2027 Award Categories

Awards are presented in these categories:

Best Drama Film

Best Comedy Film

Best Documentary Film

Best Animated Film

Best Art/Experimental Film

Best Horror Film (NEW IN 2027!)

Best Student Film

Best Pennsylvania Film

The H. Paul Fitzpatrick People's Choice Award

Young Filmmaker Awards

Best Young Filmmaker Juried Award ($250 Prize)

People's Choice Award ($250 Prize)

Now accepting music video submissions and presenting a new Best Horror award

2026 Award Winners

2026 Best Drama
The Pearl Comb by Ali Cook from United Kingdom

2026 Best Documentary
N.C. Wyeth: The Giant by Erik Freeland from United States

2026 Best Animated Film
Forevergreen by Nathan Engelhardt & Jeremy Spears from United States

2026 Best Art/Experimental Film
Erlkönig by Morgan Middleton & Charlie Driscoll from United States

2026 Best Pennsylvania Film
Rush Order Drive! CalGal Drive! by Kris Theorin from United States

2026 Best Film by a Woman
A Thousand Questions and One Miracle by Esther Wenger from Austria

2026 Best Student Film
Panic Switch by Cameron Red Howe from United States

H. Paul Fitzpatrick People's Choice Award
Tarik Shah - Don't Play Like Them by Barry Rubinow