WINNERS New Hollywood Film Prize 2026

2026 July 17

WINNERS New Hollywood Film Prize 2026

TWO FATES – A True-Story

By Lori Lee Peters

BEST INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST GLOBAL INDIE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

Grandpa’s Got A Brand New Pill

By Jeffrey George Moline

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT MUSICAL 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Normal Thoughts From A Strange Mind: Session A

By L. S. Strange

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST VISIONARY WRITER 2026

The Blackest Lens

By Ricardo Fleshman

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST STORYTELLING & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Michelangelo and Me and da Vinci and me opener

By Colleen Fuglaar

BEST INTERNATIONAL FANTASY SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER

Mourning Coffee

By Denise Mack

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Master Heist – A True Christmas Fiction

By Kai Fischer

BEST VISIONARY SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script)

Foolproof

By Jordan Destin

BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST CAST, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Serenity

By AnayaMusic Kunst

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST ORIGINAL SINGER, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST SONG

Not Fore Long

By Patricia Marshall

BEST WRTING STYLE (Category: Feature Script), BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

A Tale Of Two Tails

By Camy De Mario

BEST ORIGINAL ARTIST 2026 (Category: Animation), BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR

Bad Influence/ Mauvaise Influence

By Aurélie Latona

BEST EUROPEAN INDIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST ARTHOUSE SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST STORYTELLING (Category: Super Short Film)

In 2 Minds

By Fabia Cerra

BEST ORIGINAL WRITER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL BOOK & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Book/Manuscript)

Plandemic: Tribunal

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST SOCIAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST VISIONARY ARTIST 2026

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary)

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST INTERNATIONAL ART FILM, BEST SPIRITAL PROJECT & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING 2026

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST SOCIAL SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ACTOR 2026, BEST VOICE & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST AMERICAN EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2026, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT, BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING (Category: Super Short Film) & BEST SPIRUTUAL SHORT FILM

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST VISIONARY FEATURE SCRIPT  2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Arthouse Feature Script) & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS

Out of control

By Bellopropello

BEST INDIE FILMMAKER 2026, BEST VISIONARY CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST SOUND DESIGNER (Category: Animated Short Film)

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Drama), BEST EDTING, BEST ACTING (Category: International Drama)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL VISIONARY SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST EDITING (Category: Narrative Feature)

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST VISIONARY MOVIEMAKER OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

Whispers of Montana

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST SUSPENSE & BEST WRITING STYLE 2026

Strawberries & Cream

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN SONG 2026 & BEST INDIE SONG WRITER

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BESTINTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST, BEST COSTUME DESIGNER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category; Short Film)

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Uncle Franco’s Birthday Suit

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SCREENWRITER

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST HISTORICAL SCRIPT

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Television Script)

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 EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ART FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER & BEST EDITING

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST COMEDIAN 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATIC VISION

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING & BEST VIDEO POETRY

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE ACTOR & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM 2026

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK, BEST FANTASY MANUSCRIPT, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS BOOK & BEST WRITER 2026