May 2026
May 2026
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Best Film
Winner: Right Here – Ronan Tattersall – United States
Best International Film
Winner: The Bee – Jörg Vincent Malotki – Germany
Honorable Mention: Mother’s Day – Ross Langill – Canada
Best American Film
Winner: Immortal Echoes – Jeff Lane – United States
Honorable Mention: The Narrowz – Anthony Parker – United States
Best European Film
Winner: Dance: Generations – Dawn Gifford Engle – Spain
Honorable Mention: On This Occasion – Jennifer Fletcher – United Kingdom
Best Asian Film
Winner: Level Dark – Anurag Chaudhary – India
Honorable Mention: Fitrat – Siddharth Kumar – India
Best Italian Film
Winner: I Am Calabrese – Antonio Malfitano – Italy
Honorable Mention: L’Oro del Mare – Egidio Musitano – Italy
Best Lombard Film
Winner: The Day the Strawberries Will Arrive – Omar Cremon – Italy
Honorable Mention: Il Potente Battito della Sogliola – Giulia Morlacchi – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes)
Winner: Specimen – Jiayi Feng – China
Honorable Mention: Me, Myself & I – Rachel Allignet – France
Best Super Short (5 to 10 minutes)
Winner: Managing Clyde – Rick Zahradnik – United States
Honorable Mention: Aurelia: Golden Fox Princess – Pai Chen – Taiwan
Best Standard Short (10 to 20 minutes)
Winner: Time to Go – Victoria Schultz – United States
Honorable Mention: College Troopers – Jack Truman – United States
Best Medium Length (under 60 minutes)
Winner: Wildfire Outbreak UK – Karl-James Langford – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Life Gave Me a Twist – Kem Frasier – United States
Best Low Budget Film
Winner: Worth Taking – Rome Romanne – United States
Honorable Mention: A Nutritional Christmas Tale – Jose Miguel Soriano – Spain
Best Title
Winner: I Don’t Live Here – Jacob Lee – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Not So Different – William Teichner – United States
Best Original Idea
Winner: It’s Pumpkin Season – Zack Wilcox – Not Specified
Honorable Mention: Hedgehog Hunting – Gregor Ingermann – New Zealand
Best Debut Film
Winner: The Unspoken Sin – Wenqi Dong – China
Honorable Mention: love.exe – Nicole Robyn Retief – South Africa
REALITY AWARDS
Best Drama
Winner: Future Days – Tom Xiao – United States
Honorable Mention: Drops – Hannah Lichtenstein – Switzerland
Best Social Drama
Winner: Perpetuo – Nicolas Gazzotti, Gaspare Amodeo – Italy
Honorable Mention: Cut the Fat – Daniel Blinston – United Kingdom
Best Family Drama
Winner: Loop – Jennie Jorgensen – Denmark
Honorable Mention: Until the Rain Stops – Pai Chen – Taiwan
Best Documentary
Winner: Underground Serenade – Lukas Berger – Portugal
Honorable Mention: Everybody Loves Gina: The Video Depot Story – Roy Samuel Ferré – United States
Best Social Documentary
Winner: My Proudest Moment – Imbi Männik – Australia
Honorable Mention: Hope in the Hague – Daniëlla Parmo de Campos – Netherlands
Best Independent Documentary
Winner: Croatia in Dub – Lorenzo Mantovani – Croatia
Honorable Mention: Life Model Protégé – Joseph S Vignieri – United States
Best Experimental Film
Winner: Doom Scroll – Tamika Lamison – United States
Honorable Mention: Bipedal – Tony Hill – United Kingdom
Best Experimental Arthouse
Winner: Turning to Birds: 200 Years of Evil Chill – Andre Semenza, Fernanda Lippi – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: The Organic Synthetic – David Ghazawy – Australia
Best Animated Film
Winner: Biomechanische – Aimie Renee Bourgeois – Canada
Honorable Mention: Alone – Jamie Twyman – United Kingdom
Best Historical & Western Film
Winner: Crossroad – Austin Ellsworth – United States
Best Comedy & Irony
Winner: Cocinas – Antía Rodeiro – Spain
Honorable Mention: Impacted – John Myrick – United States
Best Horror & Mystery
Winner: Corollarium – Vincent Ridolfi – Italy
Honorable Mention: The Pale Man – Andrew Dornan – United Kingdom
Best Crime, Action & Thriller
Winner: Table For Two – Tom Logan – Not Specified
Honorable Mention: Red Alert (60s Cut) – William Teichner – United States
Best Web & TV Pilot
Winner: Cuckoo Loco – Michael Ringdal – Spain
Honorable Mention: Excuse Me, Neighbor – Marwan Johnson – United States
Best Sci Fi & Fantasy
Winner: Soulbound – Colin Hodgin – United States
Honorable Mention: Welcome Back – William Teichner – United States
Best Romance
Winner: Sous la Lune – Pai Chen – Taiwan
Best Music & Musical
Winner: Kirikko vs Kitsune – Pai Chen – Taiwan
Honorable Mention: Enoya’s Ave Maria – Pai Chen – Taiwan
TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director
Winner: Prove Tecniche di Empatia – Jacopo Cullin – Italy
Honorable Mention: Roman Numerals – Juri Love, Jack Dawson – United States
Best Young Director
Winner: Pas de Grâce – Melchior Guerlet – France
Honorable Mention: Room To Breathe – Bella Stone Stilling – Denmark
Best Actor & Actress
Winner: Inevitably Alone – Joe Brooks – United States
Honorable Mention: The Closer We Came – Joshua R Margulies – United States
Best Screenplay
Winner: Table For Two – Tom Logan – Not Specified
Honorable Mention: The Last Letter – Philippe Verichoux – France
Best Cinematography
Winner: Alex Süd – Bongani Baloyi, Botlhale Boikanyo – South Africa
Honorable Mention: Echoes of the Palisades – Ken Sax – United States
Best Editing
Winner: White Hat – Aleisha Anderson – Canada
Honorable Mention: Murder at Midnight – Cassidy Rickels – United States
Best Soundtrack
Winner: Yard Saleing – Tom Burgess Logan – Not Specified
Honorable Mention: Taking Flight: The 8th Wonder of the World – Darci Gamerl – United States
Best Producer
Winner: Rumore di Fondo – Angelo Pennisi – Italy
Honorable Mention: No Color Without Music – Dragan Stancovic, Stephan Niedermayr – Austria
Best Movie Poster
Winner: Rose – Justine Laura Pesin – France
Honorable Mention: He Is UCONN – Big Red – Zeljko Mirkovic – United States
SPECIAL AWARD
Best Realistic Film
Winner: Water Communities – Danilo Paolo Pavone – Italy
Honorable Mention: Karanlik – Bahadir Hekim – Türkiye
