WINNERS
AUGUST 2026
Best Feature Film
D.R. Bellard's Shot By An Angel - 🇺🇸
By Nikolay Bogomilov
Best Drama Short
Let Me - 🇮🇹
by Francesco Dattilo
Best Comedy Short
Bad Night on Campus - 🇨🇭
by Galdino Hladecek
Best Animated Short
Over - 🇦🇷
by Nicolas Martin
Best Documentary
Hoplove - 🇩🇪
By Sebastian Bauer
Best Horror Short
Great - 🇪🇸
By Marco Santori
Best Crime Short
Murder - 🇺🇸
By Jacob Mathias
Best Fantasy Short
The Babylon Gardens - 🇪🇬
By Karim Moussa
Best Thriller Short
Grey - 🇺🇸
By William Henberg
Best Sci-fi Short
Believer - 🇺🇸
By Jessica Morgan
Best L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+ Short
Love - 🇬🇧
By Brady Steven
Best Micro Short
Boxing - 🇬🇧
By Sam Rix
Best Western Short
Uber at the Desert - 🇺🇸
by Greg Molin
Best Indie Film
Often - 🇺🇸
by Marcela Godoy
Best Web Series
House - 🇺🇸
By Joshua Michael
Best Series Pilot
Flipping Charleston - 🇺🇸
By Lisa Grant
Best Music Video
Invisible Wars - 🇧🇷
Performed by L7NNON
Directed by Kaique Alves & Thiago Evaby
Best Commercial / branded Film
Adidas Life - 🇺🇸
by Werner H. Lee
Best Original Content
Turning Point - 🇳🇬
By Adeoluwa Owu
Best Student Film
When I'm Gone - 🇺🇸
by Maria Cristina Reyes Arce
Best VR 360 Film
Nature VR - 🇺🇸
by Marcus Vinicius
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Best Director
Nikolay Bogomilov
D.R. Bellard's Shot By An Angel - 🇺🇸
Honorable Mention
Best Director
Miya Allen & Hadiru Kamara
Sonder - 🇺🇸
Best First Time Director
Sam Rix
Boxing - 🇺🇸
Best Indie Filmmaker
Maetin Lohan
Apple - 🇺🇸
Best Student Filmmaker
Maria Cristina Reyes Arce
When I'm Gone - 🇺🇸
Best Young Filmmaker
Galdino Hladecek
Bad Night on Campus - 🇨🇭
Best Actress
Lina Ikechuju
Left Out - 🇨🇲
Best Actor
Joe Anderson
The Reckoning - 🇬🇧
Best Supporting Actress
Margaret Ladd
Just in Time - 🇺🇸
Best Supporting Actor
Steven Waddington
The Reckoning - 🇬🇧
Best Young Actor
Calvin Schlick
Bad Night on Campus - 🇨🇭
Best Young Actress
Lorelei Schlick
Bad Night on Campus - 🇨🇭
Best Ensemble Cast
Vincent Molli & Bayarma Bayarma
La Belle Dame Sans Merci - 🇧🇬
Best Producer
Kelly Dattilo
Let Me - 🇮🇹
Best Screenplay (produced)
Left Out - 🇨🇲
by Fon Daniel
Best Original Song
BELIEVE AND BE BRAVE - 🇺🇸
By Marcello Vieira
Best Original Score
THE ROGUE RUNNER - 🇺🇸
Brandon Basilio
HONORABLE MENTION
Best Original Score
Boxing - 🇺🇸
By Tim Doyle
Best Cinematography
Ronin Perry
Bad Night on Campus - 🇨🇭
Best Editing
Stephen Marglic
Nope - 🇮🇳
Best Hair & Make Up Design
Megan Shelling
North Land - 🇺🇸
Best Sound Design
Mark Studio
Os - 🇺🇸
Best Screenplay
Lenny's Vintage - 🇺🇸
By Jeffrey Michael Ritter
"' A stubborn seventy-six-year-old vintage motorcycle dealer, estranged from his brothers for a decade and allergic to change, gets his life invaded all at once — a bankrupt brother on his doorstep, a woman who won't let him hide, a kid who needs a father, and a cancer scare that finally puts the whole family in one room. It takes all of it to teach an old dog that the thing he lost isn't gone; it's just waiting up the river for him to be brave enough to go get it. "
HONORABLE MENTION
Best Screenplay
Blackjack Inc. - 🇺🇸
By Heath Erik Papkov
"' Rebecca Myers is the seductive face of Blackjack Inc., a blackmail operation targeting powerful men. When a $10 million assignment involving a senator goes dangerously wrong, Rebecca discovers betrayal within her own team. Forced to confront manipulation, violence, and broken trust, she ultimately fights to take control of both Blackjack Inc. and her own future. "
