Imaginarium 2026 is proud to announce the first thirty-eight Official Selections in this summer’s independent film festival! Selections will continue to be announced throughout May, with a portion of screening slots left open for consideration of entries on our May 11th Late Deadline.

This group of Official Selections come out of our largest field of entries already (with more still coming in on the Late Deadline) and we congratulate every one of them!

The following Official Selections will be screened at Imaginarium 2026 and juried for the determination of Film Festival Awards:

United States Official Selections

AI Jesus

Director: Ashley Billington

Short Film

Another Day in the Neighborhood

Director:

Dylan A. Young

Short Film

Black Saturday

Director: Alexander Colt Young

Short Film

Clack Mountain Clay

Director: Jeffrey Hill

Documentary

Distant Dreams

Director: Caroline A Peterson

Documentary

Evenly Matched

Director: Troy Nicolas Tedeschi

Documentary

Forememberence

Director: Travis Kane Price

Short Film

Hunters

Director: Derek Bauder

Short Film

Ideal Recruit

Director: Mike Stinnett

Short Film

In Plain Sight

Director: Alexander Maxwell

Short Film

Invasion ’53

Director: Danielle Weinberg

Short Film

Law & Beaver

Director: Claude D. Miles

Short Film

Mace

Director: Beecher Reuning

Short Film

Malice Manor CRIBS

Director: Jayson William Allen

Short Film

My Foot is In Heaven

Director: Iyad Hajjaj

Short Film

Northpointe

Director: Rick Pate

Short Film

Open For Connection

Director: Eryn Rea

Short Film

Round the Corner

Director: Russ Emmanuel

Short Film

Simultané

Director: Thomas Grascoeur

Short Film

Shot Clock

Director: Ethan Avery

Feature Film

The Conversation

Director: Victor Miller V

Short Film

The End

Director: Herschel Zahnd

Music Video

The Mysteries of Science Volume One

Directors: Claude D Miles, Roni Jonah, Megan Hunt, Sven Granlund, and John J. Robinson

Web Series

The Other

Director: Emmett Swann

Short Film

The Redemption of Mary Louisa McBroom

Director: Gregory Fish

Documentary

The Search For A Hero

Director: Amy Leigh McCorkle

Documentary

Too Late

Director: Artur Matveev

Short Film

Zero Trace

Director: Seth Young

Short Film

International Official Selections

A Girl Called Alice

Director: Tristan Loraine

Short Film

United Kingdom

A Night with the Queen

Director: Tayo Elesin

Short Film

United Kingdom

Africa Blanca The Color of Exile

Director: Azlarabe Alaoui

Feature Film

France

Empathy Rehearsals

Director: Jacopo Cullin

Short Film

Italy

Live in Live

Director: Thet Nay Tun

Short Film

United Kingdom

My Boyfriend, A Mannequin

Director: Dmitry Nikolenko

Feature Film

Russian Federation

Once Again: The Start Of It All

Director: Kelechi Precious Amadi

Short Film

Canada

Rooted

Director: Sailesh Rajan Israni

Documentary

United Arab Emirates

The Beneath

Director: Lisette Vlassak

Short Film

The Netherlands

The Noise Beneath

Director: Anastasia Aleksandrova

Web Series

Indonesia

For those wishing to enter projects during our Late Deadline period (which ends May 11th) via FilmFreeway or the International Screenwriters’ Association, please visit: https://www.entertheimaginarium.com/2026-film-festival-call-for-entries/