Category: Senza categoria

Meet Me on a Rock

By Marie Bryan

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST CAST & BEST SOUNDTRACK (Category: Narrative Short)

Hope is Not a Black and White Rainbow

By Harold Brown

BEST INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SCRIPT, BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE & BEST UNIVERSAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER 2026

Esperándote

By Jesus Schettino

BEST FIRST TIME VISIONARY DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: International First Time Director)

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST THRILLER SCRIP OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL STORY

Unpromised Land

By Damiano Rossi

BEST EUROPEAN VISUAL ARTIST 2026, BEST UNIVERSAL STORYTELLER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Global Experimental Film)

Vertigo Mix Art Clic Drippin

By Sylvie Kay

BEST INTERNATIONAL DANCER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL DANCE MOVIE & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SOUND

Riding on Duke’s Train

By Ken Kimmelman – Based on a book by Mick Carlon

BEST ARTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST AMERICAN STORYTELLER, BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO POETRY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST UNIVERSAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR (Category: International Documentary Short), BEST ORIGINAL EDITOR & BEST STORYTELLER (Category: Indie Documentary Short)

The James Crow Hotel

By Terri Battee

BEST UNIVERSAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST GLOBAL THRILLER SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

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

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Book), BEST UNIVERSAL FANTASY BOOK & BEST VISIONARY WRITER OF THE YEAR

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ACTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST UNIVERSAL ACTING & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ARTHOUSE ACTING

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

BEST UNIVERSAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST HISTORICAL ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY & BEST DIRECTORS (Category: Global Documentary Feature)

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST INSPIRATIONAL ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER (Category: Experimental Film), BEST UNIVERSAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE STORYTELLER

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST UNIVERSAL YOUNG DIRECTOR 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING (Category: International Short Documentary) & BEST INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT  

Storia di una Mistress

By Ciro Tomaiuoli – Produced by Monica Bartolucci

BEST EUROPEAN INDIE FILM 2026, BEST INDIE PRODUCTIONAL COMPANY & BEST CASTING DIRECTOR

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST VISUAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR, BEST INDIE SUPER SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE ORIGINAL STORYTELLER 2026 

In 2 Minds

By Fabia Cerra

BEST ARTHOUSE WRITING STYLE, BEST INDIE WRITER 2026 & BEST GLOBAL INDIE STORY 2026

Heaven

By AnayaMusic Kunst

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST UNIVERSAL SONG 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SINGER OF THE YEAR

Plandemic: Tribunal

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST INTERNATIONAL CRIME SCRIPT, BEST UNIVERSAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE (Category: International Screenwriter)

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST UNIVERSAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Global Narrative Feature), BEST SCREENWRITER, BEST SOUNDTRACK, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY, BEST SOUND DESIGNER, BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLER, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INTERNATIONAL EDITOR (Category: International Indie Film)

Bad Influence/ Mauvaise Influence

By Aurélie Latona

BEST VIDEO POETRY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR, BEST INSPIRATIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR (Category: International Arthouse Super Short Film)

Ashes of Freedom

By Daniel Arreola

BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST GLOABAL WRITER, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST EXPERIMENTAL THRILLER SCRIPT, BEST ORIGINAL WRITER & BEST GLOBAL WRITING STYLE

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST UNIVERSAL DIRECTOR (Category: Short Film), BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST STORYTELLER 2026, BEST ACTRESS 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT OF THE YEAR (Category: Narrative Short) & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Short Film)

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

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

Whispers of Love

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ARTHOUSE ROMANCE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BESTUNIVERSAL ARTHOUSE ACTOR 2026 & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST GLOBAL ORIGINAL ACTING, BEST INDIE POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL STORYTELLER

The Boy Who Earned His Magic

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN BOOK 2026

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST GLOBAL ARTHOUSE WRITER & BEST INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST SOCIAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SCRIPT & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER

Drawn Home

By Camy De Mario

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR & BEST EDITING (Category: International Animation)

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

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

Michelangelo and Me and da Vinci and me opener

By Colleen Fuglaar

BEST ORIGINAL FANTASY SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2026

Polymers Among Us
By Conrad J. Storad, illustrated by Jeff Yesh, and published by Story Monsters® Press
BEST ORIGINAL WRITER 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE CHILDREN’S STEM BOOK

Harkey’s Animal Tales Series:
The Great Animal Escape
The Case of the Missing Pink Piggy
Desert Friends (Second Edition)
By Linda Harkey and published by Story Monsters® Press
BEST INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S BOOK SERIES 2026

The Singing Detective “Who Killed Lex”

By Gary St. Martin

BEST GLOBAL TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Pilot TV) & BEST ORIGINAL THRILLER (Category: International Television Script)

Primordial

By Nana Papadaki

BEST INDIE EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Experimental)

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST GLOBAL ACTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST ARTHOUSE ORIGINAL ACTING & BEST VISIONARY INDIE SHORT FILM 2026

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE YOUNG DIRECTOR, BEST GLOBAL ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL YOUNG STORYTELLER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

La Hacienda

By Patricia Fox

BEST GLOBAL HORROR SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE, BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER (Category: Indie Horror)

The Green Mill: A Real Chicago Joint

By Paul Carr

BEST ARTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST STORYTELLER, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING (Category: Global Documentary)

Unpromised Land

By Damiano Rossi

BEST GLOBAL INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE INDIE STORYTELLER (Category: Experimental)

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Indie Feature Script) BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST NEW CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Indie Screenplay 2026)

Vertigo Mix Art Clic Drippin

By Sylvie Kay

BEST GLOBAL DANCE MOVIE OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHER 2026 & BEST SOUND

Sensus Mori

By Sydney Rincón

BEST INDIE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST GLOBAL FILMMAKER, BEST SCREENWRITER, BEST CAST & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Indie Narrative Short Film)

Esperándote

By Jesus Schettino

BEST GLOBAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR, BEST NEW CINEMATIC VISION & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLER 2026

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST ARTHOUSE BOOK/MANUSCRIPT 2026, BEST VISIONARY WRITER 2026 & BEST GLOBAL FANTASY BOOK

Bad Influence/ Mauvaise Influence

By Aurélie Latona

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO POETRY & BEST ARTHOUSE GLOBAL EDITING (Category: Inspirational Super Short Film)

The Armchair Travellers

By Patricia Planck

BEST FANTASY FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST WRITER, BEST STORYTELLER, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: Fantasy Script)

The James Crow Hotel

By Terri Battee

BEST INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLER 2026 (Category: Crime Fiction), BEST GLOBAL THRILLER SCRIPT & BEST GLOBAL SCREENWRITER (Category: Thriller)

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST UNIVERSAL  BOOK/MANUSCRIPT 2026, BEST GLOBAL STORYTELLER & BEST WRITING STYLER OF THE YEAR (Category: Book/Manuscript)

Out of State-A Gothic Romance

By Victoria Bugbee

BEST INDIE FILM 2026, BEST ROMANCE NARRATIVE FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: American Narrative Feature)

Cock Robin

By Frances Barth

BEST GLOBAL COMEDY 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Comedy) & BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Comedy)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER (Category: Original Screenplay)

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Drama), BEST EDTING, BEST ACTING (Category: International Drama)

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM, BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Experimental)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST ARTHOUSE GLOBAL SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

The Love That Will Be

By Stephen Kelly

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR (Category: Arthouse Experimental Film), BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Experimental)

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST DIRECTOR (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE), BEST CAST, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST SOUND DESIGNER, BEST INDIE PRODUCER, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

In 2 Minds

By Fabia Maria Cerra

BEST GLOBAL BOOK OF THE YEAR, BEST GLOBAL INDIE WRITER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING

Whispers of Paris

By Michelle Lynn

BEST GLOBAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE WRITER (Category: Drama Script)

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST GLOBAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ACTRESS OF THE YEAR, BEST GLOBAL SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST SOUNDTRACK, BEST MAKE-UP ARTIST, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Whispers of Montana

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS (Category: Global Feature Script)

Wildflowers and Honey

By Michelle Lynn

BEST GLOBAL SONG WRITER OF THE YEAR

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST FILMMAKERS & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING DIRECTOR (Category: Global Arthouse Documentary)

Not Fore Long

By Patricia Marshall

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS (Category: Global Feature Script)

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST INTERNATIONAL ART SHORT FILM, BEST GLOBAL SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING (Category: Super Short Film)   

Borderline Justice

By Lynn Elliott

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

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST GLOBAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST HISTORICAL SCRIPT

The Beauty in a Restless Mind

By Lena Mattsson

BEST GLOBAL EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR, BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 2026

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST EDITING

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INDIE EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLER 2026

The Cassandra Venice Project

By Hugo Teugels

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Arthouse Video Project), BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

Ashes of Freedom

By Daniel Arreola

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST NEW CINEMATIC STYLE (Category: Global Screenplay) & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Medea

By Andronica Marquis

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

Hito

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EXPERIMENTAL INDIE SHORT FILM

Codename: Matilda

By Rebecca Robinson

BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Arthouse Feature Script)

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST GLOBAL SCREENWRITER (Category: Drama Script), BEST STORYTELLING & BEST ARTHOUSE VISIONARY DRAMA 2026

Le café de mes souvenirs

By Valto Baltzar

BEST EUROPEAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SCREENWRITER

Unpromised Land

By Damiano Rossi

BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL WRITER 2026, BEST VISIONARY INDIE FILMMAKER (Category: Experimental Film) & BEST SOUND

Drawn Home

By Camy De Mario

BEST AMERICAN ORIGINAL WRITER (Category: Animated Short Film), BEST STORYTELLER & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS ANIMATED SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR

The Green Mill: A Real Chicago Joint

By Paul Carr

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE WRITER (Category: International Arthouse Documentary), BEST EDITING & BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER  

The Spiritualization of Jeff Boyd

By Uwe Schwarzwalder

BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE FILM, BEST GLOBAL WRITER (Category: Narrative Feature) BEST DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL STORY, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR, BEST SOUNDTRACK & BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST FANTASY BOOK OF THE YEAR, BEST GLOBAL WRITER & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST STORYTELLING (Category: Indie Documentary), BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST GLOBAL EDITOR, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Documentary) & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST UNIVERSAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST VISIONARY THRILLER 2026, BEST SUSPENSE & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST UNIVERSAL VIDEO POETRY 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL MOVIEMAKER

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

Master Heist – A True Christmas Fiction

By Kai Fischer

BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER, BEST UNIVERSAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026

Attorney Potapov Handles a Divorce

By Nadin Black

BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: Short Script)

Stalker Hair Twirl

By Faye Fayerman

BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL MOVIEMAKER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

In 2 Minds

By Fabia Maria Cerra

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE BOOK, BEST UNIVERSAL WRITER 2026 & BEST VISIONARY IDEA

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

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

The Revenge Club

By Marla Eaton

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

The James Crow Hotel

By Terri Battee

BEST GLOBAL THRILLER OF THE YEAR, BEST CRIME SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL VISIONARY WRITER 2026

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST INSPIRATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: Experimental)

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST GLOGAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script)

La Hacienda

By Patricia Fox

BEST HORROR SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE WRITER OF THE YEAR, BEST VISIONARY FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 2026

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST GLOBAL EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2026, BEST ART FILM, BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING (Category: Super Short Film) & BEST SPIRUTUAL SHORT FILM

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST UNIVERSAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST WRING STYLE (Category: Feature Script)

Doctor Hypotheses 2 – The Breakdown

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST VISIONARY SCREENPLAY & BEST INDIE WRITER 2026

Hope is Not a Black and White Rainbow

By Harold Brown

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS SCRIPT & BEST GLOBAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

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

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST SOCIAL SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST UNIVERSAL HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER 2026

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INDIE DRAMA SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST SOCIAL FEATURE SCRIPT

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

By Lynn Elliott

BEST GLOBAL TELEVISION SCRIPT & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS (Category: Fantasy Script)

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE ACTOR & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FILMMAKER

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST HISTORICAL INDIE SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE ACTOR 2026

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE BOOK 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE AMERICAN WRITER

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST GLOBAL DRAMA SCRIPT 2026 & BEST UNIVERSAL INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: Social Drama Script)

Polymers Among Us

By Conrad J. Storad, Illustrated by Jeff Yesh, Published by Story Monsters Press

BEST ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATED BOOK 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING 2026

A Gift Of Love: Lessons Learned from My Work and Friendship with Mother Teresa — Tenth Anniversary Edition by Tony Cointreau

BEST HISTORICAL BOOK 2026

The Beloved Universe of Filmmaker

By Goran Ajtič

BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST EDITOR 2026

The Shadow Verse

By Anna Blackblum

BEST INDIE HORROR SCRIPT 2026