Wake Forest Film Festival
2026 Wake Forest Film Festival | March 6 - 7
The Wake Forest Film Festival will spotlight passionate creative and thought-provoking movies by some of today's most promising and accomplished local, national, and international filmmakers.
Intended for both the general public and film professionals, the WFFF is an opportunity for filmmakers to showcase their films in a unique location to a discerning audience.
Tickets to the 2026 WFFF are on sale now.
Media passes are available for verified media representatives. Passes must be coordinated in advance. Day-of requests will not be honored.
A VIP Experience at Broadsides and Brews will be held following the final film on Friday night. Admission to the event, which includes drinks and hors ’devours can be purchased for an additional $25.
2026 Schedule
Friday, March 6
Block 1 | 6-7:30 p.m.
Storyboard: The Musical
Stage Frightened
Country Punk Black
Hole
The Tennessee Circle Drill
Special Screening | 7:45-9:15 p.m.
- Humble in the Jungle
Live Podcast | 9:15-9:45 p.m.
- Humble in the Jungle
Saturday, March 7
Block 2 | Noon–1:10 p.m.
- On Guard
- Tandem
- In Search of Happiness
Block 3 | 1:25-2:45 p.m.
- I Remember Everything
Block 4 | 3-4:40 p.m.
The Last Fry
Life Support
For Isaiah
Another Good Day
Scared Stiff
Holy Mother
Moments Lost
My Sister Got Shingled
Block 5 | Award Winners - 5:30-9 p.m.
This is Pike County
Adrift: Forgiving the Flood
Standby
One Stupid Thing
Mix & Mingle | 9-10 p.m.
History of the Wake Forest Film Festival
The Wake Forest Film Festival was created from the dreams of three like-minded women with a passion to evoke social change in their community: Cathy Gouge, Wake Forest Renaissance Center for the Arts Manager (2015-2019), Gauri Singh, filmmaker and resident, and Kimberly Soden, Cultural Arts Board member (2018-2020). These women discovered they shared the desire to bring awareness to the fast growing, diverse community of Wake Forest by creating a film festival that would attract independent film artists from across the globe.
After numerous meetings and conversations, festival founders Gouge, Singh, and Soden were joined by other community volunteers and a committee was formed to launch the first Wake Forest Film Festival in 2018. That first festival featured films from across the globe and attracted filmmakers and industry professionals.
The year 2026 marks the seventh year of the Wake Forest Film Festival. The two-day festival features films in four categories: student, documentary, narrative feature, and short feature.
Wake Forest welcomes filmmakers and industry professionals from across the United States to share their art of storytelling through the medium of film.
2025 Wake Forest Film Festival
Our 2025 Wake Forest Film Festival promotional video is provided along with last year's playbill.