WINNERS New Wave Nouvelle Vague Awards, Basel, Switzerland

2026 April 24

WINNERS New Wave Nouvelle Vague Awards, Basel, Switzerland

Chateau De Tarot

By Reid Barwick

BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL PILOT TV

The Ghost of PrivatBank

By Yuliya Levashova

BEST INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE DIRECTOR

Murder on the Titanic

By Ioannis Koutroubis

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2026

NeverWere: a Lycan Love Story

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST INDIE WRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY

Ailene

By Liesel Galletly

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT 2026, BEST WRITING STYLE & BEST SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Short Script)

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary Feature), BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL EDITOR

Ashes of Freedom

By Daniel Arreola

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY & ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER 2026

Heaven

By AnayaMusic Kunst

BEST SINGER, BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE MUSIC VIDEO, BEST EDITING & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Indie Music Video)

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

The Jaguar and the Dragonfly

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST VISIONARY ARTIST

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST STORYTELLING & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Screenplay)

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST WRITER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EUROPEAN NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST EDITING & BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

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

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR & BEST PRODUCER (Category: Animation)

Midnite’s Journey

By Dana Silkiss

BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE & BEST TRUE CRIME

Planetary Rebellion

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO, BEST EDITING & BEST PRODUCER (Category: International Music Video)

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DRAMA 2026, BEST INDIE CAST & BEST SCREENWRITER 2026

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE WRITER 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL MOVIEMAKER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

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

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER

Borderline Justice

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INDIE WRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Feature Script)

When Cassandra Venice speaks

By Hugo Teugels

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INDIE CINEMATOGRAPHER 2026

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER, BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL INDIE SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST VISIONARY FILMMAKER

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INDIE ACTOR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL INDIE SHORT & BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER