Jeff Stirling, of Over Coffee Creations, has won a prestigious Award of Recognition from The Accolade Global Film Competition. The award was given for Jeff Stirling’s exciting web cartoon, Soulbound, which aims to platform new talent and create a unique artistic experience that lifts up the little guy in global online production. Soulbound features exceptional animation, character writing, sharp dialogue, densely-packed storytelling, colors, art direction, and innovation that could only emerge from a small indie film sphere.

Colorado MotorSport announces the official release of Driven by Dreams, a father-and-son motorsport documentary premiering August 14, 2026, on Tubi. The film follows Craig and Zach Lumsden as they compete in some of the world’s most demanding races, offering an unfiltered look at Colorado MotorSport, a privately funded American team racing internationally without factory backing. Craig, an experienced driver, competes alongside his son Zach, a rising talent building his own path in motorsport.

In the heart of North Carolina, the small city of Asheboro boasts a big heart with a lively and picturesque downtown. The kind of visuals one might see on a movie screen. Speaking of a movie screen, in that same downtown there lies the 97 year old Sunset Theatre, a Carolinian gem, where in August 2026, the third annual Mightier Than The Sword Awards at Sunset Film Festival will have a first ever double feature screening of Buddy Cooper’s ‘The Mutilator’ & ‘Mutilator 2’ and to top it all off Cooper and at least a half dozen cast/crew members will be in attendance to watch with the audience and engaging them in conversation and comradery.

Composer, sound designer and music producer Jacquie Joy will present Documentaries Rescored, a project commissioned by the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, as part of the festival’s Screen Talk Evening at Henkel Street Cinemas. The event features a screening of the landmark Australian silent film The Story of the Kelly Gang, footage supplied by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, with Joy’s newly created rescore soundtrack. The screening will be presented alongside Joy’s recorded 30-minute presentation and masterclass, exploring how composition transforms narrative meaning, deepens emotion, and reinterprets archival and historical film through contemporary sound design.

The gripping medical thriller Final Diagnosis is set to debut across major digital platforms on June 9, 2026, inviting audiences into a tense, cerebral world where survival depends on knowledge, instinct, and impossible choices. Blending the intensity of a psychological thriller with the intellectual edge of a medical drama, Final Diagnosis offers a fresh take on the genre. The film follows four doctors who find themselves trapped and forced to solve life-or-death medical cases under extreme pressure. With time running out and unknown adversaries pulling the strings, every diagnosis becomes a matter of survival.