WINNERS INDIE GOLDEN CIAK 2026, VENICE

The Bride From The Depths

By Cornelia Calaidjoglu

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA OF THE YEAR, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST SOUNDTRACK, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY & BEST CAST

Our Brilliant Destruction

By Sarah Bitely

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Cock Robin

By Frances Barth

BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER

In 2 Minds

By Fabia Cerra

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE BOOK 2026

Michelangelo and Me + Da Vinci and Me opener

By Colleen Fuglaar

BEST ANIMATION, BEST MOVIEMAKER & BEST EDITING

Aspettando la rivoluzione

By Francesco Niglio

BEST EUROPEAN INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT OF THE YEAR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST COSTUME DESIGN & BEST SCREENWRITER

Whispers of Love

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER (Category: International Screenplay) & BEST DRAMA SCRIPT

Silver Lights: City of Dreams

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL WRITER 2026 & BEST INDIE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

The Green Mill

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

One Hand

By Ryosuke Handa

BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION 2026

Floating Eyes

By Daniel Arreola

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT 2026 & BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: Short Script)

The Armchair Travellers

By Patricia Planck

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER 2026

Mix Art Clic

By Sylvie Kay

BEST INTERNATIONAL DANCE MOVIE OF THE YEAR, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR (Category: Dance Movie)

I Swear

By Richard VanOverbroeck

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: International Music Video)

Pounding Pavements

By Jeremy and Christine Stork

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SONG WRITER 2026, BEST SOUND DESIGNER, BEST INDIE SINGER & BEST ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER 2026

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK & BEST WRITER 2026

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING

The Blackest Lens

By Ricardo Fleshman

BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST FILMMAKER 2026 (Category: Documentary)

Love Comes Home To Holly

By Mysti “MOCHA” Smith

BEST TEASER OF THE YEAR & BEST DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Trailer)

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

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

Ogni male vincerai

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN MUSIC VIDEO, BEST INTERNATIONAL SINGER & BEST SOCIAL SONG

Out of control

By Bellopropello

BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATION

Dancing with Spies @Goddess – NOVEL

By Francis Billingsley

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE BOOK/MANUSCRIPT OF THE YEAR

The Spiritualization of Jeff Boyd

By Uwe Schwarzwalder

BEST FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Indie Narrative Feature Film), BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST COSTUME DESIGNER

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2026, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST DRAMA 2026, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR & BEST CAST (Category: International Drama)

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST INDIE ORIGINAL IDEA

The Revenge Club

By Marla Eaton

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Short Script), BEST INDIE SHORT SCRIPT & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS (Category: Short Script)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT

Walking With God

Lois M. Banks

BEST ORIGINAL PICTURE & BEST AMERICAN FILMMAKER (Category: Narrative Feature)

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script), BEST 2150.3INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING & BEST ARTHOSUE VIDEO POETRY

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SHORT FILM & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Indie Drama)

Bellatrix

By Jacek Krawczyk

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST ACTING, BEST SOUNDTRACK & BEST MAKE-UP (Category: International Short film)

The Girl Made of Earth and Water

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST INDIE SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: International Indie Super Short)

Christmas On Earth

By Janja Rakuš

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Poetry Film) & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO POETRY, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER & SOUND DESIGNER

Water

By Gary Beeber

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Documentary Feature), BEST EDITING & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR (Category: Documentary)

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORS & BEST EDITING (Category: International Documentary Feature)

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR & INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: EXPERIMENTAL)

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM, BEST SOUND & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Inspirational Film)

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ARTHOUSE PROJECT 2026 & BEST ART FILM

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER (Category: Feature Script)

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER (Category: Art Film), BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING (Category: Super Short Film), BEST ORIGINAL SUPER SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM, BEST CINEMATIC VISION 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER (Category: Short)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

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

Love is a lonely Hunter

By Graciela Cassel

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER, BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL SHORT

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

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

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST PILOT TV & ORIGINAL TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026

Non dimenticare il poeta

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG 2026, BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Music Video) & BEST SONG WRITER

When Cassandra Venice speaks

By Hugo Teugels

BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATIC VISION & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Change The World

By Angelena Bonet

BEST INTERNATIONAL SOUNDTRACK & BEST INDIE ARTIST 2026

Angelena: Change The World

By Angelena Bonet

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY FEATURE & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST YOUNG PRODUCER, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DOCUMENTARY

Master Heist – A True Christmas Fiction

By Kai Fischer

BEST EUROPEAN FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS (Category: Feature Script)

WINNERS ABAFTA Summer Fest 2026

Maxwell

By Derek Martin

BEST INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Short Film), BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST CAST & BEST SOUNDTRACK

A Tale Of Two Tails

By Camy De Mario

BEST ANIMATION, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Urban Eats MTL

By Ioannis Koutroubis

BEST WEB/TV SERIES 2026, BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Web/TV Series)

Voyage in the Desert

By ΕΛΠΙΔΑ ΑΜΙΤΣΗ

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE FILM 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER

Floating Eyes

By Daniel Arreola

BEST SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Short Script) & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

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

By Peyman Majidi & Sabina Shiari

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST WRITER, BEST BOOK 2026 & BEST VISIONARY IDEA

Alicematonika

By Ryosuke Handa

BEST INDIE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST GLOBAL FILMMAKER, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Men Walking Their Toy Trucks

By Faye Fayerman

BEST ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Experimental Director)

Ogni male vincerai

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN MUSIC VIDEO, BEST ARTHOUSE SINGER & BEST SOCIAL SONG

Whispers of Montana

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SONG 2026

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT 2026, BEST CAST, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Whispers of Love

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Screenplay)

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST GLOBAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER OF THE YEAR

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

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

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ORIGINAL YOUNG ACTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING

Tramóia

By Gleison Castro

BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT OF THE YEAR

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER 2026 & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS BOOK/MANUSCRIPT

Drag Queens Of Emeralis

By Kevin Irvine

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Comedy Script)

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST WRITER 2026 & BEST GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA, BEST ACTOR, BEST ACTRESS (Category: International Drama)

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST ARTHOUSE VIDEO POETRY OF THE YEAR & BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2026

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL ACTOR, BEST ORIGINAL WRITER & BEST SOCIAL SCREENPLAY

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

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

Heaven

By AnayaMusic

BEST MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL VOICE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Music Video)

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER & BEST STORYTELLING

Michelangelo and Me + Da Vinci and Me opener

By Colleen Shannon

BEST ORIGINAL PILOT TV & BEST SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Indie Television Script)

Vertigo

By Sylvie Kay

BEST INTERNATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHY, BEST ORIGINAL DANCE MOVIE 2026 & BEST INDIE FILMMAKER (Category: International Dance Film)

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CASTING DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL EDITOR 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE PRODUCTION COMPANY

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST INTERNATIONAL INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM, BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY FILM 2026, BEST GLOBAL FILMMAKER & BEST EDITING

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ACTRESS, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Experimental Short) & BEST EDITING

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER (Category: Drama Script)

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER, BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

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

WINNERS – Film Tony Awards 2026, New Orleans

Our Brilliant Destruction

By Sarah Bitely

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SOUNDTRACK, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

The Blackest Lens

By Ricardo Fleshman

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary Short) & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Sheldon Mashugana & The Fakakta Alien

By Dean Morgan

BEST AMERICAN ACTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY 2026

Ogni male vincerai

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG 2026 & BEST SPIRITUAL GUITARIST

Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST VIDEO POETRY 2026

Vertigo

By Sylvie Kay

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR (Category: Dance Film) BEST SOUND, BEST CINEMATIC VISION & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: International Dance Film)

Mikey Blue Eyes

By Stephen Kelly

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER (Category: Indie Short Script)

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST EUROPEAN FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER, BEST HISTORICAL FILM & BEST COSTUME DESIGNER

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

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

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST ORIGINAL ART FILM, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: International Super Short Film)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script)

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST ART SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST SOUND

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST DIRECTOR (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE), BEST CAST, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST ACTING, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST BOOK/MANUSCRIPT 2026 & BEST FANTASY SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Split Focus

By Cherie Carson

BEST DANCE MOVIE 2026 & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM, BEST INDIE PRODUCER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY 

Walking With God

By Lois M. Banks

BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER & BEST HISTORICAL SCRIPT

And We Were Left Darkling

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DRAMA 2026 & BEST SCRIPT BASED ON A TRUE STORY

The Riddle Pact

By Zsolt Pozsgai

BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR, BEST CAST & BEST SOUNDTRACK

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

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

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST EDITING, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Documentary)

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA