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2026 22nd Annual Dam Short Film Festival Winners
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2026 BEST ANIMATION

2026 Best Comedy

2026 BEST DOCUMENTARY - Camp Widow

2026 BEST DOCUMENTARY

2026 Dam Short Film Festival BEST DRAMA Ephemera, UT

2026 BEST DRAMA

2026 Winner BEST NEVADA Film Rainbow Gardens

2026 BEST NEVADA

2026 Winner BEST HORROR Blossom Needs A Ride Home

2026 BEST HORROR

2026 Winner BEST STUDENT The Lights Above

2026 BEST STUDENT

2026 Winner INTERNATIONAL DRAMA Terminal

2026 INTERNATIONAL DRAMA

2026 Winner Dam Short Film Festival AUDIENCE FAVORITE Nostalgia

2026 AUDIENCE FAVORITE

2026 Winner BEST SCI-FI 22nd Annual Dam Short Film Festival Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting

2026 BEST SCI-FI

2026 Winner Dam Short Film Festival Leslie Paige Award for Excellence in Filmmaking Hearts of Stone

2026 Leslie Paige Award for Excellence in Filmmaking

One of the TOP 100 Best Reviewed Film Festivals in the World!

But you don’t have to take our word for it – we have 75+ 5-star reviews on FilmFreeway from visiting filmmakers. That ranks the Dam Short Film Festival in the top 1% of more than 12,000+ film festivals and contests worldwide.

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