Month: May 2026

Secrets of the Forbidden City

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST VISIONARY FILMMAKER, BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST AMERICAN ART FILM 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL ARTIST

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

By Peyman Majidi & Sabina Shiari

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Experimental Film)

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST BOOK/MANUSCRIPT 2026 & BEST VISIONARY WRITER

NeverWere: a Lycan Love Story

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR, BEST CHARACTER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script)

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST PRODUCER, BEST EDITING & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR (Category: Documentary Feature)

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST ARTHOUSE POETRY FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL INDIE DIRECTOR 2026

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER, BEST EDTING, BEST INDIE PRODUCER (Category: Documentary Short)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

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

Note Between Two Books

By Daniel Arreola

BEST ARTHOSUE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS

Silver Lights: City of Dreams

By Michelle Lynn

BEST SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

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

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER

Ritratto temporale IV – Teresa

By Ilaria Pezone

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026 & BEST EUROPEAN INDIE FILMMAKER (Category: Documentary Short)

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST INTERNATIONAL THRILLER SCRIPT, BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Feature Script)

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE ACTOR 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR, BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM & BEST EDITING

Ogni male vincerai

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST SONG WRITER, BEST EUROPEAN SONG OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL VOICE

Bellatrix

By Jacek Krawczyk

BEST VISIONARY NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST MOVIEMAKER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST CAST (Category: International Short Film)

The Sixty-Minute Shakespeare Series

Adapted by Professor Emeritus Cass Foster

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK 2026

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST VISIONARY ACTING

Pounding Pavements

By Jeremy & Christine Stork

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO 2026

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

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

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN WRITER 2026, BESR HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR & INTERNATIONAL POETRY FILM

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ARTHOUSE INSPIRATIONAL FILM 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA 2026, BEST CAST & BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: Drama)

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST ORIGIANL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST YOUNG DIRECTOR & BEST EDITING (Category: Documentary)

Moomtaz Khatoon: A Gender Fluid Queer Muslim

By Imtiaz Popat

BEST LGBTQ+ FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER 2026

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

By By Timothy Brad Reinhold

BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Script) & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER 2026

The Revenge Club

By Marla Eaton 

BEST SHORT SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER 2026

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST GOLAB FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

The Enforcers

By A. L. Jobrail

BEST INTERNATIONAL WEB/TV SERIES & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER 2026

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST AMERICAN INDIE PRODUCER & BEST SUPER SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary)

Our Brilliant Destruction

By Sarah Bitely

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORY

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

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

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST INDIE PRODUCER & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER & BEST EDITING

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

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER 2026

Stalker Hair Twirl

By Faye Fayerman

BEST POETRY FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL MOVIEMAKER 2026

The Jaguar and the Dragonfly

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

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

Lacrime di Vento

By Damiano Rossi

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

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT FILM, BEST INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Short)

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST WRITING SYLE & BEST SCREENPLAY 2026 (Category: Drama)  

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL ACTOR, BEST ORIGINAL WRITER & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT

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

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST ARTHOUSE DRAMA, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST FILMMAKER 2026

A Tale Of Two Tailes

By Camy De Mario

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

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

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT OF THE YEAR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST COSTUME DESIGN & BEST SCREENWRITER

Silver Lights: City of Dreams

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL WRITER 2026 & BEST INDIE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

The Green Mill

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

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

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST ANIMATION 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER, BEST EDITING & BEST SOUND DESIGNER (Category: Animated Short Film)

Love Comes Home To Holly

By Mysti Cozart Smith

BEST INTERNATIONAL TEASER 2026

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

By Timothy Brad Reinhold

BEST INDIE WRITER 2026, BEST SCRIPT & BEST ANIMATION

Silent Plan

By Ömer Yıldırım

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT FILM, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST CAST

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST THRILLER SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST WRITER 2026 & BEST SUSPENSE

Drag Queens Of Emeralis

By Kevin Irvine

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT (Category: Comedy), BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING SYLE

A nest in My Heart

By Mira Kim

BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATIC VISION, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST ART FILM 2026

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026, BEST INSPIRATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST ORIGINAL IDEA, BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2025 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: ART FILM)

Heaven

By AnayaMusic Kunst

BEST SINGER 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Indie Music Video)

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER 2026

Amen-Amen-Amen: A Story of Our Times

By Tom Gallagher

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, BEST FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR (Category: Documentary) & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

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

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

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

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST ORIGINAL WRITER 2026 (Category: Indie Book) & BEST MANUSCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Walking With God

By Lois Banks

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR 2026 & BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

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

The definition of Silence

By Karin Balog

BEST ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026

Note Between Two Books

By Daniel Arreola

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER

Cherished Viciousness

By Daniel Arreola

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026

Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDIAN, BEST SCRIPT (Category: International Comedy), BEST ORIGINAL COMEDY 2026

Secrets of the Forbidden City

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Super Short Film), BEST EDITING & BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

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

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

By Timothy Brad Reinhold

BEST ARTHOUSE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER OF THE YEAR

Little Monsters Read-Along Series: Award-Winning Children’s Audiobooks

Narrated by Young Voices Worldwide

Produced by Studio Story Monster

BEST INTERNATIONAL AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

BEST SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST EDITOR & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR (Category: Documentary)

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

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER, BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST SOUND

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2026

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL INDIE SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST VISIONARY CINEMATOGRAPHY

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)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

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

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

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

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING

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 INTERNATIONAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS & BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR

Tramóia

By Gleison Castro

BEST ORIGINAL SHORT SCRIPT

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST DRAMA SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Drama), BEST EDTING, BEST ACTOR, BEST ACTRESS (Category: International Drama)

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 HISTORICAL SHORT, BEST ORIGINAL INDIE ACTOR & BEST VISIONARY FILMMAKER 2026

Eye of the Storm

By Brooke Wolff

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026