WINNER Best New Wave Film Network 2026

2026 July 23

WINNER Best New Wave Film Network 2026

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST VISIONARY FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER & BEST THRILLER 2026

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

Mettersi… in gioco

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

Colombano & La 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILM, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST SCREENPLAY

Stalker Hair Twirl

By Faye Fayerman

BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER 2026 (Category: Experimental), BEST STORYTELLING & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM

Scachs d’Amor

By Daniel Arreola

BEST SHORT SCRIPT 2026, BEST INDIE WRITER, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER (Category: Short Script)

Plandemic: Tribunal

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST AMERICAN WRITER 2026, BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST VISIONARY ACTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM 2026

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ART FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL MOVIEMAKER OF THE YEAR

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST VISIONARY FILMMAKER, BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE EDITING & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL STORY

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR 2026, BEST EDITING (Category: EXPERIMENTAL FILM), BEST STORYTELLING & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INTERNATIONAL VISIONARY ACTOR 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL INDIE ACTING & BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM 2026

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)

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST GLOBAL FILMMAKER, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST VISIONARY CINEMATOGRAPHY

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INTERNATIONALARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

Borderline Justice

By Lynn Elliott

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

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SCRIPT & BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

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

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG DIRECTOR 2026, BEST CAMERA OPEAROR, BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHER

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT FILM

Hito

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST CINEMATIC VISION, BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING, BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER & BEST ART SHORT FILM 2026