DWF: The Academy Power of Indie Film Screenings

CORNERMAN

USA, 2026, 17.5 min

WRITER/DIR: Sam Findlay

PRODS: Tosin Morohunfola, Sam Findlay, Lydia Anderson

CAST: Tosin Morohunfola, Shawn Roundtree Jr., Alex Salamat, Rufus Burns, Frank Dodson

When a washed-up boxer can’t pay back his mounting debt, he must decide whether to uphold his father’s iconic legacy or protect his little brother’s rising career.

DROPPING OFF

USA, 2025, 14 min

WRITERS/DIRS/PRODS: Will Mayo & Ian Scott McGregor

CAST: Tanner Agpoon-Steinbock, Alyssa Limperis, Rebecca Metz

An aspiring musician and rideshare driver struggles with the bizarre request of a mourning passenger.

THE EXPIRATION OF DARIUS CAMPBELL

(DWF 2026 INDUSTRY CHOICE AWARD WINNER)

USA, 2026, 7 min

WRITER/DIR: Charlie Roth

PRODS: David Hemphill, Charlie Roth

CAST: Paula Rhodes, Tony Nevada, David Hemphill

In a retro-futuristic “Revitalization Suite,” a woman pays for her dead husband to be resurrected for thirty seconds so she can confront him about his infidelity and get the closure she needs.

FAT

USA/IRELAND, 2025, 19.5 min

WRITER/DIR: Dolores Rice

PRODS: Ashley Dyson, Liam Beatty, Dolores Rice

CAST: Liz Fitzgibbon, Willow McCarthy, Emmy Nolan, Leia Murphy, Maria Tropnikova, Darragh Feehely, Eneni Anthony, Bernard Colliton, Brendan Swan, Darren Mone, Barbara Higgins

FAT follows Maeve, a woman worn down by shame, invisibility, and the daily humiliations of her life. When a weight-loss injection triggers memories of childhood abuse, Maeve spirals. She turns to kickboxing. As memory, rage, and embodiment collide at the bag, Maeve is forced to confront her past. She tracks down her abuser. Is the fight she needs revenge?

GODPOWER

(DWF 2026 GRAND JURY WINNER)

USA/NIGERIA, 2025. 16.5

WRITER/DIR: Geoff Browne

PRODS: Geoff Browne, Garry M.B. Smith, Alex Mecl, GP Pekipuma

CAST: GP Pekipuma, Isaac Humphrey, Big Pitch, Nicolas Kombuya, Osun Kolawole, Mohammed Habu Salui

A surf instructor in Tarkwa Bay Nigeria battles to keep his family afloat as life pushes him toward an unthinkable choice.

THE RESISTANCE

USA /BELGIUM, 2026, 13.5

WRITER/DIR: Natalie Schwan

PRODS: Jessica Olthof, Natalie Schwan

CAST: Ella-June Henrard, Cielke Bessemans, Felix Meyers, Michel Bauwens

When brutal violence shatters her sheltered world, a young woman joins a covert Belgian Resistance group and is drawn into a daring operation that could save lives, or cost her everything. Inspired by a true story.