June 2026
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Best Film
Winner: Sky Full of Stars for a Roof – James Ciganek – United States
Best International Film
Winner: Yard Saleing – Tom Logan – United States
Honorable Mention: The Bridge Less Traveled – Dana Dunton – United States
Best American Film
Winner: Liberation – Jeff Corpening – United States
Honorable Mention: Run N 2 (a Black Man) – Christopher Charles Wilkinson – United States
Best European Film
Winner: Cards Down – Maria Kraevska – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: The Last Journey – Charly Dô – France
Best Asian Film
Winner: Nyanyian di Angkringan – Shafiyyah Aida, Yansen Emanuel Irawan, Muhammad Atha Ramadhan Al Abidin – Indonesia
Honorable Mention: Devil:Error_001 – Paradox – – Kasamacura – Japan
Best Italian Film
Winner: La Donna Che Non Sapeva Volare – Sara Scarcello – Italy
Honorable Mention: Beyond the Sea – Vladimir Scavuzzo – Italy
Best Lombard Film
Winner: Classificato – Italy
Honorable Mention: Beyond the Sea – Vladimir Scavuzzo – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes)
Winner: L’Eleganza del Gesto – Jean-Luc Servino – Italy
Honorable Mention: The Last Journey – Charly Dô – France
Best Super Short (5 to 10 minutes)
Winner: Ohala – Sunil Kumar Bagevadi – India
Best Standard Short (10 to 20 minutes)
Winner: The Whispers – Ali Moazen – Iran
Honorable Mention: The Bridge Less Traveled – Dana Dunton – United States
Best Medium Length (under 60 minutes)
Winner: George & Rosa – Matt Bosson – United States
Honorable Mention: America’s Radical Women: Forgotten Voices of History – E. Philip Brown – United States
Best Low Budget Film
Winner: Other People’s Lives – United States
Honorable Mention: Part of the Job – James Godred – United Kingdom
Best Title
Winner: Other People’s Lives – United States
Honorable Mention: La Donna Che Non Sapeva Volare – Sara Scarcello – Italy
Best Original Idea
Winner: Restablecer – Juan Carlos Mercado – Mexico
Honorable Mention: Retazos de un Latido – Sadie Duarte – Spain
Best Debut Film
Winner: Raanphool – Preitesh Pramod Ghag – India
Honorable Mention: Hesitation: the Shameless Dilemma of a Potential Suicide – Moises Suarez, Javier Carreon – Mexico
REALITY AWARDS
Best Drama
Winner: A Stage in a Journey – Charan Parimi – India
Honorable Mention: Το Κέντρο του Κόσμου – Vasileios Bekiaris – Greece
Best Social Drama
Winner: 40 de Secunde – Alexandru Dan Albulescu – Romania
Honorable Mention: Part of the Job – James Godred – United Kingdom
Best Family Drama
Winner: Prologue – Ollie Skilton – New Zealand
Honorable Mention: George – Maurício Borges de Medeiros – Brazil
Best Female Drama
Winner: La Donna Che Non Sapeva Volare – Sara Scarcello – Italy
Honorable Mention: America’s Radical Women: Forgotten Voices of History – E. Philip Brown – United States
Best Documentary
Winner: U.S.P.O. – Mari Walker – United States
Honorable Mention: Matin – Sam Soleymani – Iran
Best Social Documentary
Winner: No Kings, Just Neighbors – Rachel Barrett – United States
Honorable Mention: Dreams Float Around Us – Alicia Michele Benjamin – United States
Best Independent Documentary
Winner: Hideaways: Cambodia – Where Gods Flow Through Stone – Amber Sharma – India
Honorable Mention: The Love Movement: the Bernadette Scott Story – United States
Best Experimental Film
Winner: On My Head – Walter Veronesi – Switzerland
Honorable Mention: Cantami – Nino Ilacqua – Switzerland
Best Experimental Arthouse
Winner: Come Back – Kaihang Ye – China
Honorable Mention: A Dreamer’s Dream – Ale Cetrangolo – Argentina, China, Italy, United States
Best Animated Film
Winner: Geen Enkele Leeftijd Is Alleen Maar Gemakkelijk – Sandrine Lambert – Belgium
Honorable Mention: Monet Vision Animated – Jon Casey – Not Specified
Best Historical & Western Film
Winner: Sky Full of Stars for a Roof – James Ciganek – United States
Best Comedy & Irony
Winner: Spaghet-Tea House – Per un Baffo Impregnato di Ragù – Andrea Chiapasco, Emanuele Franco, Eugenio Pulvirenti – Italy
Honorable Mention: Esports Legend – Jacob Lacate – Canada
Best Horror & Mystery
Winner: Infeksjon – Hüseyin Özdemir – Norway
Honorable Mention: Table For Two – Tom Logan – Not Specified
Best Crime, Action & Thriller
Winner: Ego – Juan Carlos Macías Camacho, Jorge G. Satí – Spain
Honorable Mention: Firewatcher – John Sohrweid – United States
Best Sci Fi & Fantasy
Winner: Time Sentence – Khalid Hasan Khan – Not Specified
Best Romance
Winner: Blind Pursuit – Desmond J Brown – United States
Best Music & Musical
Winner: Unforgettable Venice-2 – Fishel Pustilnik – Canada
Honorable Mention: Denouncement Music Video – Terry Ulick – United States
Best Inclusive Film (LGBTQ+)
Winner: Shanaya’s Path – Frank Röhrig – Netherlands
TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director
Winner: Outwit the Devil – Anthony Nicholas Moore – United States
Honorable Mention: Raanphool – Preitesh Pramod Ghag – India
Best Young Director
Winner: Blood & Butter – Alex Pera – United States
Honorable Mention: Sticks and Stones – Kennedy Price – United States
Best Actor & Actress
Winner: Nic Mnie W Tobie Nie Przeraża – Justyna Nowak – Poland (Monika Roszko)
Honorable Mention: Camelia Badelia; a Brief Interview with a Witch – Part Two – Krystal Anaís Amaya Navarro – United States
Best Screenplay
Winner: Cards Down – Maria Kraevska – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Lol – Legally Obligated Love – Nikhil Bharadwaj Vanamamalai – Not Specified
Best Cinematography
Winner: Paraiso – Fabrice Parent – Belgium
Honorable Mention: Come Out, Wherever You Are – Anh Vo – United States
Best Editing
Winner: The Haunted – Perception Is Reality – Mike Fox – United States
Honorable Mention: The Jade Palace’s Lament – Xiaoxiao Ma – China
Best Soundtrack
Winner: Despicable Nights in Heaven – Omkar Modgi – India
Honorable Mention: Lunar C – Last Time – James Longman – United Kingdom
Best Producer
Winner: Call Out to You – Melody Grace Huang – United States
Honorable Mention: Keith Haring and the Mystery Mural – Frank Ditto – United States
Best Movie Poster
Winner: Legend of Hope: Episode 2 – Muhammad Luke Alexander Fernandez Bin Noorazrin – Singapore
Honorable Mention: The Art of Eating Sin – Hunter Leech – Australia
SPECIAL AWARD
Best Realistic Film
Winner: Prologue – Ollie Skilton – New Zealand
