KC Underground Film Festival

2026 Festival Award WInners

Best Feature FilM

Jury Prize - Toronto Apartment

Directed by Tristan Wheeler

Audience Award -We Are Inside

Directed by Farah Kassem

BEST SHORT FILM

Jury Prize - Matt's Holiday Special Gift Giving

Directed by Matt Lutz

Audience Prize - Shard

Directed by Pablo Cabel

Best Animated Film

Audience Award - Miss

Directed by Cole Schlesinger

Jury Prize - TV Entreaberta

Directed by Mateus Compart

Best Local Short Film

Jury Prize - it’s the great pumpkin charli xcx

Directed by Forest Kinsey

Audience Award - Kansas, 1989

Directed by Clayton Dean Smith

Best Local Animated Film - Siren

Directed by Mira Taliaferro

Outstanding Acting Awards

Lola Bosch - Tropical Park

Lola Bosch - Tropical Park

Tristan Wheeler - Toronto Apartment

Tristan Wheeler - Toronto Apartment

Eric White - Life's a Mitch

Eric White - Life's a Mitch

Betsy Moore - Ronita Rambo

Betsy Moore - Ronita Rambo

Shigeki Sato - Milk Punch

Shigeki Sato - Milk Punch

Acting Ensemble Award - I Don't Think This is a Threesome

Acting Ensemble Award - I Don't Think This is a Threesome

Lola Bosch - Tropical Park

Tristan Wheeler - Toronto Apartment

Eric White - Life's a Mitch

Betsy Moore - Ronita Rambo

Shigeki Sato - Milk Punch

Acting Ensemble Award - I Don't Think This is a Threesome

Best in Filmmaking Achievement

Feature Film - Languid

Directed by MJ Strasburger

Short Film - Lolobatman

Directed by Madonna Diaz-Refugia