#notBL The way I ent even watch #OnePiece Season 1 live action, but I am tempted to skip work and go to the #FanMeeting and #ScreeningEvent in March. 🤪 But I am supposed to be staying put til September, for reasons. 🤞🏾Why is it so hard not to gallivant? 😭

2025-2026 Annual Awards – Nominee for Best Original Screenplay: Mohammed Al Zawari for "Saeed’s Day" (Saudi Arabia) Morten Hansen for "Dolldays" (Norway) Sajad Soleymani and Marzieh Soleymani for "Ker" (Iran) May 9, 2026 | Regal LA Live, Los Angeles Passes: filmfreeway.com/IndieShortFe… Festival Schedule Coming Soon at indieshortfest.com #IndieShortFest #AnnualAwards #BestOriginalScreenplay #Screenwriting #Screenwriter #Scriptwriting #WritingForFilm #Storytelling #ShortFilm #FilmFestival #IndieFilm #IndependentFilm #Filmmakers #Cinema #LosAngeles #FilmCommunity #ScreeningEvent #RegalLALive #SaeedsDay #DolldaysFilm #KerFilm #SaudiCinema #NorwegianCinema #IranianCinema

2025-2026 Annual Awards – Nominee for Best Original Screenplay: Mohammed Al Zawari for "Saeed’s Day" (Saudi Arabia) May 9, 2026 | Regal LA Live, Los Angeles Passes: filmfreeway.com/IndieShortFe… Festival Schedule Coming Soon at indieshortfest.com #IndieShortFest #AnnualAwards #BestOriginalScreenplay #Screenwriting #Screenwriter #Scriptwriting #WritingForFilm #Storytelling #ShortFilm #FilmFestival #IndieFilm #IndependentFilm #Filmmakers #Cinema #LosAngeles #FilmCommunity #ScreeningEvent #RegalLALive #SaeedsDay #SaudiCinema #MiddleEasternCinema #ArabCinema

2025-2026 Annual Awards – Nominee for Best Original Screenplay: Morten Hansen for "Dolldays" (Norway) May 9, 2026 | Regal LA Live, Los Angeles Passes: filmfreeway.com/IndieShortFe… Festival Schedule Coming Soon at indieshortfest.com #IndieShortFest #AnnualAwards #BestOriginalScreenplay #Screenwriting #Screenwriter #Scriptwriting #WritingForFilm #Storytelling #ShortFilm #FilmFestival #IndieFilm #IndependentFilm #Filmmakers #Cinema #LosAngeles #FilmCommunity #ScreeningEvent #RegalLALive #DolldaysFilm #NorwegianCinema #NordicCinema

2025-2026 Annual Awards – Nominee for Best Original Screenplay: Sajad Soleymani and Marzieh Soleymani for "Ker" (Iran) May 9, 2026 | Regal LA Live, Los Angeles Passes: filmfreeway.com/IndieShortFe… Festival Schedule Coming Soon at indieshortfest.com #IndieShortFest #AnnualAwards #BestOriginalScreenplay #Screenwriting #Screenwriter #WritingForFilm #Scriptwriting #Storytelling #ShortFilm #FilmFestival #IndieFilm #IndependentFilm #Filmmakers #Cinema #LosAngeles #FilmCommunity #ScreeningEvent #RegalLALive #KerFilm #IranianCinema #MiddleEasternCinema

2025-2026 Annual Awards – Nominees for Best Cinematography: Adrien Bourguignon for "Focal Point" (USA) Saad Aldin Alkharouf for "The Most Beautiful Among Mothers" (Palestine) Zach Morrison for "The Witch Pricker and the Hare" (USA) May 9, 2026 | Regal LA Live, Los Angeles Passes: filmfreeway.com/IndieShortFe… Festival Schedule Coming Soon at indieshortfest.com #IndieShortFest #AnnualAwards #BestCinematography #Cinematography #DirectorOfPhotography #DP #VisualStorytelling #FilmCraft #ShortFilm #FilmFestival #IndieFilm #IndependentFilm #Filmmakers #Cinema #LosAngeles #FilmCommunity #ScreeningEvent #RegalLALive #FocalPointFilm #TheMostBeautifulAmongMothers #TheWitchPrickerAndTheHare #USAFilm #PalestineFilm

2025-2026 Annual Awards – Nominee for Best Cinematography: Adrien Bourguignon for "Focal Point" (USA) May 9, 2026 | Regal LA Live, Los Angeles Passes: filmfreeway.com/IndieShortFe… Festival Schedule Coming Soon at indieshortfest.com #IndieShortFest #AnnualAwards #BestCinematography #Cinematography #DirectorOfPhotography #DP #VisualStorytelling #FilmCraft #ShortFilm #FilmFestival #IndieFilm #IndependentFilm #Filmmakers #Cinema #LosAngeles #FilmCommunity #ScreeningEvent #RegalLALive #FocalPointFilm #USAFilm #AmericanFilm #VisualCinema

2025-2026 Annual Awards – Nominee for Best Cinematography: Saad Aldin Alkharouf for "The Most Beautiful Among Mothers" (Palestine) May 9, 2026 | Regal LA Live, Los Angeles Passes: filmfreeway.com/IndieShortFe… Festival Schedule Coming Soon at indieshortfest.com #IndieShortFest #AnnualAwards #BestCinematography #Cinematography #DirectorOfPhotography #DP #VisualStorytelling #FilmCraft #ShortFilm #FilmFestival #IndieFilm #IndependentFilm #Filmmakers #Cinema #LosAngeles #FilmCommunity #ScreeningEvent #RegalLALive #TheMostBeautifulAmongMothers #PalestineFilm #PalestinianCinema #MiddleEasternCinema

2025-2026 Annual Awards – Nominee for Best Cinematography: Zach Morrison for "The Witch Pricker and the Hare" (USA) May 9, 2026 | Regal LA Live, Los Angeles Passes: filmfreeway.com/IndieShortFe… Festival Schedule Coming Soon at indieshortfest.com #IndieShortFest #AnnualAwards #BestCinematography #Cinematography #DirectorOfPhotography #DP #VisualStorytelling #FilmCraft #ShortFilm #FilmFestival #IndieFilm #IndependentFilm #Filmmakers #Cinema #LosAngeles #FilmCommunity #ScreeningEvent #RegalLALive #TheWitchPrickerAndTheHare #USAFilm #AmericanFilm

2025-2026 Annual Awards – Nominees for Best Editing: Raphael Buisson for "Focal Point" (USA) Sadaf Nazari for "The Pearl Comb" (UK) Sebastian Vignau for "A Thousand Years" (USA) May 9, 2026 | Regal LA Live, Los Angeles Passes: filmfreeway.com/IndieShortFe… Festival Schedule Coming Soon at indieshortfest.com #IndieShortFest #AnnualAwards #BestEditing #FilmEditing #FilmEditor #PostProduction #EditingLife #ShortFilm #FilmFestival #IndieFilm #IndependentFilm #Filmmakers #Cinema #LosAngeles #FilmCommunity #ScreeningEvent #RegalLALive #FocalPointFilm #ThePearlComb #AThousandYears #USAFilm #ukfilmindustry

2025-2026 Annual Awards – Nominee for Best Editing: Raphael Buisson for "Focal Point" (USA) May 9, 2026 | Regal LA Live, Los Angeles Passes: filmfreeway.com/IndieShortFe… Festival Schedule Coming Soon at indieshortfest.com #IndieShortFest #AnnualAwards #BestEditing #FilmEditing #FilmEditor #PostProduction #EditingLife #ShortFilm #FilmFestival #IndieFilm #IndependentFilm #Filmmakers #Cinema #LosAngeles #FilmCommunity #ScreeningEvent #RegalLALive #FocalPointFilm #USAFilm #AmericanFilm #PostProductionLife

2025-2026 Annual Awards – Nominee for Best Editing: Sadaf Nazari for "The Pearl Comb" (UK) May 9, 2026 | Regal LA Live, Los Angeles Passes: filmfreeway.com/IndieShortFe… Festival Schedule Coming Soon at indieshortfest.com #IndieShortFest #AnnualAwards #BestEditing #FilmEditing #FilmEditor #PostProduction #EditingLife #ShortFilm #FilmFestival #IndieFilm #IndependentFilm #Filmmakers #Cinema #LosAngeles #FilmCommunity #ScreeningEvent #RegalLALive #ThePearlComb #UKFilm #BritishCinema #UKFilmmakers

2025-2026 Annual Awards – Nominee for Best Editing: Sebastian Vignau for "A Thousand Years" (USA) May 9, 2026 | Regal LA Live, Los Angeles Passes: filmfreeway.com/IndieShortFe… Festival Schedule Coming Soon at indieshortfest.com #IndieShortFest #AnnualAwards #BestEditing #FilmEditing #FilmEditor #PostProduction #EditingLife #ShortFilm #FilmFestival #IndieFilm #IndependentFilm #Filmmakers #Cinema #LosAngeles #FilmCommunity #ScreeningEvent #RegalLALive #AThousandYears #USAFilm #AmericanFilm

2025-2026 Annual Awards – Nominees for Best Original Score: Akran Abdel Fattah for "The Most Beautiful Among Mothers" (Palestine) Joel Santos for "The Witch Pricker and the Hare" (USA) Raphael Sommer, Björn Pankratz, and Vali Herrera for "Come and Find Me" (Switzerland) May 9, 2026 | Regal LA Live, Los Angeles Passes: filmfreeway.com/IndieShortFe… Festival Schedule Coming Soon at indieshortfest.com #IndieShortFest #AnnualAwards #BestOriginalScore #FilmScore #FilmMusic #Composer #Soundtrack #ShortFilm #FilmFestival #IndieFilm #IndependentFilm #Filmmakers #Cinema #LosAngeles #FilmCommunity #ScreeningEvent #RegalLALive #TheMostBeautifulAmongMothers #TheWitchPrickerAndTheHare #ComeAndFindMe #PalestineFilm #USAFilm #SwissFilm

2025-2026 Annual Awards – Nominee for Best Original Score: Akran Abdel Fattah for "The Most Beautiful Among Mothers" (Palestine) May 9, 2026 | Regal LA Live, Los Angeles Passes: filmfreeway.com/IndieShortFe… Festival Schedule Coming Soon at indieshortfest.com #IndieShortFest #AnnualAwards #BestOriginalScore #FilmScore #FilmMusic #Composer #Soundtrack #ShortFilm #FilmFestival #IndieFilm #IndependentFilm #Filmmakers #Cinema #LosAngeles #FilmCommunity #ScreeningEvent #RegalLALive #TheMostBeautifulAmongMothers #PalestineFilm #PalestinianCinema #MiddleEasternCinema #OriginalMusic

2025-2026 Annual Awards – Nominee for Best Original Score: Joel Santos for "The Witch Pricker and the Hare" (USA) May 9, 2026 | Regal LA Live, Los Angeles Passes: filmfreeway.com/IndieShortFe… Festival Schedule Coming Soon at indieshortfest.com #IndieShortFest #AnnualAwards #BestOriginalScore #FilmScore #FilmMusic #Composer #Soundtrack #ShortFilm #FilmFestival #IndieFilm #IndependentFilm #Filmmakers #Cinema #LosAngeles #FilmCommunity #ScreeningEvent #RegalLALive #TheWitchPrickerAndTheHare #USAFilm #AmericanFilm #OriginalMusic

2025-2026 Annual Awards – Nominee for Best Original Score: Raphael Sommer, Björn Pankratz, and Vali Herrera for "Come and Find Me" (Switzerland) May 9, 2026 | Regal LA Live, Los Angeles Passes: filmfreeway.com/IndieShortFe… Festival Schedule Coming Soon at indieshortfest.com #IndieShortFest #AnnualAwards #BestOriginalScore #FilmScore #FilmMusic #Composer #Soundtrack #ShortFilm #FilmFestival #IndieFilm #IndependentFilm #Filmmakers #Cinema #LosAngeles #FilmCommunity #ScreeningEvent #RegalLALive #ComeAndFindMe #SwissFilm #SwissCinema

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