Month: October 2026

Meet Me on a Rock

By Marie Bryan

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST CAST & BEST SOUNDTRACK (Category: Narrative Short)

Hope is Not a Black and White Rainbow

By Harold Brown

BEST INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SCRIPT, BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE & BEST UNIVERSAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER 2026

Esperándote

By Jesus Schettino

BEST FIRST TIME VISIONARY DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: International First Time Director)

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST THRILLER SCRIP OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL STORY

Unpromised Land

By Damiano Rossi

BEST EUROPEAN VISUAL ARTIST 2026, BEST UNIVERSAL STORYTELLER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Global Experimental Film)

Vertigo Mix Art Clic Drippin

By Sylvie Kay

BEST INTERNATIONAL DANCER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL DANCE MOVIE & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SOUND

Riding on Duke’s Train

By Ken Kimmelman – Based on a book by Mick Carlon

BEST ARTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST AMERICAN STORYTELLER, BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO POETRY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST UNIVERSAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR (Category: International Documentary Short), BEST ORIGINAL EDITOR & BEST STORYTELLER (Category: Indie Documentary Short)

The James Crow Hotel

By Terri Battee

BEST UNIVERSAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST GLOBAL THRILLER SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST GLOBAL ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER 2026

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Book), BEST UNIVERSAL FANTASY BOOK & BEST VISIONARY WRITER OF THE YEAR

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ACTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST UNIVERSAL ACTING & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ARTHOUSE ACTING

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

BEST UNIVERSAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST HISTORICAL ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY & BEST DIRECTORS (Category: Global Documentary Feature)

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST INSPIRATIONAL ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER (Category: Experimental Film), BEST UNIVERSAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE STORYTELLER

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST UNIVERSAL YOUNG DIRECTOR 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING (Category: International Short Documentary) & BEST INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT  

Storia di una Mistress

By Ciro Tomaiuoli – Produced by Monica Bartolucci

BEST EUROPEAN INDIE FILM 2026, BEST INDIE PRODUCTIONAL COMPANY & BEST CASTING DIRECTOR

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST VISUAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR, BEST INDIE SUPER SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE ORIGINAL STORYTELLER 2026 

In 2 Minds

By Fabia Cerra

BEST ARTHOUSE WRITING STYLE, BEST INDIE WRITER 2026 & BEST GLOBAL INDIE STORY 2026

Heaven

By AnayaMusic Kunst

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST UNIVERSAL SONG 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SINGER OF THE YEAR

Plandemic: Tribunal

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST INTERNATIONAL CRIME SCRIPT, BEST UNIVERSAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE (Category: International Screenwriter)

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST UNIVERSAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Global Narrative Feature), BEST SCREENWRITER, BEST SOUNDTRACK, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY, BEST SOUND DESIGNER, BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLER, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INTERNATIONAL EDITOR (Category: International Indie Film)

Bad Influence/ Mauvaise Influence

By Aurélie Latona

BEST VIDEO POETRY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR, BEST INSPIRATIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR (Category: International Arthouse Super Short Film)

Ashes of Freedom

By Daniel Arreola

BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST GLOABAL WRITER, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST EXPERIMENTAL THRILLER SCRIPT, BEST ORIGINAL WRITER & BEST GLOBAL WRITING STYLE

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST UNIVERSAL DIRECTOR (Category: Short Film), BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST STORYTELLER 2026, BEST ACTRESS 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT OF THE YEAR (Category: Narrative Short) & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Short Film)

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

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

Whispers of Love

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ARTHOUSE ROMANCE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BESTUNIVERSAL ARTHOUSE ACTOR 2026 & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST GLOBAL ORIGINAL ACTING, BEST INDIE POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL STORYTELLER

The Boy Who Earned His Magic

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN BOOK 2026

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST GLOBAL ARTHOUSE WRITER & BEST INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST SOCIAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SCRIPT & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER

Drawn Home

By Camy De Mario

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR & BEST EDITING (Category: International Animation)

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

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

Michelangelo and Me and da Vinci and me opener

By Colleen Fuglaar

BEST ORIGINAL FANTASY SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2026

Polymers Among Us
By Conrad J. Storad, illustrated by Jeff Yesh, and published by Story Monsters® Press
BEST ORIGINAL WRITER 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE CHILDREN’S STEM BOOK

Harkey’s Animal Tales Series:
The Great Animal Escape
The Case of the Missing Pink Piggy
Desert Friends (Second Edition)
By Linda Harkey and published by Story Monsters® Press
BEST INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S BOOK SERIES 2026