2026 Macon Film Festival

TITLE: Sunday Mornings at the Beach
DIRECTOR: Tim Reid, Aaron Hosé
TRT: 9:38
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
SYNOPSIS: When heading to the oceanside, one might expect to see surfers, joggers, and sunbathers—but not this. Each Sunday, a quiet yet powerful ritual unfolds as worshippers in Tijuana and San Diego gather on opposite sides of the border wall. Through song, prayer, and fellowship shared across rusty steel bars, an unexpected act of unity, faith, and resistance comes to life.
RATINGS: None

TITLE: Pinball
DIRECTOR: Naveen Chaubal
TRT: 75:00
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
SYNOPSIS: At first glance, Yosef is a typical 19-year old American teenager. He hates school and lives for his social life. However, he was born in Baghdad and fled with his family to Egypt soon after the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003. He was four years old. Of all places, they received asylum in Louisville, Kentucky. Set in present-day, Pinball follows the many cultural, social and political influences that push Yosef to find his way in a world that grows increasingly more difficult to navigate as he and his younger sister Azraa share their last years of adolescence.
RATINGS: None

TITLE: The Tree Economy
DIRECTOR: James Schroeder
TRT: 102:00
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States (Georgia Made)
SYNOPSIS: The City of Atlanta, Georgia is known as "The City in the Forest." It has the highest tree canopy density of any major city in the United States. But with increased growth and development, Atlanta is losing trees at an alarming rate. Can "The City in the Forest" maintain its tree canopy?
RATINGS: None

TITLE: Athens by Kaleidoscope
DIRECTOR: Christopher Flippo
TRT: 3:51
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
SYNOPSIS: An ode to Athens, Georgia in 3 parts.
RATINGS: None

TITLE: I Wanted to Hear Your Voice
DIRECTOR: James Pellerito
TRT: 12:00
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
SYNOPSIS: After eight years of caring for his mother with severe dementia, a son struggles through their daily care routine. Recorded voicemails serve to show the progression of the disease, underscoring the frustration, isolation and burnout that comes with intensive caregiving.
RATINGS: None

TITLE: Thank You for Listening
DIRECTOR: Gene Gallerano, Bob Ray
TRT: 27:00
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
SYNOPSIS: Joshua Ray Walker faces the fragility of life as he confronts a life-altering cancer diagnosis. As he prepares to return to the Grand Ole Opry, the film captures an intimate portrait of an artist grappling with mortality while confronting the legacy he will leave behind. Blending lyrical visuals, performance, and moments of quiet reflection, the film explores how music sustains, redeems, and endures. It is a meditation on resilience, legacy, and the human drive to create meaning even in the face of life’s limits.
RATINGS: None

TITLE: In the Garden
DIRECTOR: Ivey Redding
TRT: 11:01
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
SYNOPSIS: “In the Garden” is a three-generational reflection piece set in rural Georgia, where the director’s mother reflects on the life of her own aging mother. Blending documentary and narrative forms, the film tells the story of the grandmother’s life through a lyrical, long-form poem. What began as an effort to preserve the director's childhood memories—deeply tied to her grandmother and the Southern landscape—evolved into a meditation on aging and solitude. It’s an exploration of memory, family, and the inescapable pull of home.
RATINGS: None

TITLE: Willie and His Pigs
DIRECTOR: Emily Cooper
TRT: 14:02
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
SYNOPSIS: Every 9 months, rural Kentucky-based regenerative farmer Willie Houston brings home a small group of piglets. He raises them, names them, cares for them, and has to say goodbye. "Willie & his Pigs" is about grief, joy, and bacon. This subtle portrait challenges assumptions of masculinity in farming and explores who bears the emotional weight of ethically raising animals.
RATINGS: None

TITLE: Born Secret
DIRECTOR: Riley Fitchpatrick
TRT: 19:40
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
SYNOPSIS: A filmmaker returns to his hometown that built the atomic bomb. There he meets the workers who created humanity's greatest weapon that now wrestle with their legacy, while their grandchildren inherit a world on the brink of nuclear catastrophe.
RATINGS: None

TITLE: Amid the Noise and the Haste
DIRECTOR: Julie Goldstone
TRT: 19:23
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
SYNOPSIS: A trans woman seeks her true voice through vocal training while bracing to meet her boyfriend’s parents.
RATINGS: None

TITLE: Gallina
DIRECTOR: Olivia Roberts
TRT: 16:25
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain
SYNOPSIS: In rural Spain, ten-year-old Pablo loves spending time at his granny’s countryside home, playing with his younger sister Alba and his best friend Martín. But everything changes when Martín pressures him to betray his family, leaving Pablo to question where he truly belongs.
RATINGS: Violence

TITLE: Fireflies in the Dusk
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Hammond
TRT: 17:30
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RATINGS: Violence

TITLE: HIM+
DIRECTOR: Creed Smith
TRT: 27:44
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
SYNOPSIS: HIM+ follows the journey of Chris, a young Black man whose life takes a drastic turn when he learns he is HIV positive. Struggling with fear, stigma, and uncertainty, Chris is forced to confront himself and the world around him in a new way. Through the support of his faith, friends, and mentor, he begins to discover strength and resilience he didn’t know he had.
RATINGS: None

TITLE: Nova
DIRECTOR: Olivia Roberts
TRT: 19:20
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
SYNOPSIS: Miriam and JoJo, exes living in the same building, reconnect with only 27 hours left before the end of the world. Accompanied by their neighbor's dog, they decide to search for an abandoned military base, all while navigating their complicated feelings about their relationship and the looming apocalypse.
RATINGS: Language, Violence

TITLE: Hide
DIRECTOR: Brenden Hubbard
TRT: 16:04
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
SYNOPSIS: From the Academy Award winning team behind "Curfew." Still reeling from an incredible loss, a father (Shakey Graves) and daughter cling to a bedtime routine keeping them safe in a town where an unfathomable horror visits its inhabitants night after night.
RATINGS: None

TITLE: Between Dog and Man
DIRECTOR: Fabian Martin
TRT: 9:35
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
SYNOPSIS: A man traveling along an empty road at night hits a dog. What ensues is a testimony to the centuries old bond between man and dog.
RATINGS: Language, Violence

TITLE: Nurture
DIRECTOR: Nick Snyder
TRT: 13:20
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
SYNOPSIS: On a remote Oregon farm, a couple grieving from a miscarriage finds hope in a mysterious flower. But as it heals her, the flower takes root in him. Nurture is a dialogue-free folk-horror fable about love, grief, and the consequences of taking too much from nature.
RATINGS: None

TITLE: Prick
DIRECTOR: Natalie De Diego
TRT: 12:52
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
SYNOPSIS: After learning her husband has been in a life-threatening car crash, Ana must make a difficult decision.
RATINGS: Violence, Language

TITLE: Shaken
DIRECTOR: Millie Rose Evans
TRT: 14:02
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

TITLE: Test
DIRECTOR: Sam McConnell
TRT: 108:00
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
SYNOPSIS: An amateur bodybuilder in rural Ohio must confront a dysfunctional family, substance abuse, and his own emerging sexuality on his quest to become a champion.
RATINGS: Strong Language, Adult Situations, Violence, Drug Use

TITLE: Born to Lose
DIRECTOR: Joseph Zentil
TRT: 110:00
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
SYNOPSIS: Born to Lose is a stark portrait of a biker grappling with alienation in the bleak landscapes of western Kentucky. It stars Dylan Arnold (Oppenheimer, Halloween), Sarah Pidgeon (FX's: Love Story), James Le Gros (Zodiac, Severance), and Ambyr Childers (The Master, You), with Matty Matheson (The Bear) as executive producer. The story follows a young man navigating his father's troubled legacy and escalating drug debts.
RATINGS:  Violence, Adult Content, Strong Language, Drug Use

TITLE: Brannu: The Urban Horseman
DIRECTOR: Adelin Gasana
TRT: 108:00
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States (Georgia Made)

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