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The 2026 Desertscape International Film Festival Official Selections are now live. We have a few more surprises/film announcements headed your way so stay tuned!
FEATURES FILMS
“Crusty Fouler”
Utah Premiere
USA
Directed by John Giacobbe
“I’ve Seen All I Need to See”
Utah Premiere
USA
Directed by Zeshaan Younus
“The Last Picture Shows”
Utah Premiere
USA
Directed by Rustin Thompson
“The Strawberry”
Utah Premiere
USA
Directed by Carlos Plummer and Kyle Plummer
SHORT FILMS
“3 Minutos”
Utah Premiere
USA
Directed by Douglas Ryan
“A Seat at the Table”
Utah Premiere
USA
Directed by Hayes Tufts
“After the Silence”
US Premiere
Canada
Directed by Jean-Francois Cameron
“Alexis Taylor–Out of Phase”
United Kingdom
Directed by Will Kindrick
“An Afternoon Punch-Up”
US Premiere
Canada
Directed by Garance Chagnon-Gregoire
“Be Not Afraid”
USA
Directed by Jacob Hamblin
“Blue Heart”
Haiti
Directed by Samuel Suffren
“BOA”
US Premiere
Canada/France
Directed by Alexandre Dostie
“Candy Bar”
Australia
Directed by Nash Edgerton
“Come Sunrise: A Van Helsing Story”
Utah Premiere
USA
Directed by Ben Vasion
“Come to Me Everyone"
Utah Premiere
USA
Directed by Shaffer Nickel
“Dead Man’s Hand”
World Premiere
USA
Directed by Trey Paterson
“Doin’ Bad Things in the Night”
USA
Directed by High Step Society
“Extraordinary Character”
World Premiere
USA
Directed by Alex Astrella
“Fan”
Utah Premiere
Canada
Directed by Philippe Berthelet
“Fireflies in the Dusk”
Utah Premiere
USA
Directed by Jonathan Hammond
“For the Love of Money”
Utah Premiere
USA
Directed by Joseph Kowalski
“Gabe’s Last Leg”
USA
Directed by Loren Zoltan
“Going On Strike”
US Premiere
Canada
Directed by Chélanie Beaudin-Quintin
“Gracie Buckshot and the Kiddo”
World Premiere
USA
Directed by Blade Sabovcik
“Hi”
World Premiere
United Arab Emirates
Directed by Dan Newton
“Hot Chip–Devotion”
Japan
Directed by Will Kindrick
“Ideal Distance”
USA
Directed by Danny Chandia
“In Half”
Spain
Directed by Jorge Morais Valle
“Ivar”
Norway
Directed by Markus Tangre
“Jazz Infernal”
Canada
Directed by Will Niava
“Little Victories”
US Premiere
Canada
Directed by Rafael Beauchamp
“Micheline”
US Premiere
Canada
Directed by Maude Demers-Rlvar
“Missoula”
Utah Premiere
USA
Directed by Jacob Hamblin
“Morgan”
USA
Directed by Connor England
“Nocturne”
US Premiere
Canada
Directed by Andrew Przybytkowski
“No Left Turns”
Utah Premiere
USA
Directed by Douglas Ryan
“No Matter the Weather”
US Premiere
Canada
Directed by Florence Lafond
“Pandora, Inc.”
Utah Premiere
USA
Directed by Joe Lueben
“See Your Eyes”
World Premiere
South Korea
Directed by JiWon Song
“Serenity”
Utah Premiere
Canada
Directed by Frank Tremblay
“Siren”
US Premiere
Canada
Directed by Marilou Caravecchia-Pelletier
“The Loon”
US Premiere
Canada
Directed by Paula Bourgie
“The Mountain Keeps Watch”
World Premiere
Mexico/USA
Directed by Caleb Hatton
“The Seeing Eye Dog Who Saw Too Much”
Utah Premiere
USA
Directed by Eric Jackowitz
“The Spectacle”
Utah Premiere
Canada/Hungary
Directed by Balint Kenyeres
“The Stones of Dunamase Castle”
Utah Premiere
Ireland/USA
Directed by John Gray
“Three Kisses”
Utah Premiere
Turkey
Directed by Ellis Kaan Ozen
“Thus Spoke the Wind”
World Premiere
USA
Directed by Ebrahim Ghaeini
“Tomorrow’s Shame”
US Premiere
Canada
Directed by Alexandre Lefebvre
“Vultures”
Utah Premiere
France/South Africa
Directed by Dian Weys
“War”
Utah Premiere
USA
Directed by Danny Shepherd
“What If I Die Flying Over Oklahoma?”
Utah Premiere
USA
Directed by H. Nelson Tracey
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FEATURE SCREENPLAYS
“#BecauseOf”
Written by Julie Johnson Oliver
“Ah Men”
Written by John T. Frederick
“Cherry Glass”
Written by Bruce Alan Gadel
“Death By Night”
Written by Kristian James
“Four Corners”
Written by Chris Ducey
“Freedom Clan”
Written by Richard Levine
“How The Cookie Crumbles”
Written by Darren Haskins
“Johnson Laundromat's Boy Wonder Halloween Czar”
Written by Chad Bruns, Benjamin Carlucci
“Laduc”
Written by Luke Avery
“Minus One”
Written by Travis Paul Barnes
“Missed Connection”
Written by Bruce Gadel
“Mister Screwloose Rides Again”
Written by Nick Nuttall
“MOTHER UP: War in the West”
Written Chris Crowley
“Past Presence”
Written by Kevin Mongelli
“Promise”
Written by Brian Calvin Baker
“Sakura”
Written by Alexander Winters
“The Cradle Will Fall”
Written by Duncan C. Payne
“The Fourth Psalm”
Written by John Martins III
“Tuning Heartstrings”
Written by Heather Jensen
SHORT SCREENPLAYS
“ATTU”
Written by John Norris Ray
“Classification: Human”
Written by Michael H. Moore
“Closers”
Written by Kamiko Ho'okano
“Final Draft”
Written by Michael H. Moore
“Growing Old”
Written by Rich Chandler
“Guilty”
Written by A.T. Lynne
“Just One More”
Written by Ned Cordery
“Lisa”
Written by Steven Mannino
“Michael and Jessica”
Written by Heidi McDonald
“Peak Water”
Written by John Boal
“Space Petz™: Pilot”
Written by Roman L Santos, Rachel Santos, Amy Santos
“That's Where You'll Find Me”
Written by Ben Vasion
“The Meet-Up”
Written by Enrique Carrasco
“The Paper Daughter”
Written by Howard Lun Hong
“When Stars Align”
Written by Dave E Orvis
“ZMB-17: Deadbeat”
Written by J. Rhys Kaiser
Screenplay finalists will be announced in Mid-March with the winners being revealed shortly thereafter.