WINNERS The Lifetime Achievement Awards 2026

2026 May 19

WINNERS The Lifetime Achievement Awards 2026

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

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

The Armchair Travellers

By Patricia Planck

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

Our Brilliant Destruction

By Sarah Bitely

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST EDITING, BEST CAST, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST STORYTELLING, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Doc)

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT

Sinnoya

By Javier Hinojosa Allely

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT 2026

Cicada

By Dojong Kim

BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL FILM

The Blackest Lens

By Ricardo Fleshman

BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FILMMAKER (Category: Documentary)

Pounding Pavements

By Jeremy and Christine Stork

BEST ORIGINAL SONG 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITER

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER OF THE YEAR

Stalker Hair Twirl

By Faye Fayerman

BEST INDIE EXPERIMENTAL FILM & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Emergency Musical Response: Part 1 – Journey to Netherworld

By Cosmo Swevens & Sol Solaris

BEST DIRECTOR & BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL OF THE YEAR

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (Category: Indie Art Film)

Sheldon Mashugana gets stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST COMEDY 2026, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: International Comedy)

NeverWere: a Lycan Love Story

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST INDIE WRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY

Vertigo

By Sylvie Kay

BEST ORIGINAL DANCE MOVIE 2026 & BEST INDIE FILMMAKER (Category: International Dance Film)

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER & BEST EDITING

Non dimenticare il poeta

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST EUROPEAN MUSIC VIDEO 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SINGER

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Arthouse Short) & BEST VISIONARY PROJECT

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST WRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE BOOK OF THE YEAR

Esperandote

By Jesus Schettino

BEST INDIE FIRST TIME DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

NOI Crusaders – 30 anni di football americano in Sardegna

By Stefano Sernagiotto

BEST INTERNATIONAL SPORT FILM OF THE YEAR

French Broad

By Reid Barwick

BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026

Cassandra Venice

By Hugo Teugels

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EUROPEAN INDIE DIRECTOR 2026

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST WRITER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST INDIE WRITER & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST MAKE-UP & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Whispers of Love

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ROMANCE SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER  

Lucky in Long Island

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SONG WRITER 2026 & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM, BEST INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Short)

Hope is Not a Black and White Rainbow

By Harold Brown

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY 2026

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

By Florence Cazebon-Taveau

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST HISTORICAL SCREENPLAY 2026

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Experimental)

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA 2026, BEST ORIGINAL WRITER, BEST ACTOR, BEST ACTRESS (Category: International Drama)

Ogni male vincerai

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SONG, BEST EUROPEAN SONG OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL VOICE

The Family Name

By Monte Albers de Leon

BEST INTERNATIONAL WEB/TV SERIES 2026 & BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER

Bellatrix

By Jacek Krawczyk

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT OF THE YEAR, BEST FILMMAKER 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR (Category: Short Film) & BEST INDIE PRODUCTION COMPANY

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

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

America Boxed In

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER & PRODUCER (Category: International Documentary Feature)

Heaven

By AnayaMusic

BEST GLOBAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SINGER 2026 & BEST SOUND (Category: International Music Video)

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR

The Harmony Saga & Movement I – Disciple: Episode I of The Harmony Saga

By Timothy Brad Reinhold

BEST ORIGINAL SCRIPT & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION

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 WRITER (Category: Drama Script)

Once There Were Stories

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INDIE WRITER

The Script, A Celtic Horror Tale

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST SCREENPLAY 2026

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script)

Aegean love

By May Liu

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature)