Winners Los Angeles Indie Film Critics Awards 2026

2026 March 27

Winners Los Angeles Indie Film Critics Awards 2026

Avartia

By Walid Salhab

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST EDITING (Category: Experimental)

Christmas Card

By Kel Owens

BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026

The Legend Of The Bum-Barian

By Kel Owens

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR OF THE YEAR (Category: Narrative Short) & BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT

Master Heist – A True Christmas Fiction

By Kai Fischer

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT

Mother, Mother

By Micki Dickoff

BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA OF THE YEAR

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR

3327 Il figlio dei fulmini

By Mariano Tamburrini

BEST EUROPEAN INDIE SHORT FILM, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST FILMMAKER 2026

Heaven

By AnayaMusic

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR, BEST SINGER 2026 & BEST SONG

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO, BEST INDIE INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE PRODUCER

When Cassandra Venice speaks

By Hugo Teugels

BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATIC VISION & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR 2026

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR 2026 & BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL ACTING

Bellatrix

By Jacek Krawczyk

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT (Category: Narrative Short) & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST VIDEO POETRY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER, BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST EXPERIMENTAL INDIE SHORT FILM 2026

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST EDITING, BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Documentary)

Monument to Love

By Jacob Comforty

BEST FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR (Category: Indie Documentary)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE WRITER

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR, BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT FILM, BEST ART FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY, BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA OF THE YEAR & BEST WRITER 2026

Moviment I – Discipline: Episode I Of The Harmony Saga

By Timothy Bradley Reinhold

BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM 2026 & BEST AMERICAN INDIE DIRECTOR

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST ORIGINAL YOUNG DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER (Category: Feature Script)

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

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

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

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

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST INSPIRATIONAL FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ORIGINAL PILOT TV & BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, HISTORICAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER

PIRANDELLO’S WIFE

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER OF THE YEAR

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY & BEST DRAMA SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

The Riddle Pact

By Zsolt Pozsgai

BEST EUROPEAN FILM, BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

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