AUGUST 19 - AUGUST 20, 2026

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Best Actor

WINNER

THE DAY BY Dinnesh Tej

Best Actress

WINNER

Nausikaa’s Chambers BY Irene Gianeselli

Best AI Film (Artificial intelligence)

WINNER

Call Ended BY Amr Assad

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
A Face Only A Mother Could Love BY Robert Gaudette

Best Animated Film

WINNER

One Last Song BY Isaac Cayden Kannigan

Best Cinematographer

WINNER

THE DAY BY Dinnesh Tej

Best Dance Film

WINNER

your love:beside me BY Ali Kenner Brodsky

Best Documentary (Feature Length)

WINNER

Reservation Redemption BY Brenda Fisher, Blake Pickens

Best Documentary (Short)

WINNER

DECARB BY Roel Swierenga

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
Blue Alliance: A Harmonious Coexistence with Diabetes BY Julio Peres, Caue Angeli
Silent Movie Stars BY Bob Jones

Best Feature Script

WINNER

UNCLE FRANCO’S BIRTHDAY SUIT BY Lynn H. Elliott

Best Horror

WINNER

Tucked In BY Lar Collicott

Best International Feature Film

WINNER

Our Brilliant Destruction BY Sarah Bitely

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
K-Epic Trilogy BY Antonia Kim

Best International Short Film

WINNER

CASUS BY William Eguienta

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
The Inheritance Clause BY 41Blackford

Best Music Video

WINNER

Who Am I BY FRANK MANCUSO

Best Original Music

WINNER

THE DAY BY Dinnesh Tej

Best Queer Movie

WINNER

Out Laws BY James Lewis, Lexi Powner

Best Short Drama

WINNER

Traces of Light BY Montse Villegas

Best Student Film

WINNER

Lost Soul BY Samir Ahmed

Best Thriller

WINNER

City of Masks BY William Welsh Holland

Best Trailer

WINNER

NATURMORT – Driven by Silence | Trailer BY Gökhan Yıldız

Best Unproduced Screenplay

WINNER

The Shadow of The Sun by Honghu Mao, Mingna Su

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
Disclosure from a Cloakroom BY Carol Marie Dorn