Month: July 2026

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING & BEST FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR (Category: International Documentary Short)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

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

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST INDIE EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM, BEST EDITING & BEST SHORT SCRIPT

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST WRITING STYLE, BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK OF THE YEAR & BEST WRITER 2026

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

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

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER 2026, HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA

IVA Delta 7

By Magno Brasil

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILM, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR, BEST NEW CINEMATIC VISION, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature) & BEST AI FILM 2026

Ritratto temporale IV – Teresa

By Ilaria Pezone

BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST ART FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER, BEST STORYTELLING & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL FILM

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER, BEST VISIONARY STORY & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Feature Script)

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

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

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST SOUND & BEST INDIE PRODUCTION COMPANY

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ORIGINAL STORY, BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHER

The Cassandra Venice Project

By Hugo Teugels

BEST GLOBAL FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR & BEST VISIONARY PRODUCER

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DRAMA 2026, BEST ORIGINAL WRITER, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: International Drama)

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR 2025, BEST ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST SOUNDTRACK, BEST ORIGINAL STORY (Category: Short Film) & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Whispers of of Montana

By Michelle Lynn

BEST VISIONARY SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER

Dessert Land

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ARTHOUSE SONG WRITER, BEST SOUND & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Heaven

By AnayaMusic Kunst

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST SONG 2026 & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Indie Music Video)

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script)

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST VISIONARY FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER & BEST THRILLER 2026

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

Mettersi… in gioco

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

Colombano & La 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILM, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST SCREENPLAY

Stalker Hair Twirl

By Faye Fayerman

BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER 2026 (Category: Experimental), BEST STORYTELLING & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM

Scachs d’Amor

By Daniel Arreola

BEST SHORT SCRIPT 2026, BEST INDIE WRITER, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER (Category: Short Script)

Plandemic: Tribunal

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST AMERICAN WRITER 2026, BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST VISIONARY ACTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM 2026

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ART FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL MOVIEMAKER OF THE YEAR

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST VISIONARY FILMMAKER, BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE EDITING & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL STORY

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR 2026, BEST EDITING (Category: EXPERIMENTAL FILM), BEST STORYTELLING & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INTERNATIONAL VISIONARY ACTOR 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL INDIE ACTING & BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM 2026

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST VISIONARY EDITING & BEST FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR (Category: International Documentary Short)

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST GLOBAL FILMMAKER, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST VISIONARY CINEMATOGRAPHY

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INTERNATIONALARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

Borderline Justice

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ORIGINAL WRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Feature Script)

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SCRIPT & BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

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

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG DIRECTOR 2026, BEST CAMERA OPEAROR, BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHER

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT FILM

Hito

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST CINEMATIC VISION, BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING, BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER & BEST ART SHORT FILM 2026

IVA Delta 7

By Magno Brasil

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE FILM 2026, BEST GLOBAL DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION & BEST VISIONARY SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature)

Hope is Not a Black and White Rainbow

By Harold Brown

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

Bellatrix

By Jacek Krawczyk

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST INDIE PRODUCER, BEST MOVIEMAKER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Global Narrative Short film)

The Gia T

By Kevin B Ploth

BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SCRIPT, BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST ORIGINAL FANTASY OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK & BEST WRITER 2026

The Cassandra Venice Project

By Hugo Teugels

BEST EUROPEAN FILMMAKER, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

Not Fore Long

By Patricia Marshall

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA SCRIPT, BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS & BEST WRITING STYLE

Cose nuove

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN MUSIC VIDEO, BEST ORIGINAL SINGER & BEST ARTHOUSE SONG WRITER 2026

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST GLOBAL WRITER 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL WRITING SYLE, BEST THRILLER, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (Category: Original Documentary Short), BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026 & BEST STORYTELLING (Category: International Documentary Short)

The Armchair Travellers

By Patricia Planck

BEST GLOBAL SCREENWRITER, BEST ARTHOUSE FANTASY SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Lacrime di Vento

By Damiano Rossi

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER, BEST EUROPEAN STORYTELLING & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT PROJECT 2026

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST INTERNATIONAL POETRY SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ANIMATION & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE ART SHORT FILM

Hito

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Arthouse Short Film) & BEST EDITING

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST STORYTELLING OF THE YEAR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHER

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST WRITER 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORY

Etnoragù

By Cristiano Esposito

BEST EUROPEAN NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST GLOBAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST ORIGINAL IDEA, BEST SOUNDTACK, BEST EDITING & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Narrative Feature)

Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST VISIONARY ACTING, BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE ACTOR & BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

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

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

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

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL VISIONARY DIRECTOR 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST VIDEO POETRY

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST STORYTELLING, BEST EXPERIMENTAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM

Non dimenticare il poeta

By Fabrizio Fuochi

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

Scachs d’Amor

By Daniel Arreola

BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: Short Script) & BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCIPT 2026

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER, BEST SOCIAL SCRIPT, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST GLOBAL ACTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

Heaven

By AnayaMusic Kunst

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

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 Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR (Category: Drama), BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST ACTING & BEST WRTING STYLE (Category: International Drama)

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST INDIE WRITER 2026 & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: International Feature Script)

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING, BEST SPIRITUAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST VIDEO POETRY

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SHORT FILM, BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING, BEST INDIE CINEMATIC VISION & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER