2026 Award recipients
the best of crush 2026
Congratulations to our 2026 Walla Walla Movie Crush award winners! Our distinguished juries named the following recipients:
nominees
THE ART OF THE THROW d. Caleb Weaver
BLACK HAIR IS ARCHITECTURE d. Aleeyah Rhodes
AGORAPHOBE d. Oleksandra Prokopenko
PROGRESSION d. Cade Savage Schwartz
THE ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM d. Hunter Douangsavanh
FINDING HOPE d. Koko Vandernoot & Brody Vandernoot
THE LAPTOP d. Ilan Orlina
winner
BLACK HAIR IS ARCHITECTURE
d. Aleeya Rhodes
winner
MORE THAN DUST
d. julia weisberg cortés
winner
jenifer lewis as MS. Hopkins in ado
nominees
MORE THAN DUST d. Julia Weisberg Cortés
SCOUT’S HONOR d. Isabel Pask
SEPTEMBER, ALL OVER d. Kali Kahn
SO, BOOM d. Abby Pierce
STAND CLEAR ‘ THE CLOSING DOORS d. Stacey Sargeant
nominees
Karen Gonzalez Aguilar as Marlah in PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MOTHER
Asante Blackk as Jerrod in YOU TRYNA SAY YOU LOVE ME?
Malia Pyles as Chloe in YOU TRYNA SAY YOU LOVE ME?
Kyle Casey Chu as Akita in AFTER WHAT HAPPENED AT THE LIBRARY
Jenifer Lewis as Ms. Hopkins in ADO
Alanna Longo as Claire in AM I A BAD PERSON?
Taylor Schilling as woman in AFTER THE FUNERAL
nominees
AM I A BAD PERSON? scr. Alanna Longo
BALLOON ANIMALS scr. Anna Baumgarten
MARY THE WIDOW scr. Ryan Noufer
SCOUT’S HONOR scr. Sam Paley
YOU TRYNA SAY YOU LOVE ME? scr. Ty Molbak
winner
AM I A BAD PERSON?
scr. alanna longo
nominees
MORE THAN HAPPY d. Wei Keong Tan
PRISON AND TIME d. Evan Bode
RETIREMENT PLAN d. John Kelly
THEY d. Renée Zellweger
WHALE 52 - SUITE FOR MAN, BOY, AND WHALE d. Daniel Neiden
winner
WHALE 52 - SUITE FOR MAN, BOY, AND WHALE
d. daniel neiden
nominees
DIENA d. Jesse Kreitzer
FORCEFIELD OF LOVE d. Liz Moskowitz, Riley Engemoen
SOLE d. Haneol Lee
SOME KIND OF REFUGE d. Alexandra Kern
STALIN BOYS d. Ora deKornfeld & Bianca Giaever
winner
SOLE
d. haneol lee
nominees
AFTER THE FUNERAL d. Eddie Prunoske
AM I A BAD PERSON? d. Alanna Longo
THE BOY WITH THE DINOSAUR HEAD d. Imran J Khan
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MOTHER d. Andy Clay Huey
YOU TRYNA SAY YOU LOVE ME? d. Ty Molbak
winner
YOU TRYNA SAY YOU LOVE ME?
d. ty molbak
nominees
Butterfly in PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MOTHER
Cat in FATHER, CAN’T YOU SEE I’M BURNING
Donkey in TEEN MARY
Parrot in SOME KIND OF REFUGE
Kristin Slaysman as Horse in A STABLE MARRIAGE
winner
DIENA
D. JESSE KREITZER
winner
kristin slaysman as horse in a stable marriage
