Dreams of a Dead God, a found-footage, cosmic horror, short film has won the Audience Choice Award at the 2026 Porchlight Film Festival in Jonesboro, Arkansas. This marks the 3rd award for the film, created by Memphis, TN writer/director Jim Weter.
The film stars J. Cameron Crawford, Christopher Steinmetz, Larshay Watson, Jerry Kimble Jr., and Ryan Gilliam. All of whom are local Memphis film and stage actors. The entire crew was also made up of local Memphis talent, many of whom have been working with Director Jim Weter for over 15 years on various films.
Official Tagline:
October, 1936: sanity and reality itself are tested during the filmed interrogation of a kidnapper and murderer with ties to an ancient cult.
Written by director Jim Weter, Dreams of a Dead God is an original story, taking place in the world of H. P. Lovecraft and following the events of the novella, The Call of Cthulhu. Tracking a kidnapper and murderer from France to Louisiana, a young woman and her adopted brother team up with local police and set out into the swamps north of New Orleans. Here the group uncovers much more than they expected and barely succeed in capturing the fugitive before being forced to flee. Dreams of a Dead God is the recovered film recording of the rushed interrogation that occurred shortly afterwards and the only surviving record of the event.
“Inspired by the authors appearing in Weird Tales magazine such as Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, and Robert Bloch,” said director Jim Weter. “Dreams of a Dead God represents my own humble contribution to the cosmic horror mythos".
In honor of winning the award, a special encore screening of Dreams of a Dead God will be held on Monday, April 20th at the Malco Studio at Greensborough Village Theater in Jonesboro, Arkansas at 6:00 PM during the Porchlight Film Festival’s “Best of the Fest” presentation.
This blog was written by Jim Weter
Jim Weter is an award winning, Memphis filmmaker whose work has screened at festivals world-wide. To date, Jim’s work includes 6 feature films and over 20 short films, winning various awards and multiple film festivals both in the US and abroad.
