08/18/2026
The San Francisco Science Fiction Short Film and TV Awards Committee is pleased to announce the Finalist Nominees for this 3rd annual awards season for videos, short films, and documentaries.
They are the following:
-A City Upon A Hill : Ireland – Director: Kevin Morthorst – Producer: Aaron Hallows
-Abducted : United States – Director: Raechel Zarzynski – Producer: Josh Greiveldinger, Raechel Zarzynski
-Alienated : United States – Director: Tamara Hernandez – Producer: Tamara Hernandez, Robert Murphy
-Celestial Court : United States – Director: Mark Owens – Producer: Svaja Nicklin
-Dealing with Time : United States – Director: Byron Donaldson – Producer: Byron Donaldson, Jillian Crans
-Die High : United States – Director: Christian Ramirez-Coll – Producer: Christian Ramirez-Coll, Lynette Coll
-Echoes of Darkness : United Kingdom – Director: Gary Scullion – Producer: Gary Scullion
-Gilgamesh: Fall of the Anunnaki : France – Director: yves brodsky – Producer: yves brodsky
-Hotel : United Kingdom – Director: – Producer:
-ILMIØ : Finland – Director: Tuomas Järvenpää – Producer: Tuomas Järvenpää
-Just A Girl : United States – Director: Lily Daroff – Producer: Cleo Garibay, Gabriel Busaneli
-Logos : United States – Director: Dante Dorian – Producer: Dante Dorian, Juan Tafolla
-Memory Barn : United States – Director: George Mentchoukov – Producer: George Mentchoukov, Rose Nordberg, Gabriel Ortega, Jose Uribe Gonzales
-Ominous : United States – Director: Archita Mandal – Producer: Archita Mandal
-Pale Blue Dot: A Tale of Two Stargazers : Italy – Director: Matteo Scarfò – Producer: Matteo Scarfò, Giovanni Scarfò, Francesco de Laurentiis, Joe Verni, Gabriele Scarfò
-Seascape : United States – Director: Catherine Heath – Producer: Catherine Heath
-Slipstream : United States – Director: Glen L Wolfe – Producer:
-Strange Orbits : Canada – Director: Clayton Flagg – Producer: Kashika Kaushal
-The Bird : Israel – Director: Eyal Padan – Producer: Eyal Padan
-The Limits of Math : United States – Director: John D. Scott – Producer: John D. Scott
-The Movements of the Universe : United States – Director: Laurence Arcadias – Producer:
-The Prophet : United States – Director: William Alexander Sanchez – Producer: Paul Carranza, Jan-David Soutar
-The Singularity Protocol : United States – Director: Craig McCourry – Producer: Kathy Wen, Grace Yan-yan Mak
-TimeLapse: The Outlaw Reality : Spain – Director: Francisco Javier Enríquez Santos – Producer: Francisco Javier Enríquez Santos
-Transmuted: The Form of Light : France – Director: Yves Brodsky – Producer:
-Two Robots : Israel – Director: Eyal Padan – Producer: Eyal Padan
-Wake Up Call : Israel – Director: Eyal Padan – Producer: Eyal Padan
-Whispers In The Void : Taiwan – Director: Kevin Geiger – Producer: Wen Feng
The San Francisco SCIENCE FICTION SHORT FILM & TV AWARDS celebrate some of the most year’s fascinating, creative and entertaining short films, videos, television episodes, and directors. They honor great work and excellence.
Winners will be pre-announced on August 26th, with a live screening event of several award winning selections in San Francisco on September 13th as part of the San Francisco SCIENCE FICTION SHORT FILM SHOWCASE.
www.sfscifiawards.com
