Month: February 2026

Bellatrix

By Jacek Krawczyk

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY SHORT

The Family Name

By Monte Albers de Leon

BEST INTERNATIONAL SERIES 2026

Emergency Musical Response: Part 1 – Journey to Netherworld

By Cosmo Swevens & Sol Solaris

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST CHOREOGRAPHY, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST SOUND DESIGN (Category: MUSICNAL)

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: International Super Short Film) & BEST SUPER SHORT FILM 2026

A nest in My Heart

By Mira Kim

BEST FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Experimental Film)

Cock Robin

By Frances Barth

BEST ARTHOUSE COMEDY OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER

I Swear

By Richard VanOverbroeck

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR (Category: Music Video)

Ailene

By Liesel Galletly

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT 2026

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE

Moviment I – Discipline: Episode I Of The Harmony Saga

By Timothy Bradley Reinhold

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE ANIMATED FILM & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER, BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING SYLE (Category: Feature Script)

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST INDIE MANUSCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Book)

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER (Category: Feature Script)

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST ACTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

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

Master Heist – A True Christmas Fiction

By Kai Fischer

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK 2026 & BEST WRITER

Water

By Gary Beeber

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST EDITING, BEST PRODUCER & BEST STORYTELLING

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

Silver Lights: City of Dreams

By Michelle Lynn

BEST SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR 2025, BEST ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST SOUNDTRACK & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER

Recipe for A Dream

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG 2026, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST ORIGINAL SONG WRITER

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL ACTING

Planetary Rebellion

By Fabrizio Fuochi

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

Monument to Love

By Jacob Comforty

BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026 & BEST FILMMAKER

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

BEST SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL CAMERA OPERATOR

Stay With Me

By Zsolt Pozsgai

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Screenplay)

Cassandra Venice

By Hugo Teugels

BEST EUROPEAN FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCTION COMPANY

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

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

Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST COMEDY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDIAN & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Comedy)

Alzati dal buio

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST INTERNATIONAL SINGER 2026, BEST SPIRITUAL SONG & BEST GUITARIST

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN WRITER, BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SCRIPT

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA 2026, BEST ACTING & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Arthouse Drama)

Heat and Love

By Michał Kucharski

BEST ANIMATION 2026, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Out of control

By Bellopropello

BEST DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Experimental Animation) & BEST VIDEO POETRY

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

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

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INDIE CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION

It Happened One Night In Space

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST ORIGINAL IDEA, BEST WRITING STYLE & BEST WRITER 2026 (Category: Short Script)

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST DRAMA SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

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

Bagliori – Flashes of Light

By Mattia Paone

BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST ARHOUSE FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY SHORT 

Ventricular

By Akal Demir

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION & BEST EDITING

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ACTOR 2026. BEST ORIGINAL ACTING 2026 & BEST EDITING

It Happened One Night In Space

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST ORIGINAL WRITER & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SHORT SCRIPT

Sheldon Mashugana gets stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST COMEDY 2026, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: International Comedy)

Katabasis

By Samantha Casella

BEST EUROPEAN NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER, BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature)

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST PICTURE 2026, BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST EDITING, BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Film) & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST DANCE FILM 2026, BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Indie Music Video), BEST EDITING (Category: Music Video), BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR (Category: ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO)

The New Immigrants- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG DIRECTOR 2026, BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER

Planetary Rebellion

By Fabrizio Fuochi

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

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Alzati dal buio

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG WRITER 2026, BEST SPIRITUAL SONG & BEST SOUND

Out of control

By Bellopropello

BEST ARTHOUSE ANIMATED PROJECT & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST INDIE WRITER

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER 

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST VISIONARY FILMMAKER 2026

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ACTRESS, BEST MAKE-UP & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEAURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Screenplay)

Silver Lights: City of Dream

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER 2026 (Category: Feature Script)

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

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

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL DRAMA SCRIPT

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SHORT

Voyage in the Desert

By ΕΛΠΙΔΑ ΑΜΙΤΣΗ

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE FILM 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER

The New Immigrants- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST STUDENT FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

Out of control

By Bellopropello

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (Category: ANIMATION) & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING

Heat and Love

By Michał Kucharski

BEST INDIE MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Music Video) & BEST SONG 2026

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER, BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO POETRY, BEST INDIE PRODUCER 2026 & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Video Poetry)

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL CAST & BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: Drama)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

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

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE), BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST SOUNDTRACK

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

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

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST DRAMA SCRIPT 2026 & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Indie Screenwriter)

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY, BEST SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

PIRANDELLO’S WIFE

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST PILOT TV OF THE YEAR

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Vagabond In Red: Iquitos

By Thomas Lonero

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE DOCUMENTARY

Master Heist – A True Christmas Fiction

By Kai Fischer

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

Down The Rabbit Hole

By Sean Waldron

BEST INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT 2026 & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Short Film)

Poemaria

By Davi Kinski

BEST DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST EDITING (Category: Documentary Feature)

Alice, Five Minutes Before Sunset

By Davi Kinski & Rodrigo Ferraz

BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT

Stalker Hair Twirl

By Faye Fayerman

BEST INDIE EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER

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

By Brad Reinhold

BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATION 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE SCRIPT

Ndazkoh

By Tracey Cochrane

BEST EDITING, BEST FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING (Category: Arthouse Documentary)

Pretty Little Licy

By David Williamson

BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT

Emergency Musical Response: Part 1 – Journey to Netherworld

By Cosmo Swevens

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

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR, BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script) & BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Alzati dal buio

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN SONG, BEST INDIE SINGER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG WRITER

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST ORIGINAL EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2026, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR & BEST EDITOR

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING  

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE PRODUCER

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Precious the Baby Dragon and Legends of the Land of Quails House

By Dr. Dawn Menge

BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE, BEST WRITER, BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE BOOK 2026

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

By Monte Albers de Leon

BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The Family Name

By Monte Albers de Leon

BEST INTERNATIONAL SERIES 2026

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST DRAMA OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITING SYLE 2026

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE ACTOR 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC WRITER

Uncle Franco’s Birthday Suit

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SCREENWRITER

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST HISTORICAL SCRIPT

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: International Script)

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove

BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST PRODUCER, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Indie Documentary Feature)

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Short) BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST AMERICAN SHORT FILM, BEST ACTING, BEST COSTUME DESIGNER & BEST MAKE-UP (Category: Narrative Short)

Whispers of Love

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ROMANCE SCREENPLAY 2026

Heaven on Star Lane

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG & BEST ARTHOUSE SONG WRITER

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: International Feature Script)

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

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

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Experimental Film) & BEST INDIE EXPERIMENTAL FILM

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR

Neverwere: a Lycan Love Story

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Feature Script)

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST DRAMA SCRIPT 2026 & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Indie Screenwriter)