Month: August 2026

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC IDEA, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE WRITER 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR

Esperándote

By Jesus Schettino

BEST GLOBAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA, BEST INDIE PRODUCER & BEST INDIE STORYTELLER

The James Crow Hotel

By Terri Battee

BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLER 2026 (Category: Crime Fiction), BEST INTERNATIONAL THRILLER SCRIPT & BEST GLOBAL SCREENWRITER (Category: Thriller)

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST STORYTELLING, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Doc)

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

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

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST UNIVERSAL INDIE FILMMAKER 2026 (Category: Experimental Film)

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK & BEST UNIVERSAL WRITER 2026

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST VISIONARY SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST GLOBAL WRITER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Feature Script)

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG DIRECTOR 2026, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST VISIONARY INDIE SHORT FILM 2026

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

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

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST INDIE WRITER

Whispers of Love

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

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

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Indie Feature Script)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST CHARACTERS & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST INDIE ACTOR 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FILMMAKER

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST HISTORICAL INDIE SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING 2026

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

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

When Cassandra Venice speaks

By Hugo Teugels

BEST INDIE PRODUCER 2026 & BEST VISIONARY STORY

Hito

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR (Category: Arthouse Short Film) & BEST EDITING

Faire Play

By Charles Gumbiner

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR, BEST CAST, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST EDITING (Category: Narrative Short Film)

The 45th Parallel, A Reckoning

By Larry Elmore

BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS

Emma

By Emily Y Adams

BEST INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Student Film)

Drawn Home

By Camy De Mario

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FILMMAKER 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE ANIMATION, BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Doctor Hypotheses 2 – The Breakdown

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL WRITING STYLE

Vertigo Mix Art Clic Drippin

By Sylvie Kay

BEST INTERNATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR, BEST DANCE MOVIE, BEST DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Dance Movie)

Hotel Prugatorio

By Joey Agbayani

BEST ANIMATED NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL MOVIEMAKER, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Whispers of Paris

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST VISIONARY WRITING STYLE (Category: Arthouse Feature Script) & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Global Screenplay)

Whispers of Montana

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ARTHOUSE ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA (Category: Feature Script)

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST GLOBAL INDIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (Category: Indie Art Film) & BEST EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCER

Lacrime di vento

By Damiano Rossi

BEST INSPIRATIONAL INDIE SHORT FILM & BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST VISIONARY SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST PRODUCER, BEST STORYTELLER & BEST SOUND (Category: International Super Short Film)   

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST GLOBAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST DIRECTOR (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE), BEST CAST, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST SOUND DESIGNER, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

The Beauty in a Restless Mind

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM, BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Inspirational Short Film) & BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING

Disclosure from a Cloakroom

By Carol Dorn

BEST GLOBAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER & BEST VISONARY WRTING STYLE

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ACTING PERFORMANCE & BEST ARTHOUSE ACTOR 2026

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO POETRY 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Bad Influence/ Mauvaise Influence

By Aurélie Latona

BEST INSPIRATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST EUROPEAN MOVIEMAKER 2026 & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT (Category: Super Short Film)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST VISIONARY FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST INSPIRATIONAL WRITER & BEST ARTHOUSE WRING STYLE

The Green Mill: A Real Chicago Joint

By Paul Carr

BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary), BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST CAMERA OPEARATOR & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Arthouse Documentary)

Plandemic: Tribunal

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST GLOBAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Arthouse Feature Script)

Heaven

By AnayaMusic Kunst

BEST SINGER OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST ARTHOUSE SONG 2026 & BEST SOUND (Category: Indie Music Video)

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST WRITER 2026, BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ARTHOUSE DRAMA SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST VISIONARY FILMMAKER, BEST ARTHOUSE ANIMATED SHORT FILM & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATIC VISION

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ARTHOUSE ACTOR 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE EDTING & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING & BEST INTERNATIONAL ART SHORT FILM 2026

Non dimenticare il poeta

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST EUROPEAN MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SONG & BEST GLOBAL SONG WRITER

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST VISIONARY FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

The Duchess

By Clevius Arnold Curry

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER, BEST CINEMATIC VISION & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DRAMA

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLER, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE CAMERA OPERATOR

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST VSIONARY MOVIEMAKER, BEST EDITOR, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST INDIE EXPERIMENTAL FILM OF THE YEAR

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR (Category: Drama) & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: Human Rights Drama Script)

The Green Mill: A Real Chicago Joint

By Paul Carr

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST EDITING (Category: Documentary)

On My Special Day

By Leilani Amour (aka) Nimfa Arenzana

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST PRODUCER (Category: Indie Narrative Short)

In 2 Minds

By Fabia Cerra

BEST GLOBAL BOOK 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE WRITER 2026 (Category: International Book/Manuscript)

The Spiritualization of Jeff Boyd

By Uwe Schwarzwalder

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST CAST, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST SOUNDTRACK

From Shattered to Strong: A Long Way Forward

By Darrelle Radcliff

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Feature Script) & BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Hope is Not a Black and White Rainbow

By Harold Brown

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST SOCIAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATC VISION (Category: Global Feature Script) & BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Lacrime di Vento

By Damiano Rossi

BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO POETRY 2026 & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FILM PROJECT OF THE YEAR

Heaven

By AnayaMusic Kunst

BEST GLOBAL MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST ORIGINAL VOICE & BEST EDITING (Category: Music Video)

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST FAIRY TALE OF THE YEAR, BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Book) & BEST INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S BOOK 2026

A Tale Of Two Tailes

By Camy De Mario

BEST ANIMATION, BEST SOUND, BEST ORIGONAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Animation)

Stalker Hair Twirl

By Faye Fayerman

BEST EDITING, BEST PRODUCER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: International Experimental Film 2026)

Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ACTOR 2026 & BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM

Not Fore Long

By Patricia Marshall

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST WRITING STYLE & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

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

The Parables: Vol 1 Good – Mecca – Hi

By Monte Albers de Leon

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE BOOK 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: Book/Manuscript)

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST SUSPENSE, BEST THRILLER (Category: Feature Script), BEST GLOBAL SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY

The Cassandra Venice Project

By Hugo Teugels

BEST CINEMATIC VISION 2026, BEST EUROPEAN INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL WRITER & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Emergency Musical Response: Part 1 – Journey to Netherworld

By Cosmo Swevens & Sol Solaris

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE MUSICAL 2026, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST VISIONARY ACTOR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDTING & BEST VIDEO POETRY

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM 2026

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST ORIGINAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM, BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: Indie Experimental Film)

Disclosure from a Cloakroom

By Carol Dorn

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST GLOBAL SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: International Screenplay)

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST ARTHOUSE ANIMATION, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Animated Short Film) & BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM 2026

Non dimenticare il poeta

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST ORIGINAL SONG WRITER, BEST FILMMAKER (Category: International Music Video), BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST EUROPEAN INDIE PRODUCER (Category: Music Video)

 Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Super Short Film), BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST SOCIAL SHORT FILM & BEST INDIE PRODUCER 2026

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST ORIGINAL FILM 2026, BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: International Screenplay), BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST CAST, BEST SOUNDTRACK & BEST STORYTELLING (Category: Narrative Feature)

Ashes of Freedom

By Daniel Arreola

BEST SOCIAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST GLOBAL WRITER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION 2026 (Category: Indie Screenplay)

The Beauty in a Restless Mind

By Lena Mattsson

BEST DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Poetry Short Film), BEST GLOBAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHY

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST GLOBAL SCREENWRITER

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST DRAMA 2026, BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INDIE WRITER

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026

Bad Influence/ Mauvaise Influence

By Aurélie Latona

BEST SUPER SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST EUROPEAN PRODUCER, BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Super Short Film)

Medea

By Andronica Marquis

BEST INDIE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER (Category: Narrative Short film), BEST EDITING (Category: Narrative Short Film) & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT 2026

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

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

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DRAMA 2026, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST ACTOR, BEST ACTRESS & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: International Drama)

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTING, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL COMEDIAN

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST DRAMA SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: Drama)

Majokko Star

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EDITING, BEST FILMMAKER & BEST INDIE STORYTELLER (Category: Animated Short Film)

Naked Rose – Il Rosa Nudo

By Giovanni Coda

BEST ORIGINAL LGBTQ+ & BEST EUROPEAN FILMMAKER 2026

The Sixty-Minute Shakespeare

Series Adapted By Cass Foster, Professor Emeritus

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE 2026 (Category: International Series)

Harkey’s Animal Tales Series: * The Great Animal Escape * The Case of the Missing Pink Piggy * Desert Friends (Second Edition)

BEST INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S BOOK 2026

STORY MONSTERS® LITTLE READ-ALONGS™

Producer: Zachary R. Simpson

BEST AUDIOBOOK 2026 & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT 2026

Cate and the Garden Bandits: The Musical – Full Production

BEST INDIE EXPERIMENTAL MUSICAL 2026