February 2026
February 2026
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Best Film Winner: The Curse – Owl White – Spain
Best International Film
Winner: Means to an End – Tanya M. Wheeler – New Zealand
Honorable Mention: Human Relations – Thomas Michaelson – United Kingdom
Best American Film
Winner: Inebriated – Riley Hudson, Zach Lamb – United States
Honorable Mention: The Commercial Break-Up – Hayes K Davis – United States
Best European Film
Winner: The Siege – Owl White – Spain
Honorable Mention: The Amazing Journey of Jacob A. Riis – Marcus Mandal – Denmark
Best Asian Film
Winner: Job Seeker – Joon Han – South Korea
Honorable Mention: Strings – Neha Ganesh Kumbhar – India
Best Italian Film
Winner: The gold of the mangroves – Carlo Loglisci, Matteo Capatti – Italy
Honorable Mention: Wonderfully – Vittorio Caratozzolo – Italy
Best Lombard Film
Winner: Inner Shadow – Raoul Bonfiglio – Italy
Honorable Mention: Come soli – Elisa Cherchi – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes)
Winner: Strings – Neha Ganesh Kumbhar – India
Honorable Mention: Slayed – Tahirr Aashhraf – United Kingdom
Best Super Short (5 to 10 minutes)
Winner: For the Love of Money – Joseph Kowalski – United States
Honorable Mention: Struggle/Strength – Marlene Szczesny – United States
Best Standard Short (10 to 20 minutes)
Winner: Hannah – Thomas Mehler – Brazil
Honorable Mention: Gramophone – arif emsen – Turkey
Best Medium Length (under 60 minutes)
Winner: Surya The Delivery Boy – V.C Karthik – India
Honorable Mention: Now Again – Part One – Richard Philpott – United Kingdom
Best Low Budget Film
Winner: Aftertaste – Nicola Scamarcia – Italy
Honorable Mention: I Love you – Fabio Pannetto – Italy
Best Title
Winner: The woman who couldn’t fly – Antonio Malfitano – Italy
Honorable Mention: Here Where The Sea Shines – Giuseppe A. Modica – Italy
Best Original Idea
Winner: A Weird Dream – İrfan Kayaş – Turkey
Honorable Mention: Lottie’s Luck The Cooked Breakfast – William Samson – United Kingdom
Best Debut Film
Winner: The Cereal Bag – David Aledo Yanguas – Germany, Spain
Honorable Mention: Come soli – Elisa Cherchi – Italy
REALITY AWARDS
Best Drama
Winner: My Foot is in Heaven (A film about Gaza) – Iyad Hajjaj – United States
Honorable Mention: The School Photographer – Hanna Fred Ekman – Sweden
Best Social Drama
Winner: L’Angelo – Roberto Di Vito – Italy
Honorable Mention: Ice – Vitoria de Oliveira, Michael Cerqueira Da Costa – Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United States
Best Family Drama
Winner: Verso un nuovo inizio – Marco Bassi – Italy
Honorable Mention: One Last Conversation – Jocelyne Margaret Cordero – United States
Best Female Drama
Winner: Unfiltered – Remco Merbis – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Two Steps – Nita Pednekar – United States
Best Documentary
Winner: Brinquedoteca, Mauro’s Magical Workshop – Marcio Rosario – Brazil
Honorable Mention: Tissage Ain Leu – Thaine H. Allison, Jr. – United States
Best Social Documentary
Winner: Polar Kinships – Isley Reust, Annukka Pekkarinen – Greenland, Iceland
Honorable Mention: Sunday Mornings at the Beach – Tim Reid, Aaron Hose – United States
Best Independent Documentary
Winner: Forgotten Flavors – Kimberly Calvert – United States
Honorable Mention: The Mandate – for whom international law matters – Stefan G. Ziegler – Switzerland
Best Experimental Film
Winner: In The Long Tall Grass – Bella Straughn – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Kurry: A Love Story – Yazzer Plasm – United States
Best Experimental Arthouse
Winner: Lotus – Angelika Fürstler, Austin Ahlborg – France
Honorable Mention: Våknet – Woken – Shahrokh Nael – United Kingdom
Best Animated Film
Winner: El cruce – Publio César de la Vega García – Spain
Honorable Mention: Equinox The 7 Deadly Sins Anthology – AJ Spencer – United States
Best Historical & Western Film
Winner: At Night – Don Gage – United States
Best Comedy & Irony
Winner: Be the cowboy – Bruno Cortazzo – Uruguay
Best Horror & Mystery Winner: Inner Life – Christian Skibinski – Germany
Honorable Mention: Case 076 – Moises Suarez, Javier Carreon – Mexico
Best Crime, Action & Thriller
Winner: Blick Ohne Worte – Art Davis – Germany
Honorable Mention: Steak – Francisco Leslie López del Castillo Wilderbeek – Spain
Best Sci Fi & Fantasy
Winner: Little Thieves – Blake Rice – United States
Honorable Mention: The Nest – owl White – Spain
Best Music & Musical
Winner: Love thy nigger – Gerald L. Johnson – United States
Honorable Mention: What makes the world go round – Gerald L. Johnson – United States
Best Inclusive Film (LGBTQ+)
Winner: We Shook the Sun – Remco Merbis – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: High Street Hangover – Anthony Matos – United States
TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director
Winner: Table For Two – Tom Logan – United States
Honorable Mention: The Farewell – Peter B Buckley – United States
Best Young Director
Winner: Who Broke The Vase? – David Aledo Yanguas – Germany, Spain
Honorable Mention: Inebriated – Riley Hudson, Zach Lamb – United States
Best Actor & Actress
Winner: Sheltered Spaces – Ruby Bardwell Dix – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: For Sale – Sheng Jin – David Li – Canada
Best Screenplay
Winner: Imperia – Marcel Barsotti – Germany
Honorable Mention: An interview with a movie meta star – Claude Bouillin – Finland
Best Cinematography
Winner: Gnosis – Francesco Squillantini – Italy
Honorable Mention: In Cold Love – Yorgos Keramydas – Greece
Best Editing
Winner: The Woman Is Perfected – Ruth Fowler – United States
Honorable Mention: McIntosh – Steven Hayet – United States
Best Soundtrack
Winner: Time Settles – Julia Gromskaya – Italy
Honorable Mention: 1 2 3 Revolution – Antonio Malfitano – Italy
Best Producer
Winner: Grahan – shariq Ali Khan – India
Honorable Mention: Nursing Home – Chi Kiu So – Hong Kong
Best Movie Poster
Winner: You’re not a Fool, Grandpa – Adrien Lhoste – France
Honorable Mention: No Trespassing – Daryl Hrdlicka – United States
SPECIAL AWARD
Best Realistic Film Winner: Choices Matter – Jordon Foster – United States
