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Title: Echoes of Antietam
Runtime: 6 min
Country: USA
Director: Christopher Vallone
Placement: Award of Excellence
Competition: March, 2026
Synopsis: “The Battle of Antietam was fought nearby during the Civil War. The blood spilled here has never been forgotten…”
Echoes of Antietam is a haunting post–Civil War horror short film set on the blood-soaked farmlands of Maryland.
After the war’s end, a father and his two sons must defend their home when the dead soldiers buried beneath the cornfields begin to rise again — drawn by the cursed soil and the blood that never stopped whispering.