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2026 DisOrient Film Festival Awards

The 2026 Film Awards

AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE NARRATIVE

Memo

Directed By - Jesse Gi and Grant e. Singer

Nominated Films:

  • Mouse
  • Let’s have a cup of doodh patti chai

AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

The Road to Sydney

Directed By Benito Bautista

Nominated Films:

  • Remathau: People of the Ocean
  • The Road to Sydney
  • The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
  • Third Act
  • A Paradise Lost

AWARD FOR BEST SHORT NARRATIVE

Commonality of Tyranny

Directed By Ting Li Tsai

Nominated Films:

  • See You Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow
  • Forever is a Delicate Thing 
  • Commonality of Tyranny 
  • Stand in
  • I THINK ABOUT KILLING YOU
  • Long’s Long Lost & Mini Mart

AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION

Sorry I Missed Your Call

Directed By Hae Ji Cho

Nominated Films:

  • Sorry I Missed Your Call
  • Creatures of Chaos
  • The Newcomer
  • First Winter
  • Come Home

AWARD FOR BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

Cindy Tran: From Here to Here

Directed By Xinyan Yu

Nominated Films:

  • MĀHŪ
  • Cindy Tran: From Here to Here 
  • Yu & Me
  • Out of Place

FOUNDER'S AWARD FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

MĀHŪ

Directed By Lisette Flanary

Nominated Films:

  • The Road to Sydney
  • Third Act
  • About Face
  • Forever is a Delicate Thing

Rising Tides Crashing Waves

Remathau: People of the Ocean

Directed By Daniel H. Lin

Nominated Films:

  • Between Us
  • Teb Chaw (Land)
  • Remathau: People of the Ocean
  • Third Act

Oregon Stories Award

Chimera

Directed By Daniel Ray Cantu

Nominated Films:

  • Chimera
  • Out of Place 
  • Muiz-doic Mixtape
  • Dear Aloha 

Legacy Award

Third Act

Directed By Tadashi Nakamura

Impact Award

The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas

Directed By Eugene Yi

2026 Audience Choice Awards

Audience Choice Best Feature Narrative

Mouse

Directed By Kenny Oiwa Riches

Audience Choice Best Feature Documentary

Third Act

Directed By Tadashi Nakamura

Audience Choice Best Short Narrative

Vic and His Nanay

Directed By Jillian Janairo

Audience Choice Best Short Documentary

MĀHŪ: A Trans-Pacific Love Story

Directed By Lisette Marie Flanary

Audience Choice Best Animation

Creatures of Chaos

Directed By Asavari Kumar