Six Years of Revolution in Independent Cinema 2026 marks a historic year for WILD FILMMAKER. We celebrate our sixth anniversary and look back on the journey we have taken with pride, aware that what began as an ambitious project has now become one of the most respected and closely followed realities in the international film landscape. The achievements reached over these years have been extraordinary. Today, WILD FILMMAKER stands as the platform with the largest number of film events worldwide, a true reference point for directors, producers, screenwriters, actors, and independent artists from every corner of the globe. However, this milestone represents only the beginning of a new phase of our growth. Our next objective is to create even more opportunities for filmmakers and the industry to connect by organizing international meetings dedicated to the presentation and promotion of film projects before producers, distributors, and professionals from the entertainment sector. We believe that talent deserves not only visibility, but also concrete opportunities for development, collaboration, and professional growth. WILD FILMMAKER events will continue to take place in the most important capitals around the world, thanks to collaborations with highly prestigious institutions and organizations. Alongside our presence in the most influential international industry publications, such as Cineuropa, The Hollywood Reporter, and Variety, we are building new partnerships with film critics’ associations, strengthening an increasingly profound dialogue with the global film industry. Our network of creatives has become an increasingly influential voice in shaping the future of world cinema. And you are part of this journey. If you are reading this Annual Report 2026, it means that your work, your talent, and your contribution have become part of the history of WILD FILMMAKER. We are proud to include you among the films and artists who have left a mark on our journey throughout this year. At WILD FILMMAKER, we can say only one word: thank you! This is only the first chapter of an even greater journey ahead.
Among the award-winning artists who participated in the Annual Report World Cinema 2026:
Faust – This Had Never Happened OR Resurrection of Angels with Broken Wings
By Peyman Majidi & Sabina Shiari
BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL ARTHOUSE FILM, BEST INDIE STORYTELLING & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers
By Vivian Tsang
BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST ARTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY
Metal
By Andrea Natale
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST EDITOR (Category: Animation)
Stalker Hair Twirl
By Faye Fayerman
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Experimental)
Non dimenticare il poeta
By Fabrizio Fuochi
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SONG, BEST ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST SONG WRITER & BEST SINGER
Eyesolation
By Damiano Rossi
BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026, BEST POETRY FILM & BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR
Pretty Little Lucy
By David Williamson
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST THRILLER, BEST SUSPENSE & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING
Our Brilliant Destruction
By Sarah Bitely
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST INTERNATIONAL CAST, BEST CASTING DIRECTO, BEST FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR & BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY
The Novice
By Vincenzo Amoruso
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST VISIONARY ACTING & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM
Urban Eats MTL
By Ioannis Koutroubis
BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: INTERNATIONAL WEB/TV SERIES), BEST ORIGINAL WEB/TV SERIES OF THE YEAR & BEST WRITING STYLE
Precious the baby dragon
By Dawn Menge
BEST FAIRY TALE OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER (Category: International Book)
Doctor Hyphoteses
By Vicentini Gomez
BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL ACTING
Staycation
By Russell Emanuel
BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST SOUNDTRACK, BEST EDITING & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
I Waited for You
By Jennifer Glee
BEST ORIGINAL ART FILM, BEST ARTHOUS EDITING & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026
Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana
By Ken Kimmelman
BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER, BEST VISIONARY SHORT FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Video Poetry)
The Dead Ringer
By Suzanne Lutas
BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: Arthouse Screenplay) & BEST VISIONARY FEATURE SCRIPT
Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD
By Dianne Lang
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDTING, BEST INDIE PRODUCER (Category: Documentary Short)
American Money
By Timothy A McGhee
BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST CHARACTERS & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER
Vertigo
By Sylvie Kay
BEST CHOREOGRAPHER, BEST INSPIRATIONAL DIRECTOR & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DANCE MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Pirandello’s Wife
By Lynn Elliott
BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER & BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR
Alta California
By Lynn Elliott
BEST HISTORICAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATIC VISION
We are Rivers
By Graciela Cassel
BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST STORYTELLING & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR
The Duchess
By C. Arnold Curry
BEST DRAMA OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITING SYLE 2026
Your Father, who sees in secret
By Danilo Del Tufo
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER, BEST INDIE PRODUCER & BEST VISIONARY CINEMATIC VISION
My heads f*cked
By Fabia Maria Cerra
BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY 2026
Not Without Gloves
By Lena Mattsson
BEST EUROPEAN FILMMAKER 2026, BEST SUSPENSE & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: EXPERIMENTAL)
The Rorschach Test
By Lena Mattsson
BEST DIRECTOR (Category: ART FILM), BEST INSPIRATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM
The Aesthetics of Failure
By Lena Mattsson
BEST GLOBAL ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST INDIE CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EDITOR
BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: International Super Short Film) & BEST SUPER SHORT FILM 2026
Doctor Hyphoteses
By Vicentini Gomez
BEST SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ACTING
American Money
By Timothy A McGhee
BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER, BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE
Vertigo
By Sylvie Kay
BEST ORIGINAL DANCE SHORT MOVIE 2026, BEST SOUND & BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER (Category: International Dance SHORT Film)
Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD
By Dianne Lang
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary)
Going Spaceward
By Yichea Lin
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR (Category: Animation)
Il tuo riparo
By Don Pasquale Ferone
BEST EUROPEAN SONG OF THE YEAR & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SONG WRITER 2026
Ogni male vincerai
By Don Pasquale Ferone
BEST INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SONG WRITER & BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC VIDEO
Lacrime di Vento
By Damiano Rossi
BEST VISIONARY INDIE FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORY
The Stones of Rome
By Sean Gregory Tansey
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE HISTORICAL SHORT FILM
The Pathos of Hamlet
By Sean Gregory Tansey
BEST INSIPRATIONAL SHORT FILM, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, ORIGINAL ACTING & BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER
My Hollywood Circus
By Roger Paradiso
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE BOOK 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER
Staycation
By Russell Emanuel
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CAST, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
Not Without Gloves
By Lena Mattsson
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR
The Rorschach Test
By Lena Mattsson
BEST STORYTELLING, BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER
The Aesthetics of Failure
By Lena Mattsson
BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR (Category: Experimental)
Pirandello’s Wife
By Lynn Elliott
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR
Uncle Franco’s Birthday Suit
By Lynn Elliott
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SCREENWRITER
Alta California
By Lynn Elliott
BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST HISTORICAL SCRIPT
Zone
By Danilo Del Tufo
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM, BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
Your Father, who sees in secret
By Danilo Del Tufo
BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST VISIONARY FILMMAKER 2026
The Duchess
By C. Arnold Curry
BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR (Category: Drama), BEST EDTING, BEST ACTOR, BEST ACTRESS (Category: International Drama)
Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana
By Ken Kimmelman
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM DIRECTOR 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA OF THE YEAR, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST SOUNDTRACK, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY & BEST CAST
Our Brilliant Destruction
By Sarah Bitely
BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING
Cock Robin
By Frances Barth
BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER
In 2 Minds
By Fabia Cerra
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE BOOK 2026
Michelangelo and Me + Da Vinci and Me opener
By Colleen Fuglaar
BEST ANIMATION, BEST MOVIEMAKER & BEST EDITING
Aspettando la rivoluzione
By Francesco Niglio
BEST EUROPEAN INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
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
Whispers of Love
By Michelle Lynn
BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER (Category: International Screenplay) & BEST DRAMA SCRIPT
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
One Hand
By Ryosuke Handa
BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION 2026
Floating Eyes
By Daniel Arreola
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT 2026 & BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: Short Script)
The Armchair Travellers
By Patricia Planck
BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER 2026
Mix Art Clic
By Sylvie Kay
BEST INTERNATIONAL DANCE MOVIE OF THE YEAR, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR (Category: Dance Movie)
I Swear
By Richard VanOverbroeck
BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: International Music Video)
Pounding Pavements
By Jeremy and Christine Stork
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SONG WRITER 2026, BEST SOUND DESIGNER, BEST INDIE SINGER & BEST ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO
Brothers of Babylon
By Gabriel Womack
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER 2026
Precious the baby dragon
By Dr Dawn Menge
BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK & BEST WRITER 2026
Staycation
By Russell Emanuel
BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CAST, BEST SOUNDTACK, BEST EDITING, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY
Novice
By Vincenzo Amoruso
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING
The Blackest Lens
By Ricardo Fleshman
BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST FILMMAKER 2026 (Category: Documentary)
Love Comes Home To Holly
By Mysti “MOCHA” Smith
BEST TEASER OF THE YEAR & BEST DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Trailer)
Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD
By Dianne Lang
BEST STORYTELLING, BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary)
Ogni male vincerai
By Don Pasquale Ferone
BEST EUROPEAN MUSIC VIDEO, BEST INTERNATIONAL SINGER & BEST SOCIAL SONG
Out of control
By Bellopropello
BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATION
Dancing with Spies @Goddess – NOVEL
By Francis Billingsley
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE BOOK/MANUSCRIPT OF THE YEAR
The Spiritualization of Jeff Boyd
By Uwe Schwarzwalder
BEST FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Indie Narrative Feature Film), BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST COSTUME DESIGNER
Noise
By R. Scott MacLeay
BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2026, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR & BEST SOUND DESIGNER
The Duchess
By C. Arnold Curry
BEST DRAMA 2026, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR & BEST CAST (Category: International Drama)
Eyesolation
By Damiano Rossi
BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST INDIE ORIGINAL IDEA
The Revenge Club
By Marla Eaton
BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Short Script), BEST INDIE SHORT SCRIPT & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS (Category: Short Script)
The Dead Ringer
By Suzanne Lutas
BEST SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT
Walking With God
Lois M. Banks
BEST ORIGINAL PICTURE & BEST AMERICAN FILMMAKER (Category: Narrative Feature)
Pretty Little Lucy
By David Williamson
BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script), BEST 2150.3INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026
The Stones of Rome
By Sean Gregory Tansey
BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING & BEST ARTHOSUE VIDEO POETRY
The Pathos of Hamlet
By Sean Gregory Tansey
BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SHORT FILM & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Indie Drama)
Bellatrix
By Jacek Krawczyk
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST ACTING, BEST SOUNDTRACK & BEST MAKE-UP (Category: International Short film)
The Girl Made of Earth and Water
By Pamela PerryGoulardt
BEST INDIE SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: International Indie Super Short)
Christmas On Earth
By Janja Rakuš
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Poetry Film) & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA
Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana
By Ken Kimmelman
BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO POETRY, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER & SOUND DESIGNER
Water
By Gary Beeber
BEST INDIE DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Documentary Feature), BEST EDITING & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR (Category: Documentary)
AMERICA BOXED IN
By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORS & BEST EDITING (Category: International Documentary Feature)
Not Without Gloves
By Lena Mattsson
BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR & INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: EXPERIMENTAL)
The Aesthetics of Failure
By Lena Mattsson
BEST POETRY SHORT FILM, BEST SOUND & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Inspirational Film)
The Rorschach Test
By Lena Mattsson
BEST ARTHOUSE PROJECT 2026 & BEST ART FILM
Virulence
By Christopher Pennington
BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER (Category: Feature Script)
Tipping Point
By L. Scooter Morris
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER (Category: Art Film), BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING (Category: Super Short Film), BEST ORIGINAL SUPER SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST INDIE PRODUCER
Your Father, who sees in secret
By Danilo Del Tufo
BEST POETRY SHORT FILM, BEST CINEMATIC VISION 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER (Category: Short)
American Money
By Timothy A McGhee
BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Love is a lonely Hunter
By Graciela Cassel
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER, BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL SHORT
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
The Mongrel
By Lynn Elliott
BEST PILOT TV & ORIGINAL TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026
Non dimenticare il poeta
By Fabrizio Fuochi
BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG 2026, BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Music Video) & BEST SONG WRITER
When Cassandra Venice speaks
By Hugo Teugels
BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATIC VISION & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Change The World
By Angelena Bonet
BEST INTERNATIONAL SOUNDTRACK & BEST INDIE ARTIST 2026
Angelena: Change The World
By Angelena Bonet
BEST HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY FEATURE & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER
The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers
By Vivian Tsang
BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST YOUNG PRODUCER, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DOCUMENTARY
Master Heist – A True Christmas Fiction
By Kai Fischer
BEST EUROPEAN FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS (Category: Feature Script)
