The 2026 10th Annual Dog Film Festival with Opening Reception

A percentage of the proceeds from this event will directly benefit NISHA, our island’s amazing animal rescue nonprofit! Please join us for a cash bar/reception in the Harborview Room from 4-5pm. Lite snacks will be offered.

The film program will begin at 5pm in the main theater.

The 15 films in the 10th Annual Dog Film Festival were chosen from 64 submissions from the United States as well as Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, Germany, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, Switzerland and the UK. We continue a decade of celebrating the relationship between people and dogs in short films that will take you on a roller-coaster ride of emotions.

In particular, there are 2 films that won the Purina Dog Chow Service Dog Salute, depicting the life-saving bond between specially trained service dogs and veterans with PTSD.

All the films are appropriate to delight and inspire all members of the human family.