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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes filmmaker and screenwriter Kermet Merl Key as an Official Panelist! As a Panelist, Kermet will be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 13th year, July 17-19, 2026, in Louisville, Kentucky! We invite you to explore Kermet’s individual guest page, which can be accessed by clicking on the graphic banner below! To register for Imaginarium 2026 with an Advance Event Ticket, please visit: https://www.entertheimaginarium.com/2026-event-tickets/Read More →

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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes filmmaker, author, screenwriter, journalist, and music critic Rebekah McAuliffe as an Official Panelist! As a Panelist, Rebekah will be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 13th year, July 17-19, 2026, in Louisville, Kentucky! We invite you to explore Rebekah’s individual guest page, which can be accessed by clicking on the graphic banner below! To register for Imaginarium 2026 with an Advance Event Ticket, please visit: https://www.entertheimaginarium.com/2026-event-tickets/Read More →

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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes filmmaker Rick Pate as an Official Panelist! As a Panelist, Rick will be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 13th year, July 17-19, 2026, in Louisville, Kentucky! We invite you to explore Rick’s individual guest page, which can be accessed by clicking on the graphic banner below! To register for Imaginarium 2026 with an Advance Event Ticket, please visit: https://www.entertheimaginarium.com/2026-event-tickets/Read More →

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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes filmmaker Russ Emanuel as an Official Panelist! As a Panelist, Russ will be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 13th year, July 17-19, 2026, in Louisville, Kentucky! We invite you to explore Russ’ individual guest page, which can be accessed by clicking on the graphic banner below! To register for Imaginarium 2026 with an Advance Event Ticket, please visit: https://www.entertheimaginarium.com/2026-event-tickets/Read More →

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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes filmmaker and actor Kathlene Ashcraft as an Official Panelist! As a Panelist, Kathlene will be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 13th year, July 17-19, 2026, in Louisville, Kentucky! We invite you to explore Kathlene’s individual guest page, which can be accessed by clicking on the graphic banner below! To register for Imaginarium 2026 with an Advance Event Ticket, please visit: https://www.entertheimaginarium.com/2026-event-tickets/Read More →

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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes screenwriter and filmmaker Beecher Reuning as an Official Panelist! As a Panelist, Beecher will be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 13th year, July 17-19, 2026, in Louisville, Kentucky! We invite you to explore Beecher’s individual guest page, which can be accessed by clicking on the graphic banner below! To register for Imaginarium 2026 with an Advance Event Ticket, please visit: https://www.entertheimaginarium.com/2026-event-tickets/Read More →

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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes filmmaker, actor, and cosplayer Myles Jordan as an Official Panelist! As a Panelist, Myles will be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 13th year, July 17-19, 2026, in Louisville, Kentucky! We invite you to explore Myles’ individual guest page, which can be accessed by clicking on the graphic banner below! To register for Imaginarium 2026 with an Advance Event Ticket, please visit: https://www.entertheimaginaRead More →

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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes SFX artists, filmmakers, and haunted attraction owners Amanda and Sean “Joker” Durkin as Spotlighted Guests! The owners of the multi-award-winning haunted attraction Malice Manor, Sean and Amanda have been set design and builders, scare actors, show directors, special effects lighting, sound effects, and animations programmers.  Past highlights have included making vacuum panels for TV shows like Bones, theme parks like Six Flags, Sea World, and Nightclubs in NYC & Vegas. They have created foam sculptured fabrications for the Kentucky State Fair, Kentucky Derby festival, Gallopalooza Horses, the Mint Julep Cup, and Light Up Louisville. Amanda has also been a costume designerRead More →

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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 DayRead More →

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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes award-winning filmmaker, actor, artist, SFX artist, writer, and former pro wrestler Roni Jonah as a Spotlighted Guest! Roni landed in the top 3 actresses for a nationwide contest held by massify (dot) com and After Dark Films that began an award-winning independent filmmaking career that has seen her participation in numerous projects as a director, actor, writer, and SFX artist! She is a member of SAGA-FTRA, IATSE Local 798, and Puppeteers of America. In her wrestling career, Roni wrestled for both Ohio Valley Wrestling and Women’s Extreme Wrestling, and her television debut for Ohio Valley Wrestling had the distinction of havingRead More →