WINNERS Emirates International Film and Audiovisual Festival 2026

2026 May 3

WINNERS Emirates International Film and Audiovisual Festival 2026

Silent Plan

By Ömer Yıldırım

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT FILM, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST CAST

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST THRILLER SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST WRITER 2026 & BEST SUSPENSE

Drag Queens Of Emeralis

By Kevin Irvine

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT (Category: Comedy), BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING SYLE

A nest in My Heart

By Mira Kim

BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATIC VISION, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST ART FILM 2026

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026, BEST INSPIRATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST ORIGINAL IDEA, BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2025 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: ART FILM)

Heaven

By AnayaMusic Kunst

BEST SINGER 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Indie Music Video)

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER 2026

Amen-Amen-Amen: A Story of Our Times

By Tom Gallagher

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, BEST FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR (Category: Documentary) & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Experimental)

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHY

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST ORIGINAL WRITER 2026 (Category: Indie Book) & BEST MANUSCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Walking With God

By Lois Banks

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR 2026 & BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

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

The definition of Silence

By Karin Balog

BEST ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026

Note Between Two Books

By Daniel Arreola

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER

Cherished Viciousness

By Daniel Arreola

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026

Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDIAN, BEST SCRIPT (Category: International Comedy), BEST ORIGINAL COMEDY 2026

Secrets of the Forbidden City

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Super Short Film), BEST EDITING & BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST FILMMAKER 2026

The Harmony Saga, The Aurora Galaxy Republic, and Movement I – Disciple: Episode I of the Harmony Saga

By Timothy Brad Reinhold

BEST ARTHOUSE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER OF THE YEAR

Little Monsters Read-Along Series: Award-Winning Children’s Audiobooks

Narrated by Young Voices Worldwide

Produced by Studio Story Monster

BEST INTERNATIONAL AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

BEST SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST EDITOR & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR (Category: Documentary)

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST MAKE-UP & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Whispers of Love

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ROMANCE SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER   

Lucky in Long Island

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SONG WRITER 2026 & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER, BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST SOUND

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2026

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL INDIE SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST VISIONARY CINEMATOGRAPHY

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE), BEST ORIGINAL COSTUME DESIGNER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST EDITING (Category: Film)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST INDIE WRITER & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

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

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING

Once There Were Stories

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INDIE WRITER

The Script, A Celtic Horror Tale

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERS & BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR

Tramóia

By Gleison Castro

BEST ORIGINAL SHORT SCRIPT

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST DRAMA SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Drama), BEST EDTING, BEST ACTOR, BEST ACTRESS (Category: International Drama)

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTING, BEST INDIE ART FILM & BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST HISTORICAL SHORT, BEST ORIGINAL INDIE ACTOR & BEST VISIONARY FILMMAKER 2026

Eye of the Storm

By Brooke Wolff

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026