Quarter-Finalist Screenplay at the 20TH CINEQUEST Fest

THE LAST RECKONING, Five Fold Feature Film Inc.'s 102-min. crime-drama by GRANT GLADISH, was named QUARTER-FINALIST in February, 2026 for what USA TODAY Readers vote "The Best Festival," CINEQUEST SCREENWRITING COMPETITION.

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Cinequest is dedicated to launching new screenwriters’ careers and providing a platform from which their work can take flight; it presents screenwriters with prestigious recognition, engagement with industry leaders, connection to an empowering community, plus the chance to win extraordinary acclaim and prizes. The Competition welcomes screenplays and teleplays of all genres and lengths. Cinequest inspires creative fervor and provides dynamic opportunities for writers to get discovered and have their work produced.

Amidst the energy and excitement of the festival, the Cinequest Screenwriting Competition empowers creative and innovative writers with the opportunity to interact with producers and industry professionals from around the world. Finalists will be honored during the Cinequest Writers Celebration, a day filled with a dynamic collection of Writer Meet Producer events, Business of Writing forums, Pitch Training, VIP Writers Lunch, and an awards ceremony announcing the winners of the competition.

Cinequest Finalist Juries (announced in January/February) feature many top industry leaders.

The EVENT DATE is 11-22 March, 2026. 

BEST FEATURE FILM, Winter, 2025 - in Tbilisi, Georgia

THE LAST RECKONING, 102-minutes, was screened live at the 6TH Edition of The Action Thriller Crime Adventure Film Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia and Five Fold Feature Films Inc. was glad to receive insightful reviews from jurors and festival goers alike:

JURY REACTION

Your cinematic voice — calm, controlled, and emotionally surgical — turns a legal thriller into something far more human: a portrait of two brothers collapsing under the truth they tried to bury.

This film captivated our team with its emotional complexity, strong performances, and slow-burning suspense. The spiral of guilt, loyalty, and justice plays out with remarkable tension, turning a crime cover-up into a deeply human moral tragedy. THE LAST RECKONING is thoughtful, elegant, and unflinchingly honest — a true standout in this year’s feature lineup.

We are honored to showcase THE LAST RECKONING as the emotional centerpiece of our second day, closing out the festival with a film that lingers long after the lights go up.

AUDIENCE REACTION

“The film hooks you with its moral tension from the opening scenes. I loved how the dialogues between the brothers slowly reveal the growing rift. One calculated, the other impulsive. The editing during the ‘reckoning’ moments is razor-sharp. A rare crime drama that focuses not on the crime, but on the internal courtroom.”

“That scene where he’s lying on the couch with his eyes closed… I felt all his guilt and exhaustion. It’s like he’s been carrying that weight for years. And the moment the girl holds his face—it’s one second of warmth in a very dark story.”

"A very unusual and interesting film. Against a slow-moving plot, a multifaceted psychological portrait unfolds — different viewpoints, positions, the problem of choice, priorities, and personal justice. The film is strangely mesmerizing. Thank you!"

"I truly enjoyed the acting. Not a single false word or note. The emotions are a bit restrained, but everything is soft, precise, believable, and incredibly beautiful!"

OTHER REVIEW COMMENTS CAN BE VIEWED HERE: REACTIONS

Two International Wins in Cannes, France

Merci beaucoup!

THE LAST RECKONING showing festival promise

Moreover, our film was nominated for six categories at the 5th Annual WORLD FILM FESTIVAL, in Cannes, France. This first feature of Five Fold Feature Films Inc. has subsequently won:

Anja Marcetic also won BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS for May, 2025 at the Veneto International Film Festival in Italy - where she also won as part of the BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE. All monthly winners there shall be re-judged in 2026 for the Annual awards and concurrent screening in Cornuda, Treviso, Italy.

FULL METAL HACKET

REVISED, January, 2026. As Grant Gladish experiences film festival excitement with his first feature film, THE LAST RECKONING, he is already in development for a high-value short film, "Full Metal Hacket," a comical parody of the famous Stanley Kubrick film, FULL METAL JACKET. 

This 15-minute comedy will poke fun at the historical conventions and common expectations often connected with the experience of basic training and one's introduction to military life, and it will do so as an ode to Kubrick's iconic touchstone. 

To be shot in Metro Vancouver on a date TBA, this short-film shall be an asset to show the ability of Grant Gladish as film director, to show his capability to make a piece that looks and feels as good as any Kubrick film. 

Currently, this film is stalled and will re-enter pre-production on a date TBA.