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October 17 – 18, 2026
The Reel Champions Shorts Fest
Submissions for 4th Annual TRC Short Fest are NOW Open!
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Submissions for 4th Annual TRC Short Fest are NOW Open! ~
2023 Film Selection
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Dear TC, Please Love Me
Director: Mega Dafiaghor
Martina is a 15 year-old no nonsense girl—except when it comes to TC, her celebrity crush, and if all goes well, future husband. Since she's going to comic-con, she'll have the chance to woo him. The only issue being she can't let her big brother, or anyone for that matter, know about her obsession.
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Recontres Paysannes
Director: Alle Hsu
In rural France, a young farmer’s heart is broken. Her name is Victoire. Struggling to understand the new world of dating via technology, she’s not sure her tomatoes are ripe for anyone.
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The Goldfish
Director: Ashley Brim
An adopted woman is forced to confront her darkest fear about motherhood at her sister’s baby shower.
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I Hate Mirrors
Director: Savanah Mears
A narrative short film on the effects of negative self- perception. Mirrors don’t have to be a source of self-hatred, rather, they should be a reminder of one’s value, worth, and the inner beauty beyond what the mirror reflects back at us.
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Jackie & Marilyn
Director: Hollin Haley
Jackie & Marilyn is based on the true allegations that Truman Capote arranged a meeting between Jackie Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe the night before the press conference where Marilyn was set to expose her affair with President Kennedy to the entire world.
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A Memory Play
Director: Alyssa Lara
A young woman stuck in her childhood home tries to find purpose and meaning despite living in a quarantined world.
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Ride Baby Ride
Director: Sofie Somoroff
A woman fights for her place in the misogynistic world of vintage cars, by fighting a lecherous demon as an anthropomorphized misogynistic force.
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Say Something
Director: Eleni Rivera
Tatiana's flight instinct kicks in as her boyfriend, David, tries to peel her emotional layers to navigate out where their relationship is heading, but Tatiana is already headed for the door.
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The Stand-up
Director: Mara Woods-Robinson
Gabi takes it personally when her Tinder date stands her up... because she has no idea he was actually murdered.
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The Island
Director: Camille Corbett
The Island is a Caribbean horror-comedy short about Zora, a young woman trying to find out the cause of her father’s death, after a supernatural hotel owner murders him, while also fighting for her own life.