WINNERS 2026 EDITION
RESULTS
MAIN CATEGORY
BEST OF THE SEASON FAUNE – MAXENCE VACHER
BEST SHORT My Foot is in Heaven – Iyad Hajjaj
BEST FEATURE Our Brilliant Destruction – Sarah Bitely
BEST DOCUMENTARY (Feature) WHERE IS IDA – Petra Zoepnek
BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT) The SugarLoaf Caves, Isle of Man – Anthony (Tony) Michael Howells
BEST VIDEO/CLIP Senzatomica – Fabrizio Fuochi
BEST ANIMATION Fido – John Norris Ray, Maria Victoria Sanchez
BEST MICROFILM After Ash – Shaun Seong-young Kim
BEST SPORT FILM Extra Time – Mashael Alabsi
BEST DIRECTOR (WOMAN) Kina – Shelli Ryan
BEST DIRECTOR (MAN) Memento Vivere – Memento Vivere
BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR (MAN) Code Switch – Niyi Odumosu
BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR (WOMAN) Girlhood – Sydney Couture
BEST SCREENPLAY To Have & To Fold – Mike L. Germaine
BEST ACTOR PAS DE GRÂCE – Joseph Cauchi
BEST ACTRESS Grassroots – Stephanie Stolk
BEST SUPP ACTRESS Refuge – Jocelyn Chugg
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY A Girl Called Alice – Tristan Loraine
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN LES PATATES SONT CUITES ! – Thomas Sonnefrand
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Sacred Waters – Yves Stilmant
BEST COSTUME CITIZENs-The choice not to fight – Aya Murao
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS X-Communicado – Dreadnaught Digital & Thousand Year Films
BEST MAKE UP CITIZENs-The choice not to fight – Futoshi Someya and Mitsuteru Sekine
BEST DRONE The Assassin’s Apprentice 2: Silbadores of the Canary Islands – Russ Emanuel
BEST DRAMA POST It – Konstantinos Katsianis
BEST COMEDY White Hat – Aleisha Anderson
BEST SCI-FI Into Your Soul – Katsuhide Yamago
BEST ACTION The Assassin’s Apprentice 2: Silbadores of the Canary Islands – Russ Emanuel
BEST HORROR Recluse – Michael Cecchinelli
BEST POSTER No Gods in Paradise – Dena Xia
BEST EDITOR Hollywood Mouth 2 – Robert Lauro and Jordan Mohr
BEST ENSEMBLE White Hat – Aleisha Anderson
BEST EXPERIMENTAL Still Here – Sevag Chahinian
BEST SCRIPT (FEATURE) Richard Spong – Terry Luke Podnar
BEST SCRIPT (SHORT) The veil of silence – Michael Davies
BEST ROMANCE A Triptych – 99 years – Romanticism – Modernism – Realism – adam john keith nigel mitchell
BEST AI The Shadow of Andromeda – Ion Kion
BEST TRAILER The Quran – Masood Ali
HONORABLE MENTION
BEST SHORT: Dead Man’s Lottery – Joanna Gackowski Excuse me! – Léopold Bellanger
BEST FEATURE: Sarah Bitely – Gary Joseph Mazeffa Masood Ali – Gabo Ramos
BEST DOCUMENTARY (Feature) : The Cosmic Trigger – Larry L Sheffield, Trent J Di Giulio Searching for the Light – Andres A Parra
BEST DOCUMENTARY (Short) Eclipse Outlaw Chase – Noah David Wetzel Neighbors So Far Apart – Jim Lenz
BEST ANIMATION: Ball Lightning – Catriona Trina Baker RETSU (The Line) – Naho Kamimura
BEST MICROFILM: TORMENTUM VELKA – wolfstar The Attitude of Being Subjectively Normative – Marcus Carlos Rodriguez LES PATATES SONT CUITES ! – Thomas Sonnefrand
BEST DIRECTOR (WOMAN): Where is Coco? – Olga Kamyshok
BEST DIRECTOR (MAN): To Have & To Fold – Mike L. Germaine
BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR (MAN): Sydney Couture – Young-Shin Kim
BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR (WOMAN): Hopscotch – Hopscotch
BEST SCREENPLAY: Eire We Go – Tracy James Terry Colored Paper – Juri Love
BEST ACTOR: Final Pitch – Sam Stitt Still Here – Sean Dube
BEST ACTRESS: Blood Will Have Blood – Elley Ringo
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Reflection – Daniel Robichaud Consciousness and Science – Jacques-Hervé Fichet, Elisabeth Loesch
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: BAHAMAS HOLLYWOOD – Artem Zrobok, Andreas Vidmer
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: X-Communicado – Ralamy Kneeshaw & Costume Alchemy
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Refuge – Nathan Horch
BEST MAKEUP: X-Communicado – Aleisha Anderson Refuge – Kyra MacPherson and Hailey Robinson
BEST DRAMA: Hollywood Mouth 2 – Jordan Mohr
BEST COMEDY: Reined In – Richard Stride
BEST ACTION: X-Communicado – Brian King
BEST HORROR: LAST MEAL – David Villegas Still Here – Sevag Chahinian
BEST EDITOR: Refuge – Nathan Horch Recluse – Michael Cecchinelli
BEST ENSEMBLE: The Assassin’s Apprentice 2: Silbadores of the Canary Islands – Russ Emanuel
BEST EXPERIMENTAL: A Triptych – 99 years – Romanticism – Modernism – Realism – Adam John Keith Nigel Mitchell The Origin of Spring or The Necessary Death in Broad Daylight- Director’s Cut – Julian Bonnin
BEST SCRIPT (FEATURE): GHOSTLIGHT (E.V.) – Scritti Metropolitani
BEST SCRIPT (SHORT): In the Valley of Hoops – Benjamin Thomas Hopwood
BEST ROMANCE: Extra Time – Mashael Alabsi
BEST AI: DEVIL:ERROR_001 – AWAKENING – kasamacura Georges – Alphonse Marcel
BEST TRAILER: Homeless Street Artist – Tysen Knight A BRAVE OLD WORLD – Laura Bondarevsky
MAIN CATEGORY
BEST OF THE SEASON Grown Up Day – David CAPSIR
BEST SHORT The Silence of the World – Angelo Vapellari, Nicolas Pastergue
BEST FEATURE The Deserter – Christoph Baumann
BEST DOCUMENTARY (Feature) At the heart of the jungle – Hugo Hebbe
BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT) On The Deck – Annamaria Belokona
BEST VIDEO/CLIP NADIE SABE / NO ONE KNOWS – Christian Mondragón
BEST ANIMATION Sky of Tides: Atla 一 “Welcome Party” – Jason Loftus, Masha Loftus
BEST MICROFILM CRUSH – Van Eesbeek Cedric
BEST WEB/TV SERIES The Parody News Network Presents Gladiator! – Stephen Lomer
BEST SPORT FILM Yes We Sail – Nicholas Simon Tolladay
BEST DIRECTOR (WOMAN) Desperately Seeking Commitment – Finise Avery
BEST DIRECTOR (MAN) Branch On A Tree – Chris Zarb
BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR ONLY THE DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW – Christophe Gomes
BEST SCREENPLAY You’re Next – Lauren Marshall
BEST ACTOR Grown Up Day – Baptiste Lecaplain
BEST ACTRESS Somos Agua (We are water) – Jimena Buen Abad
BEST SUPP ACTOR Grown Up Day – François Xavier DEMAISON
BEST SUPP ACTRESS Perception – Ashley Baker
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY At the heart of the jungle – Hugo Hebbe
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Day 627 – Andras Palatinus
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE EVELINE – Teona Lagvilava
BEST COSTUME The Fa’a’amu children – Claudine Alan
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Blade Echo – Branden Arnold
BEST MAKE UP The Sanguine – Lauren McNerney
BEST DRAMA Familiar Stranger – Hendric Weiner
BEST COMEDY Party Pants – Trinette Faint, Jennifer Cuciti
BEST FANTASY Forgotten Dungeons – Raphaël Ulysse Ramain
BEST SCI-FI The League of Extraordinary Employees – Melissa Arcak
BEST ACTION TRAVERSE2-Next level – Satoshi Hakuzen
BEST HORROR The Sanguine – Patrick McNerney, Daniel Jones
BEST FANFILM The Black Pearl – Gaultier BARRA
BEST POSTER Mission Undercover – Benny Schmidt
BEST EDITOR From the Midnight Sun to Eternity – Paola Ivana Suhonen
BEST ENSEMBLE The Fa’a’amu children – Frank Doucet
BEST EXPERIMENTAL Our Father – Janelle Christa
BEST SCRIPT IL RE DEGLI SPECCHI – GIUSEPPE DE VUONO
BEST ROMANCE PARISINA – Punishment without Forgiveness – Giampietro Manzalini
BEST AI The Bird Never Lands – Réka Harsányi
BEST TRAILER “All For Tomorrow” – Russ Emanuel
HONORABLE MENTION
BEST SHORT: The Mòra Bloodline – L.A Dubos
BEST SHORT: The Opaque – Broderick Russell Jr.
BEST FEATURE: The Settlement (water thrust sequel) – Vincent Krah
BEST FEATURE: BIDEHA – Biyot Projna Tripathy
BEST DOCUMENTARY: The Mandate – for whom international law matters – Stefan G. Ziegler
BEST DOCUMENTARY: Lluc, a pastry chronicle – Jordi Torra Ferrer
BEST DOCUMENTARY: Shanaya’s Path – Frank Röhrig
BEST VIDEO/CLIP: New Journeys – Alejandra Torres, Gabriel Pellicer Perez
BEST VIDEO/CLIP: Yellowstone Wild through Time – Carol J. Amore
BEST ANIMATION: Stanley the Gas Dog: A Big Hello to All the Film Festivals – SALLY Dora CLACK-MANNING
BEST ANIMATION: It’s You – Reese Morgan
BEST MICROFILM: Keith Haring and the Mystery Mural – Frank Ditto
BEST MICROFILM: Undertaking – Lienzos – Memo Matthews
BEST WEB/TV SERIES: Protected Space – Anna Fatahov, Eyal Dickman
BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR: The Reflection – Rati Adeishvili
BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR: Révérence – Lienzos – Memo Matthews
BEST SCREENPLAY: The True Legend of Pearl Rivers – Merrill Anway Jones
BEST SCREENPLAY: KENNEDY – Darren K Hawkins, Lauren Hamilton Neill
BEST ACTOR: The Silence of the World – Alexandre Kalouguine
BEST ACTOR: Paint. – Tom Bayer
BEST ACTRESS: UMBRA – Isabella Grodecki
BEST ACTRESS: Luna De Sangre – Chiara Avenia
BEST SUPP ACTOR: The Fa’a’amu children – Teriitehau Taputu
BEST SUPP ACTOR: Mimesis – Vincent Paquot
BEST SUPP ACTRESS: Love Lives On – Renee Panagos
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Like A Willow Tree – S. Kyle Robisnon
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Knight Owl – Andrea Conti
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: MAGDALA – Gérard André ROMBI
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Knight Owl – Andrea Conti
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: The City – Ryan Pivovar
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Lessons from 100: Reflections in My Centennial Year – Matthew Floyd
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: NEW ORDER – Alexander Frizzera
BEST COSTUME: The Black Pearl – Fabienne CROSET
BEST COSTUME: La croix et le fer – DELPHINE SEIGNON
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: The Sanguine – Patrick McNerney
BEST MAKEUP: The League of Extraordinary Employees – Melissa Arcak
BEST DRAMA: ÉMOUVOIR – DON GAGE
BEST DRAMA: TOUCHING COLOURS – Linda M James
BEST DRAMA: Pink Pony Club / Wicked Dreams – Maria Rayyan Najarian
BEST COMEDY: THE HEIRESS – LEE HARRY
BEST COMEDY: Desperately Seeking Commitment – Finise Avery
EST FANTASY: RAIJIN – Tomosuke Sugisaki
BEST SCI-FI: Blade Echo – Branden Arnold
BEST ACTION: FERRARA AND THE YOUNG BALBO – Giampietro Manzalini
BEST HORROR: Havenfall – Andy Dodd, Andrew Bell, Julian Gamm
BEST HORROR: Dead Station – Anthony Salamon
BEST POSTER: The Fa’a’amu children – Frank Doucet
BEST POSTER: The Reflection – Rati Adeishvili
BEST EDITOR: Selah – Maya Lugo
BEST EDITOR: Kazo Pardonner – Fawaz Al Najjar
BEST ENSEMBLE: Finding Hero – Matt Coole
BEST ENSEMBLE: The Silent Crawlspace – Richard Benter
BEST EXPERIMENTAL: The Circle – Theodora Kotsi-Felici, Bafl Sarhang
BEST SCRIPT: A STORY OF WRATH – Theo Leipert
BEST SCRIPT: Dead East: Patient Zero 1918 – Paul Alan Gober
BEST SCRIPT: TWO FATES – Kelsey Ann Wacker, Lori Lee Peters
BEST AI: Faragola. Tales of the land between the Romans and the Lombards – Nicolangelo De Bellis
BEST TRAILER: The Last Sunrise – Blu de Golyer
BEST TRAILER: Clout Rich – Kem Dike
MAIN CATEGORY
BEST OF THE SEASON On The Other Side – Andréas Freisse Correa
BEST SHORT The ONSET – Thevin Gamage
BEST FEATURE Lilith – Dale Edward Crawford
BEST DOCUMENTARY (Feature) Making Megaforce – Bob Lindenmayer
BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT) Trail Mix – Glenn Sweitzer
BEST VIDEO/CLIP From shadow to light – MARC GEOFFROY
BEST ANIMATION Pigasus: The Lost Paradise – Battle for Evermore – Sean Patrick O’Reilly
BEST MICROFILM Krampus – Etienne Dumas
BEST WEB/TV SERIES Jananot- The PrimaDonnas – Daniel Hassine
BEST SPORT FILM Norseman – Human Endurance – Christer Klubb Fasmer
BEST DIRECTOR (WOMAN) The Closet – Olivia Jean Hamilton
BEST DIRECTOR (MAN) Orwin Award – Maksym Marchenko
BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR The Balloon – Stephanie Swift
BEST SCREENPLAY Victoire et Le Secret des Terres de Meuse – Baptiste Kasprowicz
BEST ACTOR Between Left and Right – John Campanile
BEST ACTRESS Soft Floating in the Fields of Spheres – Kristina Lorent Goztola
BEST SUPP ACTOR L’Aube Dorée – Régis Bequier
BEST SUPP ACTRESS On The Other Side – Romy Hocquemiller
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Beyond The Veil – Paranormal Exploration – Tim RIGAUD
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Spirits – Tomosuke Sugisaki
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE The Flagbearer – Andrew Karkosiak and John Karkosiak
BEST COSTUME Can’t Stop, A Star Trek Fan Production – Radek Belina
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Immersion – Raphaël Ramain
BEST DRONE Kornati Islands – The Tears of God – Sebastian Bauer
BEST DRAMA The Drive – David Arrow
BEST COMEDY Super Sweet – Noora Fahad, Eduarda Aun Anguita
EST FANTASY IGNIS – Kristian James
BEST SCI-FI Can’t Stop, A Star Trek Fan Production – Radek Belina
BEST ACTION L’Aube Dorée – Nicolas Lenerand
BEST HORROR Swine and Dine – Ronald Black
BEST FANFILM Can’t Stop, A Star Trek Fan Production – Radek Belina
BEST POSTER Can’t Stop, A Star Trek Fan Production – Radek Belina
BEST EDITOR Deserter – Anthony von Seck
BEST ENSEMBLE Bezuidenhout – Wouter Hermans
BEST EXPERIMENTAL THE CORE – Craig Murray
BEST SCRIPT 1806 – Maik Giessler
BEST ROMANCE The Samurai Ghost and Ms. Jones – Nancee LaFayette
BEST AI Sludge (The Water Barons’ Show) – Synth Farmers – GRANT HUNTER
HONORABLE MENTION
BEST SHORT: XING – Rosa Costanza
BEST SHORT: THE CRYING WOMAN – JUAN CARLOS ORTIZ PORTAZ
BEST FEATURE: Exit Interviews – Garrett Abdo
BEST FEATURE: Raging Midlife – Rob Taylor
BEST DOCUMENTARY (Feature): Soul and Science: The music of Kenny Werner – Robert Fritz
BEST DOCUMENTARY (Feature): Like the Rain, Like the Sea – Sogol Khermandar
BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT): PULP – Tiffany Dew
BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT): EXIT – Jean-François Celli
BEST ANIMATION: Sgt Stubby – An Unlikely Hero – Richard Lanni
BEST ANIMATION: Rexxi Episode 2 Frank – Diana Willow Kennedy
BEST ANIMATION: To the Moon – Xinyu Robin Cai
BEST WEB/TV SERIES: The 1st episodes of the 1st and 2nd seasons of the series ‘Kiev is our city’ – Sergey Strakhov
BEST DIRECTOR (MAN): Tears in Heaven – Nicola Barnaba
BEST DIRECTOR (MAN): Peace Wilderness Man – Tim Millard
BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR: Laceless Sneakers – Jeny Poquet, Oscar Gómez
BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR: The End of the World – Sebastian Pereanu
BEST SCREENPLAY: Speak Up Valedictorian! – Robert Papasidero, Anthony Papasidero
BEST ACTOR: Letters Of Love SHORT – Johan Wickholm
BEST ACTOR: Some Weird Sin – Colby Herbs
BEST ACTRESS: Fractured – Sasha Go
BEST ACTRESS: The Closet – Amy Ward
BEST SUPP ACTOR: Less than we want to take – Jorge Neto
BEST SUPP ACTRESS: Xin Wang – Rose de Chine 凉风抚心
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ici ça plante – Lucas Fassel
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: KRISIS – Luca Mazzara
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Cocco di Mamma – Antonio RIBEZZI
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Prayer – Nivedita Pohankar
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: The Tale of the Fire Medallion – Françoise Talbourdet
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Let it Dance – Carolyn Corkindale
BEST COSTUME: Mors certa est, hora incerta – Marco Fratini
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Endures — A Cinematic VFX Short Film (2025) – Julian Dominguez
BEST DRAMA: Patient Lucidity – Caleb Mihill
BEST DRAMA: KRISIS – Luca Mazzara
BEST COMEDY: L’anniversaire – Thibault Mombellet
BEST HORROR: 15 to Sunrise – Joel Austin
BEST HORROR: Seven – Pablo Zubieta
BEST POSTER: Beyond The Horizon – James Peter Rowat
BEST EDITOR: What We Hide – Alexander Osman
BEST ENSEMBLE: GO LIVE – Michael J Gonzales
BEST ENSEMBLE: Echos Of The Fallen – Xavia Fotschky, Severium Fotschky
BEST EXPERIMENTAL: Street Muse – Beth Cloutier
BEST EXPERIMENTAL: DYNAMICS – Teo Baehler
BEST SCRIPT: The Executioner’s Room – Javier López Teso
BEST SCRIPT: The Red Zone – Terry Luke Podnar
BEST AI: PARUT – Mohd Hisham Saleh
BEST AI: BloodPrint – wooseung Jung