Month: October 2026

Padre Guns

By Timothy A McGhee

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

Peace Of Mind

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST VISIONARY WRITER & BEST WRITING STYLE

Anguish

By Daniel McEwan

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST VISIONARY FEATURE SCRIPT

From Shattered to Strong: A Long Way Forward

By Darrelle Radcliff

BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION, BEST UNIVERSAL SCREENWRITER & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS

The Script, A Celtic Horror Tale

By Lynn Elliott

BEST SUSPENSE, BEST HORROR SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER 2026

Father Nose Best

By Wendy White

BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY, BEST FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Comedy)

Unpromised Land

By Damiano Rossi

BEST ARTHOUSE POETRY SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE VISIOANRY STORYTELLER & BEST ORIGINAL EDITOR (Category: Experimental Film)

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK OF THE YEAR, BEST GLOBAL FANTASY BOOK & BEST INTERNATIONAL VISIONARY WRITER  

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST ORIGINAL NEW WTING STYLE, BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INDIE FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST CAST, BEST ORIGINAL STORY, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY (Category: International Narrative Feature), BEST SOUNDTRACK, BEST SOUND & BEST INDIE CINEMATOGRAPHER

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST CONTEMPORARY FEATURE SCRIPT2026, BEST THEME & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLER

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

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

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST NOIR, BEST INTERNATIONAL THRILLER & BEST UNIVERSAL STORYTELLER 2026

The Serpent’s Caress

By Samantha Casella

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Film)

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ACTING, BEST EXPERIMENTAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST EDITING

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ORIGINAL ACTOR 2026, BEST NEW CINEMATIC VISION & BEST INSPIRATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHER

The Golden Years

By Joe Starzyk

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR (Category: Short Film) & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT

Marbles and Bullets

By Richard Dewitt

BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Narrative Feature)

Frankenstein

By Eric Sirota

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE OF THE YEAR

La Hacienda

By Patricia Fox

BEST INTERNATIONAL HORROR SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST SUSPENSE (Category: Horror Script)

A Red Bicycle

By Ryosuke Handa

BEST ORIGINAL FILM 2026, BEST UNIVERSAL DIRECTOR, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR, BEST THEME & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING (Category: Narrative Feature)

Note Between Two Books

By Daniel Arreola

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST GLOBAL WRITER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST NEW WRITING STYLE

The James Crow Hotel

By Terri Battee

BEST INTERNATIONAL THRILLER SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Crime) & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER (Category: Thriller)

The Water Boys

By Chaz Fatur

BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026 & BEST PILOT TV

The Slovenian Girl

By Chaz Fatur

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SCREENWRITER

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST GLOBAL DIRECTOR, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Arthouse Narrative Feature), BEST CAST, BEST STORYTELLER (Category: Film), BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST BEST EDITOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST PRODUCER (Category: Narrative Feature)

Bad Influence/ Mauvaise Influence

By Aurélie Latona

BEST UNIVERSAL SUPER SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR & BEST EDTING (Category: Super Short Film)

NeverWere: a Lycan Love Story

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST UNIVERSAL SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL CHARACTERS & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER 2026

The Serpent’s Caress

By Samantha Casella

BEST GLOBAL FILM 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST ACTRESS & BEST EUROPEAN PRODUCER

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

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

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

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

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL MOVIEMAKER

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST DRAMA SCRIPT

Borderline Justice

By Lynn Elliott

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

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Drama), BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLER, BEST ACTING (Category: Global Drama)

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR, BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT OF THE YEAR, BEST YOUNG STORYTELLER & BEST ARTHOUSE EDITOR

The Beauty in a Restless Mind

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR & BEST EDITOR (Category: Experimental Film)

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST GLOBAL ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST EUROPEAN INDIE PRODUCER

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL ART FILM & BEST INSPIRATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EUROPEAN VIDEO POETRY, BEST VISIONARY EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE FILMMAKER

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST GLOBAL DRAMA

Secret Messages

By Stephen Kelly

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK 2026 & BEST GLOBAL WRITER (Category: Book/Manuscript)

I Can’t Save You

By Stephen Kelly

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST EDITING (Category: Short Film)

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE), BEST CAST, BEST SOUNDTRACK, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST CASTING DIRECTOR (Category: Film)

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST GLOBAL YOUNG DIRECTOR 2026, BEST SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST ARTHOUSE STORYTELLER

The Armchair Travellers

By Patricia Planck

BEST GLOBAL FANTASY SCRIPT 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER (Category: Fantasy Script), BEST ORIGINAL STORY & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: Fantasy Script)

The Giant

By Kevin B Ploth

BEST ORIGINAL PILOT TV, BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: Television Script), & BEST GLOBAL TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026

Down The Rabbit Hole

By Sean Waldron

BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER & BES ORIGINAL INDIE DRAMA 2026

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST GLOBAL ANIMATED PROJECT, BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Animated Short Film) & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST INTERNATIONAL NOIR, BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Thriller), BEST THRILLER SCRIP OF THE YEAR & BEST PLOT 2026

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER, BEST GLOBAL BOOK & BEST ORIGINAL PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS (Category: International BOOK/MANUSCRIPT)

The First Emcee Of Hip Hop, Coke La Rock

By Eirini Alligiannis

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

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST GLOBAL DRAMA 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER, BEST ACTING & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: International Drama)

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST UNIVERSAL SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE, BEST GLOBAL ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026

Bad Influence/ Mauvaise Influence

By Aurélie Latona

BEST GLOBAL SUPER SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST EUROPEAN STORYTELLER, BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: International Super Short Film)

The Forest Prince

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST GLOBAL SCREENPLAY, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script)

The Singer

By Ela Ilhame von Schöning

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST EUROPEAN SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE

Stalker Hair Twirl

By Faye Fayerman

BEST INDIE INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING, BEST STORYTELLER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Experimental Film)

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST INTERNATIONAL STORY, BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL CAMERA OPERATOR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER & BEST ORIGINAL STORY 2026

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING, BEST ACTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST VISIONARY IDEA (Category: Short Film) & BEST EUROPEAN FILMMAKER

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLER 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Global Screenplay)

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST EDITING (Category: Documentary), BEST STORYTELLING, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT & BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Global Documentary)

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST VIDEO POETRY, BEST PRODUCER, BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST EDITOR & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLER (Category: Experimental Film)

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

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

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST HISTORICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Indie Feature Script)

The Script, A Celtic Horror Tale

By Lynn Elliott

BEST SUSPENSE & BEST INTERNATIONAL HORROR SCRIPT 2026

The Beauty in a Restless Mind

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST ORIGINAL STYLE (Category: Experimental Filmmaker) & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

Master Heist – A True Christmas Fiction

By Kai Fischer

BEST WRITER 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST ARTHOUSE STORYTELLER (Category: Universal Feature Script)

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL INDIE STORYTELLER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Vertigo Mix Art Clic Drippin

By Sylvie Kay

BEST INDIE DANCE MOVIE & BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER (Category: Experimental Music Video)