
Attestation of High Artistic Value



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



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



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

