Month: March 2026

Dancing with Spies @Goddess – NOVEL

By Francis Billingsley

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE BOOK/MANUSCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Out of State-A Gothic Romance

By Victoria Bugbee

BEST AMERICAN INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST CAST & BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO POETRY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL ACTING

Urban Eats MTL

By Ioannis Koutroubis

BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: INTERNATIONAL WEB/TV SERIES), BEST WEB/TV SERIES OF THE YEAR & BEST WRITING STYLE

Lacrime di Vento

By Damiano Rossi

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT FILM, BEST POETRY INDIE VIDEO & BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST PRODUCER, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR

The Revenge Club

By Marla Eaton

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA, BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLER (Category: Short Script)

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EUROPEAN ARTIST OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL FILMMAKER

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ART FILM 2026

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INSPIRATIONAL FILM 2026

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

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

Cenere

By Roberto Iotta

BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST CINEMATOFRAPHY (Category: Experimental Short Film)

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS BOOK 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INDIE WRITER

Midnite’s Journey

By Dana Silkiss

BEST INTERNATIONAL TRUE CRIME 2026

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY, BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR, BEST EDITING, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST SOUND

Bellatrix

By Jacek Krawczyk

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST MOVIEMAKER OF THE YEAR, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST SOUND DESIGNER (Category: Narrative Short)

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST PRODUCER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Il Tuo Riparo

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN SONG OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS SONG, BEST SONG WRITER 2026 & BEST GUITARIST 2026

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST ARTHOUSE ACTING, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Actor)

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST EXPERIMENTAL INDIE MOVIEMAKER 2026, BEST VISIONARY CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ORIGINAL SOUND

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

By Timothy Brad Reinhold

BEST INDIE WRITER 2026, BEST SCRIPT & BEST ANIMATION

A Tragedy of Riches

By Tony Cointreau

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK OF THE YEAR

The Greenstone Narrated by Orson Welles

By Kevin Irvine

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

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)

Floating Eyes

By Daniel Arreola

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SHORT SCRIPT

Case of Choice

By Daniel Arreola

BEST WRITING STYLE OF THE YEAR (Category: Short Script)

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING, BEST INDIE ART FILM & BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE ACTOT & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM 2026

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST INDIE WRITER & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST FILMMAKER 2026

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

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

Out of control

By Bellopropello

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATION & BEST INDIE FILMMAKER

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

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

Lambada The Dance Of Fate

By Kai Fischer

BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER 2026 & BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST HISTORICAL FILM 2026, BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: International Film)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

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

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

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

Borderline Justice

By Lynn Elliott

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

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Experimental)

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST DRAMA SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: Drama)

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER OF THE YEAR

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST STORYTELLING, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Doc)

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST CINEMATIC VISION, BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Elysian Dreams

By AnayaMusic Kunst

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

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Water

By Gary Beeber

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST SOUND DESIGNER, BEST EDITING, BEST DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING (Category: International Documentary Feature)

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST EDITING & BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 

The Riddle Pact

By Zsolt Pozsgai

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

TV Man

By Leonardo Valenti

BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM, BEST EUROPEAN INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY SHORT 2026

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

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

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR (Category: Drama), BEST EDTING, BEST ACTING & BEST CASTING DIRECTOR (Category: International Drama)

Eye of the Storm

By Brooke Wolff

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY, BEST AMERICAN PRODUCER & BEST FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

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

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL ACTOR & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY

Out of control

By Bellopropello

BEST FILMMAKER 2026 (Category: Video Poetry), BEST SOUND & BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATION

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Whispers of Love

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ROMANCE SCRIPT 2026 ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST WRITER  

Lucky in Long Island

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SONG WRITER 2026 & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

When Cassandra Venice speaks

By Hugo Teugels

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL FANTASY

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE), BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST CAST (Category: Film) & BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY

The Jaguar and the Dragonfly

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

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

Alzati dal buio

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST SONG WRITER 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE SINGER OF THE YEAR

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

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

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)

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEOPOETRY 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIMAKER & BEST EDITING

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL POETIC SHORT FILM

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

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

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST FILMMAKER

Avartia

By Walid Salhab

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST EDITING (Category: Experimental)

Christmas Card

By Kel Owens

BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026

The Legend Of The Bum-Barian

By Kel Owens

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR OF THE YEAR (Category: Narrative Short) & BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT

Master Heist – A True Christmas Fiction

By Kai Fischer

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT

Mother, Mother

By Micki Dickoff

BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA OF THE YEAR

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR

3327 Il figlio dei fulmini

By Mariano Tamburrini

BEST EUROPEAN INDIE SHORT FILM, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST FILMMAKER 2026

Heaven

By AnayaMusic

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR, BEST SINGER 2026 & BEST SONG

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO, BEST INDIE INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE PRODUCER

When Cassandra Venice speaks

By Hugo Teugels

BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATIC VISION & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR 2026

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR 2026 & BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL ACTING

Bellatrix

By Jacek Krawczyk

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT (Category: Narrative Short) & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST VIDEO POETRY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER, BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST EXPERIMENTAL INDIE SHORT FILM 2026

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST EDITING, BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Documentary)

Monument to Love

By Jacob Comforty

BEST FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR (Category: Indie Documentary)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

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

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR, BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT FILM, BEST ART FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY, BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA OF THE YEAR & BEST WRITER 2026

Moviment I – Discipline: Episode I Of The Harmony Saga

By Timothy Bradley Reinhold

BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM 2026 & BEST AMERICAN INDIE DIRECTOR

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST ORIGINAL YOUNG DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER (Category: Feature Script)

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM, BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

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

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST INSPIRATIONAL FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ORIGINAL PILOT TV & BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

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

PIRANDELLO’S WIFE

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER OF THE YEAR

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY & BEST DRAMA SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

The Riddle Pact

By Zsolt Pozsgai

BEST EUROPEAN FILM, BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE ACTING & BEST INDIE ARTIST 2026

Ailene

By Liesel Galletly

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER OF THE YEAR (Category: Short Script), BEST ORIGINAL SHORT SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST WRITING STYLE, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA 2026

Bellatrix

By Jacek Krawczyk

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT OF THE YEAR, BEST FILMMAKER 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR (Category: Short Film) & BEST INDIE PRODUCTION COMPANY

Lacrime di Vento

By Damiano Rossi

BEST EUROPEAN HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT & BEST INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL FILM OF THE YEAR

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST ART FILM, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST SOUND DESIGNER, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST PRODUCER (Category: International Super Short Film)

Precious the baby Dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST WRITER OF THE YEAR (Category: Book) & BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK OF THE YEAR

Urban Eats MTL

By Ioannis Koutroubis

BEST WEB/TV SERIES OF THE YEAR, BEST SCREENWRITER, BEST WRITING STYLE & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: International Web/TV Series)

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST DRAMA SHORT, BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST EDITING & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL VISIONARY WRITER

Lucky in Long Island

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Feature Script)

Midnite’s Journey

By Dana Silkiss

BEST INTERNATIONAL TRUE CRIME & BEST ORIGINAL BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026

The Riddle Pact

By Zsolt Pozsgai

BEST ORIGINAL FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST CAST

Stalker Hair Twirl

By Faye Fayerman

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Experimental Film), BEST INDIE EXPERIMENTAL ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR

I Swear

By Richard VanOverbroeck

BEST ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER & BEST SOUND DESIGNER (Category: Music Video)

Split Focus

By Cherie Carson

BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Dance Movie), BEST INTERNATIONAL DANCE MOVIE, BEST COSTUME DESIGNER & BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Walking With God

By Lois M. Banks

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST SCREENPLAY

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST VISIONARY WRITER & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ORIGINAL EUROPEAN ACTOR 2026, BEST DRAMA SHORT & BEST ORIGINAL ACTING

Soularis

By Janja Rakuš

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST SOUNDTRACK & BEST INTERNATIONAL INSPIRATIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

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

Heat and Love

By Michał Kucharski

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR & BEST DIRECTOR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Music Video)

The Greenstone Narrated by Orson Welles

By Kevin Irvine

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Short Film)

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST EXPERIMENTAL MOVIEMAKER, BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST PRODUCER

Going Home

By TerryLee WHETSTONe

BEST INDIE SONG (Category: Music Video), BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE MUSIC VIDEO & BEST EDITING

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL WRITER 2026 (Category: International Feature Script), BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE

Mind over Matter

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SUPER SHORT FILM, BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Heaven

By AnayaMusic Kunst

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST VOICE 2026 & BEST SOUND

Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Comedy), BEST ACTOR, BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Comedy)

A nest in My Heart

By Mira Kim

BEST EXPERIMENTAL MOVIEMAKER OF THE YEAR & BEST EDITING (Category: Indie Experimental Film)

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

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

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ORIGINAL PILOT TV & BEST ARTHOUSE TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026

PIRANDELLO’S WIFE

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DRAMA

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE ACTING & BEST VISIONARY ARTIST 2026

Il tuo riparo

By Don Pasquale Ferone

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

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CAST, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

NEVERWERE: a Lycan Love Story

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITER OF THE YEAR

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST FILMMAKER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Animated Short Film)

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EUROPEAN ANIMATED PROJECT 

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST STORYTELLING & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Screenplay)

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST PRODUCER & BEST EDITING (Category: International Experimental Film)

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INSPIRATIONAL INDIE FILM & BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE PROJECT OF THE YEAR 

Moviment I – Discipline: Episode I Of The Harmony Saga

By Timothy Bradley Reinhold

BEST ARTHOUSE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Planetary Rebellion

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE MUSIC VIDEO, BEST DIRECTOR (Category; Music Video), BEST CHOREOGRAPHY, BEST SOUND & BEST EUROPEAN VOICE OF THE YEAR

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST INTERNATIONAL DANCE FILM 2026, BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Indie Music Video), BEST EDITING (Category: Music Video), BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INDIE CHOREOGRAPHY

Connor and Sonia

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

When Cassandra Venice speaks

By Hugo Teugels

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR