
World Writers Guild Awards 2026





TWO FATES – A True-Story
By Lori Lee Peters
BEST INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST GLOBAL INDIE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Grandpa’s Got A Brand New Pill
By Jeffrey George Moline
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT MUSICAL 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA
Normal Thoughts From A Strange Mind: Session A
By L. S. Strange
BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST VISIONARY WRITER 2026
The Blackest Lens
By Ricardo Fleshman
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST STORYTELLING & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING
Michelangelo and Me and da Vinci and me opener
By Colleen Fuglaar
BEST INTERNATIONAL FANTASY SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER
Mourning Coffee
By Denise Mack
BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
Master Heist – A True Christmas Fiction
By Kai Fischer
BEST VISIONARY SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script)
Foolproof
By Jordan Destin
BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST CAST, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Pretty Little Lucy
By David Williamson
BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026
Serenity
By AnayaMusic Kunst
BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST ORIGINAL SINGER, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST SONG
Not Fore Long
By Patricia Marshall
BEST WRTING STYLE (Category: Feature Script), BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
A Tale Of Two Tails
By Camy De Mario
BEST ORIGINAL ARTIST 2026 (Category: Animation), BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR
Bad Influence/ Mauvaise Influence
By Aurélie Latona
BEST EUROPEAN INDIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST ARTHOUSE SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST STORYTELLING (Category: Super Short Film)
In 2 Minds
By Fabia Cerra
BEST ORIGINAL WRITER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL BOOK & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Book/Manuscript)
Plandemic: Tribunal
By Chris Ross Leong
BEST SOCIAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST VISIONARY ARTIST 2026
Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD
By Dianne Lang
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary)
Eyesolation
By Damiano Rossi
BEST INTERNATIONAL ART FILM, BEST SPIRITAL PROJECT & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING 2026
American Money
By Timothy A McGhee
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST SOCIAL SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER
Novice
By Vincenzo Amoruso
BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ACTOR 2026, BEST VOICE & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING
Tipping Point
By L. Scooter Morris
BEST AMERICAN EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2026, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT, BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING (Category: Super Short Film) & BEST SPIRUTUAL SHORT FILM
Virulence
By Christopher Pennington
BEST VISIONARY FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Arthouse Feature Script) & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA
Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana
By Ken Kimmelman
BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS
Out of control
By Bellopropello
BEST INDIE FILMMAKER 2026, BEST VISIONARY CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST SOUND DESIGNER (Category: Animated Short Film)
The Duchess
By C. Arnold Curry
BEST DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Drama), BEST EDTING, BEST ACTING (Category: International Drama)
The Dead Ringer
By Suzanne Lutas
BEST SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL VISIONARY SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT
Staycation
By Russell Emanuel
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST EDITING (Category: Narrative Feature)
Your Father, who sees in secret
By Danilo Del Tufo
BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST VISIONARY MOVIEMAKER OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE PRODUCER
Whispers of Montana
By Michelle Lynn
BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER
Behind The Algorithm
By Michelle Lynn
BEST SUSPENSE & BEST WRITING STYLE 2026
Strawberries & Cream
By Michelle Lynn
BEST AMERICAN SONG 2026 & BEST INDIE SONG WRITER
An Ever After Drama
By Michelle Lynn
BESTINTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST, BEST COSTUME DESIGNER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category; Short Film)
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
The Mongrel
By Lynn Elliott
BEST SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Television Script)
Not Without Gloves
By Lena Mattsson
BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM
The Rorschach Test
By Lena Mattsson
BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Arthouse Short) & BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER
The Aesthetics of Failure
By Lena Mattsson
BEST ART FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER & BEST EDITING
Doctor Hyphoteses
By Vicentini Gomez
BEST COMEDIAN 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATIC VISION
The Pathos of Hamlet
By Sean Gregory Tansey
BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING & BEST VIDEO POETRY
The Stones of Rome
By Sean Gregory Tansey
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE ACTOR & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM 2026
Precious the baby dragon
By Dr Dawn Menge
BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK, BEST FANTASY MANUSCRIPT, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS BOOK & BEST WRITER 2026


Hope is Not a Black and White Rainbow
By Harold Brown
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER 2026
Meet Me on a Rock
By Marie Bryan
BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Narrative Short)
OSKÄR
By Ariel Orama López (AG Orloz)
BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM, BEST EDITING, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER & BEST INDIE PRODUCER
America Boxed In
By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams
BEST AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER, BEST PRODUCER & BEST ORIGINAL EDITOR
Thankful
By Earnest Diaz
BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Screenplay) & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER
Staycation
By Russell Emanuel
BEST PICTURE, BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CAST & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
The Armchair Travelkers
By Patricia Planck
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST WRITING STYLE & BEST GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT
In 2 Minds
By Fabia Cerra
BEST BOOK/MANUSCRIPT 2026, BEST WRTING STYLE & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER (Category: Book)
Novice
By Vincenzo Amoruso
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST INDIE ART SHORT FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING
Am I a painter?/Czy jestem malarzem?
By Michał Kucharski
BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATION, BEST GLOBAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM & BEST DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
My Father Moves Mountains
By Andria Litto
BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER (Category: Doc) & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING
Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana
By Ken Kimmelman
BEST INSIRATIONAL SHORT FILM, BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2025 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD
By Dianne Lang
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER (Category: International Documentary Short), BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST CINEMATIC VISION & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING (Category: Documentary Short)
Strawberries & Cream
By Michelle Lynn
BEST SONG WRITER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SONG 2026
Tramóia
By Gleison Castro
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT 2026
Whispers of Montana
By Michelle Lynn
BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE & BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT
An Ever After Drama
By Michelle Lynn
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST CAST, BEST EDITING & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category; Short Film)
Whispers of Love
By Michelle Lynn
BEST ROMANCE SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER
Behind The Algorithm
By Michelle Lynn
BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS & BEST AMERICAN INDIE WRITER
Pretty Little Lucy
By David Williamson
BEST THRILLER SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING & BEST GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT
Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana
By Ken Kimmelman
BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ORIGINAL PRODUCER & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHER
Your Father, who sees in secret
By Danilo Del Tufo
BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM, BEST EXPERIMENTAL STORYTELLING & BEST EDITING
Tipping Point
By L. Scooter Morris
BEST VIDEO POETRY 2026, BEST SOUND DESIGNER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Super Short Film) & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SUPER SHORT FILM 2026
Un posto sicuro
By Monica Bartolucci
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE HORROR 2026
The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers
By Vivian Tsang
BEST GLOBAL YOUNG DIRECTOR 2026, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST INDIE FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY 2026 & BEST EDITING (Category: Documentary)
American Money
By Timothy A McGhee
BEST AMERICAN SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST CHARACTERS & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER
Alta California
By Lynn Elliott
BEST WRITER 2026, BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script)
The Mongrel
By Lynn Elliott
BEST INTERNATIONAL PILOT TV & ORIGINAL TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026
Pirandello’s Wife
By Lynn Elliott
BEST ARTHOUSE INDIE SCREENPLAY, BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA
The Cassandra Venice Project
By Hugo Teugels
BEST PRODUCER 2026, BEST EUROPEAN INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST COSTUME DESIGNER
The Duchess
By C. Arnold Curry
BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER (Category: Drama) BEST ACTING & BEST CASTING DIRECTOR (Category: International Drama)
Not Without Gloves
By Lena Mattsson
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER & BEST EUROPEAN PRODUCER
The Aesthetics of Failure
By Lena Mattsson
BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST ARTHOUSE ACTRESS
The Rorschach Test
By Lena Mattsson
BEST INTERNATIONAL EDITING (Category: Experimental Film), BEST ART FILM & BEST DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
The Dead Ringer
By Suzanne Lutas
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL WRITER 2026 (Category: International Feature Script), BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE
Non dimenticare il poeta
By Fabrizio Fuochi
BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST ORIGINAL SONG & BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER (Category: Music Video)
Disclosure from a Cloakroom
By Carol Dorn
BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026
Angelena: Change The World
By Angelena Bonet
BEST INDIE DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Arthouse Documentary)


Mix Art Clic & Drippin
By Sylvie Kay
BEST INTERNATIONAL DANCE MOVIE 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SOUND DESIGNER, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST ARTHOUSE EDITOR (Category: Dance Movie)
Tipping Point
By L. Scooter Morris
BEST VIDEO POETRY 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SUPER SHORT FILM, BEST EDITING, BEST PRODUCER & BEST SOCIAL SHORT FILM
Esperándote
By Jesus Schettino
BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INTERNATONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026
Bad Influence/ Mauvaise Influence
By Aurélie Latona
BEST SUPER SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR & BEST EDTING (Category: Super Short Film)
Pretty Little Lucy
By David Williamson
BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR, BEST WRITER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA
Serenity
By AnayaMusic Kunst
BEST GLOBAL MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST VOICE OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG
Hito
By Danilo Del Tufo
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EUROPEAN FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA
Your Father, who sees in secret
By Danilo Del Tufo
BEST POETRY FILM & BEST EUROPEAN VISIONARY MOVIEMAKER
Potato Family
By Lori Hamilton
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST GLOBAL DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Animation)
Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD
By Dianne Lang
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST INDIE PRODUCER & BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary)
American Money
By Timothy A McGhee
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER
Virulence
By Christopher Pennington
BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Indie Screenplay), BEST GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE
Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana
By Ken Kimmelman
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE PRODUCER
The Novice
By Vincenzo Amoruso
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SHORT FILM
Staycation
By Russell Emanuel
BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ARTHOSUE NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA
The Stones of Rome
By Sean Gregory Tansey
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE ACTOR 2026 & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTER 2026 (Category: Indie Experimental Short Film)
The Pathos of Hamlet
By Sean Gregory Tansey
BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING, BEST INDIE ART FILM & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM
Pirandello’s Wife
By Lynn Elliott
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITER (Category: Drama Script)
Alta California
By Lynn Elliott
BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER
Borderline Justice
By Lynn Elliott
BEST INDIE WRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Feature Script)
The New Immigrants- Hong Kongers
By Vivian Tsang
BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST INDIE FIRST TIME DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL CAMERA OPERATOR
Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)
By Carla Di Bonito
BEST ARTHOUSE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA
Cabaret Cuba
By Madeleine Duba
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DOCUMENTARY 2026

