WINNERS – Special Event in PALM SPRINGS – 8 & Halfilm Awards 2026

Looking for inspiration / Poszukiwanie inspiracji

By Michał Kucharski

BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER

Split Focus

By Cherie Carson

BEST ORIGINAL DANCE MOVIE 2026, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST SOUND, BEST EDITING & BEST PRODUCER (Category: Dance Movie)

Phantom and Percepter

By AJ Bucci

BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST SOUNDRACK & BEST CASTING DIRECTOR

Sheldon Mashugana gets stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY, BEST ORIGINAL ACTING & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: International Comedy)

Lambada The Dance Of Fate

By Kai Fischer

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT

A nest in My Heart

By Mira Kim

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE MOVIEMAKER 2026, BEST EDITING, BEST CINEMATIC VISION & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Experimental Film)

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL IDEA

Il tuo riparo

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN SONG OF THE YEAR & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SONG WRITER 2026

Alzati dal buio

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SINGER

Into LA Art Show 2

By Rick Meghiddo

BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026 & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Documentary Short)

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS BOOK 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INDIE WRITER

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST COSTUME DESIGNER, BEST ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: MUSIC VIDEO)

Uncle Franco’s Birthday Suit

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL STORY

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: Pilot TV)

Bellatrix

By Jacek Krawczyk

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST DIRECTOR IF THE YEAR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST SOUNDTRACK (Category: International Short film)

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER, BEST EDITING & BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY SHORT 

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA 2026, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR, BEST ACTOR, BEST ACTRESS (Category: International Drama)

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST ACTRESS, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST COSTUME DESIGN & BEST SCREENWRITER

The Green Mill

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Secrets of Montmartre

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST ROMANCE SCRIPT

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY 2026 & BEST DIRECTOR

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Spritual Film)

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR & INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: EXPERIMENTAL)

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Experimental) & BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST ANIMATION 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER, BEST EDITING & BEST SOUND DESIGNER (Category: Animated Short Film)

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITOR (Category: VIDEO POETRY) & BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST ORIGINAL STORY & BEST WRITING STYLE

Katabasis

By Samantha Casella

BEST INDIE FILM 2026, BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER

Action 8

By Maximillian Decker

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature)

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR, BEST WRITING STYLE & BEST AMERICAN WRITER 2026

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORY

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST MOVIEMAKER & BEST INDIE EDITING

An adventure An Adventure of a Tiny Man and Gulliver

By Giorge Megrelishvili

BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER (Category: Indie Narrative Feature) 2026

WINNERS – Australian Oscar in Melbourne

Walking With God

By Lois M. Banks

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE PICTURE, BEST ARTHOUSE FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Film)

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY, BEST WRITING SYLE (Category: Feature Script)

Measure for Measure

By Phil Howe

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK 2026 & BEST WRITER 2026

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL SUPER SHORT FILM

Amen-Amen-Amen: A Story of Our Times

By Tom Gallagher

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST EDITOR (Category: Documentary)

Pounding Pavements

By Jeremy and Christine Stork

BEST AUSTRALIAN SONG & BEST AUSTRALIAN MUSIC VIDEO 2026

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR 

Alzati dal buio

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST SINGER 2026, BEST SPIRITUAL SONG & BEST INDIE MUSIC VIDEO

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST PRODUCER & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

Midnite’s Journey

By Dana Silkiss

BEST INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL PROJECT & BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: True Crime)

Heaven

By AnayaMusic

BEST INTERNATIONAL VOICE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Music Video)

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST DIRECTOR (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE), BEST CAST, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST INDIE CASTING DIRECTOR

Revisited – Life is Short

By TerryLee WHETSTONe

BEST ARTHOUSE ORIGINAL INDIE MUSIC VIDEO, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EDITOR (Category: Arthouse Music Video)

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST INDIE EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER 

 Out of control

By Bellopropello

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM, BEST ORIGINAL INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED PROJECT 2026

The Harmony Saga & Movement I – Disciple: Episode I of The Harmony Saga

By Timothy Brad Reinhold

BEST CINEMATIC VISION, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCRIPT & BEST ARTHOUSE ANIMATION 2026

The Green Mill

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ARTHOUSE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST GLOBAL WRITER OF THE YEAR

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL ACTING, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST EDITING & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Screenwriter) & BEST INDIE FEAURE SCRIPT 2026

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ACTING, BEST ORIGINAL INSPIRATIONAL FILMMAKER & BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ACTOR OF THE YEAR

A Tragedy of Riches

By Tony Cointreau

BEST INDIE BOOK 2026

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ARTHOUSE POETRY FILM 

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

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

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

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

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: Arthouse Screenplay) & BEST ORIGINAL CHARACTERS

Sheldon Mashugana gets stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY 2026, BEST COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR (Category: Comedy)

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST CAMERA OPEAROR, BEST PRODUCER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

And We Were Left Darkling

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER 2026 & BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

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

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HUMAN RIGTS SCRIPT 2026

When Cassandra Venice speaks

By Hugo Teugels

BEST INTERNATIONAL MOVIEMAKER 2026 (Category: Experimental) & BEST INDIE PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

Mind over Matter

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Super Short Film) & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SUPER SHORT FILM 2026

The Jaguar and the Dragonfly

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST ORIGINAL WRITING SYLE (Category: Feature Script) & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY, BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL CHARACTERS

A nest in My Heart

By Mira Kim

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST SOUND & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATIC VISION

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

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

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST INDIE DANCE FILM, BEST ORIGINAL SOUND & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: INDIE MUSIC VIDEO)

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ARTHOUSE ACTOR 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE EDTING & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING & BEST INTERNATIONAL ART SHORT FILM 2026

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER 

WINNERS – Vancouver New Film Awards 2026

Ndazkoh

By Tracey Cochrane

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITOR & BEST PRODUCER (Category: Documentary)

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL CHOREOGRAPHY & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: INDIE MUSIC VIDEO) & BEST POETRY PROJECT

Stalker Hair Twirl

By Faye Fayerman

BEST INDIE EXPERIMENTAL FILMMMAKER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY SHORT

Dionysos Avignon IN FLESH AND SHADOW

By Gerard Bouysse

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026 & BEST EDITING (Category: Documentary Short)

Urban Eats MTL

By Ioannis Koutroubis

BEST INTERNATIONAL WEB/TV SERIES 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Screenwriter)

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INDIE ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST EUROPEAN PRODUCER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL SHORT

The Revenge Club

By Marla Eaton

BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Short Script) & BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER 2026

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST ORIGINAL WRITER & BEST INDIE BOOK 2026

Heaven

By AnayaMusic

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

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST POETRY FILM 2026 

Out of control

By Bellopropello

BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST SOUND & BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATION

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA SCRIPT 2026

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

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

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

PIRANDELLO’S WIFE

By Lynn Elliott

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

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER, BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY

Man in a Can

By Henk Pringels

BEST INDIE ANIMATION 2026 & BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM

Flashes of Light (Bagliori)

By Mattia Paone

BEST EUROPEAN INDIE FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: European Narrative Short)

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ARTHOUSE ACTOR 2026 & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ACTING & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FILM 2026

Vertigo

By Sylvie Kay

BEST INDIE DANCE MOVIE 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE DANCER OF THE YEAR

Silver Lights: City of Dreams

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST STORYTELLING

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST INDIE STORY

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST EUROPEAN ORIGINAL DIRECTOR 2026 

Secrets of the Forbidden City

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM 2026

WINNERS – LBD Liverpool Best Director 2026

Mysterious Moments With Millie Mallory

By Mysti Cozart Smith

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE DIRECTOR 2026

Remnant

By Mike Horan

BEST PICTURE 2026, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST SOUNDTRACK

Eye of the Storm

By Brooke Wolff

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY, BEST ORIGINAL CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST AMERICAN FILMMAKER

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CAST & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM DIRECTOR 2026, BEST SOUND, BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER  

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST SOCIAL SCREENPLAY

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

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

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ACTOR 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST DRAMA OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITING SYLE 2026

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL ACTOR 2026 & BEST HISTORICAL ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST VIDEO POETRY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL ACTING & BEST EXPERIMENTAL MOVIEMAKER

The Harmony Saga & Movement I – Disciple: Episode I of The Harmony Saga

By Brad Reinhold

BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATION 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE SCRIPT

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY 2026 & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY, BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL CHARACTERS

Flashes of Light (Bagliori)

By Mattia Paone

BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2026