Month: February 2026

Mysterious Moments With Millie Mallory

By Mysti Cozart Smith

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE DIRECTOR 2026

Remnant

By Mike Horan

BEST PICTURE 2026, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST SOUNDTRACK

Eye of the Storm

By Brooke Wolff

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY, BEST ORIGINAL CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST AMERICAN FILMMAKER

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CAST & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

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

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST SOCIAL SCREENPLAY

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER & BEST WRITING STYLE

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ACTOR 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST DRAMA OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITING SYLE 2026

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL ACTOR 2026 & BEST HISTORICAL ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST VIDEO POETRY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL ACTING & BEST EXPERIMENTAL MOVIEMAKER

The Harmony Saga & Movement I – Disciple: Episode I of The Harmony Saga

By Brad Reinhold

BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATION 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE SCRIPT

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY 2026 & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY, BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL CHARACTERS

Flashes of Light (Bagliori)

By Mattia Paone

BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2026  

A Cacophony Of Scales

By William Thinnes

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION

Love Comes Home To Holly

By Mysti “MOCHA” Cozart Smith

BEST TRAILER/TEASER & BEST ORIGINAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE WRITER

Antiquarius

By Jacek Krawczyk

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FILMMAKER (Category: International Narrative Short Film)

Vertigo

By Sylvie Kay

BEST ORIGINAL DANCE MOVIE 2026 & BEST INDIE FILMMAKER (Category: International Dance Film)

Moviment I – Discipline: Episode I Of The Harmony Saga

By Timothy Bradley Reinhold

BEST ORIGINAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INDIE WRITER

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST INDIE CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT & BEST SUPER SHORT FILM 2026

Midnite’s Journey

By Dana Silkiss

BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE & BEST TRUE CRIME

Heaven

By AnayaMusic

BEST SINGER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO

A nest in My Heart

By Mira Kim

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER 2026 & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER

PIRANDELLO’S WIFE

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITER (Category: Drama Script)

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ORIGINAL PILOT TV 2026

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (Category: Animation) & BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING

Eye of the Storm

By Brooke Wolff

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

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

Soularis

By Janja Rakuš

BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST EDITING & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST WRITING STYLE, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST BOOK/MANUSCRIPT 2026

63Geminorum

By Laura Calderini

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE WRITER, BEST EUROPEAN SHORT SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Screenplay Short)

Water

By Gary Beeber

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST PRODUCER & BEST EDITING (Category: Documentary Feature)

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST FILMMAKER 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST INSPIRATIONAL PROJECT

Monument to Love

By Jacob Comforty

BEST DOCUMENTARY, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST FILMMAKER 2026 (Category: Documentary Feature) & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

Alzati dal buio

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS SONG, BEST SOCIAL SONG & BEST VOICE 2026

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

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

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST VISIONARY CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CAST, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR (Category Indie Film) & BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

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

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INSPIRATIONAL MOVIEMAKER, BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026

The Jaguar and the Dragonfly

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SUPER SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING & BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR 2026

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST FILMMAKER

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST CAMERA OPEAROR, BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHER

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST VISIONARY SHORT & BEST EDITING (Category: Animated Short Film)

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR (Category: Drama), BEST EDTING, BEST ACTOR, BEST ACTRESS (Category: International Drama)

Planetary Rebellion

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST EUROPEAN MUSIC VIDEO, BEST EDITING & BEST PRODUCER (Category: International Music Video)

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST GLOBAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL 2026, BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL CHOREOGRAPHY & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: INDIE MUSIC VIDEO)

The Priory of Sion and the treasure of abbe Sauniere of Rennes The Castle France

By Florence Cazebon-Taveau

BEST EUROPEAN WRITER 2026 (Category: Feature Script) & BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER

Heat and Love

By Michał Kucharski

BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR

Cassandra Venice

By Hugo Teugels

BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER 2025 & BEST INDIE EDITOR

The Taste Of Rain

By Larry Gene Fortin

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CAST, BEST FILMMAKER (Category Indie Film) & BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

Sheldon Mashugana gets stooged

By Dean Morgan

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

My Father Moves Mountains

By Andria Litto

BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: International Documentary)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA 2026, BEST ORIGINAL WRINTING SYLE & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2025

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION 2026, BEST EDITING, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST SOUND

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL 2026, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST CHOREOGRAPHY & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO)

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG FILMMAKER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL EDITOR, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Una Luce

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST SPIRITUAL MUSIC VIDEO & BEST SONG WRITER

Alzati dal buio

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SONG

Meraviglie

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST ARTHOUSE SINGER 2025 & BEST EUROPEAN MUSIC VIDEO

And We Were Left Darkling

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST DRAMA 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST INDIE BOOK OF THE YEAR

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST ARHOUSE FILMMAKER

Roses are Blind

By Wendy White

BEST INTERNATIONAL THRILLER 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Thriller)

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL PICTURE 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE), BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL COSTUME DESIGNER, BEST SOUND (Category: Film) & BEST INTERNATIONAL CASTING DIECTOR

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR

63Geminorum

By Laura Calderini

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT 2026

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST ORIGINAL BOOK OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE WRITER

Esperándote

By Jesus Schettino

BEST ORIGINAL ACTING 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL CAST

Michelangelo and Me + Da Vinci and Me

By Colleen Fuglaar

BEST INTERNATIONAL FANTASY 2026

Rethink A Philosophical web series

By Olaf Lenz

BEST EXPERIMENTAL MOVIEMAKER 2026

Heaven

By AnayaMusic Kunst

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL VOICE

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA, BEST ACTOR, BEST ACTRESS (Category: International Drama)

The Revenge Club

By Marla Eaton

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE 2026 (Category: Short Script)

Eye of the Storm

By Brooke Wolff

BEST DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026

Sheldon Mashugana gets stooged

By Dean Morgan

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

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITING STYLE

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST FIRST TIME FILMMAKER 2026, BEST YOUNG DIRECTOR & BEST EDITING (Category: Documentary)

Soularis

By Janja Rakuš

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

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST AMERICAN WRITER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL BOOK OF THE YEAR

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER 2026

Water

By Gary Beeber

BEST DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Arthouse Documentary) BEST EDITING & BEST STORYTELLING(Category: International Documentary Feature)

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL MOVIEMAKER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Cassandra Venice

By Hugo Teugels

BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER 2025 & BEST INDIE EDITOR

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR 2026, BEST SOUND & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Mind over Matter

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM & BEST DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Super Short)

The Priory of Sion and the treasure of abbey Sauniere of Rennes the Castle France

By Florence Cazebon-Taveau

BEST EUROPEAN WRITER 2026, BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE ORIGINAL IDEA

Lacrime di Vento

By Damiano Rossi

BEST EDUCATIONAL FILM & BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER 2026

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST AMERICAN INDIE SCREENWRITER  

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SCREENWRITER

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM 2026, BEST EUROPEAN SCREENPLAY & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE DIRECTOR

Solo il bene

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST SONG WRITER 2026

Alzati dal buio

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST INDIE SINGER & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SONG

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER (Category: Arthouse Screenplay) & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM 2026 BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST AMERICAN EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Documentary) & BEST PRODUCER

The Harmony Saga & Movement I – Disciple: Episode I of The Harmony Saga

By Timothy Bradley Reinhold

BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATION & BEST ARTHOUSE SCRIPT 2026

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST INTERNATIONAL DANCE FILM 2026, BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Music Video), BEST EDITING (Category: Music Video), BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST SOUND

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

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

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

Connor and Sonia

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SCREENWRITER

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL POETIC SHORT FILM

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST VIDEOPOETRY 2026 & BEST EDITING

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST LOCATION

Wave Man

By Anna Morelli

BEST EUROPEAN INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: Indie Experimental Film)

Midnite’s Journey

By Dana Silkiss

BEST TRUE CRIME 2026