WINNERS Saint-Tropez Golden Film Critics Awards 2026

2026 January 1

WINNERS Saint-Tropez Golden Film Critics Awards 2026

A Christmas Tale Of Not So Long Ago

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA SCRIPT

Vintage Floral Dreams

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST COSTUME DESIGNER

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM 2025, BEST DIRECTOR (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE), BEST CAST, BEST EDITING & BEST AMERICAN PRODUCER

Fire Flies

By Larry Gene Fortin

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script)

The Taste Of Rain

By Larry Gene Fortin

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL 2026, BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Dance Film), BEST INTERNATIONAL EDITING & BEST INDIE MUSIC VIDEO

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER

Voyage in the Desert

By ΕΛΠΙΔΑ ΑΜΙΤΣΗ

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE FEATURE & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 2026

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR, BEST DOCUMENTARY, BEST INDIE PRODUCER & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

Katabasis

By Samantha Casella

BEST EUROPEAN FILM 2026, BEST SOUNDTRACK & BEST CAST

It Happened One Night In Space

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST ORIGINAL SUPER SHORT FILM & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: International Super Short Film)

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ORIGINAL ACTING & BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR

Am I a painter?/Czy jestem malarzem?

By Michał Kucharski

BEST ARTHOUSE ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2025, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Bagliori – Flashes of Light

By Mattia Paone

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY SHORT 2026, BEST SHORT FILM 2025 & BEST INDIE FILMMAKER

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE FILM 2025, BEST ORIGINAL INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature)

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST PRODUCER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

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

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DRAMA  & BEST SUSPENSE

Una Luce

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST INDIE MUSIC VIDEO & BEST SONG WRITER

Meraviglie

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST ORIGINAL SINGER 2026 & BEST GUITARIST

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST WRITER 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT  

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: EXPERIMENTAL)

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM, BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST INSPIRATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST SOCIAL SCRIPT, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DRAMA & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER (Category: DRAMA)

Cassandra Venice

By Hugo Teugels

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EUROPEAN INDIE DIRECTOR 2026