HIGHLIGHTS: January 2026 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival

A showcase of the best Thriller/Suspense Films in the world today.

AUDIENCE WINNERS:
Best Feature Film: MARY CHRIS MAX
Best Short Film: XY
Best Direction: SCRIVEN

Scriven, 17min., USA
Directed by David E Baugnon
Two strangers bond over traumatic experiences.

https://www.davidbaugnon.com/
https://www.instagram.com/davidbaugnon/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-scriven


XY, 12min., USA
Directed by Stephen Fleet
A repressed convenience store clerk named Y and a trans cam girl named X have their lives tragically intersect at a bleak strip mall in today’s America. A country where identity is regulated and guns are not.

https://instagram.com/stephanfleet

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-xy


Mary Chris Max, 87min., USA
Directed by Tatiana Sokolova
On Christmas Eve in the middle of nowhere two men meet an abandoned girl named Mary. Chris, Max must decide if she is a miracle or their curse. Shot entirely in Florida.

https://instagram.com/tatiana.sokolova

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-mary-chris-max

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