WINNERS Discovering Talents Awards, Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy

2026 June 13

WINNERS Discovering Talents Awards, Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: International Super Short Film) & BEST SUPER SHORT FILM 2026

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ACTING

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER, BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE

Vertigo

By Sylvie Kay

BEST ORIGINAL DANCE SHORT MOVIE 2026, BEST SOUND & BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER (Category: International Dance SHORT Film)

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary)

Going Spaceward

By Yichea Lin

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR (Category: Animation)

Il tuo riparo

By Don Pasquale Ferone

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

Ogni male vincerai

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SONG WRITER & BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC VIDEO

Lacrime di Vento

By Damiano Rossi

BEST VISIONARY INDIE FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORY

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE HISTORICAL SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INSIPRATIONAL SHORT FILM, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, ORIGINAL ACTING & BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE BOOK 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CAST, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST STORYTELLING, BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

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

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Uncle Franco’s Birthday Suit

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SCREENWRITER

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST HISTORICAL SCRIPT

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM, BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST VISIONARY FILMMAKER 2026

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR (Category: Drama), BEST EDTING, BEST ACTOR, BEST ACTRESS (Category: International Drama)

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

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