2026 Awards
12th Annual Cobb International Film Festival Awards and Winners
Lifetime Achievement Award - Alpha Trivette
Latin Film Award - The Lights Between
Veterans in Film Award - Worst Day Ever
African American Film Award - Brannu: The Urban Horseman
Candace N Lee Women in Film Award - Sleepyhead
Best Film by a First Time Filmmaker - Unveil
Best Student Film - Pyre
Best Local Film - Turn Off
Best Documentary Film - The Everest Dream
Best International Short Film - The Creature's Coda
Best Domestic Short Film - The French Lesson
Best International Feature Film - Vertices
Best Domestic Feature Film - Cavegirls
Best Soundtrack - The Fabulous Flocks
Best Wardrobe - Sound of the Somme
Best Visual Effects - Brooke Gillespie and Hagen Mattingly (Forces From Beyond)
Best Makeup - Andrew Bassett (Pyre)
Best Writing in a Short Film - Aaron McLaughlin (Knotted)
Best Writing in a Feature Film - Leslie Hardeman & Uchenna "Conphidance" Echeazu (Unveiled)
Cinematography in a Short Film - Connor Pannell (Distance)
Cinematography in a Feature Film - Michael W. Dodge (Panic Sets In)
Best Editing in a Short Film - Jeff Kaminski (The Fabulous Flocks)
Best Editing in a Feature Film - Lionel Anthony Cook (Unveiled)
Director in a Short Film - Lainie Smith & James Carey (Why Are We Here)
Director in a Feature Film - Dustin Morrow (Panic Sets In)
Best Stunt Performance - Korak
Best Actor in a Local Film - Jess Matney (Turn Off)
Best Actress in a Local Film - Anette Castro (The Lights Between)
Best Young Actor or Actress - Sahra Diamond Powell (Unveil)
Best Ensemble - Aberth
Best Supporting Actor in a Short Film - Chris Bailey (Worst Day Ever)
Best Supporting Actress in a Short Film - Julie Kendall (Why Are We Here)
Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film - Uchenna "Conphidance" Echeazu (Unveiled)
Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film - Whitney Lavaux (Cavegirls)
Best Lead Actor in a Short Film - Lincoln Hoppe (Operation Dark Side)
Best Lead Actress in a Short Film - Rebekah Tadros (Reek)
Best Lead Actor in a Feature Film - Tom Walton (Panic Sets In)
Best Lead Actress in a Feature Film - Ainsley Seiger (Party USA)
