15TH ANNUAL TRINITY FILM FESTIVAL
May 2nd 2026
Overall Winners
1st Place
Miguel Lopez is a Snake
KATI SNOTHERLY
Rhode Island School of Design
2nd Place
My Friend the Couch
ETHAN GOMEZ-ZAHNLEY
University of Southern California
3rd Place
Brothers of the Apocalypse
LUKE TATRO
University of Vermont
Individual Winners
BEST DIRECTOR
Total Opposites
FELIX EYAL
Ringling College of Art + Design
BEST editing
Our Last Time
JIAYANG LIU
University of Southern California
BEST Sound
Outbound
ELI JEFFERY
Rochester Institute of Technology
BEST Acting
Melodies of War
JIAYANG LIU
University of Southern California
BEST writing
Between Sentences
ROBIN SANDERS
University of Notre Dame
BEST cinematography
Peripheral
ALISON CHURCH
University of Southern California
Committee Awards
AUDIENCE CHOICE
Miguel Lopez is a Snake
KATI SNOTHERLY
Rhode Island School of Design
SCREENERS’ CHOICE
Dream Detective
JAKE SILVA Fitchburg State University
BIPOC EXCELLENCe IN FILM
Up Next
OLIVIA BENN Pratt Institute
ALUMNI CHOICE
Family Threads
HOLLY LILJA EVANS University of Texas at Dallas