And that’s a wrap on CAF26! The 4 days flew by and we’ve had the absolute best time, and hope that you have too! Thanks to all of our incredible speakers, hosts, workshop leaders, jury, filmmakers, BSL interpreters, live captioners, photographers, videographers, venues, partners, our amazing team, and our brilliant volunteers. And thanks most of all to YOU for coming and making CAF26 the best CAF yet! We’re so excited to share the 2026 highlight reel with you! Look back over

(The CAF26 awards were made by the brilliant SculptDouble) Thank you so much to everyone who joined us at the Best of the Fest awards at CAF26, hosted by the amazing Ali Plumb. We hope that you had the best time! If you weren't there in person, don't worry, because we've got a full round-up of all of the award winners and the honourable mentions right here for you to catch up on! At CAF26, we awarded winners in 5 categories: Best Short Film, Best Student Short, Best Micro Sho