WINNERS Independent Critics’ Week Awards, Copenhagen, Denmark

2026 June 17

WINNERS Independent Critics’ Week Awards, Copenhagen, Denmark

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST ANIMATION, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING (Category: Animated Short Film) & BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM

In Search of A P-I-G

By Keith Szarabajka

BEST ORIGINAL WEB/TV SERIES & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST FAIRY TALE OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER (Category: International Book)

Faust – This Had Never Happened OR Resurrection of Angels with Broken Wings

By Peyman Majidi & Sabina Shiari

BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Poetry Film), BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Cose nuove

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN MUSIC VIDEO, BEST SPIRITUAL SONG WRITER & BEST ARTHOUSE SINGER OF THE YEAR

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR (Category: Documentary Short)

Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ORIGINAL ACTING OF THE YEAR, BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTOR 2026

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR

Coke and a Smoke

By Charli Brown

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT 2026

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove

BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary Feature), BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026 & BEST VISIONARY EDITING

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST THILLER SCRIPT, BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS

Heaven

By AnayaMusic

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR, BEST SINGER 2026 & BEST SONG

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILM 2026, BEST EUROPEAN SCREENPLAY & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE DIRECTOR

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER, BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORY

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Documentary), BEST ORIGINAL INDIE DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST GLOBAL FILMMAKER & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: International Super Short Film), BEST SOUND & BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CAST, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INDIE PRODUCTION COMPANY

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

Walking With God

By Lois M Banks

BEST AMERICAN FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY & BEST STORYTELLING

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL STORY, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST EUROPEAN INDIE FILMMAKER

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY

Secrets of Montmartre

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ROMANCE SCRIPT 2026, BEST SPIRITUAL SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

Strawberries and Cream

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG WRITER OF THE YEAR

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE ACTRESS, BEST ACTING, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT OF THE YEAR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

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

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE WRITER 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ART FILM & BEST INSPIRATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

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

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

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

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST GLOBAL SCREENWRITER

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST DRAMA 2026, BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INDIE WRITER

Our Brilliant Destruction

By Sarah Bitely

BEST PICTURE 2026, BEST EDITING, BEST CAST & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST AMERICAN BOOK OF THE YEAR, BEST WRITING STYLE & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER 2026

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

By Timothy Brad Reinhold

BEST ARTHOUSE ANIMATION