WINNERS Cinema’s Black Sheep Awards 2026

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

By Peyman Majidi & Sabina Shiari

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL ARTHOUSE FILM, BEST INDIE STORYTELLING & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST ARTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY

Metal

By Andrea Natale

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST EDITOR (Category: Animation)

Stalker Hair Twirl

By Faye Fayerman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Experimental)

Non dimenticare il poeta

By Fabrizio Fuochi

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

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026, BEST POETRY FILM & BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST THRILLER, BEST SUSPENSE & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING

Our Brilliant Destruction

By Sarah Bitely

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST INTERNATIONAL CAST, BEST CASTING DIRECTO, BEST FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR & BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST VISIONARY ACTING & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM

Urban Eats MTL

By Ioannis Koutroubis

BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: INTERNATIONAL WEB/TV SERIES), BEST ORIGINAL WEB/TV SERIES OF THE YEAR & BEST WRITING STYLE

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST FAIRY TALE OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER (Category: International Book)

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL ACTING

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST SOUNDTRACK, BEST EDITING & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST ORIGINAL ART FILM, BEST ARTHOUS EDITING & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER, BEST VISIONARY SHORT FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Video Poetry)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: Arthouse Screenplay) & BEST VISIONARY FEATURE SCRIPT

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDTING, BEST INDIE PRODUCER (Category: Documentary Short)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST CHARACTERS & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER

Vertigo

By Sylvie Kay

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER, BEST INSPIRATIONAL DIRECTOR & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DANCE MOVIE OF THE YEAR

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER & BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATIC VISION

We are Rivers

By Graciela Cassel

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

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST DRAMA OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITING SYLE 2026

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER, BEST INDIE PRODUCER & BEST VISIONARY CINEMATIC VISION

My heads f*cked

By Fabia Maria Cerra

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

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EUROPEAN FILMMAKER 2026, BEST SUSPENSE & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: EXPERIMENTAL)

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST DIRECTOR (Category: ART FILM), BEST INSPIRATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM

 

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST GLOBAL ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST INDIE CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EDITOR

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK 2026 & BEST INDIE WRITER

WINNERS Discovering Talents Awards, Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: International Super Short Film) & BEST SUPER SHORT FILM 2026

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ACTING

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER, BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE

Vertigo

By Sylvie Kay

BEST ORIGINAL DANCE SHORT MOVIE 2026, BEST SOUND & BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER (Category: International Dance SHORT Film)

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

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

Going Spaceward

By Yichea Lin

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR (Category: Animation)

Il tuo riparo

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN SONG OF THE YEAR & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SONG WRITER 2026

Ogni male vincerai

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SONG WRITER & BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC VIDEO

Lacrime di Vento

By Damiano Rossi

BEST VISIONARY INDIE FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORY

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE HISTORICAL SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INSIPRATIONAL SHORT FILM, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, ORIGINAL ACTING & BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE BOOK 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CAST, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST STORYTELLING, BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR (Category: Experimental)

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

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM, BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST VISIONARY FILMMAKER 2026

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR (Category: Drama), BEST EDTING, BEST ACTOR, BEST ACTRESS (Category: International Drama)

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

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

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)