Month: May 2026

The Armchair Travellers

By Patricia Planck

BEST ARTHOUSE FANTASY SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

The Edge

By Gary St. Martin

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category Television Script), BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE & BEST PILOT TV OF THE YEAR

Anything You Lose

By Irina Vodar

BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST ORIGINAL BOOK OF THE YEAR

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST EXPERIMENTAL WRITER 2026

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING (Category: Documentary Short)

NeverWere: a Lycan Love Story

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST INDIE WRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY

The Riddle Pact

By Zsolt Pozsgai

BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR (Category: International Narrative Feature)

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST FAIRY TALE OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER (Category: International Book)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST STORYTELLING (Category: Feature Script), BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER & BEST ORIGINAL SCRIPT

Drag Queens Of Emeralis

By Kevin Irvine

BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Pace regnerà

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN SONG WRITER 2026

Ogni male vincerai

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SONG WRITER & BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC VIDEO

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT (Category: International Animated Short Film)

Magic of Camelot Castle

By Dina Faye Gilmore

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST SOCIAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Arthouse Writer)

The Sicilians

By Frank Mancuso

BEST INTERNATIONAL THRILLER SCRIPT 2026

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: ART FILM) & BEST EXPERIMENTAL STORYTELLING

The Family Name

By Monte Albers de Leon

BEST INTERNATIONAL WEB/TV SERIES 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER 2026

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT (Category: NARRATIVE SHORT 2026)

Wisdom’s Teeth

By Daniel Arreola

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Cherished Viciousness

By Daniel Arreola

BEST INDIE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITING STYLE (Category: Feature Script)

Ashes of Freedom

By Daniel Arreola

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Screenwriter), BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY, BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: American Feature Script)

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

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

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ARTHOUSE PILOT TV OF THE YEAR

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER

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 Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT

Non dimenticare il poeta

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST SONG WRITER 2026

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

By Timothy Brad Reinhold

BEST INTERNARIONAL FANTASY SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: International Arthouse Drama)

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SCREENWTITER OF THE YEAR

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER (Category: FILM POETRY)

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SCREENPLAY SHORT

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INSPIRATIONAL SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

Master Heist – A True Christmas Fiction

By Kai Fischer

BEST GLOBAL SCREENWRITER 2026

The Riddle Pact

By Zsolt Pozsgai

BEST ORIGINAL FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR

The Hourglass

By Alexandre Bilardo

BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Narrative Short Film), BEST EDITING, BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026 & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: International Documentary Short)

Cock Robin

By Frances Barth

BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY 2026 & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Indie Comedy)

The Armchair Travellers

By Patricia Planck

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

Hearts Aligned

By Michaela Kuti

BEST ORIGINAL SONG 2026

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

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

Love Comes Home To Holly

By Mysti “MOCHA” Cozart Smith

BEST INTERNATIONAL TEASER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT

Christmas On Earth

By Janja Rakuš

BEST ART FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION

Sinnoya

By Javier Hinojosa Allely

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT 2026

Cicada

By Dojong Kim

BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL FILM

The Blackest Lens

By Ricardo Fleshman

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

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER OF THE YEAR

Stalker Hair Twirl

By Faye Fayerman

BEST INDIE EXPERIMENTAL FILM & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Emergency Musical Response: Part 1 – Journey to Netherworld

By Cosmo Swevens & Sol Solaris

BEST DIRECTOR & BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL OF THE YEAR

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FILMMAKER

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST HISTORICAL INDIE SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE ACTOR 2026

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

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

Sheldon Mashugana gets stooged

By Dean Morgan

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

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST WRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE BOOK OF THE YEAR

NeverWere: a Lycan Love Story

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST INDIE WRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY

Vertigo

By Sylvie Kay

BEST ORIGINAL DANCE MOVIE 2026 & BEST INDIE FILMMAKER (Category: International Dance Film)

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER & BEST EDITING

Non dimenticare il poeta

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST EUROPEAN MUSIC VIDEO 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SINGER

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Arthouse Short) & BEST VISIONARY PROJECT

Esperandote

By Jesus Schettino

BEST INDIE FIRST TIME DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

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)

Cassandra Venice

By Hugo Teugels

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EUROPEAN INDIE DIRECTOR 2026

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

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

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

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

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST MAKE-UP & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Whispers of Love

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ROMANCE SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER  

Lucky in Long Island

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SONG WRITER 2026 & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

French Broad

By Reid Barwick

BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM, BEST INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Short)

Pounding Pavements

By Jeremy and Christine Stork

BEST ORIGINAL SONG 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITER

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

Hope is Not a Black and White Rainbow

By Harold Brown

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY 2026

The Priory of Sion and the treasure of abbe Sauniere of Rennes The Castle France

By Florence Cazebon-Taveau

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST HISTORICAL SCREENPLAY 2026

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

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

Once There Were Stories

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INDIE WRITER

The Script, A Celtic Horror Tale

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST SCREENPLAY 2026

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

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

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

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

Ogni male vincerai

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SONG, BEST EUROPEAN SONG OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL VOICE

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

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

America Boxed In

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER & PRODUCER (Category: International Documentary Feature)

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script)

Heaven

By AnayaMusic

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

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR

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

By Timothy Brad Reinhold

BEST ORIGINAL SCRIPT & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION

Our Brilliant Destruction

By Sarah Bitely

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST EDITING, BEST CAST, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY

NOI Crusaders – 30 anni di football americano in Sardegna

By Stefano Sernagiotto

BEST INTERNATIONAL SPORT FILM OF THE YEAR

The Family Name

By Monte Albers de Leon

BEST INTERNATIONAL WEB/TV SERIES 2026 & BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER

The Sicilians

By Frank Mancuso

BEST ACTION SCREENPAY 2026

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST ORIGINAL WRITER, BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK & BEST FANTASY

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM 2026, BEST EUROPEAN SCREENPLAY & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE DIRECTOR

NeverWere: a Lycan Love Story

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST INDIE WRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

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

63Geminorum

By Laura Calderini

BEST SHORT SCRIPT 2026, BEST ITALIAN WRITER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Screenplay Short)

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)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE

Lacrime di Vento

By Damiano Rossi

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER, BEST SOUND & BEST POETRY INDIE VIDEO

Heart of Love

By Gaetano Cristiano

BEST EUROPEAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

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

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT

Pace regnerà

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN SONG 2026 & BEST SPIRITUAL SONG WRITER

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)

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

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

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

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

The Revenge Club

By Marla Eaton

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA, BEST VISIONARY WRITER & BEST WRING STYLE

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

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

Vertigo

By Sylvie Kay

BEST INDIE DANCE MOVIE 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE DANCER OF THE YEAR

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

PIRANDELLO’S WIFE

By Lynn Elliott

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

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER, BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR 2026

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

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

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

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