WINNERS GLOBAL Film Indie Critics Association Awards 2026

2026 January 13

WINNERS GLOBAL Film Indie Critics Association Awards 2026

Union

By Whitney Hamilton

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST COSTUME DESIGN, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST PRODUCER (Category: Narrative Feature)

No Mas

By Stephen Kelly

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST CAST, BEST FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING (Category: Short Film)

French Broad

By Reid Barwick

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

Measure for Measure

By Phil Howe

BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE

The Legend Of The Bum-Barian

By Kel Owens

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Narrative Short), BEST CAST, BEST SOUNDTRACK, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: International Narrative Short)

Christmas Card

By Kel Owens

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA, BEST INTERNATIONAL MOVIEMAKER & BEST ORGINAL SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Indie Narrative Short Film)

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

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

Out of control

By Bellopropello

BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM, BEST POETRY FILM, BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATION & BEST INDIE FILMMAKER

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026, BEST EDITING E BEST CAMERA OPERATOR  

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST ORIGINAL MUSICAL 2026, BEST COSTUME DESIGNER, BEST DANCE FILM, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: INDIE MUSIC VIDEO)

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

Michelangelo and Me

By Colleen Fuglaar

BEST INTERNATIONAL FANTASY SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER

Solo il bene

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN INDIE MUSIC VIDEO, BEST SONG WRITER & BEST INTERNATIONAL SINGER

Doctor Hypotheses 2 – The Breakdown

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SCRIPT

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE 2026 (Category: FEATURE SCRIPT) & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER  

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST ORIGINAL STORY 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER 2026 (Category: FEATURE SCRIPT)

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ACTRESS, BEST MAKE-UP & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN FEAURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Screenplay)

Silver Lights: City of Dream

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER 2026 (Category: Feature Script)

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: EXPERIMENTAL FILM) & BEST ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL FILM

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ARTHOSUE NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST CATING DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026 & BEST SOUNDTRACK

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & FILMMAKER (Category: International Documentary Feature)

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST WRITING STYLE 2026 (Category: TELEVISION SCRIPT)

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST WRITER 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Animation) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT

Tom and Luce

By Muxel Paule

BEST DRAMA 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ARTHOUSE ACTOR 2026 & BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INDIE POETRY SHPORT FILM 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA SHORT

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EDITING (Category: EXPERIMENTAL FILM), BEST INDIE FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL PRODUCER  

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST POETIC CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: EXPERIMENTAL FILM)

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM & BEST SOUND DESIGN 

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA 2026

Legends of the Land of Quails

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER 2026

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA, BEST HISTORICAL FILM, BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST CAST

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA 2026, BEST ORIGINAL WRINTING SYLE & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER

The Dragonfly Dreaming Project

By Angelena Bonet

BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary Short)

Malibu Madam

By Phoebe Von Satis

BEST AMERICAN INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026