WINNERS IDIFA – Independence Day International Film Awards 2026

2026 July 5

WINNERS IDIFA – Independence Day International Film Awards 2026

The Armchair Travellers

By Patricia Planck

BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS 2026 (Category: Feature Script) & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026 & BEST FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR (Category: International Documentary Short)

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

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

Looking for inspiration/Poszukiwanie inspiracji

By Michał Kucharski

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

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

BEST EDITING (Category: Documentary), BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST FILMMAKER & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY

Esperándote

By Jesus Schettino

BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST FOREIGN SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER (Category: Feature Script), BEST THRILLER SCRIPT, BEST SOCIAL SCRIPT & BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST FANTASY OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE BOOK 2026

Something ain’t right

By Susan Downs

BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

A Rescues Song

By Tommy Anderson & Sherry Severs

BEST ARTHOUSE ANIMATION, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR

Floating Eyes

By Daniel Arreola

BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT

Cherished Viciousness

By Daniel Arreola

BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER 2026

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DRAMA 2026, BEST INDIE CAST & BEST SCREENWRITER 2026

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ACTOR 2026 & BEST ART SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, HISTORICAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST AMERICAN ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ORIGINAL PILOT TV & BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER OF THE YEAR

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: Arthouse Screenplay) & BEST ORIGINAL CHARACTERS

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM DIRECTOR 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ORIGINAL YOUNG FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ACTING & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: Short Film)

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR, BEST SOUND & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM 2026