Month: November 2026

The Green Mill: A Real Chicago Joint

By Paul Carr

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITOR (Category: Documentary), BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY 2026 & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

Anguish

By Daniel McEwan

BEST YOUNG SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLER (Category: Screenplay) & BEST GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT

From Shattered to Strong: A Long Way Forward

By Darrelle Radcliff

BEST WORLDWIDE SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST VISIONARY FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING SYLE

On My Special Day

By Leilani Amour Arenzana

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST CAST, BEST EDITING, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST SOUNDTRACK, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INDIE PRODUCER (Category: Narrative Short)

Passions

By Patrycja Skawska

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

Plandemic: Tribunal

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST VISIONARY SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL STORY, BEST GLOBAL INDIE WRITER & BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT

And The Devil called!

By Patricia Poulos

BEST INTERNATIONAL HORROR OF THE YEAR, BEST GLOBAL FILMMAKER & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Horror)

Dancing with Spies @Goddess – NOVEL

By Francis Billingsley

BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER OF THE YEAR (Category: Book), BEST NEW WRITING SYLE 2026 & BEST INDIE BOOK

Cock Robin

By Frances Barth

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENWRITER, BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLER (Category: Comedy), BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY OF THE YEAR

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST NEW CINEMATIC VISION, BEST SOUND & BEST EDITING (Category: Experimental)

A Child’s Voice

By Karen Matthews

BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER (Category: Pilot TV)

America Boxed In

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST EDITING, DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST VISIONARY PROJECT & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Global Documentary)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

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

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST FANTASY SCRIPT 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE BOOK 2026 & BEST GLOBAL INDIE WRITER

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST VISIONARY NARRATIVE SHORT FILM, BEST GLOBAL DIRECTOR (Category: Short Film), BEST ORIGINAL ACTRESS, BEST CINEMATIC VISION, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY SHORT OF THE YEAR (Category: Narrative Short) & BEST WRITING SYLE

Whispers of Montana

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST UNIVERSAL SCREENWRITER 2026

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST INDIE SCREENWRTITER OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL THEME

Wild Roses & Silky Nights

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ARTHOUSE SONG OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL SONG WRITER 2026

Full Circle

By Colleen Fuglaar

BEST GLOBAL THRILLER SCRIPT, BEST GLOBAL WRITER & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Thriller)

Moomtaz Khatoon

By Imtiaz Popat

BEST INTERNATIONAL LGBTQ+ & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary Short), BEST UNIVERSAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST PRODUCER & BEST GLOBAL STORYTELLER (Category: Original Documentary Short)

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: Drama) BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DRAMA 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Video Poetry), BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO POETRY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLER

Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST UNIVERSAL ACTOR 2026, BEST ORIGINAL VOICE & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: International Acting)

Wisdom’s Teeth

By Daniel Arreola

BEST GLOBAL SHORT SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST WRTING STYLE (Category: International Short Script)

Note Between Two Books

By Daniel Arreola

BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST VISIONARY WRITER & BEST ARTHOUSE UNIVERSAL STORYTELLER

The Serpent’s Caress

By Samantha Casella

BEST INSPIRATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST EDITOR, BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: Narrative Feature) & BEST SUSPENSE  

Unpromised Land

By Damiano Rossi

BEST NEW CINEMATIC STYLE, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER & BEST ESPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHER 2026

Bad Influence/ Mauvaise Influence

By Aurélie Latona

BEST FILMMAKER, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION, BEST ARTHOUSE SUPER SHORT FILM & BEST INDIE PRODUCER 2026

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL VISIONARY WRITER 2026, BEST GLOBAL SCRIPT & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST GLOBAL VISIONARY ACTOR 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ORIGINAL ACTING & BEST POETY SHORT FILM 2026

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM 2026, BEST VISIONARY NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST GLOBAL SCREENPLAY, BEST ORIGINAL STORY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CASTING DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER (Category: Film) & BEST PRODUCER (Category: Narrative Feature)

The Beauty in a Restless Mind

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST GLOBAL INDIE DRAMA & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHER

The Jaguar and the Dragonfly

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST VISIONARY INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST ARTHOUSE SUPER SHORT FILM 2026

Heaven

By AnayaMusic Kunst

BEST MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST SINGER, BEST SONG & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: International Music Video)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script), BEST ORIGINAL STORY & BEST UNIVERSAL SCREENPLAY 2026

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE WRITER 2026, BEST THEME & BEST VISIONARY FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER, BES EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER, BEST EDITOR & BEST NEW CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Experimental)

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST UNIVERSAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENPLAY

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST WRITER (Category: Biographical Script), BEST WRITING STYLE & BEST GLOBAL DRAMA SCRIPT

Once There Were Stories

By Lynn Elliott

BEST THEME, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Script) & BEST VISIONARY AMERICAN SCREENWRITER 2026

Out of control

By Bellopropello

BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR (Category: Animation), BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER 2026

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST WRITER, BEST ARTHOUSE BOOK & BEST VISIONARY STORYTELLER 2026 (Category: Book/Manuscript)

The Cassandra Venice Project

By Hugo Teugels

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Arthouse Experimental Film), BEST SOUNDTRACK & BEST PRODUCER

Walking With God

By Lois M. Banks

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: Indie Narrative Feature), BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE FILM & BEST VISIONARY FILMMAKER

Conrad J. Storad: A Story Monsters® Press Children’s Book Collection — Polymers Among Us • S.T.E.A.M. Chronicles: Night Watchers • Gator Gator Second Grader (Classroom Pet … or Not?) • Rattlesnake Rules • Rattlesnake Rules Coloring Book • Story Monsters Among Us: A Brief History of Human Storytelling

BEST CHILDREN’S BOOK 2026

The Blackest Lens

By Ricardo Fleshman

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL EDITOR & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Indie Documentary Short)

America Boxed In

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY, BEST DIRECTORS, BEST ORIGINAL STORY, BEST EDTING & BEST SOCIAL PROJECT (Category: Documentary)

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ARTHOUSE FILM, BEST VIDEO POETRY, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST EDITOR & BEST NEW CINEMATIC VISION

The Spiritualization of Jeff Boyd

By Uwe Schwarzwalder

BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER OF THE YEAR, BEST SOUND DESIGNER, BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST CAST, BEST ORIGINAL STORY & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: International Narrative Feature)

Unpromised Land

By Damiano Rossi

BEST EDUCATIONAL SHORT FILM, BEST EXPERIMENTAL ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INSPIRATIONAL VIDEO POETRY

Solitude

By AnayaMusic Kunst

BEST ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO, BEST SOUND DESINGER & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SONG

Caccia Grossa

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST GLOBAL DIRECTOR, BEST EDITOR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Short Film)

Breathe

By Alison Somilleda

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL MOVIEMAKER 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE STORYTELLER & BEST EDITOR (Category: Experimental)

Absence (v. 2)

By Jean Detheux

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST PRODUCER, BEST STORYTELLER (Category: Global Documentary Short), BEST UNIVERSAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST WORLDWIDE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR, BEST VISIONARY FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST GLOBAL NEW CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script)

The Priory of Sion and the treasure of abbe Sauniere of Rennes The Castle France

By Florence Cazebon-Taveau

BEST INDIE CONTEMPORARY SCREENPLAY & BEST EUROPEAN SCREENPLAY 2026

Master Heist – A True Christmas Fiction

By Kai Fischer

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INDIE WRITER & BEST VISIONARY STORYTELLER

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE BOOK OF THE YEAR, BEST NEW WRITING STYLE & BEST GLOBAL FANTASY STORY

Stalker Hair Twirl

By Faye Fayerman

BEST VISIONARY FILMMAKER, BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Hope is Not a Black and White Rainbow

By Harold Brown

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

Cock Robin

By Frances Barth

BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY, BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL STORY

The Soft Core

By Justin Charles Gizzi

BEST WRITER, BEST GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST NEW WRITING STYLE

Tomorrow’s Dream

By Justin Charles Gizzi

BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST ARTHOUSE SCRIPT

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST INSPIRATIONAL FILM, BEST MOVIEMAKER, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR & BEST INDIE STORYTELLER 2026

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING & BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO POETRY

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST UNIVERSAL INDIE SHORT FILM, BEST INDIE ACTOR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Indie Drama)

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST UNIVERSAL FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST EDITOR, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER, BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS (Category: International Narrative Feature)

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST GLOBAL YOUNG DIRECTOR 2026, BEST UNIVERSAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT, BEST EDITING, BEST STORYTELLER (Category: Global Short Documentary) & BEST ORIGINAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR

Plandemic: Tribunal

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST ORIGINAL WRITER, BEST INDIE NEW WRITING STYLE, BEST VISIONARY STORY & BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST WORLDWIDE SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Feature Script)

The Beauty in a Restless Mind

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INDIE STORYTELLER

Cherished Viciousness

By Daniel Arreola

BEST THEME, BEST STORYTELLER & BEST GLOBAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM, BEST GLOBAL DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST UNIVERSAL SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST NEW WRITING STYLE (Category: International Feature Script), BEST GLOBAL SCREENPLAY & BEST THEME

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DRAMA 2026, BEST ORIGINAL WRITER, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: International Drama)

Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE ACTOR, BEST POETRY INDIE SHORT FILM, BEST VOICE & BEST SOUND

The Serpent’s Caress

By Samantha Casella

BEST UNIVERSAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR FILM & BEST INTERNATIONAL MOVIEMAKER

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

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

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

By Lynn Elliott

BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL FANTASY SCRIPT 2026, BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST VISIONARY COMEDIAN, BEST ORIGINAL ACTING & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER

Bad Influence/ Mauvaise Influence

By Aurélie Latona

BEST MOVIEMAKER (Category: Indie Super Short Film), BEST VISIONARY SUPER SHORT FILM, BEST EDITING & BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Non dimenticare il poeta

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST UNIVERSAL SONG 2026, BEST INDIE MUSIC VIDEO & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Music Video)

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST ARTHOUSE SCRIPT, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE DRAMA 2026

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST FILMMAKERS, BEST EDITING & BEST PRODUCER (Category: Documentary Feature)