WINNERS: January 2026 FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival

A showcase of the best fantasy/sci-fi shorts from around the world today.

AUDIENCE AWARDS (from FEEDBACK Festival):
Best Feature Film: HOTEL PURGATORIO
Best Short Film: THE PLANET THAT DOESN’T EXIST
Best Direction: HERO’S JOURNEY

Hotel Purgatorio, 112min., Philippines
Directed by Joey Agbayani
A strange old hotel where the only escape is through a labyrinth of rooms filled with mystery, horror and adventure.

https://www.instagram.com/joeyagbayani/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-hotel-purgatorio

THE PLANET THAT DOESN’T EXIST, 8min., Israel
Directed by Nadav Embon
Professor Star l’Etoile set at her desk, her notes, were packed into spiral leather bound notebooks, stacked one atop of the other.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-planet-that-doesnt-exist

HERO’S JOURNEY, 15min., USA
Directed by Stan Alger
When the fourth wall breaks, a young filmmaker must find his inner creative confidence and take control of his story before it takes control of the world around him.

https://www.instagram.com/stanthedirector/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-heros-journey

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