WINNERS PARAMOUNT Film Awards 2026

And We Were Left Darkling

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST WRITING STYLE

Black Bus

By Zsolt Pozsgai

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT 2026 & BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER

Free Birds

By Olaf Lenz

BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO PETRY 2026, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING (Category: Video Poetry)

Legends of land of Quails House & Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST ORIGINAL BOOK 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE WRITER

Heaven

By AnayaMusic

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SINGER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE MUSIC VIDEO

Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST AMERICAN COMEDY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDIAN & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Comedy)

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM 2026, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST EDITING, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR & BEST PRODUCER

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR 2026 & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL ACTING, BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR

I Swear

By Richard VanOverbroeck

BEST MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING (Category: Music Video)

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR 2026 & BEST ACTING (Category: Poetry Short Film)

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING, BEST PRODUCER & BEST SOUND DESIGNER (Category: Animated Short Film)

Split Focus

By Cherie Carson

BEST INTERNATIONAL DANCE FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER (Category: Dance Film)

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

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

The Jaguar and the Dragonfly

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST INDIE WRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT SCRIPT

Lambada The Dance Of Fate

By Kai Fischer

BEST INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST GLOBAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE 2026 (Category: FEATURE SCRIPT), BEST AMERICAN ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: International Indie Feature Script)

Alzati dal buio

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST INDIE SINGER & BEST SOCIAL SONG

Solo il bene

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST SONG WRITER 2026

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL POETIC SHORT FILM

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INSPIRATIONAL FILM & BEST ACTRESS (Category: Experimental) 

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENAL SHORT FILM 2026

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FILM 2026, BEST HISTORICAL SCREENPLAY, BEST COSTUME DESIGNER & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE DIRECTOR 2026

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL SCREENPLAY & BEST INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION COMPANY  

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY SHORT

 

Ventricular

By Akal Demir

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST DIRECTOR 2026

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL 2026, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST CHOREOGRAPHY & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO)

Doctor Hypotheses 2 – The Breakdown

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST ACTING, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST CINEMATIC IDEA

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG FILMMAKER 2026, BEST EDITING (Category: Documentary) & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY

Black Wolf

By Jamie Sutliff

BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT 2026

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER 2026

The Priory of Sion and the treasure of abbey Sauniere of Rennes the Castle France

By Florence Cazebon-Taveau

BEST EUROPEAN WRITER 2026, BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE ORIGINAL IDEA

Bagliori – Flashes of Light

By Mattia Paone

BEST EUROPEAN INDIE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER & BEST INDIE FILMMAKER

WINNERS Athens Film Grand Prix 2026

Ta Kala Pedia (The Good Children)

By Ioannis Koutroubis

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

Bellatrix

By Jacek Krawczyk

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST SOUNDTRACK (Category: Narrative Short)

The Time of Wrath

By Gabriel Womack

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: FEATURE SCRIPT) & BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT

Heat and Love

By Michał Kucharski

BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EDITING, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST SOUND DESIGN (Category: ANIMATION)

Solo il bene

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN SONG 2026, BEST SINGER & BEST SOCIAL SONG

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST STORYTELLING & BEST PRODUCER (Category: DOCUMENTARY FEATURE) & BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL ACTING

The Duchess

By Arnold Curry

BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST CAST ( Category: International Drama)

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ART FILM 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL MOVIEMAKER

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY SHORT

Lux in Fabula

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATION 2026 & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR

Forevermore

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EUROPEAN ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS 2026, BEST AMERICAN SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST INDIE SOUNDTRACK

Silver Lights: City of Dreams

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL FILM SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY

Water

By Gary Beeber

BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

Sheldon Mashugana gets stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST AMERICAN PRODUCER & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Comedy)

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING (Category: Film) & BEST INTERNATIONAL CAST

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

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

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST SCRIPT BASED ON A TRUE STORY 2026

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ARHOUSE INDIE WRITER

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL PRODUCER

Fire Flies

By Larry Gene Fortin

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST CHARACTERS & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY, BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: Drama) & BEST SOCIAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST YOUNG ACTOR 2026, BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM, BEST SPIRITUAL ACTING & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FILMMAKER

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST HISTORICAL INDIE SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE ACTOR 2026

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL 2026, BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Music Video), BEST MAKE-UP, BEST ORIGINAL DANCE FILM & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Music Video)

Bagliori – Flashes of Light

By Mattia Paone

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST ORIGINAL WRITER 2026, BEST BOOK 2026 & BEST FANTASY

The Jaguar and the Dragonfly

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST ORIGINAL SUPER SHORT SCRIPT 2026, BEST PRODUCER & BEST MOVIEMAKER

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST ORIGINAL YOUNG DIRECTOR 2026, BEST PRODUCER & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY

Lambada The Dance Of Fate

By Kai Fischer

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM & BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER 2026

WINNERS Cine Tour Film Critics Awards 2026, First Edition in Turin

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER

A Cacophany Of Scales

By William Thinnes

BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER

Flashes of Light (Bagliori)

By Mattia Paone

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Indie Narrative Short) 2026

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST DIRECTOR, DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026 & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

Mr. Smith Goes To Washington

By Monte Albers de Leon

BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE & BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER 2026

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST FILM 2026, BEST AMERICAN INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST LOCATION, BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SCREENWRITER

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST YOUNG DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR & BEST SOUND DESIGN

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY & BEST INDIE WRITER 2026

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST DANCE FILM 2026, BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Indie Music Video), BEST EDITING (Category: Music Video), BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR (Category: ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO)

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EUROPEAN INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST SPIRITUAL SCREENPLAY SHORT 

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY FILM, BEST INDIE PRODUCER & BEST ART FILM 2026

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: Drama) & BEST ORIGINAL STORY

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE WRITING STYLE & BEST HISTORICAL SCRIPT

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL IDEA

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL ACTING, BEST ACTRESS, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST SCREENPLAY 2026

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ARTHOUSE FEAURE SCRIPT 2026

The Green Mill

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTRENATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026

Secrets of Montmartre

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ROMANCE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

Connor and Sonia

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script)

Water

By Gary Beeber

BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY, BEST EDITOR, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST CINEMATIC VISION

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ORIGINAL ACTING 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST HISTORICAL FILM 2026, BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: International Film)

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026. BEST EDITING & BEST MOVIEMAKER 2026 (Category: Animation)

Sheldon Mashugana gets stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: International Comedy) & BEST ORIGINAL COMEDY 2026