Award Winners Winter 2026

01

Best Documentary Feature

LIE TO ME

Bår Tyrmi

Norway

02

Best Feature Film

IRISO

Mitsuo Kurihara

Japan

03

Best Action / Crime

Mysterious Moments with Millie Mallory

Mysti Smith

United States

04

Best Actress

The Teleprompter

Marley Rey (directed by James C. Velasquez)

United States

05

Best Actor

DON'T FORGET 4

Alexander Candlin (directed by David Motaze)

United Kingdom

06

Best AI-Generated Film

VoidBorn

Frank Bruno HOUBRE

France

07

Best Animated Film

Diplodocus

Wojtek Wawszczyk

Poland

08

Best Australian Film

Aching Earth

Barry Ferrier

Australia

09

Best Asian Film

Little Yellow Flower

Chien-Ping Lin

Taiwan

10

Best African Film

A Fire in Africa

Gerhard Uys

South Africa

11

Best Cinematography

Moisture

Duda Gorter

Brazil

12

Best Comedy Screenplay

Doug

Evan Neill

United States

13

Best Comedy

Zombie House

Jack Thompson

United States

14

Best Debut Filmmaker (Feature)

EVERYTHING ALWAYS HAPPENS SO MUCH

Richard Gonzales

United States

15

Best Debut Filmmaker (Short)

The Show Must Go On

Stefano Anania

United States

16

Best Director – Music Video

J.Williams "REMEMBRANCES" Trio "Classic Deluxe"

Natascha Akinschin

Germany

17

Best Director

Zombie House

Jack Thompson

United States

18

Best Documentary Short

Water Ways

Spencer Stander

United States

19

Best Drama Screenplay

The Final Year

Kristian James

United States

20

Best Drama

Tom and Luce

Muxel Paule

France

21

Best Editing

XING

Rosa Costanza

United States

22

Best Ensemble Cast

Love Lives On

Lenny Gatto

United States

23

Best Experimental Film

DYNAMICS

Teo Baehler

Netherlands

24

Best European Film

COLOMBANO & LA 21ESIMA FETTA

Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

Italy

25

Best American Film

Walkers

William Mesa

United States

26

Best Female Director

Io Corro - journey into the art of Luca Bray

Barbara Zonzin

Italy

27

Best Feature Screenplay

The Secret Notes

Joni Ravenna, Joshua Townshend-Zellner, Kabin Thomas

United States

28

Best Production Design

Zombie House

Jack Thompson

United States

29

Best Mobile Shot Film

Sherlock Holmes and the Headless Bishop

Danna Wilberg

United States

30

Best Horror

Zombie House

Jack Thompson

United States

31

Best Historical / Period Film

Indian Billy Ice

Jerry Stephen Ice

United States

32

Best Indie Feature (Low-budget)

A Dance Story

Andoni Zorbas

United States

33

Best Indie Short

Temple Crimes

Ian John Dixon

Australia

34

Best Male Director

Grandma's Tale

Chatdilok Sae-oueng

Thailand

35

Best LGBTQ+ Film

You are too far

Seiko Yamamoto

Japan

36

Best Micro Short (Under 5 min)

Who Did This?

Zhang Qu

China

37

Best Music Video

Homesickness in Southern Anhui

Yefeng

China

38

Best Score / Soundtrack

TOMMASA

Julie Casamonti

France

39

Best Original Song in a Film

Rhythm of Light

Billy Mandarino

United States

40

Best Short Film

Pledge

Kristian Iliev

Bulgaria

41

Best Short Screenplay

NORMAN: THE DOG WHO DIDN'T MEAN TO

Paul Millward

United Kingdom

42

Best Student Film

The New Immigrants - Hong Kongers

Vivian Tsang

United Kingdom

43

Best Sound Design

Charlot 1

Matias Guerra

Italy

44

Best Super Short (Under 1 min)

1985

Marko Marjanović

Croatia

45

Best Thriller Screenplay

Sugar Water

Noelani Mei Lee

United States

46

Best UK Film

Coal In Their Veins

Dalit Merhav

United Kingdom

47

Best TV Pilot Script

GYRE

Gina Lennox

Australia

48

Best Visual Effects (VFX)

I would like to feel

Marcin Rossa

Poland

49

Best Web Series / Episodic

Welcome to the Whimsical Desert! (Going Solo)

Heidi Elisabeth Appe

United States

50

Best Student Screenplay

Lucid

Ina Mertesacker

Germany

51

Best Supporting Actor

Father

Mehdi Djouad (directed by Gabriel Constantinescu)

Switzerland

52

Best Romance

TOMMASA

Julie Casamonti

France

53

Best Thriller

The Lights

Barnabus Walsh

United Kingdom

54

Best Supporting Actress

Halloween Aftermath

Celina Rescott (directed by James Grim)

United Kingdom