WINNERS Route 66 Film Critics Circle Awards 2026

Mikey Blue Eyes

By Stephen Kelly

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS (Category: Short Script)

Tomorrow’s Dream

By Justin Gizzi

BEST GLOBAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER

Christmas Card

By Kel Owens

BEST INDIE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR (Category: International Narrative Short), BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST CAST & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

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

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY, BEST ARTHOUSE VISIONARY SCREENWRITER, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

Not Fore Long

By Patricia Marshall

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DRAMA SCRIPT, BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER (Category: Drama)

King David during Covid

By Francis Billingsley

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL DRAMA 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION

A Tale Of Two Tails

By Camy De Mario

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER, BEST ORIGINAL STORY & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST GLOBAL WRITER

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL MOVIEMAKER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Split Focus

By Cherie Carson

BEST DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (Category: Dance Movie), BEST DANCE MOVIE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE PRODUCER

Plandemic: Tribunal

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE WRITING STYLE 2026, BEST ORIGINAL THRILLER & BEST ORIGINAL HUMAN RIGHTS SCRIPT 2026

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST SPIRTUAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR (Category: POETRY FILM) & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER

Pounding Pavements

By Jeremy & Christine Stork

BEST ORIGINAL SONG 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE SONG WRITER

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST UNIVERSAL ACTING & BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ACTOR 2026

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST STORYTELLING (Category: Screenplay)

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INSPIRATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST SOCIAL SHORT SCRIPT

Hito

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INDIE ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST VISIONARY SHORT FILM 2026

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

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

The James Crow Hotel

By Terri Battee

BEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR, BEST CRIME SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE CINEMATIC VISION

Master Heist – A True Christmas Fiction

By Kai Fischer

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS, BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE WRITER & BEST VISIONARY WRITING STYLE 2026

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST SOUND DESIGNER, BEST EDITING & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category; Short Film)

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST VISIONARY INDIE WRITER  

Whispers of Love

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ROMANCE SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER

Lucky in Long Island

By Michelle Lynn

BEST SONG WRITER 2026 & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATIC VISION, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER (Category: Experimental)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

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

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTING & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Experimental Short Film), BEST INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT 2026

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL VISIONARY SCREENWRITER 2026

Scachs d’Amor

By Daniel Arreola

BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT SCRIPT 2026 & BEST CINEMATIC VISION

Ashes of Freedom

By Daniel Arreola

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCRIPT 2026, BEST INDIE WRITER, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA 2026

In 2 Minds

By Fabia Maria Cerra

BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE (Category: International Indie Book)

My heads f*cked

By Fabia Maria Cerra

BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE SCRIPT 2026

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR, BEST SOUNDTACK, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST STORYTELLING

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLER (Category: Drama), BEST STORYTELLING & BEST ORIGINAL ACTING (Category: International Drama)

What Kind of Day

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: International Arthouse Drama)

The Beauty in a Restless Mind

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST EUROPEAN INDIE MOVIEMAKER

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INDIE EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM & BEST VISIONARY EDITOR

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST ART FILM 2026

Christmas On Earth

By Janja Rakuš

BEST INTERNATIONAL VISIONARY DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST SOUND & BEST ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL FILM

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST GLOBAL FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR, INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST INDIE PRODUCER & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING (Category: Documentary)

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DOCUMENTARY

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST UNIVERSAL COMEDIAN 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST INTERNATIONAL HISTORICAL FILM 2026, BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE MOVIEMAKER

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST WRITER 2026 INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST HISTORICAL SCRIPT

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST SOCIAL SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Television Script)

Uncle Franco’s Birthday Suit

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SCREENWRITER

Mercy

By Laura Calderini

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

Ritratto temporale IV – Teresa

By Ilaria Pezone

BEST EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY SHORT OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL GLOBAL FILMMAKER 2026

WINNERS Indie Golden Globes Summer Edition 2026

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CAST, BEST SOUNDTACK, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INDIE PRODUCTION COMPANY (Category: Film)

Tomorrow’s Dream

By Justin Gizzi

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

The Soft Core

By Justin Gizzi

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY & BEST VISIONARY WRITING STYLE

Love is a lonely Hunter

By Graciela Cassel

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM

A Tale Of Two Tailes

By Camy De Mario

BEST FANTASY, BEST GLOBAL FILMMAKER, BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL STORY 2026

Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST GLOBAL YOUNG ACTOR, BEST EUROPEAN POETRY SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST VISIONARY CINEMATOGRAPHER

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST CHILDREN BOOK 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE BOOK 2026, BEST VISIONARY WRITER

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INDIE WRITER

Plandemic: Tribunal

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL THRILLER & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER 2026

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST MOVIEMAKER 2026 (Category: Inspirational/Experimental Film), BEST SOUND & BEST VISIONARY CINEMATOGRAPHER

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER, BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026 & BEST EDITING (Category: Documentary)

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE PROJECT (Category: Animation), BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST VISIONARY MOVIEMAKER (Category: Animation) & BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

Scachs d’Amor

By Daniel Arreola

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER & BEST WRTING STYLE OF THE YEAR

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST ACTING, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Actor/Screenwriter)

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST GLOBAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT OF THE YEAR, BEST WRITING STYLE, BEST SOUNDTRACK & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS

Whispers of Love

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ROMANCE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST ORIGINAL SUSPENSE, BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE THRILLER SCRIPT & BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER 2026

Stalker Hair Twirl

By Faye Fayerman

BEST VISIONARY INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL STORYTELLING & BEST ORIGINAL STORY

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS, BEST INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST SOCIAL SCREENPLAY

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST HISTORICAL SCRIPT

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Documentary), BEST DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EDITING 

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST VISIONARY WRITER & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE

My heads f*cked

By Fabia Maria Cerra

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST VISIONARY INDIE SCRENNWRITER 2026

In 2 Minds

By Fabia Cerra

BEST ARHOUSE BOOK/MANUSCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL MOVIEMAKER (Category: Drama), BEST STORYTELLING & BEST ORIGINAL ACTING (Category: International Drama)

The Beauty in a Restless Mind

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL ART FILM 2026

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY 2026 (Category: Experimental), BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM & BEST EUROPEAN INDIE PRODUCER

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL POETRY SHORT 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST VIDEO POETRY

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING &  BEST FILMMAKER SCREENPLAY 2026

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING, BEST INDIE ART FILM & BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM 2026

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE ACTOR & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM 2026

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST INDIE BOOK 2026, BEST INDIE WRITING STYLE & BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE WRITER

WINNERS Asian Independent Press Film Grand Prize 2026

Secrets of the Forbidden City

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST VISIONARY SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST SOUND (Category: Super Short Film)

Amen-Amen-Amen: A Story of Our Times

By Tom Gallagher

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST DIRECTOR 2026,  BEST EDITING & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

Scachs d’Amor

By Daniel Arreola

BEST VISIONARY WRITER, BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Arthouse Short Script)

Urban Eats MTL

By Ioannis Koutroubis

BEST WEB/TV SERIES OF THE YEAR, BEST GLOBAL SCREENWRITER & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: International Web/TV Series)

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL ART FILM & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR 2026  

Cate and the Garden Bandits: The Musical

By Betsy Coffeen, published by Story Monsters Press

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL 2026, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST ORIGINAL STORY OF THE YEAR

Plandemic: Tribunal

By Chris Ross Leong

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

Vertigo

By Sylvie Kay

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO & BEST CHOREOGRAPHER 2026

Mix Art Clic

By Sylvie Kay

BEST GLOBAL MUSICAL SHORT 2026 & BEST EUROPEAN FILMMAKER

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST ORIGINAL CHARACTERS, BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST GLOBAL DRAMA 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY (Category: International Drama)

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR (Category: Global Feature Script), BEST SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORY

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST VISIONARY EDITING & BEST FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR (Category: International Documentary Short)

Disclosure from a Cloakroom

By Carol Dorn

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS & BEST GLOBAL SCREENWRITER

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST FANTASY (Category: Book), BEST FAIRY TALE OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER (Category: International Book)

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM, BEST POETRY SHORT FILM, BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR & BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM 2026

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ART FILM 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER, BEST ARTHOUSE EDITOR & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATIC VISION

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITER (Category: Drama Script)

Borderline Justice

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Feature Script)

Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST GLOBAL ACTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM & BEST ORIGINAL ACTING

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING, BEST INDIE PRODUCER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL VISIONARY WRITER 2026

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE), BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING, BEST ACTING, BEST SOUNDTRACK, BEST CAST (Category: Film) & BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST ORIGINAL EDITOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Documentary) & BEST ORIGINAL STORY

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR 2025, BEST ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST MAKE-UP ARTIST, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER 2026

The Silver Slipper Club

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG OF THE YEAR & BEST SONG WRITER 2026

Whispers of Love

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ROMANCE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING, BEST INDIE ART FILM 2026 & BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE ACTOR & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM 2026

Hito

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR 2026, BEST STORYTELLING & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT (Category: Animated Short Film)

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

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

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT 2026, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ART FILM 2026

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

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

Ritratto temporale IV – Teresa

By Ilaria Pezone

BEST EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026 & BEST GLOBAL INDIE DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary Short)