WINNERS – Vancouver New Film Awards 2026

2026 March 1

WINNERS – Vancouver New Film Awards 2026

Ndazkoh

By Tracey Cochrane

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITOR & BEST PRODUCER (Category: Documentary)

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL CHOREOGRAPHY & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: INDIE MUSIC VIDEO) & BEST POETRY PROJECT

Stalker Hair Twirl

By Faye Fayerman

BEST INDIE EXPERIMENTAL FILMMMAKER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY SHORT

Dionysos Avignon IN FLESH AND SHADOW

By Gerard Bouysse

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026 & BEST EDITING (Category: Documentary Short)

Urban Eats MTL

By Ioannis Koutroubis

BEST INTERNATIONAL WEB/TV SERIES 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Screenwriter)

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INDIE ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST EUROPEAN PRODUCER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL SHORT

The Revenge Club

By Marla Eaton

BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Short Script) & BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER 2026

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST ORIGINAL WRITER & BEST INDIE BOOK 2026

Heaven

By AnayaMusic

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

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST POETRY FILM 2026 

Out of control

By Bellopropello

BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM 2026, BEST SOUND & BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATION

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA SCRIPT 2026

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST FIRST TIME FILMMAKER 2026, BEST EDITING (Category: Documentary) & BEST YOUNG CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Documentary)

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

PIRANDELLO’S WIFE

By Lynn Elliott

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

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER, BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY

Man in a Can

By Henk Pringels

BEST INDIE ANIMATION 2026 & BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM

Flashes of Light (Bagliori)

By Mattia Paone

BEST EUROPEAN INDIE FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: European Narrative Short)

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ARTHOUSE ACTOR 2026 & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ACTING & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FILM 2026

Vertigo

By Sylvie Kay

BEST INDIE DANCE MOVIE 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE DANCER OF THE YEAR

Silver Lights: City of Dreams

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST STORYTELLING

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST INDIE STORY

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST EUROPEAN ORIGINAL DIRECTOR 2026 

Secrets of the Forbidden City

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM 2026