
Golden Caesar Film Awards



The Arcangel Of Death
By Vincenzo Amoruso
BEST ACTOR 2026. BEST ORIGINAL ACTING 2026 & BEST EDITING
It Happened One Night In Space
By Pamela PerryGoulardt
BEST ORIGINAL WRITER & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SHORT SCRIPT
Sheldon Mashugana gets stooged
By Dean Morgan
BEST COMEDY 2026, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: International Comedy)
Katabasis
By Samantha Casella
BEST EUROPEAN NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER, BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature)
Staycation
By Russell Emanuel
BEST PICTURE 2026, BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST EDITING, BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Film) & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
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 New Immigrants- Hong Kongers
By Vivian Tsang
BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG DIRECTOR 2026, BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER
Planetary Rebellion
By Fabrizio Fuochi
BEST INDIE MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER, BEST EDITING & BEST PRODUCER (Category: International Music Video)
The Duchess
By C. Arnold Curry
BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA
Alzati dal buio
By Don Pasquale Ferone
BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG WRITER 2026, BEST SPIRITUAL SONG & BEST SOUND
Out of control
By Bellopropello
BEST ARTHOUSE ANIMATED PROJECT & BEST INDIE PRODUCER
American Money
By Timothy A McGhee
BEST SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST INDIE WRITER
Not Without Gloves
By Lena Mattsson
BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER
The Rorschach Test
By Lena Mattsson
BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST VISIONARY FILMMAKER 2026
An Ever After Drama
By Michelle Lynn
BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ACTRESS, BEST MAKE-UP & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
Behind The Algorithm
By Michelle Lynn
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEAURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Screenplay)
Silver Lights: City of Dream
By Michelle Lynn
BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER 2026 (Category: Feature Script)
Alta California
By Lynn Elliott
BEST AMERICAN SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST HISTORICAL SCRIPT
Pirandello’s Wife
By Lynn Elliott
BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL DRAMA SCRIPT
Zone
By Danilo Del Tufo
BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SHORT
Voyage in the Desert
By ΕΛΠΙΔΑ ΑΜΙΤΣΗ
BEST ORIGINAL INDIE FILM 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER

The New Immigrants- Hong Kongers
By Vivian Tsang
BEST STUDENT FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR
Out of control
By Bellopropello
BEST INDIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (Category: ANIMATION) & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING
Heat and Love
By Michał Kucharski
BEST INDIE MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Music Video) & BEST SONG 2026
Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana
By Ken Kimmelman
BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER, BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO POETRY, BEST INDIE PRODUCER 2026 & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Video Poetry)
The Duchess
By C. Arnold Curry
BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL CAST & BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: Drama)
American Money
By Timothy A McGhee
BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER
Zone
By Danilo Del Tufo
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR
Staycation
By Russell Emanuel
BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE), BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST SOUNDTRACK
Omnipotent Resolution
By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia
BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL 2026, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST CHOREOGRAPHY, BEST EDITING (Category: Dance Film) & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO)
Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)
By Carla Di Bonito
BEST DRAMA SCRIPT 2026 & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Indie Screenwriter)
Alta California
By Lynn Elliott
BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY, BEST SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA
PIRANDELLO’S WIFE
By Lynn Elliott
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE
The Mongrel
By Lynn Elliott
BEST PILOT TV OF THE YEAR
Thankful
By Earnest Diaz
BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER
Cataclysm Down Under – Hero
By Akal Demir
BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING



Vagabond In Red: Iquitos
By Thomas Lonero
BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE DOCUMENTARY
Master Heist – A True Christmas Fiction
By Kai Fischer
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Down The Rabbit Hole
By Sean Waldron
BEST INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT 2026 & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Short Film)
Poemaria
By Davi Kinski
BEST DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST EDITING (Category: Documentary Feature)
Alice, Five Minutes Before Sunset
By Davi Kinski & Rodrigo Ferraz
BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT
Stalker Hair Twirl
By Faye Fayerman
BEST INDIE EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER
The Harmony Saga & Movement I – Disciple: Episode I of The Harmony Saga
By Brad Reinhold
BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATION 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE SCRIPT
Ndazkoh
By Tracey Cochrane
BEST EDITING, BEST FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING (Category: Arthouse Documentary)
Pretty Little Licy
By David Williamson
BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT
Emergency Musical Response: Part 1 – Journey to Netherworld
By Cosmo Swevens
BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL 2026, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Musical)
Virulence
By Christopher Pennington
BEST SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR, BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script) & BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026
Alzati dal buio
By Don Pasquale Ferone
BEST EUROPEAN SONG, BEST INDIE SINGER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG WRITER
Noise
By R. Scott MacLeay
BEST ORIGINAL EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2026, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR & BEST EDITOR
Not Without Gloves
By Lena Mattsson
BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING
The Aesthetics of Failure
By Lena Mattsson
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE PRODUCER
The Rorschach Test
By Lena Mattsson
BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA
Precious the Baby Dragon and Legends of the Land of Quails House
By Dr. Dawn Menge
BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE, BEST WRITER, BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE BOOK 2026
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
By Monte Albers de Leon
BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Family Name
By Monte Albers de Leon
BEST INTERNATIONAL SERIES 2026
The Duchess
By C. Arnold Curry
BEST DRAMA OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITING SYLE 2026
Doctor Hyphoteses
By Vicentini Gomez
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE ACTOR 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC WRITER
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
Thankful
By Earnest Diaz
BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: International Script)
Freedoms Under Assault
By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove
BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST PRODUCER, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Indie Documentary Feature)
An Ever After Drama
By Michelle Lynn
BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Short) BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST AMERICAN SHORT FILM, BEST ACTING, BEST COSTUME DESIGNER & BEST MAKE-UP (Category: Narrative Short)
Whispers of Love
By Michelle Lynn
BEST ROMANCE SCREENPLAY 2026
Heaven on Star Lane
By Michelle Lynn
BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG & BEST ARTHOUSE SONG WRITER
Behind The Algorithm
By Michelle Lynn
BEST GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: International Feature Script)
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 Dead Ringer
By Suzanne Lutas
BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER
I Waited for You
By Jennifer Glee
BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Experimental Film) & BEST INDIE EXPERIMENTAL FILM
The Little Match-Seller
By Danilo Del Tufo
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR
Neverwere: a Lycan Love Story
By Chris Ross Leong
BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Feature Script)
Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)
By Carla Di Bonito
BEST DRAMA SCRIPT 2026 & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Indie Screenwriter)



Ndazkoh
By Tracey Cochrane
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING
Fire Flies
By Larry Gene Fortin
BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER
Potato Family
By Lori Hamilton
BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Animated Short Film), BEST ANIMATION & BEST INTERNATIONAL NEW CINEMATIC VISION
AMERICA BOXED IN
By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & FILMMAKER (Category: International Documentary Feature)
Cassandra Venice
By Hugo Teugels
BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EUROPEAN INDIE DIRECTOR 2026
It Happened One Night In Space
By Pamela PerryGoulardt
BEST SHORT SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER
Staycation
By Russell Emanuel
BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CAST, BEST EDITING, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INDIE PRODUCTION COMPANY
Cataclysm Down Under – Hero
By Akal Demir
BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY SHORT
Revisited – Life is Short
By TerryLee WHETSTONe
BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO 2026 & BEST VOICE
The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers
By Vivian Tsang
BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHY
Omnipotent Resolution
By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia
BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL 2026, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST COSTUME DESIGNER, BEST DANCE FILM & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO)
American Money
By Timothy A McGhee
BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER
Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)
By Carla Di Bonito
BEST ARTHOUSE DRAMA SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE WRITER
Alzati dal buio
By Don Pasquale Ferone
BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG WRITER 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SINGER & BEST EUROPEAN MUSIC VIDEO
Una Luce
By Don Pasquale Ferone
BEST EUROPEAN SINGER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SOUND
The Dead Ringer
By Suzanne Lutas
BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL CHARACTERS
I Waited for You
By Jennifer Glee
BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: EXPERIMENTAL FILM), BEST ORIGINAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM & BEST SPIRITUAL FILM
Precious the baby dragon
By Dr Dawn Menge
BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER 2026
The Duchess
By C. Arnold Curry
BEST SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Drama) & BEST ORIGINAL STORY
Monument to Love
By Jacob Comforty
BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026 & BEST FILMMAKER
Freedoms Under Assault
By Jacob Comforty and Robert Arnove
BEST EDITOR & BEST INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY
Balkan Jazz
By Jacob Comforty
BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC DOCUMENTARY 2026
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
Borderline Justice
By Lynn Elliott
BEST ORIGINAL WRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Feature Script)
The Little Match-Seller
By Danilo Del Tufo
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Animation)
Zone
By Danilo Del Tufo
BEST EUROPEAN INDIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Silver Lights: City of Dreams
By Michelle Lynn
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER
An Ever After Drama
By Michelle Lynn
BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR 2025, BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST ACTRESS & BEST MAKE-UP (Category: Narrative Short)
Recipe for A Dream
By Michelle Lynn
BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SONG WRITER
Behind The Algorithm
By Michelle Lynn
BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR
Not Without Gloves
By Lena Mattsson
BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ACTRESS
The Aesthetics of Failure
By Lena Mattsson
BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE PRODUCER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST INTERNATIONAL MOVIEMAKER
The Rorschach Test
By Lena Mattsson
BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING
Out of Control
By Bellopropello
BEST EXPERIMENTAL INDIE DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT & BEST EDITING (Category: Animated Short Film)
Eyesolation
By Damiano Rossi
BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
Lambada The Dance Of Fate
By Kai Fischer
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA
A Tragedy of Riches
By Tony Cointreau
BEST INDIE WRITER (Category: Book)
