Award Winners Spring 2026

03

Best Short Film

White Mule

Peter Dobson

United States

04

Best Documentary Short

Madeira Profunda - Porto Santo

Saul Caires

Portugal

05

Best Indie Short

The Thief and the Gentleman

Shigeto Sayama

Japan

06

Best Animated Film

Glitch

Andrew M Healy

United States

07

Best Experimental Film

Origin

Catherine Glynn

United States

08

Best Comedy

Dinosaur Bowl

Herbert Forrest McCollom

United States

09

Best Actress

Not a Love Story

Giulia Losi (directed by Francesco Massini)

Italy

10

Best Comedy Screenplay

SANTA AI

Stephanie Bourbon

United States

11

Best Actor

Walter's Internal Battle

Dean Attari

Canada

12

Best Debut Filmmaker (Feature)

Cuba es Mi Patria: The Homeland I Keep Inside

Rose Marie Perez

United States

13

Best Debut Filmmaker (Short)

I Promise You

Megan Corse, Alesha G

United States

14

Best Director – Music Video

Fig Tape - Miracle (Official Video)

Johannes Hålien, Jon Olav S. Gulbrandsen

Norway

15

Best Director

Flammable Film

Olivier van Malderghem

Belgium

16

Best Action / Crime

The Rendezvous: Vendetta

Fernando Lopez

United States

17

Best Film on Social Justice

U S M S T

Pacifica J Sauer

United States

18

Best Drama Screenplay

Against our will

Jean Michel Fages, Antoine Caulliez

United States

19

Best Drama

Eye Of The Dawn

Ernest Pick

United States

20

Best AI Film

AnteApocalypse

Ilie Stepan

Romania

21

Best Sci-Fi

Memoria Obscura

David Christopher Nelson, Connor Ryan

United States

22

Best Asian Film

Alfarida

Yasser Mohamed Abdelsalam

Saudi Arabia

23

Best European Film

Diary of a WoMan

Simon Aeby

Switzerland

24

Best American Film

Late Night Letter

Lorenzo Patanè, Alessandra Rucco

United States

25

Best African Film

RETURNEE

Prisca Ogouma

France

26

Best Female Director

The Edge

Jane Aroha Larkin

Australia

27

Best Australian Film

Don't Look Away

Ashley Malcolm Morrison

Australia

28

Best Production Design

Reparations

Chrystal Rose

United Kingdom

29

Best Mobile Shot Film

Hey, You!

Nicky Joe Perez

United States

30

Best Horror

Portae Infernales

Markus Wimberger

Austria

31

Best Historical / Period Film

A Vote of Her Own

Candace Rose Corrigan, Megan Pennington

United States

32

Best Indie Feature (Low-budget)

ENTER SANCTUM

Michael Budd

Australia

33

Best Feature Screenplay

Hard Twisted

Chuck Greaves

United States

34

Best Male Director

Spot's Day Out

Tom Robert Sorem

United States

35

Best Short Screenplay

The Meet-Up

Enrique R. Carrasco

United States

36

Best Micro Short (Under 5 min)

Grow Together

Susanne Frericks

Germany

37

Best Music Video

Si tu

Benjamin Fraser

38

Best Score / Soundtrack

Hatredless

Sara Demers

Canada

39

Best Original Song in a Film

Shadows in your way

Juan Alcaraz

Spain

40

Best Cinematography

Glad You Stayed

Ruslan Fradkin

Latvia

41

Best LGBTQ+ Film

Gogo

Sergio Alvarado

Canada

42

Best Student Film

Casting Call

Gabriel Felix Oliveira, Pedro Carvalho

Brazil

43

Best Sound Design

Take My Hand

Alan J. Levi

United States

44

Best Super Short (Under 1 min)

INDIGESTION

Alexis Krasilovsky

United States

45

Best Thriller Screenplay

The Language of Wolves

Nan Schmid

United States

46

Best UK Film

Imbroglio

Ian Sciacaluga

United Kingdom

47

Best TV Pilot Script

The Good Lawyer Pilot

Thomas Benigno, Diana Benigno, Peter McIntosh

United States

48

Best Visual Effects (VFX)

Attractor

Igor Kambarov

United States

49

Best Web Series / Episodic

In Our 20s Episode 1: The Ex-Factor

Joey White, Abby Mondello

United States

50

Best Silent Film

Like A Willow Tree

S. Kyle Robinson

United States

51

Best BIPOC Filmmaker

The Rhythm Of Jamaican Art Feature

John Campbell

United States

52

Best Film on Technology/Future

An interview with a movie meta star

Claude Bouillin

Finland

53

Best AI-Generated Film

The Huntress & The Horde: Blood of the Two Crowns | Part III

Kenneth Dale Bryant Jr

United States

54

Best Romance

The 'Love' Game

Michael Mammarella

Australia

55

Best Thriller

SCARLET

Pascal Franchot

United States

56

Best Supporting Actress

Mom's Dating

Teri DeSalvo

United States

57

Best Fantasy

THE ARMCHAIR TRAVELLERS

Patricia Planck, Kelly E. Nine

United States

58

Best Editing

Raksha Girls

Cathy Brown, Liyana Mansor, Grainne Creighton

United Kingdom