Month: January 2026

Michelangelo and Me

By Colleen Fuglaar

BEST INTERNATIONAL FANTASY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER

The Sun Never Sets in Happenstance

By Joe Territo

BEST SHORT SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: International Short Script)

The Label Maker

By Charlotte Webb

BEST DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Animation)

The Enforcers

By A. L. Jobrail

BEST INTERNATIONAL TV/SERIES 2026

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST ORIGINAL ARHOUSE FILMMAKER 2026

Split Focus

By Cherie Carson

BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Dance Film), BEST INTERNATIONAL DANCE FILM 2026 & BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Vasco da Gama – The Infinite Sea

By Claudio Jordão

BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST AMERICAN BOOK 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE WRITER

Ta Kala Pedia (The Good Children)

By Ioannis Koutroubis

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Una Luce

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN SINGER 2026 & BEST SPIRITUAL SONG WRITER

L Ella

By Gary St. Martin

BEST INTERNATIONAL PILOT TV 2026

The Dancing Spies @Goddess

By Francis Billingsley

BEST ORIGINAL BOOK OF THE YEAR

RETHINK – Philosophical web series

By Olaf Lenz

BEST VIDEO POETRY 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR

Lambada The Dance Of Fate

By Kai Fischer

BEST ORIGINAL WRITER 2026 & BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026

The Donbass Children

By Lubomir Dankov

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Social Documentary), BEST HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY & BEST EDITING

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR 2025, BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST ACTRESS & BEST MAKE-UP (Category: Narrative Short)

Silver Lights: City of Dreams

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER

Recipe for A Dream

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SONG WRITER

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INDIE DRAMA 2026, BEST CAST & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 2026, BEST SOUNDTRACK & BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2025, BEST WRITER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE), BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL COSTUME DESIGNER, BEST EDITING (Category: Film) & BEST INTERNATIONAL CASTING DIECTOR

Sheldon Mashugana gets stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST COMEDY 2026, BEST ACTOR, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST INDIE PRODUCER & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Comedy)

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST ORIGINAL FIRST TIME FILMMAKER 2026, BEST EDITING (Category: Documentary) & BEST ORIGINAL IDE (Category: Documentary)

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT 2026 & BEST ACTING 2026

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EDITING, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST EDITING (Category: Indie Experimental Short Film)

Boombox TV

By Christian Candido

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE & BEST INDIE WEB/SERIES 2026

Asherah’s Colors

By Gary Mazeffa

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST SCREENPAY SHORT, BEST CAST & BEST DIRECTOR & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST EUROPEAN FILM 2026, BEST CAST, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST SCREENPLAY

Water

By Gary Beeber

BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR & BEST EDITING

Heaven

By AnayaMusic

BEST SINGER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO

Heat and Love

By Michał Kucharski

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Music Video)

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026 & BEST AMERICAN INDIE SCREENWRITER

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: EXPERIMENTAL)

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST INDIE COMEDIAN 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT 2026

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION 2026, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING & BEST SOUND DESIGNER (Category: Animated Short Film)

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST MUSICAL 2026, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST COSTUME DESIGNER, BEST ORIGINAL DANCE FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC VIDEO

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST INTERNATIONAL STORY 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM DIRECTOR 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER   

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK 2026 & BEST WRITER 2026

Katabasis

By Samantha Casella

BEST FILM 2026, BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER, BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

By Monte Albers de Leon

BEST AMERICAN SCREENPLAY 2026

Garbage Rex

By Steve Hunyi

BEST INDIE SHORT FILM 2026

My Life Between the Reins

By Marilyn Swick

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026

Measure for Measure

By Phil Howe

BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHOER 2026, BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: Screenplay Short) & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE PRODUCTION COMPANY

The Second Coming

By Keith Szarabajka

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: Narrative Short) & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

In Search of A P-I-G

By Keith Szarabajka

BEST WEB/TV SERIES 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: Web/Tv Series)

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST AMERICAN WRITER & BEST INTERNATIOANAL BOOK/MANUSCRIPT 2026

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORY

Bellatrix

By Jacek Krawczyk

BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST EDITOR & BEST SOUNDTRACK (Category: International Short film)

Black Wolf

By Jamie Sutliff

BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT

Pounding Pavements

By Jeremy and Christine Stork

BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG WRITERS & BEST ARTHOUSE SONG 2026

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST INDIE ANIMATED PROJECT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE MUSICAL 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Musical), BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Downriver

By Andrea Boll

BEST ORIGINAL DANCE FILM 2026 & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Dance Film)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST CHARACTERS & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

Heat and Love

By Michał Kucharski

BEST DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Music Video), BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO & BEST SOUND DESIGN

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ARTHOUSE ACTOR 2026 & BEST EUROPEAN INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM

A Tragedy of Riches

By Tony Cointreau

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK 2026

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

By Monte Albers de Leon

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST WRITING STYLE

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CAST, BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category Indie Film) & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST STORYTELLING (Category: DOCUMENTARY FEATURE) & BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST EUROPEAN PRODUCER

The Jaguar and the Dragonfly

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Super Short Film) & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST ACTING, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY (Category: International Film)

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLER & BEST ORIGINAL FEAURE SCRIPT 2026

Written for The Spotlight

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG 2026

Whispers of Love

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER & BEST HISTORICAL SCRIPT

And We Were Left Darkling

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DRAMA 2026 & BEST SCRIPT BASED ON A TRUE STORY

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY 2026 & BEST EDITING

Sheldon Mashugana gets stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST COMEDY 2026, BEST ACTOR (Category: COMEDY) & BEST AMERICAN PRODUCER

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST ORIGINAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM & BEST INDIE FILMMAKER

Absence (v. 2)

By Jean Detheux

BEST INDIE EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026

Foolproof

By Jordan Destin

BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER 2026

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

Bagliori – Flashes of Light

By Mattia Paone

BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT 2026 & BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM

The Dragonfly Dreaming Project

By Angelena Bonet

BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary Short)

Ailene

By Liesel Galletly

BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

Walking With God

Lois M. Banks

BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO POETRY 2026 & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Video Poetry)

Credo

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN SONG, BEST GUITARIST & BEST SPIRITUAL SONG WRITER

Alzati dal buio

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS SONG & BEST INDIE SINGER 2026

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK 2026

The Queen of Camelot

By Roger Paradiso

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE MOVIEMAKER 2026

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST EUROPEAN DIRECOR 2026 (Category: Animation)

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE & BEST SCREENWRITER

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST PRODUCER & BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR (Category: International Documentary Feature)

The Revenge Club

By Marla Eaton

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRTITER

And We Were Left Darkling

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN WRITER OF THE YEAR

Ventricular

By Akal Demir

BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 2026 

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SCREENWRITER

A Pilgrimage Into Tibet

By Mark Gould

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT DOCUMENTARY 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST ORIGINAL POETIC SHORT FILM

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EUROPEAN VIDEOPOETRY 2026 & BEST INSPIRATIONAL EDITING

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL INDIE MOVIEMAKER 2026 

Sheldon Mashugana gets stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST COMEDY 2026, BEST ACTOR (Category: COMEDY) & BEST AMERICAN PRODUCER

My Life as a Piece of Space Debris

By Damien Donnelly

BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026

The Revenge Club

By Marla Eaton

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRTITER

Heaven

By AnayaMusic Kunst

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE MUSIC VIDEO 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SINGER

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK 2026

The Queen of Camelot

By Roger Paradiso

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE MOVIEMAKER 2026

Moviment I – Discipline: Episode I Of The Harmony Saga

By Timothy Bradley Reinhold

BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM 2026 & BEST AMERICAN INDIE DIRECTOR

And We Were Left Darkling

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN WRITER OF THE YEAR

The Blanket

By Susanna Donau

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Animated Short Film)

Hope is not a black and white Rainbow

By Harold L. Brown

BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Screenwriter)

Ailene

By Liesel Galletly

BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

A Pilgrimage Into Tibet

By Mark Gould

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT DOCUMENTARY 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER

Wave Man

By Anna Morelli

BEST EUROPEAN SCREENPLAY 2026

Appointment With The Plague Doctor, Lester Haywood

By Lori S. Strange

BEST INTERNATIONAL HORROR 2026

Walking With God

Lois M. Banks

BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO POETRY 2026 & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Video Poetry)

Cassandra Venice

By Hugo Teugels

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER 2026

AI vs Deep State

By Katalin Weith

BEST INTERNATIONAL WEB/TV SERIES 2026

NOI Crusaders

By Stefano Sernagiotto

BEST SPORT FILM 2026 & EUROPEAN INDIE FILMMAKER

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST PRODUCER & BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR (Category: International Documentary Feature)

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST EUROPEAN INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST HISTORICAL SCREENPLAY & BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER

Meet My Pet Monster

By James Storm

BEST DARK COMEDY 2026 & BEST AMERICAN FILMMAKER

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Soularis

By Janja Rakuš

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026, BEST EUROPEAN INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHY

Esperándote

By Jesus Schettino

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION

My Life as a Piece of Space Debris

By Damien Donnelly

BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026

Stigma

By Mark Schoen

BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY SHORT & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR 2026

Credo

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN SONG, BEST GUITARIST & BEST SPIRITUAL SONG WRITER

Alzati dal buio

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS SONG & BEST INDIE SINGER 2026

Fire Flies

Larry Gene Fortin

BEST AMERICAN INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

The Golden Years

By Joseph Starzyk

BEST INDIE SHORT FILM & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE & BEST SCREENWRITER

Sheldon Mashugana gets stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST INDIE COMEDY, BEST AMERICAN ACTOR & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: International Comedy)

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER 2026

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature) BEST PICTURE 2026, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR, BEST COSTUME DESIGN, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST SOUNDTRACK

Monument to Love

By Jacob Comforty

BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty

BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Arthouse Documentary Feature)

Balkan Jazz

By Jacob Comforty

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC DOCUMENTARY & BEST EDITING

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DRAMA 2026, BEST INDIE CAST & BEST SCREENWRITER 2026

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST ACRESS, BEST AMERICAN FILMMAKER & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: International Film)

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL FEAURE SCRIPT 2026

Secrets of Montmartre

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL ROMANCE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST AMERICAN INDIE SCREENWRITER

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL SCREENPLAY

The edge into the past

By Gary St. Martin

BEST ORIGINAL TV PILOT 2026

Lacrime di Vento

By Damiano Rossi

BEST EDUCATIONAL FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE FILMMAKER

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST EUROPEAN DIRECOR 2026 (Category: Animation)

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION

The Jaguar and the Dragonfly

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST SUPER SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST FILMMAKER

The Girl Made of Earth and Water

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Super Short Film)

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE ACTOR 2026

We are Rivers

By Graciela Cassel

BEST INDIE SHORT DOCUMENTARY 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHY

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST ORIGINAL MUSICAL 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST INDIE DANCE FILM, & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: INDIE MUSIC VIDEO)

Ventricular

By Akal Demir

BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 2026 

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST DRAMA SHORT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL ACTING

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE ACTOR 2026

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SCREENWRITER

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST ORIGINAL POETIC SHORT FILM

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EUROPEAN VIDEOPOETRY 2026 & BEST INSPIRATIONAL EDITING

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL INDIE MOVIEMAKER 2026 

Elevation To The Depths I

By Andrew Noble

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION

Elevation To The Depths II

By Andrew Noble

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER 2026

Elevation To The Depths III

By Andrew Noble

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026

The Legend Of The Bum-Barian

By Kel Owens

BEST INDIE SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL ACTOR

Christmas Card

By Kel Owens

BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT 2026

Lost In 24

By May Liu

BEST EDITING & BEST INDIE FILMMAKER (Category: Indie Short)