The Films

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It's all about the films.

Below you will find our official list of current selections followed by winning film projects and official selections from our past seasons. Although most films are still in festival-only or limited distribution mode, several past winners are available for public viewing, please scan the links below for more information.

SEASON 4 FILMS

Call For Entries = OPEN

Bi-Monthly Summer Winners:

FULL ANNOUNCEMENT JULY 20th, 2026

5 projects chosen as OFFICIAL SELECTIONS for our annual in-person festival event

All entries remain eligible until final notification date: January 25th, 2027

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PAIFF FILM ARCHIVE A-Z

Title	Director	Country/Countries	Film Type	Runtime Minutes	PAIFF Season	PAIFF Awards...
5/3/0	Danilo Stanimirović	Serbia	Narrative Short,Student Film	15	PAIFF Season 1 (2024)	BEST ACTRESS - SHORT FILM
A Cree Approach	Tristin Greyeyes	Canada	Documentary Feature	75	PAIFF Season 4 (2027)	Official Selection
A Latino Hollywood Nightmare	Jeff Valdez	United States,Mexico	Narrative Short	10	PAIFF Season 1 (2024)	BEST INNOVATIVE CULTURAL STORYTELLING
ARMED with A BRUSH	Nèma van Raalte	The Netherlands,Chile	Documentary Short	54	PAIFF Season 1 (2024)	BEST EDITING - DOCUMENTARY SHORT,BEST FIRST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
Acre Wall Jumpers	donna hacohen, firas rubi	Israel	Documentary Short	56	PAIFF Season 3 (2026)	Official Selection
Adas Felesteen	Hamdi Khalil Elhusseini, Samar Taher Lulu	Palestine	Documentary Short	11	PAIFF Season 3 (2026)	Honorable Mention
Ahorita	Simone Coppo	Italy	Music Video	4	PAIFF Season 3 (2026)	Official Selection
Aloof (Desden)	Dylan Vega Aragon	Mexico	Narrative Short	11	PAIFF Season 3 (2026)	BEST FIRST STUDENT FILM
An Old Friend	Nuk Suwanchote	United States	Narrative Short	14	PAIFF Season 2 (2025)	BEST ACTOR - SHORT FILM
Ancient Lore	Patrick Müller	Germany,France	Experimental Short	6	PAIFF Season 1 (2024)	Official Selection
Another Round	AJ Astle, Jake Sauvee	Canada	Music Video	4	PAIFF Season 2 (2025)	BEST MUSIC VIDEO
At Night Time	Mahmood Arib13	Iran	Experimental Short	13	PAIFF Season 2 (2025)	Official Selection
Audience	Tom Miller	United States	Narrative Feature	65	PAIFF Season 3 (2026)	BEST FEATURE FILM,BEST DIRECTOR FEATURE FILM,BEST ACTOR FEATURE FILM,BEST PRODUCERS FEATURE FILM,AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
Beach Inna Bondage: The Fight for Jamaica's Coastline	Emiel Martens, Elsie Vermeer	Jamaica,The Netherlands	Documentary Short	30	PAIFF Season 4 (2027)	Official Selection
Beam You Up Scotty	Hannah Samantha Simicic	New Zealand	Animation	9	PAIFF Season 2 (2025)	Official Selection
Between The Words	Farid Ismail	Luxembourg	Narrative Short	15	PAIFF Season 1 (2024)	BEST SHORT FILM
Big Mama Thornton: I Can't Be Anyone But Me	Robert Clem	United States	Documentary Feature	88	PAIFF Season 3 (2026)	BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
Braiding Knowledge through breath, movement, and language	Jessica Barudin	Canada	Documentary Short	13	PAIFF Season 2 (2025)	BEST INNOVATIVE CULTURAL STORYTELLING,BEST SOUND DESIGN - DOCUMENTARY FILM
Bumper	Selvakumar M	India	Narrative Feature	126	PAIFF Season 1 (2024)	BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM
By The Sea	Stephan Eigenmann	United States,Austria,Switzerland	Narrative Short	21	PAIFF Season 2 (2025)	Honorable Mention
Capacity In Reserve	Brandon Harrop	United States	Documentary,Short	29	Season 2 (2025)
Cash on delivery	Udara Buddika Wijesinghe	Sri Lanka	Short	23	Season 1 (2024)
Cats	Danilo Stanimirović	Switzerland	Short,Student	10	Season 3 (2026)
Cell Buddies	Melle Windig, Hidde Alberts, Miguel Reyes, Jurgen de Smit, Arjen van der Plas	Netherlands	Animation,Short,Student	5	Season 3 (2026)
Chanting of the Dunes	Mokhless Al-Hariri	United States	Documentary,Experimental,Feature	86	Season 2 (2025)
Children of Icarus	Gary Fieldman	United States	Short	7	Season 2 (2025)
Class of Her Own	Boaz Dvir	United States	Documentary	87	Season 3 (2026)
Come Out, Wherever You Are	Caitlin Presberg	United States	Short	29	Season 2 (2025)
Conscious Co-Working	Matt Crowe	Mexico	Documentary,Short,Television,Web / New Media	22	Season 2 (2025)
DATING AUDREY	Dan Hertzog	United States	Short	20	Season 1 (2024)
Daughters of Maguey	Francisca Siza	Portugal	Documentary	76	Season 1 (2024)
Dayton Guitars	D. Emmet Wilson	United States	Documentary,Short	16	Season 3 (2026)
Deadline	Idan Gilboa	Israel	Animation	12	Season 3 (2026)
Death Anniversary	Armin Keshvari	Iran	Experimental,Short	20	Season 1 (2024)
Debs Studio - Short version	Miguel OCTAVE	France	Documentary	52	Season 1 (2024)
Diego Velazquez: A Body of Work	Walter E Haussner	United States	Short	20	Season 3 (2026)
Domino Springs	Dan Hertzog	United States	Short	21	Season 1 (2024)
Don't	Wendy Lee Taylor, Aniez, Ch'Lu ( as Camilla Mathias)	United Kingdom	Music Video		Season 1 (2024)
Doppel	Daniela Alejandra Hernandez Álvarez	Mexico	Short	7	Season 2 (2025)
Dream Man	Harald Takke, Steven Takke	Germany	Short	30	Season 3 (2026)
Dreamer	Juan Javier "Javo" Aguirre	United States	Short	20	Season 3 (2026)
El Búnker	Rodrigo Gil Becerra, Bruno Leal Herrera	Mexico	Short,Student	14	Season 3 (2026)
Elias AI	MARCO CASADO	Mexico	Documentary,Experimental,Short,Other	11	Season 3 (2026)
Escape Room	Vladislav Kovtunovskii	Russian Federation	Animation,Short	2	Season 2 (2025)
Expenses	Gary Fieldman	United States	Short	10	Season 1 (2024)
Fatih the Conqueror	Onur Yagiz	Türkiye	Short		Season 1 (2024)
Fear Movie	Haritha Gogineni	India	Feature	115	Season 2 (2025)
Flowers Beyond the Dark	Iryna Pravylo	Ukraine	Documentary	78	PAIFF Season 3 (2026)
Food Roots	Michele Josue	United States	Documentary		Season 3 (2026)
Fred the Super Computer	Sam Kimbrell	United States	Short		Season 1 (2024)
From Zero to a Hundred	Matteo Banfo	United States	Documentary		Season 1 (2024)
Fruitless	Orlando Solano	Portugal	Short	6	Season 2 (2025)
Gentle Justice	Anneloor van Heemstra	Netherlands	Documentary	73	Season 3 (2026)	Honorable Mention
Gin Lane Revisited	Merle Sibbel	Germany	Music Video	4	Season 2 (2025)
Got That Holy Spirit music video	Ayanda Andiy Nxumalo, JJ Hayya	Australia	Music Video,Other	3	Season 3 (2026)
Guardians	Rick Walker	United States	Feature	75	Season 2 (2025)
Gulag Eros of the Russian Mind: Sex in the Soviet Union	Chad Gracia	Ukraine	Experimental,Feature,Short,Television	60	Season 1 (2024)
Gum	Belal Albader	Saudi Arabia	Short	10	Season 3 (2026)
Hanging The Dead	RAHUL DHOLAKIA	India,United States	Documentary,Short		Season 3 (2026)
Healer	Armando Arenas	Mexico	Short	19	Season 3 (2026)
Heart Failed	Diana Näcke	Germany	Animation,Experimental,Music Video,Short,Web / New Media	4	Season 3 (2026)
Hercules Recycled 2.0	Don Moriarty, Greg Alt	United States	Experimental,Feature		Season 1 (2024)
Hide	Brenden Hubbard	United States	Short	16	Season 3 (2026)
Homicide	Nima Tabandeh	Iran	Short	10	Season 3 (2026)
Illuminatus!	Chris Kalis	United States	Animation	10	Season 2 (2025)
In Half	Jorge Morais Valle	Spain	Animation,Short	25	Season 2 (2025)
Indefinitely	Aloha Lee	United States	Animation,Short,Student	6	Season 2 (2025)
Insight	Abey Lin	United States	Short,Student		Season 1 (2024)
Interpreting Erik - Canadian Documentary	Donald D'Haene	Canada	Documentary	58	Season 3 (2026)
Invaders of the Valley Saloon	Dustin Tidwell	United States	Short,Student	12	Season 3 (2026)
It Sparks	Shane Serrano	Germany	Music Video	4	Season 2 (2025)
It’s About Time	Dan Hertzog	United States	Short	21	Season 3 (2026)
I’m a Girl, I’m a Boy	Maziyar Koopidar	Not Specified	Documentary,Short		Season 1 (2024)
Jailhouse To Milhouse	Buddy Farmer	United States	Documentary,Feature	67	Season 3 (2026)
JÓLAKÖTTURINN	Dan Hertzog	United States	Short	7	Season 2 (2025)
Katabasis	Samantha Casella	Italy	Feature	99	Season 2 (2025)
Kryla	Anastasiia Lapko	Ukraine	Music Video	6	Season 2 (2025)
La Pipera	Miguel Perez	Mexico	Documentary	60	Season 1 (2024)
Leaving Beringia	Barbara Hager	Canada	Documentary	90	Season 3 (2026)
Lissa's Trip	Jeffery Lando	United States	Animation,Experimental,Feature	76	Season 1 (2024)
Little Darling	Xavier Guàrdia	Spain	Music Video		Season 3 (2026)
Little Wings	Kyu Dong MIN	South Korea	Animation,Short	6	Season 3 (2026)
Love Hides in the Open	Brian Finucane	United Kingdom	Feature	68	Season 2 (2025)
MEOW!	Michal Vojtech, Ariel de la Garza Davidoff	United Kingdom	Short	15	Season 2 (2025)
MHAT.doc	Dmitry Nikolenko	Russian Federation	Documentary	101	Season 3 (2026)
Mahsa - Woman Life Freedom	Shahrad Fredotti	United States	Animation,Short		Season 2 (2025)
Mahsoo	Fatemeh Mehdipoor	Iran	Short	24	Season 2 (2025)
Man Eater	Alexander Whitrow	Australia	Short	24	Season 3 (2026)
Mentawai - Almas del Bosque	Joachim Peter	Germany	Documentary,Feature	74	Season 1 (2024)
Mentawai - Souls of the Forest	Joo Peter	Indonesia	Documentary	75	Season 1 (2024)
Miami Creek, c. 1350	Walter Bender	United States	Animation,Experimental,Music Video	5	Season 3 (2026)
Money Maker: Saygin Yalcin E	Johannes Thuermer, Martina Schuster	Germany	Documentary	29	Season 1 (2024)
Mortem Obire	David Cantón Kosberg	Mexico	Animation,Short,Student	4	Season 2 (2025)
Mutation	Carlo Ayhllón	Mexico	Documentary	60	Season 3 (2026)
Night Shift at Ned's	Hagen Mattingly	United States	Short	25	Season 3 (2026)
No Return	Yail Haziel Vázquez López	Mexico	Music Video,Student		Season 1 (2024)
Nothing	Tom Miller, Alex Davidowski	United States	Short	21	Season 2 (2025)	BEST SHORT FILM,BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT,BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR - SHORT FILM
Nowhere	Erfan Parsapour	Iran	Short	13	Season 2 (2025)
Ojichaag - Spirit Within	Rachel Beaulieu	Canada	Short	11	Season 2 (2025)
Okhaldhunga	Marcel Weiß	Germany	Documentary	71	Season 2 (2025)

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SEASON 4 FILMS

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