WINNERS TELLURIDE UNDERGROUND FILM AWARDS 2026

2026 September 17

WINNERS TELLURIDE UNDERGROUND FILM AWARDS 2026

Not Fore Long

By Patricia Marshall

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA SCRIPT, BEST UNIVERSAL WRTING STYLE (Category: Feature Script) & BEST GLOBAL INDIE SCREENWRITER 2026

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST FAIRY TALE OF THE YEAR & BEST GLOBAL CHILDREN’S BOOK 2026

America Boxed In

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST UNIVERSAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST DIRECTORS, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR

Emergency Musical Response: Part 1 – Journey to Netherworld

By Cosmo Swevens & Sol Solaris

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST MUSICAL OF THE YEAR & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Musical)

The Revenge Club

By Marla Eaton

BEST UNIVERSAL SHORT SCRIPT 2026, BEST STORYTELLER & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Short Script)

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BESTINTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST GLOBAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST COSTUME DESIGNER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST SOUNDTRACK (Category; Short Film)

Whispers of Montana

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST VISIONARY WRITER, BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA SCRIPT & BEST WRITING STYLE 2026

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM, BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR & BEST SOUND (Category: Animated Short Film)

Non dimenticare il poeta

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICIAN 2026, BEST GLOBAL MUSIC VIDEO & BEST EUROPEAN SONG OF THE YEAR

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST UNIVERSAL SCREENWRITER (Category: Global Screenplay)

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST GLOBAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO POETRY 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: International Super Short Film), BEST SUPER SHORT FILM, BEST ARTHOUSE STORYTELLER & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ORIGINAL ACTING 2026, BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTOR 2026

Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

By Dianne Lang

BEST ARTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING (Category: Documentary Short)

The New Immigrants- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST INDIE FIRST TIME DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL CAMERA OPERATOR

In 2 Minds

By Fabia Cerra

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL BOOK

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST VISIONARY INDIE SCREENWRITER, CASTING DIRECTOR & BEST GLOBAL DRAMA 2026

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST UNIVERSAL ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER, BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Experimental)

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST WRITER 2026, BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script)

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL PILOT TV & ORIGINAL TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ARTHOUSE INDIE SCREENPLAY, BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA

Plandemic: Tribunal

By Chris Ross Leong

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

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST POETRY FILM, BEST AMERICAN INDIE PRODUCER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST ARTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL DRAMA SCRIPT 2026 & BEST SOCIAL SCREENPLAY

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY 2026 (Category: Experimental), BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR, BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST VIDEO POETRY

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

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

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER (Category: Feature Script), BEST SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST VISIONARY WRITING STYLE

Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST CAMERA OPERATOR & BEST EUROPEAN VISIONARY MOVIEMAKER OF THE YEAR

Ritratto temporale IV – Teresa

By Ilaria Pezone

BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL INDIE FILMMAKER 2026