4th Annual student Film Festival on April 2nd & 3rd, 2027. Submit Your Film Now!

Lowell Film Festival
Lowell Film Festival
  • Sign In
  • Create Account

  • My Account
  • Signed in as:

  • filler@godaddy.com


  • My Account
  • Sign out

Signed in as:

filler@godaddy.com

  • Home
  • Submit Your Film
  • 2026 Director Interviews
  • 2026 Awards & Filmmakers
  • Why LFF?
  • Our Sponsors
  • April 2027 Schedule
  • The LFF Team
  • 2025 Director Interviews
  • 2025 Awards & Filmmakers

Account


  • My Account
  • Sign out


  • Sign In
  • My Account

2026 Award WINNERS

 Best Narrative Film

Night of Silence

Henry Armstrong, New York University


Best Documentary

Closest to the Heart

Lina Barclay, Boston University


Best Animation

Ascent

Sabe Kuznick, Arlington High School


Best High School Film

Primitive

Zinti Lim, International School Of Kuala Lumpur


Special Distinction

Eyes

Dyan Kuo, Emerson College


Fan Favorite Day One

Flat Earth

Bryan Villafana, UMass Lowell


Fan Favorite Day Two

Morphia

Bryan Joshua Bennett, Endicott College

2027 Awards & Prizes

Students compete for cash awards in 2027:

Best Narrative Film ($600)
Best Documentary Film ($600)
Best High School Short Film ($450)
Best Animation Film ($400)
Award of Special Distinction ($250)


All Selected Films will Receive Laurels

Every selected film will receive access to digital laurels to place on your IMDB page or on a poster, to show your participation in LFF.


Reserved Seating 

Seating for you, crew, friends or family, which you can reserve in advance.

Thank you to all our 2026 filmmakers

  Rowan Hodgson

Keyaan Saleem Nasir

Victoria Capitano

Rachel Appel Brugman

Mahdokht Molaei & Nima Naderi

Robert Rizk

Olivia Messer & Ainsley Reid

Angel Disla

Anthony Truncale

Zeke Fairley

Bryan Villafana

Tati Chavitage

Sabe Kuznick

Allison Thompson

Mike Holt & Aidan Rush

Alex Filicetti

Samir Mayhua

Matthew Murphy

Sasha Valentina Jaramillo

Javier Barrios Acuna

Logan Perzi & Liuliu Zhu

Bryan Joshua Bennett

Gillian Tomlinson

Sourthearak Duong

Zeke Braman

Keyu Zhu

Zinti Lim

Elliot Riseman

Milena Milagros Mahoney

Lina Barclay

Dyan Kuo

Lauren Kate Gumban

Henry Armstrong

Copyright © 2026 Lowell Film Festival - All Rights Reserved.

Powered by

This website uses cookies.

We use cookies to analyze website traffic and optimize your website experience. By accepting our use of cookies, your data will be aggregated with all other user data.

Accept