WINNERS Hero of Contemporary Cinema – Special Awards 2026

2026 April 30

WINNERS Hero of Contemporary Cinema – Special Awards 2026

Ailene

By Liesel Galletly

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

My Angel & Devil

By Anton Svantesson-Helkiö

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE

Cherished Viciousness

By Daniel Arreola

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: International Feature Script)

Potato Family

By Lori Hamilton

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

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Documentary), BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST PRODUCER

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL MOVIEMAKER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST EDITING, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Indie Documentary)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, & BEST GLOBAL WRITER OF THE YEAR

The Family Name

By Monte Albers de Leon

BEST INTERNATIONAL WEB/TV SERIES 2026 & BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE), BEST ORIGINAL COSTUME DESIGNER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST EDITING (Category: Film)

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR

Colombano & La 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILM, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST SCREENPLAY

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST WRITER 

Lucky in Long Island

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SONG WRITER 2026 & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

Whispers of Love

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ROMANCE SCRIPT 2026 ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER & BEST STORYTELLING

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ORIGINAL ACTOR 2026

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INDIE ACTING & BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM

When Cassandra Venice speaks

By Hugo Teugels

BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM, BEST PRODUCER & BEST INDIE CINEMATOGRAPHER 2026

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST STORYTELLING & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Screenplay)

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

And We Were Left Darkling

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST SOCIAL SCRIPT, BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITER (Category: 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 DRAMA 2026, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST ACTOR, BEST ACTRESS & BEST STORYTELLING (Category: International Drama)

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST VIDEO POETRY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL ACTING & BEST EXPERIMENTAL MOVIEMAKER

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL ACTOR 2026, BEST CINEMTAOGRAPHER & BEST HISTORICAL ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FIRST TIME DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY 2026