WINNERS Cinema’s Black Sheep Awards 2026

2026 June 15

WINNERS Cinema’s Black Sheep Awards 2026

Faust – This Had Never Happened OR Resurrection of Angels with Broken Wings

By Peyman Majidi & Sabina Shiari

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL ARTHOUSE FILM, BEST INDIE STORYTELLING & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST ARTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY

Metal

By Andrea Natale

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST EDITOR (Category: Animation)

Stalker Hair Twirl

By Faye Fayerman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Experimental)

Non dimenticare il poeta

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SONG, BEST ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST SONG WRITER & BEST SINGER

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026, BEST POETRY FILM & BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST THRILLER, BEST SUSPENSE & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING

Our Brilliant Destruction

By Sarah Bitely

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST INTERNATIONAL CAST, BEST CASTING DIRECTO, BEST FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR & BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY

The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST VISIONARY ACTING & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM

Urban Eats MTL

By Ioannis Koutroubis

BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: INTERNATIONAL WEB/TV SERIES), BEST ORIGINAL WEB/TV SERIES OF THE YEAR & BEST WRITING STYLE

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST FAIRY TALE OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER (Category: International Book)

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

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

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST SOUNDTRACK, BEST EDITING & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST ORIGINAL ART FILM, BEST ARTHOUS EDITING & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER, BEST VISIONARY SHORT FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Video Poetry)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: Arthouse Screenplay) & BEST VISIONARY FEATURE SCRIPT

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDTING, BEST INDIE PRODUCER (Category: Documentary Short)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST CHARACTERS & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER

Vertigo

By Sylvie Kay

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER, BEST INSPIRATIONAL DIRECTOR & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DANCE MOVIE OF THE YEAR

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER & BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATIC VISION

We are Rivers

By Graciela Cassel

BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST STORYTELLING & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST DRAMA OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITING SYLE 2026

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER, BEST INDIE PRODUCER & BEST VISIONARY CINEMATIC VISION

My heads f*cked

By Fabia Maria Cerra

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

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EUROPEAN FILMMAKER 2026, BEST SUSPENSE & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: EXPERIMENTAL)

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST DIRECTOR (Category: ART FILM), BEST INSPIRATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM

 

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST GLOBAL ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST INDIE CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EDITOR

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK 2026 & BEST INDIE WRITER