Month: September 2026

The Singing Detective “Who Killed Lex”

By Gary St. Martin

BEST GLOBAL TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Pilot TV) & BEST ORIGINAL THRILLER (Category: International Television Script)

Primordial

By Nana Papadaki

BEST INDIE EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Experimental)

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST GLOBAL ACTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST ARTHOUSE ORIGINAL ACTING & BEST VISIONARY INDIE SHORT FILM 2026

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE YOUNG DIRECTOR, BEST GLOBAL ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL YOUNG STORYTELLER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

La Hacienda

By Patricia Fox

BEST GLOBAL HORROR SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE, BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER (Category: Indie Horror)

The Green Mill: A Real Chicago Joint

By Paul Carr

BEST ARTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST STORYTELLER, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING (Category: Global Documentary)

Unpromised Land

By Damiano Rossi

BEST GLOBAL INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE INDIE STORYTELLER (Category: Experimental)

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Indie Feature Script) BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST NEW CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Indie Screenplay 2026)

Vertigo Mix Art Clic Drippin

By Sylvie Kay

BEST GLOBAL DANCE MOVIE OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHER 2026 & BEST SOUND

Sensus Mori

By Sydney Rincón

BEST INDIE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST GLOBAL FILMMAKER, BEST SCREENWRITER, BEST CAST & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Indie Narrative Short Film)

Esperándote

By Jesus Schettino

BEST GLOBAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR, BEST NEW CINEMATIC VISION & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLER 2026

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST ARTHOUSE BOOK/MANUSCRIPT 2026, BEST VISIONARY WRITER 2026 & BEST GLOBAL FANTASY BOOK

Bad Influence/ Mauvaise Influence

By Aurélie Latona

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO POETRY & BEST ARTHOUSE GLOBAL EDITING (Category: Inspirational Super Short Film)

The Armchair Travellers

By Patricia Planck

BEST FANTASY FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST WRITER, BEST STORYTELLER, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: Fantasy Script)

The James Crow Hotel

By Terri Battee

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

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST UNIVERSAL  BOOK/MANUSCRIPT 2026, BEST GLOBAL STORYTELLER & BEST WRITING STYLER OF THE YEAR (Category: Book/Manuscript)

Out of State-A Gothic Romance

By Victoria Bugbee

BEST INDIE FILM 2026, BEST ROMANCE NARRATIVE FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: American Narrative Feature)

Cock Robin

By Frances Barth

BEST GLOBAL COMEDY 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Comedy) & BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Comedy)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER (Category: Original Screenplay)

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

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

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM, BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Experimental)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST ARTHOUSE GLOBAL SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

The Love That Will Be

By Stephen Kelly

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR (Category: Arthouse Experimental Film), BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Experimental)

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

In 2 Minds

By Fabia Maria Cerra

BEST GLOBAL BOOK OF THE YEAR, BEST GLOBAL INDIE WRITER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING

Whispers of Paris

By Michelle Lynn

BEST GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE WRITER (Category: Drama Script)

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST GLOBAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ACTRESS OF THE YEAR, BEST GLOBAL SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST SOUNDTRACK, BEST MAKE-UP ARTIST, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Whispers of Montana

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS (Category: Global Feature Script)

Wildflowers and Honey

By Michelle Lynn

BEST GLOBAL SONG WRITER OF THE YEAR

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST FILMMAKERS & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING DIRECTOR (Category: Global Arthouse Documentary)

Not Fore Long

By Patricia Marshall

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS (Category: Global Feature Script)

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST INTERNATIONAL ART SHORT FILM, BEST GLOBAL SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING (Category: Super Short Film)   

Borderline Justice

By Lynn Elliott

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

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

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

The Beauty in a Restless Mind

By Lena Mattsson

BEST GLOBAL EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR, BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 2026

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST EDITING

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INDIE EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLER 2026

The Cassandra Venice Project

By Hugo Teugels

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Arthouse Video Project), BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

Ashes of Freedom

By Daniel Arreola

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST NEW CINEMATIC STYLE (Category: Global Screenplay) & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Medea

By Andronica Marquis

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

Hito

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EXPERIMENTAL INDIE SHORT FILM

Codename: Matilda

By Rebecca Robinson

BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Arthouse Feature Script)

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST GLOBAL SCREENWRITER (Category: Drama Script), BEST STORYTELLING & BEST ARTHOUSE VISIONARY DRAMA 2026

Le café de mes souvenirs

By Valto Baltzar

BEST EUROPEAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SCREENWRITER

Unpromised Land

By Damiano Rossi

BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL WRITER 2026, BEST VISIONARY INDIE FILMMAKER (Category: Experimental Film) & BEST SOUND

Drawn Home

By Camy De Mario

BEST AMERICAN ORIGINAL WRITER (Category: Animated Short Film), BEST STORYTELLER & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS ANIMATED SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR

The Green Mill: A Real Chicago Joint

By Paul Carr

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE WRITER (Category: International Arthouse Documentary), BEST EDITING & BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER  

The Spiritualization of Jeff Boyd

By Uwe Schwarzwalder

BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE FILM, BEST GLOBAL WRITER (Category: Narrative Feature) BEST DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL STORY, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR, BEST SOUNDTRACK & BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST FANTASY BOOK OF THE YEAR, BEST GLOBAL WRITER & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST STORYTELLING (Category: Indie Documentary), BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST GLOBAL EDITOR, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Documentary) & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST UNIVERSAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST VISIONARY THRILLER 2026, BEST SUSPENSE & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST UNIVERSAL VIDEO POETRY 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL MOVIEMAKER

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CAST, BEST SOUNDTACK, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST COSTUME DESIGNER, BEST EDITOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INDIE PRODUCTION COMPANY (Category: Film)

Master Heist – A True Christmas Fiction

By Kai Fischer

BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER, BEST UNIVERSAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026

Attorney Potapov Handles a Divorce

By Nadin Black

BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: Short Script)

Stalker Hair Twirl

By Faye Fayerman

BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL MOVIEMAKER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

In 2 Minds

By Fabia Maria Cerra

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE BOOK, BEST UNIVERSAL WRITER 2026 & BEST VISIONARY IDEA

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

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

The Revenge Club

By Marla Eaton

BEST UNIVERSAL SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Short Script), BEST GLOBAL SHORT SCRIPT & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS (Category: Short Script)

The James Crow Hotel

By Terri Battee

BEST GLOBAL THRILLER OF THE YEAR, BEST CRIME SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL VISIONARY WRITER 2026

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST INSPIRATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: Experimental)

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST GLOGAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script)

La Hacienda

By Patricia Fox

BEST HORROR SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE WRITER OF THE YEAR, BEST VISIONARY FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 2026

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST GLOBAL EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2026, BEST ART FILM, BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING (Category: Super Short Film) & BEST SPIRUTUAL SHORT FILM

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST UNIVERSAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST WRING STYLE (Category: Feature Script)

Doctor Hypotheses 2 – The Breakdown

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST VISIONARY SCREENPLAY & BEST INDIE WRITER 2026

Hope is Not a Black and White Rainbow

By Harold Brown

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

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

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

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

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

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST UNIVERSAL HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER 2026

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INDIE DRAMA SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST SOCIAL FEATURE SCRIPT

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

By Lynn Elliott

BEST GLOBAL TELEVISION SCRIPT & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS (Category: Fantasy Script)

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

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

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST HISTORICAL INDIE SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE ACTOR 2026

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE BOOK 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE AMERICAN WRITER

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST GLOBAL DRAMA SCRIPT 2026 & BEST UNIVERSAL INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: Social Drama Script)

Polymers Among Us

By Conrad J. Storad, Illustrated by Jeff Yesh, Published by Story Monsters Press

BEST ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATED BOOK 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING 2026

A Gift Of Love: Lessons Learned from My Work and Friendship with Mother Teresa — Tenth Anniversary Edition by Tony Cointreau

BEST HISTORICAL BOOK 2026

The Beloved Universe of Filmmaker

By Goran Ajtič

BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST EDITOR 2026

The Shadow Verse

By Anna Blackblum

BEST INDIE HORROR SCRIPT 2026

The Golden Years

By Joe Starzyk

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT 2026, BEST CAST & BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Narrative Short Film)

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST UNIVERSAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST PRODUCER & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Global Documentary Short)

The San Quentin News

By Thomas W Bolema

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER (Category: Original Biographical Script)

Zoya

By Ben Hopwood

BEST ARTHOUSE ORIGINAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE MOVIMAKER, BEST SOUNDTRACK & BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY (Category: Arthouse Short Film)

Appointment With The Plague Doctor, Lester Haywood

By L.S. Strange

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE HORROR 2026, BEST EDITING, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Arthouse Horror)

Unpromised Land

By Damiano Rossi

BEST NEW CINEMATIC VISION, BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR (Category: Experimental Film) & BEST ORIGINAL EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHER

Numb

By Troy Bush

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Short Script) & BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

The Spiritualization of Jeff Boyd

By Uwe Schwarzwalder

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST PRODUCER, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST MOVIEMAKER (Category: International Arthouse Film)

Primordial

By Nana Papadaki

BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Global Experimental Director), BEST UNIVERSAL EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO POETRY & BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM 2026

Michelangelo and Me and da Vinci and me opener

By Colleen Fuglaar

BEST INTERNATIONAL FANTASY SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL WRITER & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

Cock Robin

By Frances Barth

BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR, BEST STORYTELLER, BEST PRODUCER (Category: Comedy) & BEST INDIE COMEDY 2026

Keyo?/Why?

By Aparup Agarwala

BEST ARTHOUSE FIRST TIME DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Disclosure from a Cloakroom

By Carol Dorn

BEST GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST VISIONARY INDIE WRITER OF THE YEAR

Final Orders

By Nathan Benham

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA OF THE YEAR

Drawn Home

By Camy De Mario

BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Animated Short Film), BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR & BEST EDITOR (Category: International Indie Animated Short Film)

Secrets of the Forbidden City

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST UNIVERSAL SHORT SCRIPT 2026, BEST GLOBAL SCREENWRITER & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS (Category: Short Script)

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST GLOBAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST UNIVERSAL WRITER 2026

The Green Mill: A Real Chicago Joint

By Paul Carr

BEST INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLER (Category: Universal Documentary), BEST GLOBAL INDIE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

Hope is Not a Black and White Rainbow

By Harold Brown

BEST GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE & BEST UNIVERSAL SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

Doctor Hypotheses 2 – The Breakdown

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE (Category: International Screenplay), BEST VISIONARY FEATURE SCRIPT (Category: Screenwriter) & BEST UNIVERSAL WRITER 2026

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST GLOBAL THRILLER SCRIPT 2026, BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: Crime Script), BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

The Beauty in a Restless Mind

By Lena Mattsson

BEST GLOBAL VISIONARY SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Vertigo Mix Art Clic Drippin

By Sylvie Kay

BEST INTERNATIONAL CHOREOGRPAHY OF THE YEAR, BEST ARTHOUSE DANCE FILM & BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER (Category: Dance Movie)

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER, BEST EDITOR, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR (Category: International Experimental Film) & BEST VISIONARY STORYTELLER 2026

Plandemic: Tribunal

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST GLOBAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL WRITING SYLE, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Feature Script)

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST GLOBAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY, BEST ORIGINAL YOUNG STORYTELLER & BEST ARTHOUSE EDITOR

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST UNIVESRAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Indie Experimental Film)

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST VISIONARY ANIMATED SHORT FILM, BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLER & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT (Category: Animated Short Film)

Bad Influence/ Mauvaise Influence

By Aurélie Latona

BEST GLOBAL SUPER SHORT FILM, BEST MOVIEMAKER, BEST STORYTELLER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Super Short Film)

French Broad

By Reid Barwick

BEST GLOBAL TELEVISION SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL WRITIG STYLE (Category: International Pilot TV)

Calm Lake

By Reid Barwick

BEST UNIVERSAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Documentary), BEST UNIVERSAL STORYTELLING, BEST EDITOR & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Documentary)

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST UNIVERSAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026, BEST VISIONARY CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST EDITING (Category: Super Short Film) & BEST GLOBAL VIDEO POETRY

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST PRODUCERS, BEST FILMMAKERS, BEST ORIGINAL STORY, BEST STORYTELLER & BEST EDITORS (Category: International Arthouse Documentary)  

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Drama), BEST EDTING, BEST ACTING (Category: Global Drama)

In 2 Minds

By Fabia Cerra

BEST GLOBAL WRITER 2026 (Category: Book/Manuscript), BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: Book) & BEST INTERNATIONAL STORY

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ORIGINAL ACTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST NEW CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Actor) & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING

The James Crow Hotel

By Terri Battee

BEST ORIGINAL CRIME STORY 2026, BEST GLOBAL SCREENWRITER (Category: Arthouse Thriller) & BEST VISIONARY WRITING STYLE

Non dimenticare il poeta

By Fabrizio Fuochi

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

Master Heist – A True Christmas Fiction

By Kai Fischer

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL STORY & BEST VISIONARY SCREEPLAY OF THE YEAR

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORY

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE PRODUCER, BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL EDITOR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Video Poetry)

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST GLOBAL WRITER 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

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

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

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ARTHOUSE FANTASY SCRIPT 2026, BEST PILOT TV & BEST GLOBAL SCREENNWRITER 2026

Once There Were Stories

By Lynn Elliott

BEST UNIVERSAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INDIE CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script)

Is He Cheating?

By Bill Morton

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER (LGBTQ+) & BEST UNIVERSAL LGBTQ+ PROJECT 2026

Split Focus

By Cherie Carson

BEST INTERNATIONAL DANCE MOVIE 2026, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST SOUND (Category: Dance Movie)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL THRILLER STORY 2026, BEST GLOBAL VISIONARY WRITER & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR

Ashes of Freedom

By Daniel Arreola

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: International Screenplay) & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: International Feature Script)

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

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

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR 2026 & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST VISIONARY ACTING, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT FILM & BEST UNIVERAL EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER

Who Killed Don Minzoni

By Giampietro Manzalini

BEST EUROPEAN INDIE SCREENWRITER & BEST EUROPEAN BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT

Parisina – Punishment without Forgiveness

By Giampietro Manzalini

BEST ORIGINAL IDEA 2026

Ferrara & The Young Balbo

By Giampietro Manzalini

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCRIPT 2026

Girolamo Savonarola & Trial Of Fire

By Giampietro Manzalini

BEST GLOBAL HISCTORICAL SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS

Sinestesìa

By Gianni Salamone

BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER (Category: European Music Video)