Month: June 2026

Maxwell

By Derek Martin

BEST INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Short Film), BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST CAST & BEST SOUNDTRACK

A Tale Of Two Tails

By Camy De Mario

BEST ANIMATION, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Urban Eats MTL

By Ioannis Koutroubis

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

Voyage in the Desert

By ΕΛΠΙΔΑ ΑΜΙΤΣΗ

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE FILM 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER

Floating Eyes

By Daniel Arreola

BEST SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Short Script) & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

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

By Peyman Majidi & Sabina Shiari

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST WRITER, BEST BOOK 2026 & BEST VISIONARY IDEA

Alicematonika

By Ryosuke Handa

BEST INDIE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST GLOBAL FILMMAKER, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Men Walking Their Toy Trucks

By Faye Fayerman

BEST ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Experimental Director)

Ogni male vincerai

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN MUSIC VIDEO, BEST ARTHOUSE SINGER & BEST SOCIAL SONG

Whispers of Montana

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SONG 2026

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT 2026, BEST CAST, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Whispers of Love

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Screenplay)

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST GLOBAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER OF THE YEAR

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

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

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ORIGINAL YOUNG ACTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING

Tramóia

By Gleison Castro

BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT OF THE YEAR

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER 2026 & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS BOOK/MANUSCRIPT

Drag Queens Of Emeralis

By Kevin Irvine

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Comedy Script)

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST WRITER 2026 & BEST GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

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

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST ARTHOUSE VIDEO POETRY OF THE YEAR & BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2026

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL ACTOR, BEST ORIGINAL WRITER & BEST SOCIAL SCREENPLAY

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

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

Heaven

By AnayaMusic

BEST MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL VOICE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Music Video)

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER & BEST STORYTELLING

Michelangelo and Me + Da Vinci and Me opener

By Colleen Shannon

BEST ORIGINAL PILOT TV & BEST SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Indie Television Script)

Vertigo

By Sylvie Kay

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

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CASTING DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL EDITOR 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE PRODUCTION COMPANY

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST INTERNATIONAL INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM, BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY FILM 2026, BEST GLOBAL FILMMAKER & BEST EDITING

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ACTRESS, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Experimental Short) & BEST EDITING

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

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

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

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

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST POETRY FILM 2026 

Our Brilliant Destruction

By Sarah Bitely

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SOUNDTRACK, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

The Blackest Lens

By Ricardo Fleshman

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary Short) & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Sheldon Mashugana & The Fakakta Alien

By Dean Morgan

BEST AMERICAN ACTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY 2026

Ogni male vincerai

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG 2026 & BEST SPIRITUAL GUITARIST

Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST VIDEO POETRY 2026

Vertigo

By Sylvie Kay

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR (Category: Dance Film) BEST SOUND, BEST CINEMATIC VISION & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: International Dance Film)

Mikey Blue Eyes

By Stephen Kelly

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER (Category: Indie Short Script)

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST EUROPEAN FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER, BEST HISTORICAL FILM & BEST COSTUME DESIGNER

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026 & BEST FILMMAKER OF HE YEAR (Category: International Documentary Short)

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST ORIGINAL ART FILM, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: International Super Short Film)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script)

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST ART SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST SOUND

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST ACTING, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST BOOK/MANUSCRIPT 2026 & BEST FANTASY SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Split Focus

By Cherie Carson

BEST DANCE MOVIE 2026 & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM, BEST INDIE PRODUCER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY 

Walking With God

By Lois M. Banks

BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

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

And We Were Left Darkling

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DRAMA 2026 & BEST SCRIPT BASED ON A TRUE STORY

The Riddle Pact

By Zsolt Pozsgai

BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR, BEST CAST & BEST SOUNDTRACK

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

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

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

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

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

TV Man

By Leonardo Valenti

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Asherah’s Colors

By Gary Mazeffa

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST CAST, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Short Film)

Cock Robin

By Frances Barth

BEST ORIGINAL COMEDY, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Comedy)

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

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

Ogni male vincerai

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN MUSIC VIDEO, BEST SOCIAL SONG & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SINGER

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Documentary), BEST DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING & BEST EDITING 

Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ORIGINAL YOUNG ACTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM

Absence (v. 2)

By Jean Detheux

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT 2026

Colombano & La 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2026, BEST HISTORICAL FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY & BEST ACTING

Bellatrix

By Jacek Krawczyk

BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST MOVIEMAKER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: International Short film)

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER & BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM

Love is a Lonely Hunter

By Graciela Cassel

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Short Film)

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

Heaven

By AnayaMusic

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

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST PRODUCER

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

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

Lacrime di vento

By Damiano Rossi

BEST ORIGINAL ART FILM, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST EDUCATIONAL SHORT FILM

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

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

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM, BEST SPRITUAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST VIDEO POETRY

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER & BEST ACTRESS

Tramóia

By Gleison Castro

BEST WRITING STYLE & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY SHORT

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST EUROPEAN PRODUCER, BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATIC VISION & BEST EDITING

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INDIE WRITER

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM 2026

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ORIGINAL ACTOR, BEST ART FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL INDIE SHORT

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Book), BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE BOOK 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER

63Geminorum

By Laura Calderini

BEST EUROPEAN SHORT SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITER (Category: Arthouse Short Script)

“Only You Can Save Her,” pilot teleplay of series THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGIC

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST WRITING STYLE

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST PRODUCER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Drama), BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

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

By Timothy Brad Reinhold

BEST ORIGINAL SCRIPT & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION