WINNERS – Lugano Film Forum 2026 – Stories Without Borders, Switzerland

The Green Mill: A Real Chicago Joint

By Paul Carr

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST EDITING (Category: Documentary)

On My Special Day

By Leilani Amour (aka) Nimfa Arenzana

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST PRODUCER (Category: Indie Narrative Short)

In 2 Minds

By Fabia Cerra

BEST GLOBAL BOOK 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE WRITER 2026 (Category: International Book/Manuscript)

The Spiritualization of Jeff Boyd

By Uwe Schwarzwalder

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST CAST, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST SOUNDTRACK

From Shattered to Strong: A Long Way Forward

By Darrelle Radcliff

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Feature Script) & BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Hope is Not a Black and White Rainbow

By Harold Brown

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST SOCIAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATC VISION (Category: Global Feature Script) & BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Lacrime di Vento

By Damiano Rossi

BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO POETRY 2026 & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FILM PROJECT OF THE YEAR

Heaven

By AnayaMusic Kunst

BEST GLOBAL MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST ORIGINAL VOICE & BEST EDITING (Category: Music Video)

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST FAIRY TALE OF THE YEAR, BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Book) & BEST INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S BOOK 2026

A Tale Of Two Tailes

By Camy De Mario

BEST ANIMATION, BEST SOUND, BEST ORIGONAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Animation)

Stalker Hair Twirl

By Faye Fayerman

BEST EDITING, BEST PRODUCER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: International Experimental Film 2026)

Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ACTOR 2026 & BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM

Not Fore Long

By Patricia Marshall

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST WRITING STYLE & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST VISIONARY FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

The Parables: Vol 1 Good – Mecca – Hi

By Monte Albers de Leon

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE BOOK 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: Book/Manuscript)

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST SUSPENSE, BEST THRILLER (Category: Feature Script), BEST GLOBAL SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY

The Cassandra Venice Project

By Hugo Teugels

BEST CINEMATIC VISION 2026, BEST EUROPEAN INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL WRITER & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Emergency Musical Response: Part 1 – Journey to Netherworld

By Cosmo Swevens & Sol Solaris

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE MUSICAL 2026, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST VISIONARY ACTOR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDTING & BEST VIDEO POETRY

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM 2026

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST ORIGINAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM, BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: Indie Experimental Film)

Disclosure from a Cloakroom

By Carol Dorn

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST GLOBAL SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: International Screenplay)

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST ARTHOUSE ANIMATION, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Animated Short Film) & BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM 2026

Non dimenticare il poeta

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST ORIGINAL SONG WRITER, BEST FILMMAKER (Category: International Music Video), BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST EUROPEAN INDIE PRODUCER (Category: Music Video)

 Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Super Short Film), BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST SOCIAL SHORT FILM & BEST INDIE PRODUCER 2026

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST ORIGINAL FILM 2026, BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: International Screenplay), BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST CAST, BEST SOUNDTRACK & BEST STORYTELLING (Category: Narrative Feature)

Ashes of Freedom

By Daniel Arreola

BEST SOCIAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST GLOBAL WRITER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION 2026 (Category: Indie Screenplay)

The Beauty in a Restless Mind

By Lena Mattsson

BEST DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Poetry Short Film), BEST GLOBAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHY

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST GLOBAL SCREENWRITER

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST DRAMA 2026, BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INDIE WRITER

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026

Bad Influence/ Mauvaise Influence

By Aurélie Latona

BEST SUPER SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST EUROPEAN PRODUCER, BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Super Short Film)

Medea

By Andronica Marquis

BEST INDIE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER (Category: Narrative Short film), BEST EDITING (Category: Narrative Short Film) & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT 2026

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Documentary), BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING & BEST EDITING 

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DRAMA 2026, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST ACTOR, BEST ACTRESS & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: International Drama)

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTING, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL COMEDIAN

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST DRAMA SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: Drama)

Majokko Star

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EDITING, BEST FILMMAKER & BEST INDIE STORYTELLER (Category: Animated Short Film)

Naked Rose – Il Rosa Nudo

By Giovanni Coda

BEST ORIGINAL LGBTQ+ & BEST EUROPEAN FILMMAKER 2026

The Sixty-Minute Shakespeare

Series Adapted By Cass Foster, Professor Emeritus

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE 2026 (Category: International Series)

Harkey’s Animal Tales Series: * The Great Animal Escape * The Case of the Missing Pink Piggy * Desert Friends (Second Edition)

BEST INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S BOOK 2026

STORY MONSTERS® LITTLE READ-ALONGS™

Producer: Zachary R. Simpson

BEST AUDIOBOOK 2026 & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT 2026

Cate and the Garden Bandits: The Musical – Full Production

BEST INDIE EXPERIMENTAL MUSICAL 2026

WINNERS IFI FEST – International Film Institute 2026

From Shattered to Strong: A Long Way Forward

By Darrelle Radcliff

BEST VISIONARY FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Indie Feature Script)

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY & BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT

America Boxed In

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA, BEST PRODUCER & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Documentary Feature)

Primordial

By Nana Papadaki

BEST EUROPEAN ORIGINAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST INDIE EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST VIDEO POETRY

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR (Category: International Documentary Short), BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION & BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING (Category: Indie Documentary Short)

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE BOOK OF THE YEAR, BEST FANTASY BOOK & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER 2026

Not Fore Long

By Patricia Marshall

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Tramóia

By Gleison Castro

BEST ORIGINAL SHORT SCRIPT 2026, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATIC VISION (Category: International Short Script)

Bellatrix

By Jacek Krawczyk

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST PRODUCER (Category: Short Film) & BEST SOUNDTRACK

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ORIGINAL YOUNG ACTOR, BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING

Vertigo

By Sylvie Kay

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL ARTIST 2026, BEST ORIGINAL DANCE MOVIE 2026 & BEST INDIE FILMMAKER (Category: International Dance Film)

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: International Feature Script) & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

Plandemic: Tribunal

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST INDIE WRITER 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST THRILLER SCRIPT 2026

Hito

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Arthouse Short Film), BEST VISIONARY MOVIEMAKER OF THE YEAR & BEST EDITING (Category: Narrative Short Film)

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER 2026 (Category: Animation) & BEST INDIE PRODUCER (Category: Animation)

The James Crow Hotel

By Terri Battee

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: International Screenwriter) & BEST GLOBAL CRIME SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST STORYTELLING, BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EUROPEAN PRODUCER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR (Category: Experimental)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST INERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST YOUNG PRODUCER, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DOCUMENTARY

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST ART SHORT FILM 2026, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL STORYTELLER

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST ARTHOUSE FILM PRODUCER, BEST ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING

“Only You Can Save Her,” pilot teleplay of series THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGIC

By Lynn Elliott

BEST FANTASY SCRIPT 2026, BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT & BEST AMERICAN SCREENNWRITER 2026

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SCRIPT, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST HISTORICAL SCRIPT 2026

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST INTERNATIONAL THILLER SCRIPT 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DRAMA 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL CAST & BEST SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Drama)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST GLOBAL WRITER, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING, BEST ORIGINAL INDIE ACTOR & BEST POETIC SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SHORT FILM, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT

Ritratto temporale IV – Teresa

By Ilaria Pezone

BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER

WINNERS Worldwide Film, Music & Literature Festival in Bologna 2026

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST VISIONARY EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST INDIE CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR (Category: Experimental Film)

A Tale Of Two Tailes

By Camy De Mario

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM, BEST ARTHOUSE ANIMATION, BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Mercy

By Laura Calderini

BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER, BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT & BEST ARTHOUSE ORIGINAL IDEA 2026

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST AMARICAN WRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE BOOK OF THE YEAR

Rise of the Accenniri – Part I

By Charli Brown

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST VISIONARY SCREENPLAY & BEST AMERICAN WRITER 2026

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST GLOBAL FILMMAKER, BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST SOUNDTRACK

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY, BEST VISIONARY STORYTELLER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Vertigo

By Sylvie Kay

BEST INTERNATIONAL DANCE MOVIE 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER & BEST GLOBAL MUSIC VIDEO

Non dimenticare il poeta

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST EUROPEAN SONG 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SONG WRITER & BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC VIFEO OF THE YEAR

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Feature Script)

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST SOUNDTRACK. BEST CAST, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST ARTISTIC FILM OF YEAR, BEST EDITING, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL SUPER SHORT FILM

Michelangelo and Me + Da Vinci and Me opener – new version

By Colleen Fuglaar

BEST ARTHOUSE PILOT TV OF THE YEAR, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: Historical Television Script) & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST VISIONARY FIRST TIME FILMMAKER 2026, BEST YOUNG DIRECTOR & BEST EDITING (Category: Documentary)

The James Crow Hotel

By Terri Battee

BEST CRIME SCRIPT 2026, BEST SUSPENSE & BEST ARTHOUSE THRILLER SCRIPT 2026

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLER (Category: Documentary)

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST WRITER 2026 & BEST STORYTELLING

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary Feature), BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST SOUND & BEST ORIGINAL EDITOR

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE BOOK 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE AMERICAN WRITER

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST WRITING STYLE

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST GLOBAL ACTOR, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Documentary Feature)

The Beauty in a Restless Mind

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Global Cinematic Vision), BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM & BEST EDITING

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER (Category: European Artistic Film)

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST PRODUCER, BEST STORYTELLER & BEST VISIONARY ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Drama), BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE & BEST ORIGINAL ACTING (Category: International Drama)

Disclosure from a Cloakroom

By Carol Dorn

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE & BEST GLOBAL WRITER

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)

Plandemic: Tribunal

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

Hito

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER & BEST VISIONARY STORYTELLER

Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ORIGINAL ACTING, BEST ACTOR 2026 & POETRY SHORT FILM 2026

The Sixty-Minute Shakespeare

Series Adapted By Cass Foster, Professor Emeritus

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA & BEST ORIGINAL SERIES

Harkey’s Animal Tales Series: * The Great Animal Escape * The Case of the Missing Pink Piggy * Desert Friends

(Second Edition)

BEST INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S BOOK SERIES

10th Anniversary Edition — A Gift of Love: Lessons Learned Through a Lifetime of Friendship

By Tony Cointreau

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE WRITER 2026

Cate and the Garden Bandits: The Musical – Full Production

By Betsy Coffeen, published by Story Monsters Press

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL 2026, BEST PRODUCER & BEST ORIGINAL STORY OF THE YEAR