: Firat Yücel, Experimental, Netherlands, 18 min

Programmers Prize (Awarded by the assistant programming team and student workers)
Engine of Love Director: Mira-Belle Rose Bryld, Narrative, Germany, 23 min

From the Booth Award (Awarded by the AIFVF projection team: Conner Baker, Dan Bruell, and Dan Moray)
Into the Dark Director: Fiona Otway, Documentary, USA, 18 min

Director’s Prize (Awarded by AIFVF festival director David Colagiovanni)
Grape Maestro Director: Alla Kovgan, Narrative, Italy, 20 min

7:00 PM – 1st Prize Feature Narrative
So Far All Good Director: $ECK, Narrative, USA, 72 min

7:00 PM – 1st Prize Feature Documentary
Little, Big, and Far Director: Jem Cohen, Documentary, Austria, USA, 122 min

7:00 PM – Awards Screening Shorts Program 2 – 89 min

1st Prize Experimental Short
Placeholder Director: Jesse McLean, Experimental, USA, 12 min

1st Prize Music Video
Track | Trace Director: Gene Gort, Experimental, USA, 5 min

1st Prize Documentary Short
Correct Me If I’m Wrong Director: Hao Zhou, Documentary, China, 22 min

1st Prize Narrative Short
Nava Director: Dena Rassam, Narrative, Iran, 16 min

1st Prize Animation Short
Tourists Director: Maria Kralovič, Animation, Czech Republic, France, Slovakia, 15 min

1st Prize Ohio Based Student Film
Cut From A Different Cloth Director: David Oyuke, Documentary, USA, 5 min

Special Jury Mention
Disc Director: Blake Rice, Narrative, USA, 14 min