LOS ANGELES, CA — Drowning, directed by Scottish filmmaker Reiff Gaskell (UK), has been named Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award) at the September 2026 edition of IndieX Film Fest. Written by and starring Rebecca Baker, the 17-minute psychological sci-fi thriller explores trauma, fractured memory, and the failures of a healthcare system through […]
LOS ANGELES, CA — Alongside Drowning, directed by Reiff Gaskell (UK) and named Best Short of the Season, the September 2026 edition of IndieX Film Fest recognizes three films with the Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention): Behind the Door by Justus van den Elsen (Netherlands), Hallo Johann by Joshua Mueller (Germany), and Soulmurder by […]
The Short Screenplay Competition for September 2026 at IndieX Film Fest brings together three screenplays exploring fear, loss, and human relationships through contrasting genres. From a mother and son escaping domestic violence, to a young girl confronting the death of her closest friend, and an irreverent horror-comedy that turns sexual embarrassment into an unlikely defense […]
IndieX Film Fest is pleased to announce the award winners for September 2026, recognizing outstanding achievements across both genre and technical categories. Award Winners: Genre Categories Award Winners: Technical Categories This Season’s Highlights All monthly nominees and award winners can add their achievements to their projects’ IMDb pages through our event page. Additionally, they are...
Chinese painter and filmmaker Qiu Jiongjiong began shaping his new film during the pandemic. With the world suddenly forced to pause, he tells Variety, people felt an urgent desire to return to everyday life and to gather around a table. That idea became the starting point for “Fuxi: Four Tales of Feasting,” which is competing […]
Indonesian filmmaker Ariani Darmawan stepped away from directing for years to raise a family. Her first feature, “Jani Be Good,” which is playing in the Tokyo International Film Festival’s Asian Future competition, turns that experience into a portrait of four women across three generations. “I stopped making films for over 10 years because I was […]
Milcho Manchevski, the North Macedonian director whose 1994 debut “Before the Rain” won Venice’s Golden Lion and earned an Oscar nomination, is back in competition at the Tokyo International Film Festival with “Sister Brother Manhole Cover,” a project stalled for years after he accused his country’s film agency of corruption. The dark comedy centers on […]
James Longley’s “Mohabat” won the Opus Bonum section at Ji.hlava Documentary Film Festival on Saturday. Produced by Mohammad Sharif Hotak, Longley and Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, it follows a 12-year-old boy Mohabat, whose father dies in a drone strike. Left without parental care, he’s taken to a city orphanage. “By patiently observing the boy’s interactions […]
Singaporean filmmaker Ang Geck Geck Priscilla’s debut feature “Ah Girl” won best film in the Asian Feature Film Competition at the Singapore International Film Festival’s Silver Screen Awards on Saturday. The film follows a seven-year-old girl in 1990s Singapore whose parents have separated. Ang workshopped the project at the festival’s Southeast Asian Film Lab back […]
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