Month: February 2026

Ndazkoh

By Tracey Cochrane

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Fire Flies

By Larry Gene Fortin

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER

Potato Family

By Lori Hamilton

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Animated Short Film), BEST ANIMATION & BEST INTERNATIONAL NEW CINEMATIC VISION

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & FILMMAKER (Category: International Documentary Feature)

Cassandra Venice

By Hugo Teugels

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EUROPEAN INDIE DIRECTOR 2026

It Happened One Night In Space

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST SHORT SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY SHORT 

Revisited – Life is Short

By TerryLee WHETSTONe

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO 2026 & BEST VOICE

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

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

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL 2026, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST COSTUME DESIGNER, BEST DANCE FILM & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

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

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST ARTHOUSE DRAMA SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE WRITER

Alzati dal buio

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG WRITER 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SINGER & BEST EUROPEAN MUSIC VIDEO

Una Luce

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN SINGER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SOUND

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL CHARACTERS

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: EXPERIMENTAL FILM), BEST ORIGINAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM & BEST SPIRITUAL FILM

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER 2026

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Drama) & BEST ORIGINAL STORY

Monument to Love

By Jacob Comforty

BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026 & BEST FILMMAKER

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty and Robert Arnove

BEST EDITOR & BEST INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY

Balkan Jazz

By Jacob Comforty

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC DOCUMENTARY 2026

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

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

Borderline Justice

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ORIGINAL WRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Feature Script)

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Animation)

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EUROPEAN INDIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Silver Lights: City of Dreams

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER

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)

Recipe for A Dream

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SONG WRITER

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ACTRESS

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE PRODUCER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST INTERNATIONAL MOVIEMAKER

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

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

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Lambada The Dance Of Fate

By Kai Fischer

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

 A Tragedy of Riches

By Tony Cointreau

BEST INDIE WRITER (Category: Book)

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

Men Walking Their Toy Trucks

By Faye Fayerman

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER

It Happened One Night In Space

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT & BEST INDIE WRITER 2026 (Category: Short Script)

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE INSPIRATIONAL FILM

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT 

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: International Film)

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER

Saltwater Kisses

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG 2026

The Silver Slipper Club

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY

Alzati dal buio

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST INTERNATIONAL SINGER 2026, BEST SPIRITUAL SONG & BEST GUITARIST

Night terror 2 the awakening

By David Duke

BEST SUPER SHORT FILM 2026

Connor and Sonia

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER (Category: International Drama Script)

Am I a painter?/Czy jestem malarzem?

By Michał Kucharski

BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATION & BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Animated Short Film)

Ritratto temporale IV- Teresa

By Ilaria Pezone

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT DOCUMENTRAY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE FILMMAKER

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

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

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG DIRECTOR

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

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

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATIC VISION

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER 2026, HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER

PIRANDELLO’S WIFE

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ORIGINAL TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026

A Tragedy of Riches

By Tony Cointreau

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK 2026

Planetary Rebellion

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST EUROPEAN FILMMAKER 2026 (Category: Music Video), BEST SOUND & BEST PRODUCER (Category: International Music Video)

Silent Plan

By Ömer Yıldırım

BEST INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST DRAMA OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITING SYLE 2026

Precious the baby dragon and legends of the lands of Quails

By Dawn Menge

BEST ARTHOUSE BOOK 2026 & BEST WRITER

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST ORIGINAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER, BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING E BEST SOUND DESIGNER (Category: Indie Experimental)

Tic Tac

By Emilio Mercanti

BEST EUROPEAN INDIE DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Narrative Short) & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT

Crossroads “The Red Code”

By Gary St. Martin

BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER

Planetary Rebellion

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Music Video), BEST CINEMTAOGRAPHY & BEST EDITING (Category: International Arthouse Music Video)

It Happened One Night In Space

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT 2026 & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Screenwriter)

Hearts Aligned

By Michaela Kuti

BEST ORIGINAL SONG 2026, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST VOICE

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST INSPIRATIONAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM, BEST MOVIEMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHER

Cock Robin

By Frances Barth

BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER

Asherah’s Colors

By Gary Mazeffa

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST CASTING DIRECTOR

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING, BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE PRODUCER

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST INDIE INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER

Ventricular

By Akal Demir

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC IDEA 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING & BEST VIDEO POETRY

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SHORT FILM, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING

Am I a painter?/Czy jestem malarzem?

By Michał Kucharski

BEST ANIMATION 2026, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST EDITOR (Category: Animated Short Film)

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

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

Ghost Town, N.M.

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Alzati dal buio

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST EUROPEAN SINGER & BEST SOCIAL SONG WRITER

NeverWere: a Lycan Love Story

By Chris Ross Leong

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

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENPLAY 2026 

 A Tragedy of Riches

By Tony Cointreau

BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: Book) & BEST INDIE BOOK/MANUSCRIPT

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST INTERNATIONAL MOVIEMAKER

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST FILMMAKER 2026, BEST SOUND & BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

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

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST DIRECTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026

Bagliori – Flashes of Light

By Mattia Paone

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER