2026 Films — Raw Science Film Festival
13th annual · New York City · November 4–7, 2026

The 2026 films

This year's award winners and official selections. Awards are presented on Friday, November 6, at the Bruno Walter Auditorium in The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.

38Films
8Jury awards
27Industry awards
17Screenings

Jury Awards

8 films
Student Animation < 40 minutes

RAIZ

4 min
Professional Series Documentary

Northern Lights: The Great Rendezvous

52 min
Professional Animation < 40 minutes

Gene Horizons

18 min

Industry Awards

27 films
Best Narrative Feature

Crisis

1 hr 24 min
Best Documentary Series

Once Upon a Time: The Science of Stories

Best Documentary Series (Honorable Mention)

The Brain Keepers

54 min
Best Educational Media

Planet of the Microbes

57 min
Best Infographic

Space Health | What Your Body Can Expect

2 min
Best Technical Innovation in Media

The Collins Story: The Internet Connection

1 hr
Lynda Obst Award for Best Picture

A Beautiful Mind

2 hr 15 min
Raw Climate Impact Award

Holding the World Together: The Women of Nambeko

10 min
Raw Breakthrough Award

Stream of Conscience: The Colorado

56 min
Raw Resonance Award

Attractor

59 min
Youth Animation < 40 Minutes

Love: Magic or Neuroscience?

4 min
Youth Documentary > 40 Minutes

Rocket Girl

1 hr 10 min
Amateur Animation < 40 Minutes

I Scientist

17 min
Amateur Documentary < 40 minutes

Space in Spotlight

30 min
Amateur Documentary > 40 Minutes

Malleefowl - The Most Unlikely of Birds

52 min
Amateur Dramatic < 40 minutes

Inertia Express

25 min

Official Selections

3 films
Official Selection

Art Meets Science

1 hr
Official Selection

You Can’t Ask That - Special Robot Hotel

2 min
November 5 & 6

Screening schedule

ThursdayNov 5

Triad Theater NY · 158 W 72nd St · 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

  1. 10:00 amDoor KnockingJury Award · Student Dramatic < 4014 min
  2. 10:15 amBlue BloodJury Award · Student Documentary < 4023 min
  3. 10:39 amFull CircleJury Award · Professional Dramatic < 4013 min
  4. 10:53 amB Cells: A Chemotherapy PoemOfficial Selection3 min
  5. 10:57 amSound & ColorIndustry Award · Best Visual Effects15 min
  6. 11:13 amIn Search of a Frozen OceanIndustry Award · Raw Frontier Award39 min
  7. 11:53 amConstellations of the SeaIndustry Award · Youth Documentary < 4013 min
  8. 12:07 pmThe Last File: An Obscura Index FilmIndustry Award · Best New Media3 min
  9. 12:11 pmSmile, LazuroIndustry Award · Best Comedic Short8 min
  10. 12:20 pmSqueezed Light: Breaking the Quantum LimitIndustry Award · Kip Thorne Gravity Award for Best Depiction of a Scientific PrincipleFilmmaker Les Guthman36 min
  11. 12:57 pmThe Universe in a Grain of SandIndustry Award · Best Documentary Feature1 hr 13 min
FridayNov 6

Bruno Walter Auditorium, Lincoln Center · The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

  1. 10:00 amMatriclysm: An Archaeology of Connections LostIndustry Award · Best Public Art11 min
  2. 10:12 amShape of Ice, Color of WaterIndustry Award · Raw Poetry of Science Award7 min
  3. 10:20 amBugIndustry Award · Best Microscopic Media8 min
  4. 10:29 amMarks of TimeIndustry Award · Raw Radiance Award8 min
  5. 10:38 amPlant LifeJury Award · Professional Documentary < 4022 min
  6. 11:05 amInconceivableJury Award · Professional Documentary > 401 hr 21 min
  7. 12:26 pmQ&A with the filmmakers
  8. 12:46 pmLunch
  9. 1:30 pmTheatrical screeningTo be announced
  10. 3:15 pmQ&A with the filmmakers
  11. 4:00 pmBreak
  12. 5:00 pmRed carpet and press line
  13. 6:00 pmAwards ceremony
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Full festival schedule, guests and press information: 2026 festival page.