2026 Lindsey Film Festival Award Winners
President’s Award: Snake Oil Song (dir. Micah Van Hove)
Clyde "Sappo" Black Sweet Home Alabama Award: Cottonmouth (dir. Cole Johnson)
Professional Narrative Feature: The Scout (dir. Paula Andrea González Nasser)
Professional Narrative Short: Fresh Values (dirs. Drew Durepos and Isaac Brooks)
Professional Documentary: Possum Town (dir. Daniel Christian)
Student Narrative: xX_NOMAD_Xx (dir. Chance Freytag)
Student Documentary: The Mayor of Rasslin’ (dir. Layla Khan-Hickman)
Vanguard Film: Nocturne (dir. J.C. Reams)
Youth Film: Route 17 (dir. Worthy Culverhouse)
Jason Flynn Memorial Award for Best UNA Film: Trevor Together (dir. Trevor Peck)
Roar Access Award: All the Real Boys (dir. Ohad Ira Amram)
Women in Film Award: No Hands (dir. Joslyn Jensen)
George Lindsey Jr. Comedy Award: A Haunting at Alma Drive (dir. Dalton Allen)
Festival Spirit Award: Elizabeth Stam, co-producer and lead actor of Hekla (dir. Michael Glover Smith)
Feature Screenplay: “Turns Out It's The Apocalypse... We Think” by Natalie Lynch and Tara Jayn
Short Screenplay: “GOODBYE” by Lynda Hilliker