WINNERS WILD DREAMS Project 2026

2026 April 9

WINNERS WILD DREAMS Project 2026

Black Wolf

By Jamie Sutliff

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER (Category: Short Film)

The Revenge Club

By Marla Eaton

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT 2026, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Forever Prïnceney

By Ariel Orama López (AG ORLOZ)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER 2026

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO POETRY OF THE YEAR, BEST INDIE PRODUCER, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR & BEST SOUND (Category: Video Poetry)

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (Category: Indie Art Film)

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER 2026

Hope is not a Black and White Rainbow

By Harold Brown

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER (Category: Feature Script) & BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR

Murder on the Titanic

By Ioannis Koutroubis

BEST BOOK/MANUSCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER 2026 (Category: Book)

Stalker Hair Twirl

By Faye Fayerman

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST EXPERIMENTAL MOVIEMAKER, BEST INPIRATIONAL FILM 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL FILM

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST ARTHOUSE DRAMA 2026 & BEST INDIE WRITER

Dancing with Spies @Goddess – novel

By Francis Billingsley

BEST WRITER, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: Arthouse Book/Manuscript)

Cherished Viciousness

By Daniel Arreola

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Screenplay)

Christmas On Earth

By Janja Rakuš

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026, BEST EUROPEAN INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHY

Looking for inspiration/Poszukiwanie inspiracji

By Michał Kucharski

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATIC VISION, BEST SOUND & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Animation)

Planetary Rebellion

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST ARTHOUSE INDIE MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER, BEST SOUND DESIGNER, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: International Music Video)

Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE COMEDY & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER (Category: International Comedy)

Vertigo

By Sylvie Kay

BEST ORIGINAL DANCE FILM 2026, BEST SOUND, BEST CINEMATIC VISION & BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER (Category: International Dance Film)

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE WRITER

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER 2026

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

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

A Gift of Love

By Tony Cointreau

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER OF THE YEAR (Category: Book)

Hotel Prugatorio

By Joey Agbayani

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPY & BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR (Category: Narrative Feature)

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST MOVIEMAKER OF THE YEAR, BEST INDIE ART FILM & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Midnite’s Journey

By Dana Silkiss

BEST INTERNATIONAL TRUE SCRIME OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE SCRIPT

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL ACTOR & BEST INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SCRIPT

Pace regnerà

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN SONG 2026 & BEST SPIRITUAL SONG WRITER

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ORIGINAL ACTOR 2026, BEST EUROPAN ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM  & BEST INDIE ACTING

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR 2025, BEST ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST SOUNDTRACK & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER 2026

The Silver Slipper Club

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN SONG OF THE YEAR & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

Whispers of Love

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

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

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST EDITING & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHER

The Harmony Saga & Movement I – Disciple: Episode I of The Harmony Saga

By Timothy Brad Reinhold

BEST INDIE FILMMAKER 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCRIPT & BEST ARTHOUSE ANIMATION 2026

Cassandra Venice

By Hugo Teugels

BEST INDIE CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST EUROPEAN FILMMAKER

And We Were Left Darkling

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING SYLE

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

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

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST PILOT TV & ORIGINAL TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST ANIMATION 2026, BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER, BEST EDITING & BEST SOUND DESIGNER (Category: Animated Short Film)

Connor and Sonia

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY & BEST INDIE DRAMA