
Telluride – Special Event 2026




Our Brilliant Destruction
By Sarah Bitely
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SOUNDTRACK, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
Pretty Little Lucy
By David Williamson
BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026
The Blackest Lens
By Ricardo Fleshman
BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary Short) & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING
Sheldon Mashugana & The Fakakta Alien
By Dean Morgan
BEST AMERICAN ACTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY 2026
Ogni male vincerai
By Don Pasquale Ferone
BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG 2026 & BEST SPIRITUAL GUITARIST
Novice
By Vincenzo Amoruso
BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST VIDEO POETRY 2026
Vertigo
By Sylvie Kay
BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR (Category: Dance Film) BEST SOUND, BEST CINEMATIC VISION & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: International Dance Film)
Mikey Blue Eyes
By Stephen Kelly
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER (Category: Indie Short Script)
Colombano e la 21esima Fetta
By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti
BEST EUROPEAN FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER, BEST HISTORICAL FILM & BEST COSTUME DESIGNER
Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD
By Dianne Lang
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026 & BEST FILMMAKER OF HE YEAR (Category: International Documentary Short)
Tipping Point
By L. Scooter Morris
BEST ORIGINAL ART FILM, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: International Super Short Film)
American Money
By Timothy A McGhee
BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script)
Eyesolation
By Damiano Rossi
BEST ART SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST SOUND
Staycation
By Russell Emanuel
BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST DIRECTOR (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE), BEST CAST, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING
Doctor Hyphoteses
By Vicentini Gomez
BEST ACTING, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE
Precious the baby dragon
By Dr Dawn Menge
BEST BOOK/MANUSCRIPT 2026 & BEST FANTASY SCRIPT OF THE YEAR
Split Focus
By Cherie Carson
BEST DANCE MOVIE 2026 & BEST SOUND DESIGNER
Your Father, who sees in secret
By Danilo Del Tufo
BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM, BEST INDIE PRODUCER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
Walking With God
By Lois M. Banks
BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER
Alta California
By Lynn Elliott
BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER & BEST HISTORICAL SCRIPT
And We Were Left Darkling
By Lynn Elliott
BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026
Pirandello’s Wife
By Lynn Elliott
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DRAMA 2026 & BEST SCRIPT BASED ON A TRUE STORY
The Riddle Pact
By Zsolt Pozsgai
BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR, BEST CAST & BEST SOUNDTRACK
The Dead Ringer
By Suzanne Lutas
BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE WRITER
Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana
By Ken Kimmelman
BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR
Freedoms Under Assault
By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST EDITING, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Documentary)
The Duchess
By C. Arnold Curry
BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA





TV Man
By Leonardo Valenti
BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA
Asherah’s Colors
By Gary Mazeffa
BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST CAST, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Short Film)
Cock Robin
By Frances Barth
BEST ORIGINAL COMEDY, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Comedy)
Pretty Little Lucy
By David Williamson
BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING SYLE (Category: Feature Script)
Ogni male vincerai
By Don Pasquale Ferone
BEST EUROPEAN MUSIC VIDEO, BEST SOCIAL SONG & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SINGER
The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers
By Vivian Tsang
BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Documentary), BEST DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING & BEST EDITING
Novice
By Vincenzo Amoruso
BEST ORIGINAL YOUNG ACTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM
Absence (v. 2)
By Jean Detheux
BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT 2026
Colombano & La 21esima Fetta
By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti
BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2026, BEST HISTORICAL FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY & BEST ACTING
Bellatrix
By Jacek Krawczyk
BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST MOVIEMAKER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: International Short film)
Out of Control
By Bellopropello
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER & BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM
Love is a Lonely Hunter
By Graciela Cassel
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Short Film)
Staycation
By Russell Emanuel
BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CAST & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING
Heaven
By AnayaMusic
BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST ORIGINAL SINGER 2026 & BEST SOUND (Category: International Music Video)
Noise
By R. Scott MacLeay
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST PRODUCER
Doctor Hyphoteses
By Vicentini Gomez
BEST SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA
The Dead Ringer
By Suzanne Lutas
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE WRITER 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR
Lacrime di vento
By Damiano Rossi
BEST ORIGINAL ART FILM, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST EDUCATIONAL SHORT FILM
American Money
By Timothy A McGhee
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER
The Aesthetics of Failure
By Lena Mattsson
BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY 2026 (Category: Experimental), BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER
Not Without Gloves
By Lena Mattsson
BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM, BEST SPRITUAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST VIDEO POETRY
The Rorschach Test
By Lena Mattsson
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER & BEST ACTRESS
Tramóia
By Gleison Castro
BEST WRITING STYLE & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY SHORT
Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)
By Carla Di Bonito
BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS
Your Father, who sees in secret
By Danilo Del Tufo
BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST EUROPEAN PRODUCER, BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATIC VISION & BEST EDITING
Precious the baby dragon
By Dawn Menge
BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INDIE WRITER
The Stones of Rome
By Sean Gregory Tansey
BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM 2026
The Pathos of Hamlet
By Sean Gregory Tansey
BEST ORIGINAL ACTOR, BEST ART FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL INDIE SHORT
My Hollywood Circus
By Roger Paradiso
BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Book), BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE BOOK 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER
63Geminorum
By Laura Calderini
BEST EUROPEAN SHORT SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITER (Category: Arthouse Short Script)
“Only You Can Save Her,” pilot teleplay of series THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGIC
By Lynn Elliott
BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026
Alta California
By Lynn Elliott
BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST WRITING STYLE
Pirandello’s Wife
By Lynn Elliott
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA
Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana
By Ken Kimmelman
BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST PRODUCER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
The Duchess
By C. Arnold Curry
BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Drama), BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA
The Harmony Saga & Movement I – Disciple: Episode I of The Harmony Saga
By Timothy Brad Reinhold
BEST ORIGINAL SCRIPT & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION


The Giant
By Kevin B Ploth
BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERBATIONAL INDIE WRITER
Christmas On Earth
By Janja Rakuš
BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHY
Doctor Hyphoteses
By Vicentini Gomez
BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR
Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD
By Dianne Lang
BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER, BEST EDTING, BEST INDIE PRODUCER (Category: Documentary Short)
Belles paroles
By Mohamed Ouaddah
BEST HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA
The Armchair Travellers
By Patricia Planck
BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER
Tipping Point
By L. Scooter Morris
BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Art Film) & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
Maxwell
By Derek Martin
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & CASTING DIRECTOR
Ogni male vincerai
By Don Pasquale Ferone
BEST EUROPEAN SONG 2026, BEST SOCIAL SONG WRITER & BEST ARTHOUSE SINGER
The Stones of Rome
By Sean Gregory Tansey
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR 2026 & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM
The Pathos of Hamlet
By Sean Gregory Tansey
BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL ACTING, BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR
Looking for inspiration – Poszukiwanie inspiracji
By Michał Kucharski
BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM & BEST MOVIEMAKER (Category: Animation)
The Adventures of Rex and Daisy: Henry Does His Best
By Stephen Kelly
BEST EDUCATIONAL FILM 2026
Pints With Kelly
By Stephen Kelly
BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE & BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Documentary)
NeverWere: a Lycan Love Story
By Chris Ross Leong
BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS
Love is a Lonely Hunter
By Graciela Cassel
BEST INDIE SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT
The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers
By Vivian Tsang
BEST FIRST TIME FILMMAKER 2026, BEST YOUNG DIRECTOR & BEST EDITING (Category: Documentary)
Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana
By Ken Kimmelman
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST INSPIRATIONAL FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dancing with Spies @Goddess – novel
By Francis Billingsley
BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER
Non dimenticare il poeta
By Fabrizio Fuochi
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC VIDEO 2026 & BEST FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR (Category: Music Video)
Pretty Little Lucy
By David Williamson
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST THRILLER, BEST GLOBAL SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA
I Waited for You
By Jennifer Glee
BEST CINEMATIC VISION, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING
Freedoms Under Assault
By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove
BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST PRODUCER & BEST SOUND DESIGNER (Category: Indie Documentary Feature)
The Dead Ringer
By Suzanne Lutas
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST GLOBAL WRITER OF THE YEAR
Eyesolation
By Damiano Rossi
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR
Staycation
By Russell Emanuel
BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE), BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING, BEST CAST (Category: Film) & BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY
The Duchess
By C. Arnold Curry
BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA 2026, BEST CAST & BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: Drama)
American Money
By Timothy A McGhee
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST SOCIAL SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER
The Harmony Saga & Movement I – Disciple: Episode I of The Harmony Saga
By Timothy Brad Reinhold
BEST ORIGINAL SCRIPT & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION
Out of control
By Bellopropello
BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATION & BEST INDIE FILMMAKER
The Aesthetics of Failure
By Lena Mattsson
BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY 2026 (Category: Experimental), BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR, BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER
Not Without Gloves
By Lena Mattsson
BEST SPRITUAL PROJECT 2026 & BEST VIDEO POETRY
The Rorschach Test
By Lena Mattsson
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM
Your Father, who sees in secret
By Danilo Del Tufo
BEST INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST INDIE PRODUCER
When Cassandra Venice speaks
By Hugo Teugels
BEST INSPIRATIONAL MOVIEMAKER 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATIC VISION
Alta California
By Lynn Elliott
BEST GLOBAL SCREENWRITER 2026, HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER
Pirandello’s Wife
By Lynn Elliott
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA
Floating Eyes
By Daniel Arreola
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT
Cherished Viciousness
By Daniel Arreola
BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATIC VISION, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER 2026
Ashes of Freedom
By Daniel Arreola
BEST HUMAN RIGHTS INDIE SCRIPT
Case of Choice
By Daniel Arreola
BEST WRITING STYLE OF THE YEAR (Category: Short Script)
It’s the Gravy
By Cherie Kerr
BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY 2026