Presented at Gateway Film Center as part of the 2026 Cinema Columbus Film Festival. Now in its fifth year, the festival will present more than 20 screenings involving approximately 76 feature and short films at the Drexel Theatre, Gateway Film Center, Studio 35 Cinema & Drafthouse, and the Wexner Center for the Arts.

Tickets for individual selections are priced at $11.57 unless otherwise noted, and can be purchased from cinemacolumbus.com. Please note that these screenings are not eligible for myGFC membership benefits.

The Cardinal Pass, which includes access to all mixers, receptions, panels, and screenings across the entire festival weekend, is available for $100. Other day passes & venue packages are also available. Learn more and purchase festival passes here.

There’s a fire within all of us that drives us to want more. More for ourselves, our families, our communities. These unique short films capture shades of this essence.

Windward: Narrative Shorts 1 includes the following films:

Firewall | Dir. Bita Ghassemi
When The Tiger Roars | Dir. Lam Can-zhao
Shoot, Shovel and Shut Up | Dir. Tran Hoang Calvin
How To Hide It | Dirs. Ramla Ali & Richard A. Moore
Las Cosas Que Brillan | Dir. Kristal Sotomayor
Order of Insects | Dir. Lauren Verhage

Learn more and purchase tickets to this screening here.

Cinema Columbus celebrates the diverse people and stories brought to life by independent filmmakers, sparking curiosity, conversation, and understanding through independent film.

Cinema Columbus works collaboratively with venues throughout central Ohio to establish an outstanding annual film festival bringing independent film from around the globe, and here at home, to our audiences. See the full Festival lineup.