Month: July 2026

TWO FATES – A True-Story

By Lori Lee Peters

BEST INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST GLOBAL INDIE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

Grandpa’s Got A Brand New Pill

By Jeffrey George Moline

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT MUSICAL 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Normal Thoughts From A Strange Mind: Session A

By L. S. Strange

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST VISIONARY WRITER 2026

The Blackest Lens

By Ricardo Fleshman

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST STORYTELLING & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Michelangelo and Me and da Vinci and me opener

By Colleen Fuglaar

BEST INTERNATIONAL FANTASY SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER

Mourning Coffee

By Denise Mack

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Master Heist – A True Christmas Fiction

By Kai Fischer

BEST VISIONARY SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script)

Foolproof

By Jordan Destin

BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST CAST, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Serenity

By AnayaMusic Kunst

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST ORIGINAL SINGER, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST SONG

Not Fore Long

By Patricia Marshall

BEST WRTING STYLE (Category: Feature Script), BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

A Tale Of Two Tails

By Camy De Mario

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

Bad Influence/ Mauvaise Influence

By Aurélie Latona

BEST EUROPEAN INDIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST ARTHOUSE SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST STORYTELLING (Category: Super Short Film)

In 2 Minds

By Fabia Cerra

BEST ORIGINAL WRITER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL BOOK & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Book/Manuscript)

Plandemic: Tribunal

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST SOCIAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST VISIONARY ARTIST 2026

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

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

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST INTERNATIONAL ART FILM, BEST SPIRITAL PROJECT & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING 2026

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST SOCIAL SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ACTOR 2026, BEST VOICE & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST AMERICAN EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2026, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT, BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING (Category: Super Short Film) & BEST SPIRUTUAL SHORT FILM

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST VISIONARY FEATURE SCRIPT  2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Arthouse Feature Script) & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS

Out of control

By Bellopropello

BEST INDIE FILMMAKER 2026, BEST VISIONARY CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST SOUND DESIGNER (Category: Animated Short Film)

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Drama), BEST EDTING, BEST ACTING (Category: International Drama)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL VISIONARY SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST EDITING (Category: Narrative Feature)

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST VISIONARY MOVIEMAKER OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

Whispers of Montana

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST SUSPENSE & BEST WRITING STYLE 2026

Strawberries & Cream

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN SONG 2026 & BEST INDIE SONG WRITER

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BESTINTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST, BEST COSTUME DESIGNER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category; Short Film)

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

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Television Script)

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 EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ART FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER & BEST EDITING

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST COMEDIAN 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATIC VISION

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING & BEST VIDEO POETRY

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE ACTOR & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM 2026

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK, BEST FANTASY MANUSCRIPT, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS BOOK & BEST WRITER 2026

Hope is Not a Black and White Rainbow

By Harold Brown

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER 2026

Meet Me on a Rock

By Marie Bryan

BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Narrative Short)

OSKÄR

By Ariel Orama López (AG Orloz)

BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM, BEST EDITING, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

America Boxed In

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER, BEST PRODUCER & BEST ORIGINAL EDITOR

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Screenplay) & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

The Armchair Travelkers

By Patricia Planck

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

In 2 Minds

By Fabia Cerra

BEST BOOK/MANUSCRIPT 2026, BEST WRTING STYLE & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER (Category: Book)

Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST INDIE ART SHORT FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING

Am I a painter?/Czy jestem malarzem?

By Michał Kucharski

BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATION, BEST GLOBAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM & BEST DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

My Father Moves Mountains

By Andria Litto

BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER (Category: Doc) & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST INSIRATIONAL SHORT FILM, BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2025 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER (Category: International Documentary Short), BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST CINEMATIC VISION & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING (Category: Documentary Short)

Strawberries & Cream

By Michelle Lynn

BEST SONG WRITER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SONG 2026

Tramóia

By Gleison Castro

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT 2026

Whispers of Montana

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE & BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST CAST, BEST EDITING & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category; Short Film)

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 PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS & BEST AMERICAN INDIE WRITER  

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST THRILLER SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING & BEST GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ORIGINAL PRODUCER & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHER

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM, BEST EXPERIMENTAL STORYTELLING & BEST EDITING

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST VIDEO POETRY 2026, BEST SOUND DESIGNER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Super Short Film) & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SUPER SHORT FILM 2026

Un posto sicuro

By Monica Bartolucci

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE HORROR 2026

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST GLOBAL YOUNG DIRECTOR 2026, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST INDIE FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY 2026 & BEST EDITING (Category: Documentary)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST AMERICAN SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST CHARACTERS & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST WRITER 2026, BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script)

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL PILOT TV & ORIGINAL TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ARTHOUSE INDIE SCREENPLAY, BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA

The Cassandra Venice Project

By Hugo Teugels

BEST PRODUCER 2026, BEST EUROPEAN INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST COSTUME DESIGNER

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER (Category: Drama) BEST ACTING & BEST CASTING DIRECTOR (Category: International Drama)

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER & BEST EUROPEAN PRODUCER

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST ARTHOUSE ACTRESS

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL EDITING (Category: Experimental Film), BEST ART FILM & BEST DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL WRITER 2026 (Category: International Feature Script), BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE

Non dimenticare il poeta

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST ORIGINAL SONG & BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER (Category: Music Video)

Disclosure from a Cloakroom

By Carol Dorn

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Angelena: Change The World

By Angelena Bonet

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Arthouse Documentary)

Mix Art Clic & Drippin

By Sylvie Kay

BEST INTERNATIONAL DANCE MOVIE 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SOUND DESIGNER, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST ARTHOUSE EDITOR (Category: Dance Movie)

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST VIDEO POETRY 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SUPER SHORT FILM, BEST EDITING, BEST PRODUCER & BEST SOCIAL SHORT FILM

Esperándote

By Jesus Schettino

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INTERNATONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026

Bad Influence/ Mauvaise Influence

By Aurélie Latona

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

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR, BEST WRITER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Serenity

By AnayaMusic Kunst

BEST GLOBAL MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST VOICE OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG

Hito

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EUROPEAN FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST POETRY FILM & BEST EUROPEAN VISIONARY MOVIEMAKER

Potato Family

By Lori Hamilton

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

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

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

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Indie Screenplay), BEST GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE PRODUCER

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SHORT FILM

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ARTHOSUE NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE ACTOR 2026 & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTER 2026 (Category: Indie Experimental Short Film)

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING, BEST INDIE ART FILM & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM

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)

The New Immigrants- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST INDIE FIRST TIME DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL CAMERA OPERATOR

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST ARTHOUSE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA

Cabaret Cuba

By Madeleine Duba

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DOCUMENTARY 2026