WINNERS 8 & Halfilm Awards 2026 – Special Event in Venice 2026

2026 September 11

WINNERS 8 & Halfilm Awards 2026 – Special Event in Venice 2026

Bellatrix

By Jacek Krawczyk

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: Narrative Short) & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLER

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

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

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script)

Secrets of Marguerites

By Eliza Bahr

BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST CAST, BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER, BEST SOUNDTRACK & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Indie Short Film)

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS BOOK OF THE YEAR, BEST FANTASY & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER 2026

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Christmas On Earth

By Janja Rakuš

BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR, BEST INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLER & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: Experimental)

The Watchers /Wir Schauen

By Olaf Lenz

BEST SOUND DESIGNER 2026

Roses are Blind

By Wendy White

BEST INTERNATIONAL THRILLER 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST EDITING  (Category: Thriller)

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EDITING, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST INDIE PRODUCER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Non dimenticare il poeta

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST INTERNATIONAL SINGER 2026, BEST SONG WRITER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Music Video) & BEST EUROPEAN SONG WRITER 2026

Tomorrow’s Dream

By Justin Gizzi

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INDIE WRITING STYLE

Lacrime di Vento

By Damiano Rossi

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL FILM OF THE YEAR

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST ARTHOUSE FIRST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ORIGINAL STORY, BEST UNIVERSAL DOCUMENTARY & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Documentary)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST GLOBAL SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

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

In 2 Minds

By Fabia Cerra

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK, BEST WRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE STORYTELLER (Category: International Book)

The Armchair Travellers

By Patricia Planck

BEST UNIVERSAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS & BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

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

The Carpet

By Shamil Aliyev

BEST GLOBAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Book), BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE BOOK 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER

Un posto sicuro

By Luca Tartaglia, produced By Monica Bartolucci

BEST INTERNATIONAL HORROR 2026, BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE PRODUCER & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY (Category: Horror)

When Cassandra Venice speaks

By Hugo Teugels

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST STORYTELLER & BEST EDITING (Category: European Project)

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING, BEST ORIGINAL INDIE ACTOR & BEST POETIC SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SHORT FILM, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT

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 Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA 2026, BEST CAST & BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: Drama)

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST EUROPEAN INDIE PRODUCER

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ART FILM & BEST INSPIRATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST VIDEO POETRY, BEST VISIONARY EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE FILMMAKER

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST ARTHOUSE INDIE SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL ACTING

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST ARTHOUSE THRILLER SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR (Category: Noir)

Oskar  

By Ariel Orama López (AG Orloz)

BEST INTERNATIONAL MOVIEMAKER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL SCREENWRITER 2026