2026 SCHEDULE & TICKETS
Schedule At A Glance
September 25 – 27, 2026
Friday
September 25, 2026- 5:00 PMFilmmaker Check-In
- 6:00 PMRed Carpet / Lobby Doors Open Special Event
- 7:00 PMKickoff Screening + Q&A Screening
- 8:30 PMPortalupi Wine Party Pass Holders
Saturday
September 26, 2026- 8:00 AMCity Arts Festival – Street Booth
- 11:00 AM – 12:00 PMBook Signing with Hunger Games Screenwriter Billy Ray Special Guest
- 1:00 PMScreening: Mixed Genre + Q&A Screening
- 3:00 PMScreening: Mixed Genre + Q&A Screening
- 5:00 PMScreening: Women in Film + Q&A Screening
- 7:30 PMScreening: Student Short Films + Q&A Screening
- 8:15 PMSweet & Uncorked – Harmon Rooftop Party Pass Holders
Scroll down for full details and tickets.
ALL-ACCESS PASS - $175
Any screening, Any Party
The Whole Weekend - Fri. Sept.25 - Sun. Sept.27
FESTIVAL PASS - $100
Any screening (no parties)
The Whole Weekend - Fri. Sept.25 - Sun. Sept.27
FRIDAY SEPT 25, 2026
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25 - 5:00PM - Filmmaker Check-in
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25 - 6:00PM - Red Carpet / Lobby Doors Open
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25 - Kick-Off Soirée - $50
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}7:00PM Kick-off screening at the Raven, plus 8:30PM wine party at Portalupi Wine
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25 - 7:00PM - Kick-Off Screening
Mixed-genre screening - $20/$10 Student
MAGAN'S FARE
Drama/ 26 min. / USA
A story about Magan, a ride-share driver, who takes a woman back to her nursing home on a cold December day, to discover that the facility has given up her bed. Magan must now figure out what to do and decide how far he will go to help her.
BE RIGHT OUT
Comedy / 5 min. / USA
A nervous young man’s first date spirals into chaos, forcing him to confront his
insecurities.
HUNTED
Micro-short / 2 min. / Croatia
A short film that combines live-action footage with 3D computer graphics and
animation. Positioned generically between thriller, horror, and science fiction,
the film examines the boundaries of technological surveillance and coercion as
mechanisms of control. Technically, the project explores the possibilities of a
compositing approach in integrating digital and filmed material.
NICKY AND NICK
Drama / 6 min. / USA
From New York, we welcome filmmaker Louise Bartolotta to the official 2026 selection with her short drama, Nicky and Nick. Something happened at a party between college basketball players Nicky and Nick, but it didn’t mean anything. It was no big deal. No, really—they’re good.
SAINT AGNES
Drama / 10 min. / UK
Over the course of one night at a women-themed gallery preview, a withdrawn young woman is forced to confront her unresolved trauma when a provocative artwork exposes her best friend, pushing both women to reckon with consent,
complicity, and the quiet fractures in their friendship
KNOWN TO THE GARDAI
Comedy / 7 min. / Ireland
Two local scallywags dare each other to commit an increasingly severe series of crimes.
CHERUBS
Dramedy / 13 min. / Switzerland
A dark comedy about two exiled angels condemned to document every human suicide for eternity. As they wander through the wreckage of human despair, they question pain, faith, and existence, between dark humour and profound reflection.
#INTIMACY
Comedy / 5 min. / Sonoma County, CA
A happy couple might be having problems connecting.
SATURDAY SEPT 26, 2026
ALL-ACCESS SATURDAY PASS - $100
Any screening, plus the invitational wine party on Saturday
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26 - 10:00AM - Healdsburg Arts Festival
Stop by the festival's booth the annual downtown arts celebration
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26 - 11:00AM - Book Signing - Author Billy Ray
HISFF Judge & Hollywood Screenwriter ( Captain Phillips, Hunger Games, 2026 Hunger Games movie) is at the Raven to sign his now YA novel, Burn The Water.
LITTLE REBELS CINEMA CLUB
Family Drama / 17 min. / Indonesia
Set in 2008, Doddy, a 14-year-old boy, tries to recreate an iconic scene of a zombie film with three of his best friends, using a handycam belonging to Anji, his sad and angry emo brother
MRI: MICHAIEL RETURNS INDEFINITELY
Thriller / 14 min. / USA
When Michael’s frustrations with the healthcare industry cause him to openly question his doctor’s motives, he awakens shadowy forces that threaten to fight back.
TEN LITTLE CANDLES
Drama / 14 min. / Mexico
On her 10th birthday, Renata navigates a home filled with balloons, cake, and
quiet tension. As her parents’ unresolved conflicts surface, she observes,
listens, and learns to make sense of a world where love and hurt coexist. Ten
Little Candles is an intimate portrait of childhood shaped by the emotional
cracks of adult life.
SKELETON TREE
Drama / 17 min. / Greece
One guy, one decision, one half-cooked meal and the belief that some things are
so insignificant and oddly bitter, funny.
EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTER
Documentary / 17 min. / USA
It’s the touching story of a group of neurodivergent performers who put on a stage production of the book Stellaluna, and all the growth and inclusion they discover in the process with the guidence of Samantha Ginn. The perfectly balanced unfolding of the documentary is not only enlightening and entertaining, but also deligfhtfully captured by cinematographer Athena Kulb.
CAMPING IN PARADISE
Comedy / 23 min. / Norway
ATTENTION: This film contains full non-sexualized nudity.
A philosopher and his girlfriend end up having to spend a night at a nudist camp, which is far beyond their comfort zone. At the camp, they meet an outgoing couple who push every boundary of the visiting couple.
EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY
Drama / 7 min. / South Africa
A detailed observation of a small event that relies on warmth, charm, and character rather than scale and spectacle to tell the story of a little dog and its owner.
FITTING
Comedy/ 6 min. / UK
An offbeat comedy about Toni, a self-conscious young woman experiencing her first-ever bra fitting, which unexpectedly evolves into a unique bond with her bra-fitter
WITHOUT KELLY
Drama / 15 min. / Sweden
Forced to leave her baby daughter with the child’s father, young mother Esther is caught in desperation and longing. Through the night she chases touch and comfort, seeking ways to hold on to who she loves the most.
WE WERE HERE
Mockumentary / 11 min. / India
In a crumbling Indian town, three retired men protest machines replacing human jobs by pretending to be household appliances.
THE LONG CON
Drama / 14 min. / USA
A desert-set crime romance about a runaway bride and her grifter lover reunited at a roadside motel after a con goes sideways. With stolen cash, sirens on the horizon, and betrayal simmering between them, their love plays out as foreplay, power struggle, and survival tactic. Violent, tender, and darkly funny, the film builds toward a single truth: no matter how badly they hurt each other, running alone was never an option—they were always destined to choose each other.
Starring Nava Mau of Netflix’s Baby Reindeer.
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26 - 5:00PM - WOMEN IN FILM - Screening
Mixed-genre screening - $20/$10 Student - A spotlight on the perspectives of women behind the camera.
MY MOTHER IS. A COW
Drama / 15 min. / Brazil
Left in her aunt’s care on a family ranch at the edge of the burning Brazilian wetland, 12-year-old Mia is desperate for the touch of her mother’s love – but in this volatile natural world, with the impending threat of a deadly Jaguar consuming the family, love comes in unexpected form.
TELL YOUR FACE
Comedy / 14 min. / United Kingdom
haunted by her late mother’s praise of her smooth skin, Chikana hits 30 and begins to obsess over her developing wrinkles. Without the money or motivation for Botox, she concocts an absurd and extreme way to stop them in their tracks.
BECAUSE YOU'RE MINE
Documentary / 12 min. / USA
An intimate experience of motherhood through the lens of 3 Black women in New Orleans.
CRISIS ACTOR
Dramedy / 13 min. / USA
Fired from her day job, an impulsive actress crashes a support group and spirals into a chaotic night that forces her to face her addiction to drama.
AMERICAN DREAM
Romance / 13 min. / Iran
Lili is an actress and singer in Iran, where women are forbidden from singing in public. She and her boyfriend celebrate her birthday with a romantic date that feels like a scene straight out of La La Land. They’re head over heels, convinced nothing could ever stand in the way of their perfect love story. What could possibly get in the way of a love story this perfect?
SCRATCH
Comedy / 10 min. / USA
A lonely woman aspires to be a beatboxer.
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26 - 7:30PM - STUDENT FILMS - Screening
Mixed-genre screening - $20/$10 Student - Highlighting the next generation of filmmakers
LITTLE FIERCE LOONG
Student/ 18 min. / USA
When two lonely children from vastly different worlds clash over a magical Chinese wooden dragon, their shared imagination takes them on a surreal journey that reshapes their beliefs.
CONSTELLATIONS OF THE SEA
Student / 13 min. / USA
A 17-year-old filmmaker joins a Maldives research team to document the growing challenge of protecting endangered whale sharks at the center of a global tourism industry.
SUMMER TRIANGLE
Student/ 8 min. / Iran
A young girl goes to the rooftop to find her cat and discovers a boy who is
attempting suicide. She forces the boy to search for her cat with her in the
last moments of his life.
THE GREAT DISTRACTION
Microshort / 41 sec. / Sonoma County, CALIF.
Don’t blink! This 41 second microshort is the story of one man’s literal struggle against technology.
PATAKHA
Drama / 15 min. / India
Radha, an 11-year-old girl in rural India, loses her school bag on her first day of work at a firecracker factory. Patakha follows her journey to retrieve it — and the hope for the future that has been taken away.
SEND NUDES
Student / 3 min / Germany
Send nudes is a 3D animated, comedic short film about two young lovers at the end of the 16th century having a long distance relationship. They send each other love letters with a carrier pigeon and since her parents are at home and don’t allow them to meet they can’t fulfill their fantasies together… for now.
I LOVE YOU MORE THAN DINOSAURS
Student / 15 min. / USA
Two childhood sweetheart’s once-playful love is put to the test by the stresses of adulthood– exposing to them the funny and painful truth about needing to grow up… Literally
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26 - 8:15PM - SWEET & UNCORKED SOCIAL at H2 Hotel
Local wine, desserts, and good company with filmmakers, judges, and All-Access pass holders at one of Healdsburg's most stylish hotspots. $50
SUNDAY SEPT 27, 2026
11:00AM - Filmmaker Brunch
At the Raven Theater
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 27 - 1:00PM - Documentary Films - Screening
Mixed-genre screening - $20/$10 Student - Thought-provoking documentaries that illuminate our shared humanity.
THE GROUND WE KEEP
Documentary / 9 min. / USA
Set in the hills outside Healdsburg, California, this documentary follows John Mills, an off-grid homeowner who has come to realize that fire season demands personal attention, preparation, and the daily work of caring for a place enough to change your life for it—a commitment to his neighbors, his community, and the living landscape around him.
"OWL HILL"
Documentary / 15 min. / Petaluma, California
A documentary shining a light on the community of owl box keepers and preservationists in the San Francisco Bay Area and surrounding areas.
JOHANN'S STORY: REWRITING LIFE
Documentary / 13 min. / USA
A Korean American disabled veteran rewrites his life and reflects on the power and connection of sharing pain
"UNCONDITIONAL"
Documentary / 22 min. / Petaluma, CA
A veterinarian journeys throughout Northern California, providing free animal care to help domestic violence survivors and their pets escape abuse together.
THE ABALONE MOTHER
Stories For A Green Planet / 13 min. / USA
Kristin Aquilino is a marine biologist who dedicated years of her life to save the white abalone from the brink of extinction. “The Abalone Mother” follows the history of the first marine invertebrate to be listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act and the life of Kristin Aquilino to understand what it takes to save a species and what we gain from protecting life on earth.
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 27 - 3:00PM - Cine-Latine - Screening
Mixed-genre screening - $20/$10 Student - Fresh perspectives and unforgettable stories from Latine filmmakers.
THE BIRTHDAY GIFT
Drama / 16 min. / USA
In this playful, cross cultural family drama, an unexpected guest upends the
lives of an Argentine mother and daughter over the course of an intimate
birthday dinner one icy Chicago night.
ALBATROSS
Drama / 14 min. / USA
A woman slowly disappearing into the thankless role of longterm caregiver for her ailing husband is jolted back to life by a simple party invitation — forcing her to reckon with everything she’s sacrificed and everything she still hungers to be.
#BLESSED
Comedy / 11 min. / USA
A love-obsessed woman becomes a martial-arts master in order to save the busboy at a local club from getting bullied by two Mexican wrestlers. It’s loud! It’s absurd! It’s a ridiculous neo-screwball, martial-arts romantic comedy. Think RAISING ARIZONA meets KUNG FU HUSTLE, dipped in fuschsia and leopard print,; with a 90s Mexi-Pop soundtrack.
NORHEIMSUND
Drama / 12 min. / Cuba
A girl’s long-distance romance with an older Norwegian man promises to pull her and her mother out of their austere life in Cuba, but her dreams are shaken when she realizes he isn’t as idyllic as he seems.
WARMIS SOBRE RUEDAS
Documentary / 14 min. / BOLIVIA
In the streets and skateparks of La Paz, Bolivia, a group of female
skateboarders reclaim their Indigenous identity by skating in traditional
polleras. Challenging gender norms and cultural marginalization, they ride with
pride, all while redefining what it means to be both modern and rooted in
tradition.
THE BALLAD OF TITA AND THE MACHINES
Science Fiction / 15 min. / USA
In a near future where A.I. in the workforce is a societal
norm, Tita, an injured and elderly fieldworker, reluctantly hires a robot worker to fill in for her picking
strawberries.
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 27 - 5:00PM - Closing Night Screening & Award Presentations
Mixed-genre screening - $20/$10 Student
THE PEARL COMB
Thriller / 21 min. / USA
In 1893, a fisherman’s wife becomes the first person to cure someone of tuberculosis. A doctor, intent on proving a woman’s place is in the home and not practising medicine, investigates – only to discover the source of her unearthly power.
"TO HAVE AND TO HOLD"
Animation / 5 min. / USA
Two hopeless romantics must grapple with the complexities of their relationship and decide whether or not to part ways.
JULIANNE MARTIN
Director
BIG RHONDA
Eco-Narrative / 19 min. / USA
When a burnt out tech worker chases an influencer’s vision of off-grid freedom,
she instead crashes into the harsh realities of van life and a new friendship
that challenges everything she thinks she knows about healing, home, and
hashtags.
iCHILD
Sci-Fi / 15 min. / USA
In a near dystopian future, a desperate woman joins a high stakes A.I. program that forces her to relive the past she swore she’d left behind, and the little girl trapped inside it.
BALLOON ANIMALS
Dramedy / 7 min. / USA
Two grocery store employees have a helium-fuelled encounter with a late-night customer.
AM I A BAD PERSON?
Dramedy / 10 min. / USA
A woman gets more than she signed up for when a birthday party turns out to be a
lot different than she expected.
Announcing of Screenwriting & Film Awards
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 27 - 7:30PM - 9:30PM: Filmmaker Nightcap with hosted Pizza & Beer/Wine
