
Special Event in Cannes – 8 & Halfilm Awards 2026



Looking for inspiration / Poszukiwanie inspiracji
By Michał Kucharski
BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER
Split Focus
By Cherie Carson
BEST ORIGINAL DANCE MOVIE 2026, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST SOUND, BEST EDITING & BEST PRODUCER (Category: Dance Movie)
Phantom and Percepter
By AJ Bucci
BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST SOUNDRACK & BEST CASTING DIRECTOR
Sheldon Mashugana gets stooged
By Dean Morgan
BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY, BEST ORIGINAL ACTING & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: International Comedy)
Lambada The Dance Of Fate
By Kai Fischer
BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT
A nest in My Heart
By Mira Kim
BEST ORIGINAL INDIE MOVIEMAKER 2026, BEST EDITING, BEST CINEMATIC VISION & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Experimental Film)
Pretty Little Lucy
By David Williamson
BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL IDEA
Il tuo riparo
By Don Pasquale Ferone
BEST EUROPEAN SONG OF THE YEAR & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SONG WRITER 2026
Alzati dal buio
By Don Pasquale Ferone
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SINGER
Into LA Art Show 2
By Rick Meghiddo
BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026 & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Documentary Short)
Staycation
By Russell Emanuel
BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE), BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST CAST (Category: Film) & BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY
Precious the baby dragon
By Dawn Menge
BEST HUMAN RIGHTS BOOK 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INDIE WRITER
Omnipotent Resolution
By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia
BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST COSTUME DESIGNER, BEST ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: MUSIC VIDEO)
Uncle Franco’s Birthday Suit
By Lynn Elliott
BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026
Alta California
By Lynn Elliott
BEST SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL STORY
The Mongrel
By Lynn Elliott
BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: Pilot TV)
Bellatrix
By Jacek Krawczyk
BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST DIRECTOR IF THE YEAR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST SOUNDTRACK (Category: International Short film)
The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers
By Vivian Tsang
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER, BEST EDITING & BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR
Zone
By Danilo Del Tufo
BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY SHORT
The Duchess
By C. Arnold Curry
BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA 2026, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR, BEST ACTOR, BEST ACTRESS (Category: International Drama)
An Ever After Drama
By Michelle Lynn
BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST ACTRESS, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST COSTUME DESIGN & BEST SCREENWRITER
The Green Mill
By Michelle Lynn
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026
Secrets of Montmartre
By Michelle Lynn
BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST ROMANCE SCRIPT
Freedoms Under Assault
By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove
BEST HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY 2026 & BEST DIRECTOR
The Aesthetics of Failure
By Lena Mattsson
BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Spritual Film)
Not Without Gloves
By Lena Mattsson
BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR & INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: EXPERIMENTAL)
The Rorschach Test
By Lena Mattsson
BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Experimental) & BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER
Out of Control
By Bellopropello
BEST ANIMATION 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER, BEST EDITING & BEST SOUND DESIGNER (Category: Animated Short Film)
Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana
By Ken Kimmelman
BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITOR (Category: VIDEO POETRY) & BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER
Fractures In Time
By Lesley Ann Albiston
BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST ORIGINAL STORY & BEST WRITING STYLE
Katabasis
By Samantha Casella
BEST INDIE FILM 2026, BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER
Action 8
By Maximillian Decker
BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature)
My Hollywood Circus
By Roger Paradiso
BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR, BEST WRITING STYLE & BEST AMERICAN WRITER 2026
The Dead Ringer
By Suzanne Lutas
BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORY
Cataclysm Down Under – Hero
By Akal Demir
BEST MOVIEMAKER & BEST INDIE EDITING
An adventure An Adventure of a Tiny Man and Gulliver
By Giorge Megrelishvili
BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER (Category: Indie Narrative Feature) 2026



Walking With God
By Lois M. Banks
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE PICTURE, BEST ARTHOUSE FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Film)
Pretty Little Lucy
By David Williamson
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY, BEST WRITING SYLE (Category: Feature Script)
Measure for Measure
By Phil Howe
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER
Precious the baby dragon
By Dr Dawn Menge
BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK 2026 & BEST WRITER 2026
Tipping Point
By L. Scooter Morris
BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL SUPER SHORT FILM
Amen-Amen-Amen: A Story of Our Times
By Tom Gallagher
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST EDITOR (Category: Documentary)
Pounding Pavements
By Jeremy and Christine Stork
BEST AUSTRALIAN SONG & BEST AUSTRALIAN MUSIC VIDEO 2026
Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana
By Ken Kimmelman
BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR
Alzati dal buio
By Don Pasquale Ferone
BEST SINGER 2026, BEST SPIRITUAL SONG & BEST INDIE MUSIC VIDEO
The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers
By Vivian Tsang
BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST PRODUCER & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR
Midnite’s Journey
By Dana Silkiss
BEST INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL PROJECT & BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: True Crime)
Heaven
By AnayaMusic
BEST INTERNATIONAL VOICE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Music Video)
Staycation
By Russell Emanuel
BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST DIRECTOR (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE), BEST CAST, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST INDIE CASTING DIRECTOR
Revisited – Life is Short
By TerryLee WHETSTONe
BEST ARTHOUSE ORIGINAL INDIE MUSIC VIDEO, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EDITOR (Category: Arthouse Music Video)
Eyesolation
By Damiano Rossi
BEST INDIE EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER
Out of control
By Bellopropello
BEST POETRY SHORT FILM, BEST ORIGINAL INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED PROJECT 2026
The Harmony Saga & Movement I – Disciple: Episode I of The Harmony Saga
By Timothy Brad Reinhold
BEST CINEMATIC VISION, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCRIPT & BEST ARTHOUSE ANIMATION 2026
The Green Mill
By Michelle Lynn
BEST ARTHOUSE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST GLOBAL WRITER OF THE YEAR
An Ever After Drama
By Michelle Lynn
BEST AMERICAN NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL ACTING, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST EDITING & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Behind The Algorithm
By Michelle Lynn
BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Screenwriter) & BEST INDIE FEAURE SCRIPT 2026
The Arcangel Of Death
By Vincenzo Amoruso
BEST ACTING, BEST ORIGINAL INSPIRATIONAL FILMMAKER & BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ACTOR OF THE YEAR
A Tragedy of Riches
By Tony Cointreau
BEST INDIE BOOK 2026
Zone
By Danilo Del Tufo
BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ARTHOUSE POETRY FILM
Virulence
By Christopher Pennington
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER 2026
The Duchess
By C. Arnold Curry
BEST CINEMATIC VISION, BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA 2026, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST ACTOR, BEST ACTRESS (Category: International Drama)
American Money
By Timothy A McGhee
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: Arthouse Screenplay) & BEST ORIGINAL CHARACTERS
Sheldon Mashugana gets stooged
By Dean Morgan
BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY 2026, BEST COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR (Category: Comedy)
AMERICA BOXED IN
By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST CAMERA OPEAROR, BEST PRODUCER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING
And We Were Left Darkling
By Lynn Elliott
BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER 2026 & BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR
Alta California
By Lynn Elliott
BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST HISTORICAL SCRIPT
Pirandello’s Wife
By Lynn Elliott
BEST HUMAN RIGTS SCRIPT 2026
When Cassandra Venice speaks
By Hugo Teugels
BEST INTERNATIONAL MOVIEMAKER 2026 (Category: Experimental) & BEST INDIE PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Mind over Matter
By Pamela PerryGoulardt
BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Super Short Film) & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SUPER SHORT FILM 2026
The Jaguar and the Dragonfly
By Pamela PerryGoulardt
BEST ORIGINAL WRITING SYLE (Category: Feature Script) & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA
The Dead Ringer
By Suzanne Lutas
BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY, BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL CHARACTERS
A nest in My Heart
By Mira Kim
BEST ORIGINAL INDIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST SOUND & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATIC VISION
Not Without Gloves
By Lena Mattsson
BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR
The Rorschach Test
By Lena Mattsson
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER
The Aesthetics of Failure
By Lena Mattsson
BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR (Category: Experimental)
Omnipotent Resolution
By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST INDIE DANCE FILM, BEST ORIGINAL SOUND & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: INDIE MUSIC VIDEO)
The Stones of Rome
By Sean Gregory Tansey
BEST ARTHOUSE ACTOR 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE EDTING & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM
The Pathos of Hamlet
By Sean Gregory Tansey
BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING & BEST INTERNATIONAL ART SHORT FILM 2026
Brothers of Babylon
By Gabriel Womack
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Cataclysm Down Under – Hero
By Akal Demir
BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER


Ndazkoh
By Tracey Cochrane
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITOR & BEST PRODUCER (Category: Documentary)
Omnipotent Resolution
By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia
BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL CHOREOGRAPHY & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: INDIE MUSIC VIDEO) & BEST POETRY PROJECT
Stalker Hair Twirl
By Faye Fayerman
BEST INDIE EXPERIMENTAL FILMMMAKER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY SHORT
Dionysos Avignon IN FLESH AND SHADOW
By Gerard Bouysse
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026 & BEST EDITING (Category: Documentary Short)
Urban Eats MTL
By Ioannis Koutroubis
BEST INTERNATIONAL WEB/TV SERIES 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA
Pretty Little Lucy
By David Williamson
BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Screenwriter)
Zone
By Danilo Del Tufo
BEST INDIE ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST EUROPEAN PRODUCER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL SHORT
The Revenge Club
By Marla Eaton
BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Short Script) & BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT OF THE YEAR
Virulence
By Christopher Pennington
BEST FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER 2026
My Hollywood Circus
By Roger Paradiso
BEST ORIGINAL WRITER & BEST INDIE BOOK 2026
Heaven
By AnayaMusic
BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG, BEST SINGER 2026 & BEST MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana
By Ken Kimmelman
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST POETRY FILM 2026
Out of control
By Bellopropello
BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST SOUND & BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATION
Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)
By Carla Di Bonito
BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA SCRIPT 2026
The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers
By Vivian Tsang
BEST FIRST TIME FILMMAKER 2026, BEST EDITING (Category: Documentary) & BEST YOUNG CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Documentary)
The Mongrel
By Lynn Elliott
BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT OF THE YEAR
PIRANDELLO’S WIFE
By Lynn Elliott
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER (Category: Drama Script)
Alta California
By Lynn Elliott
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER, BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE
Staycation
By Russell Emanuel
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY
Man in a Can
By Henk Pringels
BEST INDIE ANIMATION 2026 & BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM
Flashes of Light (Bagliori)
By Mattia Paone
BEST EUROPEAN INDIE FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: European Narrative Short)
The Stones of Rome
By Sean Gregory Tansey
BEST ARTHOUSE ACTOR 2026 & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM
The Pathos of Hamlet
By Sean Gregory Tansey
BEST ACTING & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FILM 2026
Vertigo
By Sylvie Kay
BEST INDIE DANCE MOVIE 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE DANCER OF THE YEAR
Silver Lights: City of Dreams
By Michelle Lynn
BEST AMERICAN ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER
An Ever After Drama
By Michelle Lynn
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST STORYTELLING
Behind The Algorithm
By Michelle Lynn
BEST SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST INDIE STORY
Eyesolation
By Damiano Rossi
BEST EUROPEAN ORIGINAL DIRECTOR 2026
Secrets of the Forbidden City
By Pamela PerryGoulardt
BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM 2026


Mysterious Moments With Millie Mallory
By Mysti Cozart Smith
BEST ORIGINAL INDIE DIRECTOR 2026
Remnant
By Mike Horan
BEST PICTURE 2026, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST SOUNDTRACK
Eye of the Storm
By Brooke Wolff
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY, BEST ORIGINAL CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST AMERICAN FILMMAKER
Staycation
By Russell Emanuel
BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CAST & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING
Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana
By Ken Kimmelman
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM DIRECTOR 2026, BEST SOUND, BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
Alta California
By Lynn Elliott
BEST INTERNATIONAL HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER
Pirandello’s Wife
By Lynn Elliott
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST SOCIAL SCREENPLAY
Pretty Little Lucy
By David Williamson
BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER & BEST WRITING STYLE
The Arcangel Of Death
By Vincenzo Amoruso
BEST ACTOR 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM
The Duchess
By C. Arnold Curry
BEST DRAMA OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITING SYLE 2026
American Money
By Timothy A McGhee
BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER
The Stones of Rome
By Sean Gregory Tansey
BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL ACTOR 2026 & BEST HISTORICAL ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM
The Pathos of Hamlet
By Sean Gregory Tansey
BEST VIDEO POETRY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL ACTING & BEST EXPERIMENTAL MOVIEMAKER
The Harmony Saga & Movement I – Disciple: Episode I of The Harmony Saga
By Brad Reinhold
BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATION 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE SCRIPT
The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers
By Vivian Tsang
BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY 2026 & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Dead Ringer
By Suzanne Lutas
BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY, BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL CHARACTERS
Flashes of Light (Bagliori)
By Mattia Paone
BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2026
