Announcing the WINNERS of the TITE 2026 awards!
💖 Best Feature Film
OCTOBER CROW
Directed by Jack Haven
💖 Best Irish Short
PHOBOSPLUNKER
Directed and written by Bee Mulvihill (
@rose_marbles )
💖 Best International Short
RAT+CAMMIE=FOREVER
Directed and written by Marissa Sean Cruz (
@riss_rat )
RAT TRAP
Directed and written by Anaïs Alias and Avery Jaye (
@alterotics )
💖 Special Jury Award: Aoife Josie Clements Award for Best Performance
REECE LYONS in CHASER (
@iamreecelyons )
Directed and written by Jesse Williams (
@jessee_williamsss )
💖 Special Jury Award: Best Comedy
BLAIR’S CRAFT PROJECTS
Directed and written by Jack Warren (
@hellojackwarren )
💖 Special Jury Award: Best Drama
UNHAPPY SEXY GIRL
Directed and written by Cassidy Civiero (
@casscivi_ )
💖 Special Jury Award: Best Documentary
TIME CAPSULE
Directed and written by Constanze Brodbeck (
@connie_conradddd )
💖 Audience Award for Best Feature Film
DIVINE HAMMER
Directed and written by the m. sisters (seethisthruuu +
@5_12_times )
💖 Audience Award for Best Short Film
PUREBRED
Directed and written by Caleb J. Roberts (
@calebjfilms )
HOW TO FIND A CAREER THAT LOVES YOU BACK
Directed by Ethernet Wang (
@ethernet.wang )
Written by Ethernet Wang & Ember Streshinsky (
@emberscenic )
💖 TITEst Film Award, selected by Team TITE to represent the spirit of the festival
ITS NICE AND CALM HERE FOR SURE. THERES SO MUCH I WISH I COULD’VE DONE. BUT NOW ALL I CAN DO IS THIS :(
Directed by Orla Meyer (
@wvvygrrl ) and Alex Hickey (
@fruitdinner2 )
Thank you to the audience for casting 180+ votes to decide this year’s audience award winners, and thank you to our juror Louise Weard (
@weardjupiter ) for the hours of work she put into her role, and for the passion and enthusiasm for cinema and trans creativity she brought to the festival and shared with us over the course of TITE 2026. 💖