WINNERS TriBeCa Film Critics Circle Awards 2026

2026 June 19

WINNERS TriBeCa Film Critics Circle Awards 2026

Pints With Kelly

By Stephen Kelly

BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING & BEST INDIE PRODUCER (Category: Documentary Feature)

The Giant

By Kevin B Ploth

BEST SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR (Category: Television Script), BEST ORIGINAL PILOT TV & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Pilot TV/Television Script)

Scachs d’Amor

By Daniel Arreola

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

Bellatrix

By Jacek Krawczyk

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR (Category: Narrative Short), BEST SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST CAST, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST SOUNDTRACK

Plandemic: Tribunal

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: International Screenwriter)

Not Fore Long

By Patricia Marshall

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INDIE WRITER

A Tale Of Two Tailes

By Camy De Mario

BEST FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Animated Short Film) & BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026

The Spiritualization of Jeff Boyd

By Uwe Schwarzwalder

BEST INDIE PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST ARTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM 2026, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY & BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST VIDEO POETRY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Experimental Film), BEST EDITING (Category: Experimental)

The Fall of Ted

By Monte Albers de Leon

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER, BEST FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

On My Special Day

By Leilani Amour Arenzana

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST CAST, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION

Stalker Hair Twirl

By Faye Fayerman

BEST ORIGINAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR (Category: Experimental Film) & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Love is Lonely Hunter

By Graciela Cassel

BEST GLOBAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST STORYTELLING & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST FILMMAKER (Category: International Documentary Short), BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING (Category: Documentary Short)

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST SUSPENSE, BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE WRITER, BEST THRILLER SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE WRITER

Connor and Sonia

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST DRAMA SCRIPT

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST CINEMATIC ACTING & BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ACTOR 2026

The Armchair Travellers

By Patricia Planck

BEST INDIE WRITER 2026 (Category: Arthouse Feature Script) & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER & BEST ARTHOUSE SCRIPT 2026

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST YOUNG DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY 2026 & BEST EDITING (Category: Documentary)

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST DRAMA SCRIPT 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE CAST & BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: Drama)

Mix Art Clic

By Sylvie Kay

BEST INTERNATIONAL DANCE MOVIE FILM & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Dance Film)

Vertigo

By Sylvie Kay

BEST DANCER, BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC VIDEO 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2026

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: International Screenplay) & BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CAST, BEST EDITOR, & BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER, BEST EUROPEAN PROJECT 2026 2026 & BEST ART FILM

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR & INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: EXPERIMENTAL)

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC IDEA, BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Inspirational Film)

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING

The Cassandra Venice Project

By Hugo Teugels

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST FASHION SHORT FILM 2026