AUGUST 19 - AUGUST 20, 2026

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Best AI Film (Artificial intelligence)

WINNER

Warped Memories BY Pedro Bayeux

Best Animated Film

WINNER

Enemy Heroes BY Mark Diamond

Best Cinematographer

WINNER

AN AMERICAN ABROAD Film BY Marcia Kimpton

Best Comedy

WINNER

AN AMERICAN ABROAD Film BY Marcia Kimpton

Best Dance Film

WINNER

La Passeggiata (The Walk) BY Scotty Hardwig

Best Documentary (Feature Length)

WINNER

Kosovo: To Look Forward BY Edd Chettleburgh

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
The Gift in Adversity BY John Robertson Spender

Best Documentary (Short)

WINNER

Here’s… Mud In Your Eye BY Rikke Luther

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
A Kit from the past BY Aziz Jabi
ABOUT CITIES, TANGOS, FERRIES, AND THE STRANGE DIFFICULTY OF REMAINING CLOSE TO ANYTHING BY Kostiantyn Mishchenko

Best Experimental Film

WINNER

NOW Again – Part Two BY Richard Philpott

Best First Time Filmmaker

WINNER

Please, Stop! BY Patricia Holihan

Best Horror

WINNER

THE CRONENBERG THEORY: THE MAN WITH NO FACE BY DANNY TRAVERSO

Best International Short Film

WINNER

NSFW BY André Duarte

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
TRIBAL LAND BY John Lewnadowski
Dureality BY Adonis Armstrong

Best Music Video

WINNER

If I Knew (The Piano Version) Official Music Video BY Rew Jones

Best Original Music

WINNER

Dragon Mom BY Harrison Buck

Best Original Score

WINNER

GHOSTING AMONG GHOSTS BY Élise Tandé

Best Photography / Poster

WINNER

If I Knew (The Piano Version) Official Music Video BY Rew Jones

Best Queer Movie

WINNER

Somewhere Else BY David Mills

Best Sci-Fi Film (Science Fiction Genre/Video Game/fantasy)

WINNER

Strange Orbits BY Clayton Flagg

Best Screenwriting

WINNER

CONFIDANT BY Marni Sullivan

Best Short Drama

WINNER

Please, Stop! BY Patricia Holihan

Best Short Script

WINNER

The First Movie Star BY Tanner Bushell

Best Stage Play

WINNER

Dali’s Dream. An Experimental Art Film BY Lisa Monde

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
Shangri-La-La (comedy musical) BY Mike Meier, Peter Giambalvo

Best Student Film

WINNER

A Heart to Heart BY Arth Joshi

Best Unproduced Screenplay

WINNER

A F T E R: A Love Story | Part of The Unraveling Series™ BY Sandy Hoffman

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
Avalon Ministry BY Melvin Abercrombie

Best Web Series

WINNER

Warung Texas BY Richard Prasedyoko

Winter Sports (Skiing, Sledging, Ice hockey)

WINNER

It’s Her Call BY  Jen Walden