Month: March 2026

Phantom and Percepter

By AJ Bucci

BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST EDITING, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR, BEST CAST & BEST SCREENPLAY 2026

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST PRODUCER, BEST STORYTELLING (Category: Super Short Film) & BEST SUPER SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR

The Enforcers

By A. L. Jobrail

BEST TV/SERIES OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: TV/Series)

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL INDIE FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER

Esperándote

By Jesus Schettino

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST NEW CINEMATIC VISION

Asherah’s Colors

By Gary Mazeffa

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST CASTING DIRECTOR

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT

Cycle of Life

By Miguel Raymond

BEST DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: International Indie Video Poetry)

The Riddle Pact

By Zsolt Pozsgai

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM, BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Vertigo

By Sylvie Kay

BEST ORIGINAL DANCE SHORT MOVIE 2026, BEST SOUND & BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER (Category: International Dance SHORT Film)

Love Comes Home To Holly Teaser/Trailer

By Mysti Cozart Smith

BEST INTERNATIONAL TEASER/TRAILER OF TH YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 2026

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST WRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE BOOK OF THE YEAR

Walking With God

By Lois M. Banks

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR

Why We Create. The Art of Being Human

By Inigo Laugermann

BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Narrative Short)

Midnite’s Journey

By Dana Silkiss

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY & BEST INTERNATIONAL TRUE CRIME 2026

Uq’axik b’e (Atravesar caminos- Crossing Paths)

By Lucia Ixchiu

BEST INDIE FILMMAKER (Category: Documentary Short)

Hearts Aligned

By Michaela Kuti

BEST ARTHOUSE SONG OF THE YEAR

Soularis

By Janja Rakuš

BEST INTERNATIONAL POETRY SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR & BEST ARTHOSUE CINEMATOGRAPHER

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR & BEST PRODUCER (Category: Animation)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Arthouse Feature Script) & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Master Heist – A True Christmas Fiction

By Kai Fischer

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE WRITER 2026

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

By Timothy Brad Reinhold

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATION

Connor and Sonia

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: Drama)

Appointment With The Plague Doctor, Lester Haywood

By L. S. Strange

BEST ORIGINAL HORROR 2026, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Horror)

Water

By Gary Beeber

BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary Feature)

Ailene

By Liesel Galletly

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT 2026, BEST WRITING STYLE & BEST SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Short Script)

The Spiritualization of Jeff Boyd

By Uwe Schwarzwalder

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM 2026, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER, BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER

Lacrime di Vento

By Damiano Rossi

BEST INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE FILMMAKER

Wisdom’s Teeth

By Daniel Arreola

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER (Category: Arthouse Short Script), BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY SHORT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

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

A Pilgrimage Into Tibet

By Mark Gould

BEST SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING & BEST INTERNATIONAL PRODUCER (Category: Indie Documentary Short)

TV Man

By Leonardo Valenti

BEST EUROPEAN NARRATIVE SHORT 2026

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING & BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY 

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE BOOK 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Arthouse Feature Script) & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

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

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL ACTOR 2026, BEST CINEMTAOGRAPHER & BEST HISTORICAL ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM

Sheldon Mashugana gets stooged

By Dean Morgan

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

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST WRING STYLE (Category: Feature Script)

Heaven

By AnayaMusic Kunst

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

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

By Monte Albers de Leon

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENPLAY

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

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

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

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

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

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

Agnus Dei

By Agim Sopi

BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE FEATURE OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG DIRECTOR

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST ORIGINAL DANCE FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Music Video), BEST EDITING (Category: Music Video), BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

The Revenge Club

By Marla Eaton

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER & BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT SCRIPT 2026

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR 2026 & BEST INDIE ACTING

Alzati dal buio

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST SONG WRITER 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE SINGER OF THE YEAR

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026, HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script)

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST PILOT TV & ORIGINAL TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026

PIRANDELLO’S WIFE

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove

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

Monument to Love

By Jacob Comforty

BEST CAMERA OPERATOR 2026, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR (Category: Documentary Feature) & BEST INDIE CINEMATIC VISION

When Cassandra Venice speaks

By Hugo Teugels

BEST GLOBAL INDI DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING (Category: Indie Short)

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY 2026 (Category: Experimental), BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR, BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST SPRITUAL PROJECT 2026 & BEST VIDEO POETRY

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM

Eye of the Storm

By Brooke Wolff

BEST AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY 2026, POETRY ORIGINAL DIRECTOR, BEST AMERICAN PRODUCER & BEST FILMMAKER

Pounding Pavements

By Jeremy and Christine Stork

BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG OF THE YEAR, BEST INDIE SINGER 2026 & BEST SOUND

Silver Lights: City of Dreams

By Michelle Lynn

BEST SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER

Recipe for A Dream

By Michelle Lynn

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

Meet My Pet Monster

By James Storm

BEST DARK COMEDY 2026 & BEST AMERICAN FILMMAKER

Roses are Blind

By Wendy White

BEST AMERICAN INDIE ACTOR & BEST ORIGINAL THRILLER 2026

Elevation To The Depths I

By Andrew Noble

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Elevation To The Depths II

By Andrew Noble

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2025

Elevation To The Depths III

By Andrew Noble

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: FEATURE SCRIPT)

My Life as a Piece of Space Debris

By Damien Donnelly

BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST INDIE FILMMAKER 2026

Soularis

By Janja Rakuš

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST EUROPEAN INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Indie Experimental Film)

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST INDIE FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST ORIGINAL WRITER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL STORY & BEST WRITING STYLE

In Search of A P-I-G

By Keith Szarabajka

BEST ORIGINAL WEB/TV SERIES 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER (Category: Web/TV Series)

Agnus Dei

By Agim Sopi

BEST INDIE PICTURE OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Arthouse Film)

The Label Maker

By Charlotte Webb

BEST ANIMATED INDIE SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER (Category: Animation)

Why We Create. The Art of Being Human.

By Inigo Laugermann

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SHORT FILM, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST INDIE PRODUCER (Category: Narrative Short Film)

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST EUROPEAN POETRY FILM 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE CINEMATIC VISION

Wacko

By Matthew Roch

BEST INTERNATIONAL THRILLER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR, BEST HORROR & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Stalker Hair Twirl

By Faye Fayerman

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Experimental Indie Film)

The Ghost and the Gold Louis

By Jamie Sutliff

BEST INTERNATIONAL TV SERIES OF THE YEAR

The Candle Man

By Zoe Anth

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR 2026

Eye of the Storm

By Brooke Wolff

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST COMEDY OF THE YEAR, BEST ACTOR, BEST FILMMAKER & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: International Comedy)

Pounding Pavements

By Jeremy and Christine Stork

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SONG WRITER 2026, BEST SOUND DESIGNER, BEST INDIE SINGER & BEST ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING SYLE (Category: Feature Script)

Michelangelo and Me + Da Vinci and Me

By Colleen Fuglaar

BEST ORIGINAL PILOT TV 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL FANTASY OF THE YEAR

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATIC VISION, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE ART FILM 2026

Amen-Amen-Amen: A Story of Our Times

By Tom Gallagher

BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026 & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (Category: Documentary)

Alzati dal buio

By Don Pasquale Ferone

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

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

BEST INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST STORYTELLING & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Doc)

Monument to Love

By Jacob Comforty

BEST CAMERA OPERATOR & BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER (Category: Indie Doc)

The Jaguar and the Dragonfly

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Secrets of the Forbidden City

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST EDITING

Living Myths

By Fabio Flecha

BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER OF THE YEAR

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER 2026

The Prism of Youth: Blame it on the Ghost

By Hoa Vo Thanh

BEST INDIE PICTURE, BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Heat and Love

By Michał Kucharski

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITOR & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR (Category: International Experimental Film)

Run, Chad Run

By Nadia Guo

BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 2026

Ballad of the Millennial Dream

By Yuliya Levashova

BEST INDIE SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST MAKE-UP

When Cassandra Venice speaks

By Hugo Teugels

BEST ORIGINAL FANTASY OF THE YEAR & BEST EUROPEAN INDIE MOVIEMAKER

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE WRITER 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR

I Swear

By Richard VanOverbroeck

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING (Category: International Music Video) & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

Writing To Gillian

By Markus McLaughlin

BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script)

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER 2026 & BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Lambada The Dance Of Fate

By Kai Fischer

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER 2026 & BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST PRODUCER, BEST EDITING & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary)

Heaven

By AnayaMusic

BEST GLOBAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SINGER 2026 & BEST SOUND (Category: International Music Video)

Tightly Bound

By David Morwick

BEST ARTHOUSE ACTOR 2026

The Pratt the Hat

By Susan Hillary

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT OF THE YEAR

Fire Flies

By Larry Gene Fortin

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026

The Taste of Rain

By Larry Gene Fortin

BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE (Category: American Feature Script) & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST YOUNG PRODUCER, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DOCUMENTARY

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DRAMA 2026, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST ACTOR, BEST ACTRESS & BEST STORYTELLING (Category: International Drama)

Action 8

By Maximillian Decker

BEST INDIE FILM, BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER, BEST CAST & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Indie Narrative Feature)

Water

By Gary Beeber

BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY 2026 & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Documentary)

Dancing with Spies @Goddess – NOVEL

By Francis Billingsley

BEST INTERNATIONAL MANUSCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE WRITER

Snowy Christmas Holiday with You

By Darla Zuhdi

BEST AMERICAN SONG OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL SINGER 2026

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ORIGINAL ACTOR 2026 & BEST INDIE ACTING

Whispers of Love

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

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

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST INDIE STORY

Lucky in Long Island

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG WRITER 2026 & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST ANIMATION, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER, BEST STORY & BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING (Category: Animated Short Film)

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026, BEST SOUND & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE MOVIEMAKER

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING

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

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

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

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR & INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: EXPERIMENTAL)

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC IDEA, BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Inspirational Film)

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER 2026 & BEST ART FILM

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

By Monte Albers de Leon

BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST VIDEO POETRY 2026 & INTERNATIONAL ACTING

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTOR 2026 & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM 2026

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST ORIGINAL HISTORICAL FILM 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST CINEMATIC VISION

Connor and Sonia

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST INDIE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: International Drama)

Hope is Not a Black and White Rainbow

By Harold Brown

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: Indie Feature Script)

My Father Moves Mountains

By Andria Litto

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER (Category: Indie Documentary) & BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

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

A Tragedy of Riches

By Tony Cointreau

BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE BOOK 2026

Cycle of Life

By Miguel Raymond

BEST ORIGINAL VIDEO POETRY 2026 & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Inspirational Short Film)

Cherished Viciousness

By Daniel Arreola

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST WRITING SYLE & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER 2026

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST VISIONARY PROJECT & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT FILM

Walking With God

By Lois M. Banks

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

The Riddle Pact

By Zsolt Pozsgai

BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST MOVIEMAKER, BEST CAST & BEST SOUNDTRACK

Ritratto temporale IV – Teresa

By Ilaria Pezone

BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST EDITING (Category: Art Film)

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

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

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST SOCIAL SCREENPLAY, BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Indie Feature Script)

Love is a Lonely Hunter

By Graciela Cassel

BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EDITOR, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Sper Short Film)

Il tuo riparo

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST SOCIAL SONG, BEST SONG WRITER & BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE SINGER 2026

French Broad

By Reid Barwick

BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026 & BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: Pilot TV)

The Revenge Club

By Marla Eaton

BEST SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Short Script), BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE & BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL VISIONARY SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

Vertigo

By Sylvie Kay

BEST INTERNATIONAL DANCE MOVIE, BEST CHOREOGRAPHY, BESTORIGINAL FILMMAKER & BEST EDITING (Category: Dance Movie)

Dionysos Avignon, In Flesh and Shadow

By Gerard Bouysse

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

Midnite’s Journey

By Dana Silkiss

BEST INTERNATIONAL TRUE CRIME OF THE YEAR

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST EUROPEAN INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL HISTORICAL SCREENPLAY

Roses are Blind

By Wendy White

BEST AMERICAN INDIE FILMMAKER 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL THRILLER & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST ORIGINAL WRITER, BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK 2026 & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS BOOK 2026

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (Category: Indie Art Film)

Faust – This Had Never Happened OR Resurrection of Angels with Broken Wings

By Peyman Majidi

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL FILM

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

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

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

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

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY

The Green Mill

By Michelle Lynn

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

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST ACTING, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST PRODUCER (Category: Narrative Short)

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO POETRY 2026, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST EDITOR, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Category: Video Poetry)

S2 E 3 | Airshow Flying – Wings Over Camarillo 2025

By Tommy Anderson Sherry Severs

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