
Under the Spotlight: Independent Creators Awards in Atlanta




Silent Plan
By Ömer Yıldırım
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT FILM, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST CAST
Pretty Little Lucy
By David Williamson
BEST THRILLER SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST WRITER 2026 & BEST SUSPENSE
Drag Queens Of Emeralis
By Kevin Irvine
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT (Category: Comedy), BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING SYLE
A nest in My Heart
By Mira Kim
BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATIC VISION, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST ART FILM 2026
Eyesolation
By Damiano Rossi
BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026, BEST INSPIRATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR
Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana
By Ken Kimmelman
BEST ORIGINAL IDEA, BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2025 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
Tipping Point
By L. Scooter Morris
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: ART FILM)
Heaven
By AnayaMusic Kunst
BEST SINGER 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Indie Music Video)
Precious the baby dragon
By Dr Dawn Menge
BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER 2026
Amen-Amen-Amen: A Story of Our Times
By Tom Gallagher
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, BEST FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR (Category: Documentary) & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR
American Money
By Timothy A McGhee
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER
I Waited for You
By Jennifer Glee
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Experimental)
The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers
By Vivian Tsang
BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHY
My Hollywood Circus
By Roger Paradiso
BEST ORIGINAL WRITER 2026 (Category: Indie Book) & BEST MANUSCRIPT OF THE YEAR
Walking With God
By Lois Banks
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Arcangel Of Death
By Vincenzo Amoruso
BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR 2026 & BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM
Doctor Hyphoteses
By Vicentini Gomez
BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR
The definition of Silence
By Karin Balog
BEST ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026
Note Between Two Books
By Daniel Arreola
BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER
Cherished Viciousness
By Daniel Arreola
BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026
Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged
By Dean Morgan
BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDIAN, BEST SCRIPT (Category: International Comedy), BEST ORIGINAL COMEDY 2026
Secrets of the Forbidden City
By Pamela PerryGoulardt
BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Super Short Film), BEST EDITING & BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR
Zone
By Danilo Del Tufo
BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST FILMMAKER 2026
The Harmony Saga, The Aurora Galaxy Republic, and Movement I – Disciple: Episode I of the Harmony Saga
By Timothy Brad Reinhold
BEST ARTHOUSE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER OF THE YEAR
Little Monsters Read-Along Series: Award-Winning Children’s Audiobooks
Narrated by Young Voices Worldwide
Produced by Studio Story Monster
BEST INTERNATIONAL AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR
Freedoms Under Assault
By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove
BEST SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST EDITOR & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR (Category: Documentary)
An Ever After Drama
By Michelle Lynn
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST MAKE-UP & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
Whispers of Love
By Michelle Lynn
BEST ROMANCE SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER
Behind The Algorithm
By Michelle Lynn
BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER
Lucky in Long Island
By Michelle Lynn
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SONG WRITER 2026 & BEST SOUND DESIGNER
Not Without Gloves
By Lena Mattsson
BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER, BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST SOUND
The Aesthetics of Failure
By Lena Mattsson
BEST POETRY FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2026
The Rorschach Test
By Lena Mattsson
BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL INDIE SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST VISIONARY CINEMATOGRAPHY
Staycation
By Russell Emanuel
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE), BEST ORIGINAL COSTUME DESIGNER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST EDITING (Category: Film)
The Dead Ringer
By Suzanne Lutas
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST INDIE WRITER & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026
Pirandello’s Wife
By Lynn Elliott
BEST INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITER (Category: Drama Script)
Alta California
By Lynn Elliott
BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING
Once There Were Stories
By Lynn Elliott
BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INDIE WRITER
The Script, A Celtic Horror Tale
By Lynn Elliott
BEST INTERNATIONAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS & BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR
Tramóia
By Gleison Castro
BEST ORIGINAL SHORT SCRIPT
Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)
By Carla Di Bonito
BEST DRAMA SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER
The Duchess
By C. Arnold Curry
BEST DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Drama), BEST EDTING, BEST ACTOR, BEST ACTRESS (Category: International Drama)
The Pathos of Hamlet
By Sean Gregory Tansey
BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING, BEST INDIE ART FILM & BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM
The Stones of Rome
By Sean Gregory Tansey
BEST HISTORICAL SHORT, BEST ORIGINAL INDIE ACTOR & BEST VISIONARY FILMMAKER 2026
Eye of the Storm
By Brooke Wolff
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026


Ailene
By Liesel Galletly
BEST ORIGINAL SHORT SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Short Script)
My Angel & Devil
By Anton Svantesson-Helkiö
BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE
Cherished Viciousness
By Daniel Arreola
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: International Feature Script)
Potato Family
By Lori Hamilton
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM, BEST DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST EDITING (Category: Animation)
AMERICA BOXED IN
By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams
BEST AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Documentary), BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST PRODUCER
Tipping Point
By L. Scooter Morris
BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL MOVIEMAKER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
Freedoms Under Assault
By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST EDITING, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Indie Documentary)
The Dead Ringer
By Suzanne Lutas
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, & BEST GLOBAL WRITER OF THE YEAR
The Family Name
By Monte Albers de Leon
BEST INTERNATIONAL WEB/TV SERIES 2026 & BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER
Staycation
By Russell Emanuel
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE), BEST ORIGINAL COSTUME DESIGNER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST EDITING (Category: Film)
Doctor Hyphoteses
By Vicentini Gomez
BEST SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR
Colombano & La 21esima Fetta
By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILM, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST SCREENPLAY
An Ever After Drama
By Michelle Lynn
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Behind The Algorithm
By Michelle Lynn
BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST WRITER
Lucky in Long Island
By Michelle Lynn
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SONG WRITER 2026 & BEST SOUND DESIGNER
Whispers of Love
By Michelle Lynn
BEST ROMANCE SCRIPT 2026 ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR
Pretty Little Lucy
By David Williamson
BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER & BEST STORYTELLING
The Arcangel Of Death
By Vincenzo Amoruso
BEST ORIGINAL ACTOR 2026
The Novice
By Vincenzo Amoruso
BEST INDIE ACTING & BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM
When Cassandra Venice speaks
By Hugo Teugels
BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM, BEST PRODUCER & BEST INDIE CINEMATOGRAPHER 2026
American Money
By Timothy A McGhee
BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST STORYTELLING & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Screenplay)
Your Father, who sees in secret
By Danilo Del Tufo
BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA
And We Were Left Darkling
By Lynn Elliott
BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026
Alta California
By Lynn Elliott
BEST SOCIAL SCRIPT, BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER
Pirandello’s Wife
By Lynn Elliott
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITER (Category: Drama Script)
Borderline Justice
By Lynn Elliott
BEST INDIE WRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Feature Script)
The Duchess
By C. Arnold Curry
BEST DRAMA 2026, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST ACTOR, BEST ACTRESS & BEST STORYTELLING (Category: International Drama)
The Pathos of Hamlet
By Sean Gregory Tansey
BEST VIDEO POETRY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL ACTING & BEST EXPERIMENTAL MOVIEMAKER
The Stones of Rome
By Sean Gregory Tansey
BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL ACTOR 2026, BEST CINEMTAOGRAPHER & BEST HISTORICAL ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM
The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers
By Vivian Tsang
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FIRST TIME DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY 2026



Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD
By Dianne Lang
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR (Category: Documentary Short)
Walking With God
By Lois Banks
BEST INTERNATIONAL PICTURE, BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA
Men Walking Their Toy Trucks
By Faye Fayerman
BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR
Master Heist – A True Christmas Fiction
By Kai Fischer
BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT
Eyesolation
By Damiano Rossi
BEST POETRY SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR
Noise
By R. Scott MacLeay
BEST INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST EDITING, BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST SOUND DESIGNER
Sheldon Mashugana gets stooged
By Dean Morgan
BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY 2026, BEST AMERICAN ACTOR & BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER (Category: Comedy)
Precious the baby dragon
By Dawn Menge
BEST WRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE BOOK 2026
Your Father, who sees in secret
By Danilo Del Tufo
BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Out of Control
By Bellopropello
BEST INDIE ANIMATED PROJECT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER
I Waited for You
By Jennifer Glee
BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL INDIE FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER
Pretty Little Lucy
By David Williamson
BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY, BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA OF THE YEAR & BEST WRITER 2026
The Duchess
By C. Arnold Curry
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DRAMA 2026, BEST INDIE CAST & BEST SCREENWRITER 2026
And We Were Left Darkling
By Lynn Elliott
BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026
Pirandello’s Wife
By Lynn Elliott
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITER (Category: Drama Script)
Alta California
By Lynn Elliott
BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER
Doctor Hyphoteses
By Vicentini Gomez
BEST ACTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE
Tipping Point
By L. Scooter Morris
BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: International Super Short Film) & BEST SUPER SHORT FILM 2026
Staycation
By Russell Emanuel
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE), BEST SOUNDTRACK, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST EDITING (Category: Film)
American Money
By Timothy A McGhee
BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST CHARACTERS & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER
Not Without Gloves
By Lena Mattsson
BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER, BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INDIE PRODUCER
The Aesthetics of Failure
By Lena Mattsson
BEST POETRY FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING
The Rorschach Test
By Lena Mattsson
BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL INDIE SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR
The Dead Ringer
By Suzanne Lutas
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE WRITER
My Hollywood Circus
By Roger Paradiso
BEST AMERICAN WRITER (Category: Book) & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE BOOK OF THE YEAR

