Faire Play

By Charles Gumbiner

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR, BEST CAST, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST EDITING (Category: Narrative Short Film)

The 45th Parallel, A Reckoning

By Larry Elmore

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

Emma

By Emily Y Adams

BEST INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Student Film)

Drawn Home

By Camy De Mario

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FILMMAKER 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE ANIMATION, BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Doctor Hypotheses 2 – The Breakdown

By Vicentini Gomez

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

Vertigo Mix Art Clic Drippin

By Sylvie Kay

BEST INTERNATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR, BEST DANCE MOVIE, BEST DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Dance Movie)

Hotel Prugatorio

By Joey Agbayani

BEST ANIMATED NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL MOVIEMAKER, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Whispers of Paris

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST VISIONARY WRITING STYLE (Category: Arthouse Feature Script) & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Global Screenplay)

Whispers of Montana

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ARTHOUSE ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA (Category: Feature Script)

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST GLOBAL INDIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (Category: Indie Art Film) & BEST EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCER

Lacrime di vento

By Damiano Rossi

BEST INSPIRATIONAL INDIE SHORT FILM & BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST VISIONARY SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST PRODUCER, BEST STORYTELLER & BEST SOUND (Category: International Super Short Film)   

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST GLOBAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST DIRECTOR (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE), BEST CAST, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST SOUND DESIGNER, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

The Beauty in a Restless Mind

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM, BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Inspirational Short Film) & BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING

Disclosure from a Cloakroom

By Carol Dorn

BEST GLOBAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER & BEST VISONARY WRTING STYLE

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ACTING PERFORMANCE & BEST ARTHOUSE ACTOR 2026

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO POETRY 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Bad Influence/ Mauvaise Influence

By Aurélie Latona

BEST INSPIRATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST EUROPEAN MOVIEMAKER 2026 & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT (Category: Super Short Film)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST VISIONARY FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST INSPIRATIONAL WRITER & BEST ARTHOUSE WRING STYLE

The Green Mill: A Real Chicago Joint

By Paul Carr

BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary), BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST CAMERA OPEARATOR & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Arthouse Documentary)

Plandemic: Tribunal

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST GLOBAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Arthouse Feature Script)

Heaven

By AnayaMusic Kunst

BEST SINGER OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST ARTHOUSE SONG 2026 & BEST SOUND (Category: Indie Music Video)

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST WRITER 2026, BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ARTHOUSE DRAMA SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST VISIONARY FILMMAKER, BEST ARTHOUSE ANIMATED SHORT FILM & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATIC VISION

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ARTHOUSE ACTOR 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE EDTING & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING & BEST INTERNATIONAL ART SHORT FILM 2026

Non dimenticare il poeta

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST EUROPEAN MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SONG & BEST GLOBAL SONG WRITER

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST VISIONARY FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

The Duchess

By Clevius Arnold Curry

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER, BEST CINEMATIC VISION & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DRAMA

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLER, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE CAMERA OPERATOR

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST VSIONARY MOVIEMAKER, BEST EDITOR, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST INDIE EXPERIMENTAL FILM OF THE YEAR

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR (Category: Drama) & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: Human Rights Drama Script)