2026 FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS

MIDDLE SCHOOL AWARDS

These accolades were awarded to finalists in the middle school division (grades 5 – 8).

BEST ANIMATION

The Muralist of MossTown

Taos Charter

BEST COMEDY

Problematic 

Dugan-Tarango Middle School

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Agua Fria 

El Camino Real Academy

BEST DRAMA

Anne Frank Goes On

The Small School

BEST SCI-FI/FANTASY

Wild Card

Taos Integrated School of the Arts Charter

BEST THRILLER

Basal Engine

Mesilla Valley Leadership Academy

EMERGING NATIVE FILMMAKER

How Are We Hemish Strong?

Hemish Language Immersion

FOUNDERS CIRCLE

Afraid

Mesilla Valley Leadership

FOUNDERS CIRCLE

Trapped After Hours

Gonzales Community School

AUDIENCE CHOICE (FESTIVAL)

Sides 

Mesilla Valley Leadership Academy

AUDIENCE CHOICE (VIRTUAL)

TBD

AUDIENCE CHOICE POSTER

Sides 

Mesilla Valley Leadership Academy

GRAND PRIZE - JUDGES' CHOICE

The Muralist of MossTown

Taos Charter

HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS

These accolades were awarded to finalists in the high school division (grades 9 – 12).

BEST ANIMATION

Lost

Deming High

BEST COMEDY

Phone Heist

Sandia Preparatory

BEST DOCUMENTARY

The Gift

Julinski Home School 

BEST DRAMA

Visit Sometime

New Mexico School for the Arts

BEST SCI-FI/FANTASY

Wilco

Farmington High School

BEST THRILLER

The Setup

Deming High

EMERGING NATIVE FILMMAKER

Hozho Busters

Navajo Preparatory

FOUNDERS CIRCLE

Always There

Thoreau High

FOUNDERS CIRCLE

Behind the Screen

Hobbs High 

FOUNDERS CIRCLE

Brains and Brawn

Explore Academy

FOUNDERS CIRCLE

Cards, Tricks & Chaos

Laguna-Acoma High

FOUNDERS CIRCLE

Dust and Thunder 

Robertson High

FOUNDERS CIRCLE

Jane

Santa Fe High

AUDIENCE CHOICE (FESTIVAL)

A Christmas Clash

Manzano High School

AUDIENCE CHOICE (VIRTUAL)

TBD

AUDIENCE CHOICE POSTER

The Super Epic Journey of Magic and Whimsiness 

Albuquerque School of Excellence

GRAND PRIZE - JUDGES' CHOICE

Visit Sometime

New Mexico School for the Arts

BEST POSTER - JUDGES' CHOICE

Decadent 

Digital Arts and Technology Academy

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