2026 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY 9/3
5-7pm - NETWORKING MIXER & GENREBLAST BOOKS SIGNING EVENT
7pm - feature film: THE BLACK HILLS NIGHT HIKE (dirs. Nickolas Jackson, Jordan Miller, Brian Pennington & Jason Henley / USA / 78m) virginia premiere
plays with:
S.O.S. (dir. Joseph Vivens / USA / 22m)
THE DISPROPORTIONATE MAN (dir. Emily Ginnona / US / 7m)
STOMACH IT (dir. Peter Klausner / USA / 13m)
9:35pm - feature film: HOLLOW LAKE (dir. Troy Escamilla / USA / 100m) regional premiere
plays with:
MIKE SHOULD HAVE STAYED HOME TONIGHT (dir. Spencer Joseph / USA / 15m)
MASCLOOKING (dir. Jonathan Hammond / USA / 9m)
FRIDAY 9/4
11:20am - SHORTS BLAST #1: TRIPPING THE SCI-FANTASTIC
featuring:
WOOLY BULLY (dir. Kristen Buckels Cantrell / USA / 21m)
BRIGHT EYE (dir. Rio Miller / CANADA / 22m)
INTERGALACTIC INGENUE (dir. Nathan Deshawn Bouie / USA / 20m)
THE ANCHORESS (dirs. Kevin Ray & Matthew Fisher / USA / 15m)
CLEAN SLATE (dirs. Alex Geffen & Cass Huckaby / USA / 15m)
1:30pm - feature film: DEMONETIZE (dir. Alexander Watson / USA / 96m) regional premiere
plays with: ULTRA JUICE (dir. Carl Conway Maguire / USA / 4m)
3:45pm - feature film: ANGEL LUST (dir. Michael Fausti / UK / 105m) u.s. premiere
plays with:
STRANGE ORBITS (dir. Clayton Flagg / CANADA / 5m)
MATCHLIGHT (dir. Joaquin Russek / MEXICO / 5m)
6:15pm - feature film: FINAL TRANSMISSIONS (dirs. Steven Hugh Nelson, Michael J. Epstein, Sophia Cacciola & Alex Hera / USA / 91m) world premiere
plays with: THE RINGING (dir. Brandon Scullion / USA / 8m)
8:30pm - THE GB COMEDY HOUR
featuring Greg Sisco with R.J. Benetti & Nicole Benedi
9:45pm - feature film: CRAMPS! A PERIOD PIECE (dir. Brooke H. Cellars / USA / 90m) virginia premiere
plays with: SQUISHII PAD (dir. Hedda Virik / NORWAY / 6m)
11:55pm - SHORTS BLAST #2: WHERE THE BUSES DON'T RUN
featuring:
CREAM STYLE (dir. Bob Rose / USA / 5m)
SPIRAL (dirs. Henry Bock & Nick Tiffany / USA / 14m)
WHAT IF WE KISSED ON THE OPERATING TABLE (dir. Sydney Mills / USA / 14m)
HELIOLIFT (dir. Tyler Council / USA / 8m)
SEVERED (dir. Megan Duffy / USA / 12m)
TELE XXX (dir. Johnny Massahi / UK / 9m)
HOUSE CAT (dir. Kyle Spleiss / USA / 14m)
IMMACULATE PERCEPTION (dir. Anna Buan / USA / 8m)
THE DEVIL'S LETTUCE (dir. Richard Rogers / USA / 11m)
NEVER FINGERBANG A WENDIGO (dir. John Brennan / USA / 10m)
SATURDAY 9/5
10am - SHORTS BLAST #3: WAKE UP & BLAST!
featuring:
HEXAPOD (dir. Axel Kinnear / CANADA / 9m)
PICASSO: TRASH TORTOISE (dir. Daniel Cordery / AUSTRALIA / 10m)
BOTTLEFEEDER (dir. Sophia Ryan Gatti / USA / 5m)
NOT A CLUE (dir. C. Michael Whaley / USA / 6m)
SURPRISE! (dir. David Zayas Jr. / USA / 3m)
1T MAKES NO CENTS (dir. Jonathan Riles / USA / 1m)
BOOTSTRAPPED (dir. Joe Heath / USA / 1m)
FIND ENJOYMENT IN YOUR TOIL (dir. Richard Kleinschmidt / USA / 4m)
NO FREE BRAINS (dir. Ciara Sergi / USA / 7m)
AN EFFECTIVE POLICY (dir. Erich E. Kemp / USA / 4m)
DAGON (dir. Paolo Gaudio / ITALY / 6m)
IN YOUR BLOOD (dir. Anna White & Emily Kaye /USA / 6m)
PAS DE DEUX! (dir. Nathan Koranda / USA / 4m)
EMBRACE (dir. Matthew Rush / USA / 9m)
IT'S HARD NOT TO BE ROMANTIC ABOUT TIME TRAVEL (dir. Michael Charron / USA / 12m)
12pm - SHORTS BLAST #4 - THE GB ALL-STAR GAME: 2K26
featuring:
THE SHAPE OF KINDNESS (dir. Michael Smallwood / USA / 10m)
THE TENSILE STRENGTH OF AIR (dir. Shayna Connelly / USA / 16m)
HALLOWEEN BIRD (dir. Dean Bertram / USA / 6m)
FAR & DUVET (dir. Tim Troemner / USA / 19m)
ON BROKEN GLASS (dir. Timothy Troy / USA / 10m)
PROXY (dirs. Diana Porter & Mikel Wisler / USA / 15m)
EEOHTOH (dirs. Matthew Barber & Nathaniel Barber / USA / 8m)
2:15pm - feature film: SUNSHINE GIRLS (dir. Madeleine Hicks / USA / 95m) regional premiere
plays with:
MANHATER (dir. Alex Zhort / USA / 3m)
OPALESCENT (dir. Liz Mealey / USA / 3m)
4:35pm - SHORTS BLAST #5: HORRORBLAST!
featuring:
THE RESERVOIR (dir. Jack Garner King / USA / 15m)
BLOSSOM NEEDS A RIDE HOME (dir. Tim Schwagel / USA / 9m)
NEEDLE (dir. Sofie Somoroff / USA / 5m)
SCULLION (dir. Trevor Graciano / USA / 10m)
RECIPROCITY FAILURE (dir. Brandon Brumm / USA / 14m)
TOTAL PARTY KILL (dir. Alan Sanchez / USA / 16m)
HEIRLOOMS (dir. Dan Ambramovici / USA / 13m)
6:30 - 7:45pm - DINNER BREAK
7:45pm - feature film: THE BARN PART III (dir. Justin Seaman / USA / 97m) virginia premiere
plays with:
CHAIR (dir. Chris McInroy / USA / 6m)
BALL PIT (dir. Jarrod Yerkes / USA / 5m)
10:10pm - feature film: GET THAT DICK (dir. Josh Stifter / USA / 72m) world premiere
plays with:
PIMPLE (dir. Fernando Alle / PORTUGAL / 4m)
AAA-CHOO! (dir. Vincent Vinas / USA / 3m)
MIDNIGHT - feature film: HEAT SCORE (dirs. Devin Burkosky & Robert Burkosky / CANADA / 101m) east coast premiere
plays with:
PSYCHO SLASHER (dir. Ted Hogeman / USA / 5m)
MEGA BALL (dir. Max August / CANADA / 11m)
SUNDAY 9/6
11am - SHORTS BLAST #6 - REGIONAL SHORTS SHOWCASE
featuring:
WHERE THE RHODODENDRON GROW (dir. Erin Draxler / USA / 12m)
LOT ZERO (dirs. Jaye Bernett & Brooklynn Straiton / USA / 5m)
RUN NEXT DOOR (dir. Brenton Easton / USA / 9m)
YOLKS (dir. Jesse Womack / USA / 4m)
THE PROTOCOL (dir. John Rizzo / USA / 8m)
BREAKTHROUGH (dir. Tom White / USA / 26m)
DO NOT REWIND (dir. Vivian Owen / USA / 13m)
MUG (dir. Will Sidaros / USA / 16m)
1:20pm - LIVE SCRIPT TABLE READS
featuring excerpts from this year’s nominated scripts, chosen by GB judges and programmers
2:40pm - feature film: STILL OHIO (dir. Kaylin Allshouse / USA / 78m) regional premiere
plays with:
VALET GIRLS (dir. Kaylin Allshouse / USA / 10m)
LOOK ALIVE (dir. Amanda Prescott / USA / 3m)
4:45pm - feature film: LOOKY-LOO PART II (dir. Jason Zink / USA / 79m) regional premiere
plays with: HOW TO BECOME A CHAMELEON (dir. Tyler Kincaid / USA / 12m)
6:50pm - AWARDS CEREMONY
8:15pm - THIS HOUSE IS TOTALLY HAUNTED (dir. Sean Nichols Lynch / USA / 73m) regional premiere
plays with:
ASMR (dir. Jeremy Shipp / USA / 7m)
WE'RE NOT THEM (dirs. Stirling McLaughlin & Wilder Konschak / USA / 8m)
10:15pm - feature film: DEBONE (dir. Lee Dae-Han / SOUTH KOREA / 122m) east coast premiere
plays with: HURRY (dir. Ruwan Heggelman / NETHERLANDS / 9m)
8pm-MIDNIGHT - GB AFTERMATH AFTER PARTY
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