Savannah Film Festival Names 2026 Award Winners
The 29th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival has announced its award-winning films across competitive categories.
Updated on Nov. 3, 2026 in Science Fiction
The SCAD Savannah Film Festival has announced its 2026 award-winning films from its 29th annual festival. "You Can See Everything" won this year's Audience Award, while "The Huntress" took Best Fiction Feature.
Why it matters
The awards spotlight a range of independent fiction, documentary, and short films selected from close to 100 Professional Competition submissions. The results give audiences and filmmakers a clear view of the festival's top work for the year.
Close to 100 submissions competed in the Professional Competition, with awards split between audience votes and industry jury selections. The extraction does not report box office, viewership, or budget figures for the honored films.
The players
SCAD Savannah Film Festival
The Savannah College of Art and Design's annual film festival, which screens independent and student films and presents industry awards.
The details
Festival audiences voted for the Audience Awards, which went to "You Can See Everything" and runner-up "Wildwood." Juries of industry professionals chose the Professional Competition winners, including "The Secret Reading Club of Kabul" for Best Documentary Feature and "9 Million Colors" for Best Animated Short.
Timeline
2026: SCAD Savannah Film Festival announces its 29th annual award-winning films.
2027: The festival returns for its 30th year.
Industry Dynamics
The 29th edition's awards come one year ahead of the festival's 30th year in 2027, a milestone that extends a long-running Savannah showcase for independent film. The festival's split between audience-voted and industry-jury awards reflects how regional festivals balance public reception with professional recognition.
Audiences in Savannah and beyond can look for the award-winning films in future festival screenings, though the extraction does not state distribution or streaming plans. Filmgoers interested in the honorees can track the festival's program for upcoming showings.
The takeaway
The 29th edition's winners show how the festival balances audience favorites with industry-selected work across fiction, documentary, and short formats. Readers following independent film can use the award list as a guide to titles worth watching.
What happens next
The festival returns for its 30th year in 2027.
Further reading
Explore more science fiction film coverage to see how festival honorees fit into the genre's wider landscape.
