HONOR FILM FESTIVAL
2026 Official Selections
Teddy for Michael – Aleksandra Prokopiuk
KAM60 The Butterfly Prince – Paloma Lejana
Red Ball - Phillip Hollins
Unconquered: - Phillip Hollins
Klicks - Phillip Hollins
Those We Honor - Scott May
#DadLife - Scott May
Those We Hono - Scott May
IN THE GARDEN: - Christal Kahles-Jones
EYE OF WAR - Dr. Ronald G. Dalrymple
Halo: The Rebellion - Jamon Holmes
Boarhog - Craig Quinn
夜明けの余白 - Studio Kumo (スタジオ雲)
Ślad Bez Światła - Katarzyna Nowak
Summer of ’04 - Sundance Nagrial
Almost Perfect - Daniel Krastek
The Castle of Baron Finch - Don Cunningham
Curse of the Mummy's Mitten - Don Cunningham
A Blue Knight to Remember - Leonard Varasano
Mystic Springs - Paul Vo Le
Flesh and Blood - Paul Vo Le
Troops in Contact - Michael-Eoin Stanney
Billy - David Creighton
Qilalugaq - Anana Ivalu (ᐊᓇᓇ ᐃᕙᓗ)
Calm Suffering in Statique - Nora Whitman
ᎤᏬᏚᎯ ᎤᎵᏍᏔᏅᎯ - Waya Tsula (ᏩᏯ ᏧᎳ)
Raven - Can Paçacıoğlu
Jingi (Justice & Loyalty) - Phillip Hollins
Grandma's A Hitman - Phillip Hollins
Love War - Mekhi Harper
Whisper - Mekhi Harper
Unboxing - Ольга Ульданова
Angels Desired - CineSkyGlobal Productions
World Of Hurt - Ethan Lavigne
Xpendable - Walter Haussner
Diego Velazquez: A Body of Work - Walter Haussner
Dulce et Decorum Est - Walter Haussner
The Fallen Wings of the Angels - Mario Muñoz Martínez
The Black-Eyed Children - József Gallai
The Ring and The Mountain - Abigail Boretto
A Sound From Within - Miguel Miller
Unstable Installation - 郡郭
She Prayed for Me - Sonia Jackson
The Haunted Hitchhiker - Green Pigs
SUPAIKU: Mother of Pearl - Mario Muñoz Martínez
When JIM met TIM - Thorsten Schade
Dissonance - 圣雨高
Tides of Grief - Bhojraj Harry
Lizard Man - CR Sherman
Caught - Levi Frazier III
Mercy - Vini Hedglen
Wild Mind - Fujio Torikai
KARMA - Jasmine Banks
Behind Open Eyes - Spencer Mcgough
Sensus Mori - Sydney Rincón
Mwanga wa Mwisho - Studio Uhuru
The Estuary - Miriam Holloway
검은 파도 - Park Minseo (박민서)
Cendres de Lune - Élodie Marchand
影の坂道 - Takashi Morimoto
Noites de Vidro - João Pereira
Au Bord du Silence - Camille Dufour, Jelance DuLac
风中残页 - Zhang Yiming
Half Open, Door Ajar - Julian Price
유리의숲 - Han Jiwon (한지원)
Lignes de Fuite - Société Atlas Films
静默之城 - Li Wei (李伟)
Rives Invisibles - Atelier Sept
青い呼吸 - Rina Aoyama (青山里奈)
Desert Meme - Sunbird Collective
雨の標本 - Kenta Shimizu
Cisza Pod Skórą - Piotr Malinowski
숨의기록 - Kim Doyun (김도윤)
La Casa Sin Voz - Rafael Ibáñez
声なき川 - 田中裕
Frost Between the Still Frames - Emil Kovács
Sauti ya Upepo - Amina Njoroge
Les Mains Rouges - Claire Montoya
无名之光 - Chen Rui (陈瑞)
O Último Pulso - Mariana Costa
1. Salted Celluloid - Brighton Vale
Zuva Rakanyarara - Tendai Moyo
DYNAMICS - Teo Baehler
Rosie and the Dead Guy - David Hurt
Wake - Celine Egan
Forever Families - Lola Van DeWalle
Donovan's Orders - Joseph Sheehan
Cannon Fodder - Alvis Wong (Huang Zong Zheng)
The 250th - Jake Richardson
Six Teats - Bradley Custer
Le Portrait - Manav Menon
FF THE PICTURE - Stephanie Heim
The North Star - The Beforetime Orchestra
The Quiet Healing - Toby Yarbrough
낯선계절 - Studio Baek (스튜디오백)
Le Poids du Vent - Marc Delacroix
Rukova Rwakamira - Chipo Dube
Echoes After Rain - Willow Hart
纸上的雨 - Studio Red Crane (红鹤工作室)
L’Ombra del Lago - Federico Rinaldi
Moyo wa Chuma - Juma Kaseke
Fragments d’Hiver - Luc Bernard
Indigo Lift by Lucifer - Sarah Two Bears
Sombras del Sur - Colectivo Andino
Out of the Auroras - Callum Fraser
Njia za Kivuli - Baraka Mwinyi
Vetri Notturni - Sofia Bellini
Neon Over Mudland - Jason Reeve
Tȟonjká Waekȟáŋ - Michal Greysmith
Marés Internas - Estúdio Azul
Red Earth Mind - Thomas Goramund
Luz Bajo Tierra - Mateo Alvarez
Bashes On Film – Southern Crass Pictures
Caminos de Sal - Inés Calderón
Nuit Sans Clés - Antoine Lefèvre
Tiempo de Ceniza - Lucia Moreno
The Long Switchback - Oliver Grant
静默之城 - Li Wei (李伟)
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
HFF 2026 Official Selections
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Sunday, January 19, 2025
2025 AWARD WINNERS, Honor Film Festival's Very Best
The 2025 HONOR FILM FESTIVAL Screening Event is now live. Go to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJFcOqH6bNI&list=PLPITrI8qO2_fBoJyIxcmggPR3Asf7RJGm
Best Home Décor
TO MY FATHER… - İzem Ayşegül Topal
A story of a woman trying to forgive her father who turned into a chair years ago.
Best Screenplay or Manuscript
TAKAO - James Sutherland
A Tokyo detective banished to a rural precinct embeds herself in a case involving several gruesome murders to hide the fact she’s avenging the death of her daughter.
Best Horror
THE BOMB - Onur Doğan
Nominated for Best Violence Award. In the Balkan region, where lawlessness prevailed during the war, a man receives a threatening death letter from the gang he used to be a member of. Thereupon, he plans to escape to America with his pregnant wife. On the last night, after being threatened by the gang, the man leaves the house to persuade the gang members but does not come back. Instead, an hour later, gang members enter the house. The gang leader starts a game in which he tells the woman that if she fulfills his wishes, she can see her husband again as a reward.
Best Comedy
UNAUTHORIZED: THE AUTHORIZED STORY OF PASTICHÈ - Peter Lundholm
When I was 14, I bought an unauthorized Guns N’ Roses documentary at FYE. I didn’t realize “unauthorized” meant they couldn’t use any actual GNR music in the documentary. I just thought it meant the stories would be salacious and the history shocking. I was crestfallen when I realized this three-hour documentary about Appetite for Destruction wouldn’t actually contain any actual songs from the album! I became curious though; who makes the vaguely familiar sounding but license-free music in the background of these unauthorized music history films? Thanks to the resources I’ve acquired from QITK, I tracked down and interviewed the most prolific license free stock music makers in the history of unauthorized music docs, and made a doc about them.
Best Drama
THE RED BALLOON FOR MEMORIES – Kasidis Juntapome
The story of an insurance salesman who lives with a red balloon that is like his lover. And intends to go to the beach on the anniversary of their relationship. Until that balloon floated away and disappeared into the sea. Images of various memories between him and his lover came in. Causing him to swim without thinking for his life. But in the end, that balloon ran out of air in the middle of the sea. And that made it evident that the air in that balloon was actually the last breath that his lover had ever inflated.
This movie is inspired by the true story of a young man who lost his lover in an accident. And lived his life fixated on the last breath that his wife left for him in this world.
Best Action
DOJO - Armin Alic
Shane Lucas, an ex-Yakuza member and 4th degree black belt in Judo, is hunted down at his local dojo in Los Angeles, 1985, by his long-time rival. Elias Da Rosa and his crew members are from the same crime family. Elias threatens Shane to return to the Yakuza or suffer the consequence.
Best Animation
SOW DON'T SING – THIS OLD WINNER - Alysha Nunez
Two soldiers bond over their experience with domestic abuse and vow to die together. PVT Luca Russo and SSG Cohen Bentley discuss why the new recruit has been failing BCT and they develop a heartfelt father-son relationship -- as well as a double-suicide pact. 
Best Romance
UNSPOKEN - Plinio Scambora
Unspoken Words dives into a topic that's about as common as coffee in the morning – the lack of communication in relationships. Set against an erotic backdrop, Unspoken Words spins the tale of AMANDA and ANDRÉ, a couple going on nearly a decade together, who've slipped into the autopilot of marriage. As they navigate this rut, Amanda starts having erotic visions of everyday things, imagining herself interacting with others and living out her fantasies. Fear of losing André keeps Amanda silent.
Best Political or Satire
QUIET IN THE KITCHEN: MOCKUMENTARY SERIES: MUSIC GREATS: GREATS OF MUSIC: HISTORY OF GREAT MUSIC: EXPLORING CONTROVERSIAL..... - Peter Lundholm
A treatise on “The Band” and challenging historical works. Does “The Night They Drove Ol’ Dixie Down” glorify slave owners? Today’s Quiet in the Kitchen episode thoroughly investigates The Band’s beautiful humanization of despicable historical figures and events. As it turns out, “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” wasn’t the only time they explored this motif... Featuring commentary from record executive billionaire entrepreneur Jimmy Iovine and Rolling Stone Magazine Senior Editor David Fricke.