Month: August 2026

From Shattered to Strong: A Long Way Forward

By Darrelle Radcliff

BEST VISIONARY FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Indie Feature Script)

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY & BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT

America Boxed In

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA, BEST PRODUCER & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Documentary Feature)

Primordial

By Nana Papadaki

BEST EUROPEAN ORIGINAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST INDIE EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST VIDEO POETRY

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR (Category: International Documentary Short), BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION & BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING (Category: Indie Documentary Short)

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

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

Not Fore Long

By Patricia Marshall

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Tramóia

By Gleison Castro

BEST ORIGINAL SHORT SCRIPT 2026, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATIC VISION (Category: International Short Script)

Bellatrix

By Jacek Krawczyk

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST PRODUCER (Category: Short Film) & BEST SOUNDTRACK

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ORIGINAL YOUNG ACTOR, BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING

Vertigo

By Sylvie Kay

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

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

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

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

Plandemic: Tribunal

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST INDIE WRITER 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST THRILLER SCRIPT 2026

Hito

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Arthouse Short Film), BEST VISIONARY MOVIEMAKER OF THE YEAR & BEST EDITING (Category: Narrative Short Film)

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

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

The James Crow Hotel

By Terri Battee

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: International Screenwriter) & BEST GLOBAL CRIME SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST STORYTELLING, BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EUROPEAN PRODUCER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR (Category: Experimental)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST INERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST YOUNG PRODUCER, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DOCUMENTARY

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST ART SHORT FILM 2026, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL STORYTELLER

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST ARTHOUSE FILM PRODUCER, BEST ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING

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

By Lynn Elliott

BEST FANTASY SCRIPT 2026, BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT & BEST AMERICAN SCREENNWRITER 2026

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

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

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST INTERNATIONAL THILLER SCRIPT 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DRAMA 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL CAST & BEST SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Drama)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST GLOBAL WRITER, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING, BEST ORIGINAL INDIE ACTOR & BEST POETIC SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SHORT FILM, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT

Ritratto temporale IV – Teresa

By Ilaria Pezone

BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST VISIONARY EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST INDIE CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR (Category: Experimental Film)

A Tale Of Two Tailes

By Camy De Mario

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM, BEST ARTHOUSE ANIMATION, BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Mercy

By Laura Calderini

BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER, BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT & BEST ARTHOUSE ORIGINAL IDEA 2026

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST AMARICAN WRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE BOOK OF THE YEAR

Rise of the Accenniri – Part I

By Charli Brown

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST VISIONARY SCREENPLAY & BEST AMERICAN WRITER 2026

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST GLOBAL FILMMAKER, BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST SOUNDTRACK

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY, BEST VISIONARY STORYTELLER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Vertigo

By Sylvie Kay

BEST INTERNATIONAL DANCE MOVIE 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER & BEST GLOBAL MUSIC VIDEO

Non dimenticare il poeta

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST EUROPEAN SONG 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SONG WRITER & BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC VIFEO OF THE YEAR

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

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

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST ARTISTIC FILM OF YEAR, BEST EDITING, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL SUPER SHORT FILM

Michelangelo and Me + Da Vinci and Me opener – new version

By Colleen Fuglaar

BEST ARTHOUSE PILOT TV OF THE YEAR, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: Historical Television Script) & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST VISIONARY FIRST TIME FILMMAKER 2026, BEST YOUNG DIRECTOR & BEST EDITING (Category: Documentary)

The James Crow Hotel

By Terri Battee

BEST CRIME SCRIPT 2026, BEST SUSPENSE & BEST ARTHOUSE THRILLER SCRIPT 2026

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLER (Category: Documentary)

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST WRITER 2026 & BEST STORYTELLING

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary Feature), BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST SOUND & BEST ORIGINAL EDITOR

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE BOOK 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE AMERICAN WRITER

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST WRITING STYLE

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST GLOBAL ACTOR, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Documentary Feature)

The Beauty in a Restless Mind

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Global Cinematic Vision), BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM & BEST EDITING

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER (Category: European Artistic Film)

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST PRODUCER, BEST STORYTELLER & BEST VISIONARY ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Drama), BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE & BEST ORIGINAL ACTING (Category: International Drama)

Disclosure from a Cloakroom

By Carol Dorn

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE & BEST GLOBAL WRITER

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)

Plandemic: Tribunal

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

Hito

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER & BEST VISIONARY STORYTELLER

Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ORIGINAL ACTING, BEST ACTOR 2026 & POETRY SHORT FILM 2026

The Sixty-Minute Shakespeare

Series Adapted By Cass Foster, Professor Emeritus

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA & BEST ORIGINAL 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 SERIES

10th Anniversary Edition — A Gift of Love: Lessons Learned Through a Lifetime of Friendship

By Tony Cointreau

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE WRITER 2026

Cate and the Garden Bandits: The Musical – Full Production

By Betsy Coffeen, published by Story Monsters Press

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL 2026, BEST PRODUCER & BEST ORIGINAL STORY OF THE YEAR

TWO FATES – A True-Story

By Lori Lee Peters

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: Biographical Script) 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR (Category: Global Feature Script), BEST SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST VISIONARY STORYTELLER

Bad Influence/ Mauvaise Influence

By Aurélie Latona

BEST ARTHOUSE INDIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST VISIONARY SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST GLOBAL SUPER SHORT FILM 2026

Malibu and Roxie – A Story of Second Chances

By Camy De Mario

BEST GLOBAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER (Category: Animation)

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST ORIGINAL BOOK 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER 2026

The James Crow Hotel

By Terri Battee

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCRIPT (Category: Crime Fiction) & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER (Category: Thriller)

Michelangelo and Me + Da Vinci and Me opener

By Colleen Shannon

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

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILM 2026, BEST EUROPEAN SCREENPLAY & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE DIRECTOR

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL ART FILM, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING 

In 2 Minds

By Fabia Cerra

BEST VISIORNARY WRITER (Category: Original Book) & BEST STORYTELLER

Disclosure from a Cloakroom

By Carol Dorn

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER & BEST STORYTELLING

Out of control

By Bellopropello

BEST INDIE FILMMAKER 2026, BEST ANIMATED SHORT 2026 & BEST INDIE STORYTELLER

Bellatrix

By Jacek Krawczyk

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST SOUNDTRACK, BEST CAST, BEST ACTING, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & Screenplay (Category: Narrative Short)

Plandemic: Tribunal

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER 2026

Final Orders

By Nathan Benham

BEST INDIE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST EDITING (Category: Arthouse Narrative Short Film)

Primordial

By Nana Papadaki

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR, BEST SOUND & BEST INDIE CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Arthouse Experimental Film)

Seasoning of The Soul

By Charli Brown

BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE CINEMATOGRAPHER 2026

Amen-Amen-Amen: A Story of Our Times

By Tom Gallagher

BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR & BEST STORYTELLING (Category: Arthouse Documentary Feature)

The Armchair Travellers

By Patricia Planck

BEST INTERNATIONAL VISIONARY INDIE WRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL FANTASY SCRIPT

The Giant

By Kevin B Ploth

BEST GLOBAL TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL THRILLER/CRIME SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Scachs d’Amor

By Daniel Arreola

BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Short Script 2026) & BEST ROMANCE SCRIPT

Ashes of Freedom

By Daniel Arreola

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCRIPT, BEST INDIE WRITER, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA 2026

Belles paroles

By Mohamed Ouaddah

BEST SOCIAL PROJECT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS SCREENWRITER

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

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

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST ARTHOUSE INDIE SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL ACTING OF THE YEAR

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

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

Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ARTHOUSE ACTOR 2026 & BEST VISIONARY ACTING

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER, BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Hito

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE PRODUCER & BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS, BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER 2026

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST VIDEO POETRY & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INDIE ACTOR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL INDIE SHORT & BEST INSPIRATIONAL 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

Pints With Kelly

By Stephen Kelly

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST INDIE FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR

Mikey Blue Eyes

By Stephen Kelly

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

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EUROPEAN ART FILM 2026

Cock Robin

By Frances Barth

BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE, BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY 2026 & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Indie Comedy)

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST GLOBAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST EDITING (Category: International Indie Documentary Feature)

A Rescues Song

By Tommy Anderson & Sherry Severs

BEST ARTHOUSE ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT FILM

Looking for inspiration / Poszukiwanie inspiracji

By Michał Kucharski

BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA 

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

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

Whispers of Love

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST INDIE STORY

Lucky in Long Island

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL SONG WRITER 2026 & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

Cassandra Venice

By Hugo Teugels

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE MOVIEMAKER, BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST COSTUME DESIGNER & BEST EUROPEAN INDIE PRODUCER 2026

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM DIRECTOR 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST AMERICAN PRODUCER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

The Great Animal Escape

Theme Song Based on the book by Linda Harkey Music & Lyrics by Zachary Simpson

Performed by Erin Rementer | Studio Story Monsters®

BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG OF THE YEAR & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

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 INDIE PRODUCTION COMPANY

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

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

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE WRITER 2026

Stalker Hair Twirl

By Faye Fayerman

BEST ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING, BEST ART SHORT FILM & BEST SOUND

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

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

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

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ORIGINAL PILOT TV OF THE YEAR & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS (Category: Television Script)

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)

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER (Category: European Art Film)

The Beauty in a Restless Mind

By Lena Mattsson

BEST GLOBAL SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM 2026

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST INSPIRATIONAL PROJECT

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST BLACK & WHITE CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER

Tramóia

By Gleison Castro

BEST GLOBAL SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST OROGINAL IDEA (Category: Short Script)

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST DRAMA SCRIPT 2026, BEST SOCIAL SCRIPT & BEST INERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST DRAMA OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST CAST 2026

The Singing Detective

By Gary St Martin

BEST INDIE TV PILOT