Cobb International Film Festival

08/17/2026

The pictures taken by our photographer on the red carpet are now on the festival website.

08/12/2026

https://nepaltvworld.com/the-everest-dream-wins-best-documentary-award-in-the-usa/

‘The Everest Dream’, a documentary by Director and journalist Ganesh Pandey, has won the Best Docume

08/11/2026

12th Annual Cobb International Film Festival Awards and Winners

Lifetime Achievement Award - Alpha Trivette

Latin Film Award - The Lights Between

Veterans in Film Award - Worst Day Ever

African American Film Award - Brannu: The Urban Horseman

Candace N Lee Women in Film Award - Sleepyhead

Best Film by a First Time Filmmaker - Unveil

Best Student Film - Pyre

Best Local Film - Turn Off

Best Documentary Film - The Everest Dream

Best International Short Film - The Creature's Coda

Best Domestic Short Film - The French Lesson

Best International Feature Film - Vertices

Best Domestic Feature Film - Cavegirls

Best Soundtrack - The Fabulous Flocks

Best Wardrobe - Sound of the Somme

Best Visual Effects - Brooke Gillespie and Hagen Mattingly (Forces From Beyond)

Best Makeup - Andrew Bassett (Pyre)

Best Writing in a Short Film - Aaron McLaughlin (Knotted)

Best Writing in a Feature Film - Leslie Hardeman & Uchenna "Conphidance" Echeazu (Unveiled)

Cinematography in a Short Film - Connor Pannell (Distance)

Cinematography in a Feature Film - Michael W. Dodge (Panic Sets In)

Best Editing in a Short Film - Jeff Kaminski (The Fabulous Flocks)

Best Editing in a Feature Film - Lionel Anthony Cook (Unveiled)

Director in a Short Film - Lainie Smith & James Carey (Why Are We Here)

Director in a Feature Film - Dustin Morrow (Panic Sets In)

Best Stunt Performance - Korak

Best Actor in a Local Film - Jess Matney (Turn Off)

Best Actress in a Local Film - Anette Castro (The Lights Between)

Best Young Actor or Actress - Sahra Diamond Powell (Unveil)

Best Ensemble - Aberth

Best Supporting Actor in a Short Film - Chris Bailey (Worst Day Ever)

Best Supporting Actress in a Short Film - Julie Kendall (Why Are We Here)

Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film - Uchenna "Conphidance" Echeazu (Unveiled)

Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film - Whitney Lavaux (Cavegirls)

Best Lead Actor in a Short Film - Lincoln Hoppe (Operation Dark Side)

Best Lead Actress in a Short Film - Rebekah Tadros (Reek)

Best Lead Actor in a Feature Film - Tom Walton (Panic Sets In)

Best Lead Actress in a Feature Film - Ainsley Seiger (Party USA)

100 Hour Film Race

Best Film - Inked (Crafty Services)

Runner Up - After Liv (The Slumps)

Third Place - Rearview (Joey Duke Media)

Best Local Film - Dead Set On Love (Warped Prism Studios)

Best Direction - Miriam Pinedo (Inked)

Best Writing - Jon Hobson (Verge)

Best Lead Actor - JR Holther (Rearview)

Best Lead Actress - Tara Kaye Burgh (Inked)

Best Supporting Actor - Edward Katak (The Last Chapter)

Best Supporting Actress - Cassie Duke (Rearview)

Best Young Actor/Actress - Nora Duke (Rearview)

Best Actor (Southeast US) - Ben Ziskind (Inked)

Best Actress (Southeast US) - Nia Faith (The Fool)

Best Acting Ensemble - Rearview

Best Cinematography - Samuel Zeilender (Inked)

Best Editing - Joey Duke (Rearview)

Best Score - Rearview

Best Special/Visual Effects - 17 Seconds

Best Costume Design - The Last Chapter

Best Make-Up - Inked

08/11/2026

A few more pics from the weekend

08/10/2026

I’m taking the day off to recuperate from the festival - mentally and physically exhausted as you can imagine.

I’ll post up the winners here and on the webpage tomorrow.

We’d like to thank everyone who participated in this year’s festival - filmmakers, fans, friends and audience alike. The festival is truly about you.

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for making the festival each year so special

Richard

08/10/2026

08/10/2026

CHANGE OF PLANS!!

We can’t get the technical issues fixed so we are going to stream here!!

08/09/2026

We’re running about 15 minutes late - our technician is working on it

08/09/2026

We will be streaming the Awards Program for the festival live via our partner “Miniflix” this year. The Awards Program starts at 7:45pm Eastern time at the end of the festival tonight (Sunday, August 9).

This is a free streaming service - there is no cost to you.

Below are the instructions they sent us to access the platform to watch the live stream (we suggest not waiting until the last minute to try to access Miniflix):

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How To Watch Live on Miniflix

Thank you for joining us for the 12th Annual Cobb International Film Festival Awards Program. You can watch Live via Miniflix on Roku, Fire TV, or on the web at miniflix.net.

To watch On Roku

Turn on your Roku device.
From the Roku home screen, go to Streaming Store or Search.
Search for Miniflix.
Select the Miniflix channel and choose Add Channel.
Open the Miniflix app.
If you already have an account, sign in and select your profile to launch.
If you do not have an account, create one by following the on-screen steps.
Once your account is created and activated, select your profile.
Select Live from the navigation menu to start watching.
To watch On Fire TV

Turn on your Fire TV or Fire Stick.

From the home screen, select Findor the search icon.
Search for Miniflix.
Select the Miniflix app and choose Download or Get.
Open the Miniflix app.
If you already have an account, sign in and select your profile to launch.
If you do not have an account, create one by following the on-screen steps.
Once your account is created and activated, select your profile.
Select Live from the navigation menu to start watching.

To watch On The Web

Open a web browser on your computer, tablet, or phone.
Go to miniflix.net.
If you already have an account, sign in and select your profile to launch.
If you do not have an account, create one by following the on-screen steps.
Once your account is created and activated, select your profile.
Select Live from the navigation menu to start watching.
Need Help?

If you do not see the livestream right away, make sure you are signed in with the same account you used to create or activate your subscription. You can also try closing and reopening the app or refreshing the website.

Enjoy the festival, and thank you for watching Miniflix.

Please do the preliminaries early & if you have any issues, reach out to us.

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