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Montclair Film Festival announces 2026 award winners
The 15th annual Montclair Film Festival has announced the winners of its 2026 competitions and audience awards. In the fiction feature category, “Possible Love,” directed by Lee Chang-dong, received the festival’s top prize. The documentary feature competition saw “Rehearsals for a Revolution,” directed by Pegah Ahangarani, win the Bruce Sinofsky Award, while “One in a Million,” directed by Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes, earned a Special Jury Prize.
The Future/Now Competition resulted in a tie between “Bedford Park,” directed by Stephanie Ahn, and “TheyDream,” directed by William D. Caballero, who also shared the $5,000 Mark Urman Award for Filmmaking.
Audience award winners included “Wild Horse Nine” (Fiction Feature), “My NDA” (Documentary Feature), “All of a Sudden” (World Cinema), and “An Unknown Substance” (Short Film). Additionally, the Junior Jury Prize was awarded to “Mouse,” directed by Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson, while Senzo Ueno received a Special Jury Prize for excellence in cinematography for the film “Look Back.”
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Lee Chang-dong · Montclair Film Festival · Montclair, NJ · Pegah Ahangarani · Tom Hall
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- [● 2 SOURCES] Senzo Ueno won a Special Jury Prize for excellence in cinematography for the film “Look Back.” www.awardsdaily.com · variety.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] Lee Chang-dong’s “Possible Love” won the Fiction Feature Prize. www.awardsdaily.com · montclairlocal.news · variety.com
- [● 2 SOURCES] “Bedford Park” and “TheyDream” co-won the Future/Now Competition and the $5,000 Mark Urman Award. www.awardsdaily.com · variety.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] “One in a Million” was awarded the Special Jury Prize in the documentary category. www.awardsdaily.com · montclairlocal.news · variety.com
- [● 2 SOURCES] Martin McDonagh’s “Wild Horse Nine” won the Fiction Feature Audience Award. www.awardsdaily.com · variety.com
- [● 2 SOURCES] Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson’s “Mouse” won the Junior Jury Prize. www.awardsdaily.com · variety.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] Pegah Ahangarani’s “Rehearsals for a Revolution” won the Bruce Sinofsky Award. www.awardsdaily.com · montclairlocal.news · variety.com
- [○ 1 SOURCE] The 2026 Montclair Film Festival was the 15th annual edition of the event. montclairlocal.news