Month: April 2026

Ailene

By Liesel Galletly

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

My Angel & Devil

By Anton Svantesson-Helkiö

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE

Cherished Viciousness

By Daniel Arreola

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

Potato Family

By Lori Hamilton

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM, BEST DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST EDITING (Category: Animation)

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Documentary), BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST PRODUCER

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

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

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST EDITING, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Indie Documentary)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, & BEST GLOBAL WRITER OF THE YEAR

The Family Name

By Monte Albers de Leon

BEST INTERNATIONAL WEB/TV SERIES 2026 & BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

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

Colombano & La 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILM, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST SCREENPLAY

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 INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST WRITER 

Lucky in Long Island

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SONG WRITER 2026 & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

Whispers of Love

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ROMANCE SCRIPT 2026 ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER & BEST STORYTELLING

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ORIGINAL ACTOR 2026

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INDIE ACTING & BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM

When Cassandra Venice speaks

By Hugo Teugels

BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM, BEST PRODUCER & BEST INDIE CINEMATOGRAPHER 2026

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

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

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

And We Were Left Darkling

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

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

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

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

Borderline Justice

By Lynn Elliott

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

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

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

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

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FIRST TIME DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY 2026

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR (Category: Documentary Short)

Walking With God

By Lois Banks

BEST INTERNATIONAL PICTURE, BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Men Walking Their Toy Trucks

By Faye Fayerman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR

Master Heist – A True Christmas Fiction

By Kai Fischer

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

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST EDITING, BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST SOUND DESIGNER

Sheldon Mashugana gets stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY 2026, BEST AMERICAN ACTOR & BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER (Category: Comedy)

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST WRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE BOOK 2026

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST INDIE ANIMATED PROJECT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

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

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

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

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

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

And We Were Left Darkling

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

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

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST ACTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

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

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)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

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

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER, BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL INDIE SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

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

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

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

Chateau De Tarot

By Reid Barwick

BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL PILOT TV

The Ghost of PrivatBank

By Yuliya Levashova

BEST INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE DIRECTOR

Murder on the Titanic

By Ioannis Koutroubis

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2026

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL ACTOR, BEST INDIE PRODUCER & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATIC VISION 2026

NeverWere: a Lycan Love Story

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST INDIE WRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY

Ailene

By Liesel Galletly

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

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary Feature), BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL EDITOR

Ashes of Freedom

By Daniel Arreola

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY & ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER 2026

Heaven

By AnayaMusic Kunst

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

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

The Jaguar and the Dragonfly

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST VISIONARY ARTIST

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

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

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

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

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EUROPEAN NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST EDITING & BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

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

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

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

Midnite’s Journey

By Dana Silkiss

BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE & BEST TRUE CRIME

Planetary Rebellion

By Fabrizio Fuochi

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

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

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

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

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

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

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

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

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

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER

Borderline Justice

By Lynn Elliott

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

When Cassandra Venice speaks

By Hugo Teugels

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INDIE CINEMATOGRAPHER 2026

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER, BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL INDIE SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST VISIONARY FILMMAKER

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INDIE ACTOR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL INDIE SHORT & BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER

Doctor Hypotheses 2 – The Breakdown
By Vicentini Gomez
BEST ORIGINAL ACTOR, BEST STORY & BEST INDIE WRITER OF THE YEAR

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST ORIGINAL STORY 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER 2026 (Category: FEATURE SCRIPT)

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

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

Dancing with Spies @Goddess – NOVEL

By Francis Billingsley

BEST VISIONARY NOVELIST & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE BOOK OF THE YEAR

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

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

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER, BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING, BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST STORYTELLING, BEST EDITOR & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Documentary)

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

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

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BESTORIGINAL BOOK 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER 2026

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER 2026

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

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EUROPEAN INDIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FILM

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

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

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

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

Borderline Justice

By Lynn Elliott

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

When Cassandra Venice speaks

By Hugo Teugels

BEST INDIE CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR 2026

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EDITING (Category: Art Film), BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Inspirational Film)

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR & INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: EXPERIMENTAL)

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER 2026 & BEST ATMOSPHERE

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

Midnite’s Journey

By Dana Silkiss

BEST INTERNATIONAL TRUE CRIME & BEST ORIGINAL BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR 2026 , BEST EXPERIMENTAL SCREENPLAY & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE ART FILM 2026

The Harmony Saga, The Aurora Galaxy Republic, and Movement I – Disciple: Episode I of the Harmony Saga

By Timothy Brad Reinhold

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER

Cate and the Garden Bandits: The Musical

Music by Zachary Simpson

BEST INTERNATIONAL SOUNDTRACK OF THE YEAR