January 2026
January 2026
Best Film Winner: Everybody Kills – Francesco Puppini – Italy
Best International Film Winner: Ludyas – Akis Polizos – Greece
Honorable Mention: SWiM – Ivo Venkov – United States
Honorable Mention: Naughty – Matt Trygar, Zackary Wilcox – Not Specified
Best American Film Winner: Give/Back – Zackary Wilcox – United States
Honorable Mention: Theo – A rockSTAR Story – Levi Ware – United States
Best European Film Winner: Friday a shorter day – Alexandr Alexandrov – Russian Federation
Honorable Mention: Hinterlander – Will St John Butler – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Last Night – Matthew Lyne-Watt, Joe Reaney – United Kingdom
Best Asian Film Winner: Pink Pony Club / Wicked Dreams – Maria Rayyan Najarian – Lebanon
Honorable Mention: Rhythms of the Sea and Cities – Artashes Hovanessian – Armenia
Best Italian Film Winner: La Paura dei Numeri – Mauro John Capece – Italy
Honorable Mention: Non ci sono più i fascisti di una volta – Antonio – Italy
Honorable Mention: Faccia a Faccia – Roberto Pietro Repetti – Italy
Best Lombard Film Winner: Everybody Kills – Francesco Puppini – Italy
Honorable Mention: Claudio – Mirko Salciarini – Italy
Honorable Mention: The Other Side of Desire – Isabel Torres – Italy, United Kingdom
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes) Winner: Here Goes – Raphael Crimson Mushailov – Israel
Honorable Mention: Iridescence – Adrien Lhoste – France
Honorable Mention: The Cormorant’s Shadow – Barbara Peikert – Switzerland
Best Super Short (5 to 10 minutes) Winner: Give/Back – Zackary Wilcox – United States
Honorable Mention: (Un)earthing – plant knowledge and dreams – Louise Boer – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: No Wet Ends – Cash Versailles, Rowan Christenson, Patrick Geraghty – United States
Best Standard Short (10 to 20 minutes) Winner: The EverChanging Life of Mary Jo – Anton Mitchell – United States
Honorable Mention: Exmystika: The first temple of Solomon – Pierre Dietz – Germany
Honorable Mention: The Robinsons’ Family BBQ – James Longman, Ross Thompson – United Kingdom
Best Medium Length (under 60 minutes) Winner: The Heart of A Dominatrix – – France
Honorable Mention: Eddy Hamel – Gentleman from Auschwitz – Krzysztof Baranowski – Poland
Honorable Mention: Is there Espiga?! – Ana Beatriz Bernardo de Jesus – Portugal
Best Low Budget Film Winner: Alice the Detective – Anthony Jones – United States
Honorable Mention: Fentanevil – Carlo Ambrosetti – Italy
Best Title Winner: I Love You, Too, You Stinky Elephant – James D Bowen – Indonesia
Honorable Mention: Salsiccia & Polpetta – Dominick Edwards – United States
Honorable Mention: A Kin Sin – Gulzar G – Canada
Best Original Idea Winner: bird’s nest (the mourning dove and the cardinal) – Leo Pickard – United States
Honorable Mention: Étouffe-moi Seul – Vivian Kay Quintero – United States
Best Debut Film Winner: Love, Law, Legacy – Joseline J. Hardrick – United States
Honorable Mention: Room#2 – Esterio Segura Jr – Cuba
Honorable Mention: Doubt Us – Cash Versailles – United States
REALITY AWARDS
Best Drama Winner: Annie – Laura Neri – Belgium, Greece
Honorable Mention: Holding Echoes – Carlos Antonio Rios Morales – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Like A Willow Tree – S. Kyle Robisnon – United States
Best Social Drama Winner: Gaza’s Lost Horizon – Mo’men Ghanim Hasanain – Palestine
Honorable Mention: Before They Forget – Teresa Garza – United States
Honorable Mention: I Disappear – Peter Sands – United States
Best Family Drama Winner: What Liba felt – Frank Nesemann – Germany
Honorable Mention: Catharsis – Maria Manidaki – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: A Nest in My Heart – Mira Kim – South Korea
Best Female Drama Winner: Unfiltered – Remco Merbis – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: “Mothers in Shadow” – Viviana Mura – Italy
Honorable Mention: Depression – Adwoa Daniels – United States
Best Documentary Winner: Carta di identità – Alejandro Guzmán – Spain
Honorable Mention: The pizzica of Romolo Crudo – Tommaso Faggiano – Italy
Honorable Mention: Out in the open – Zoran Ignjatović – Serbia
Best Social Documentary Winner: The Circle – Theodora Kotsi-Felici, Bafl Sarhang – Netherlands
Honorable Mention: Il volo di Marie Andrè – davidevincenzo salmeri – Italy
Honorable Mention: The House of Gods – Miha Mohorič – Slovenia
Best Independent Documentary Winner: Claudio – Mirko Salciarini – Italy
Honorable Mention: Supereroi – Marco Ramotti, Diego Cossotto, Luca Storero – Italy
Honorable Mention: Gaza’s Patient Heart – Mo’men Ghanim Hasanain – Palestine
Best Experimental Film Winner: Dream #9 – Jose Flores – United States
Honorable Mention: Room#2 – Esterio Segura Jr – Cuba
Honorable Mention: A Nest in My Heart – Mira Kim – South Korea
Best Experimental Arthouse Winner: Divine Savage Love – Andres Godoy, Mariann Kiidron – Estonia
Honorable Mention: Preservation – Anna Dobos – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Mandinga – Juno Rose – United States
Best Animated Film Winner: Climatocalypse – Justin Capes – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Saudade, perhaps… – José-Manuel Xavier – Portugal
Honorable Mention: Esli Mozhno – So Many Fools Around – Anton Evdokimov – Uzbekistan
Best Comedy & Irony Winner: The Artists – Jesse Samos Leaman, Taylor Adams – Australia
Honorable Mention: Escape The Friendzone – Connor McLellan – Canada
Honorable Mention: Doggy Style – Davis Michael Stainfield – United States
Best Horror & Mystery Winner: Conquistadors – Byron Gouette – United States
Honorable Mention: Don’t Leave Me – Joe Hill – United States
Best Crime, Action & Thriller Winner: Take the Fall – Jermaine Malcolm – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Marked – Andrew Vilange – United States
Honorable Mention: Stalker – Nathan Shilaimon – United States
Best Sci Fi & Fantasy Winner: Remote Viewing – Jordu Schell – United States
Honorable Mention: The Cage We Choose – Rafael Paiva – United States
Honorable Mention: The Transition Room – Aaron Penney – United States
Best Romance Winner: The Final Cut – Aleksander Emé – Denmark
Honorable Mention: Last Song – Remco Merbis – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: La Vie en Rose – Franciszek Kizinski – France
Best Music & Musical Winner: Grandpa’s Got A Brand New Pill – Jacob McCaslin – United States
Honorable Mention: A Musician’s Requiem – Mathias Marco Canavaro – Indonesia
Honorable Mention: Miami – Danny Pryp – Australia, Colombia, Venezuela
Best Inclusive Film (LGBTQ+) Winner: It Happened In August – Artima Sakulkoo – United States
Honorable Mention: Trigger – Alen Xhafa – Canada
Honorable Mention: I Still Remember – Caio Camillo – Brazil
TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director Winner: Just A Little Longer – Daniela Mileykovsky – United States
Honorable Mention: A Mezcal with the Dead – Marco Melgar – Mexico, Peru
Honorable Mention: The Cost of Silence – Nicola Gaughan – United Kingdom
Best Young Director Winner: 237 Degrees Celsius – Ayda Bahrampour, Mahdi Habibi – Iran
Honorable Mention: Basecoats to Battlefields – Joshua Bojarski – United States
Honorable Mention: A View on a street in Berlin – Emir Muhić – Germany
Best Actor & Actress Winner: The Coffee Break – Ioannis Petrou – Asklipios Vrachnos – Greece
Honorable Mention: Bitter like Chocolate – Thomas Goersch – Thomas Goersch – Germany
Honorable Mention: Grieving – Abdelkrim Lallouti – Blanca Rosas – Algeria, United States
Best Screenplay Winner: Photography – Adam N White – United States
Honorable Mention: Ghost-7 – Dan Alfiery – France
Best Cinematography Winner: Australia: The Wild Continent – Casper Mazzotti, Nick Robinson, Jack Riley – Nick Robinson, Bobbi Hansel – Australia
Honorable Mention: Reined In Film – Richard Stride – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: In Cognito – Laura Kay Henderson – ps lorio – United States
Best Editing Winner: Touching Colours – Linda M James – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Upon The Cathedral Stares – Pedro Nascimento – Brazil
Honorable Mention: A.I.: How I Learned to Love the Singularity – Yorgos Keramydas – Greece
Best Soundtrack Winner: K-Hole – Chris Hale – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Ink and Inspiration – Andrew Vilange – Ukraine
Best Producer Winner: Wishful Thinking – Gergana Dyankova – Estonia
Honorable Mention: The Robinsons’ Family BBQ – James Longman, Ross Thompson – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Nonexistent – Harriet Townsend, Hunter Leech – Hunter Leech – Australia
Best Movie Poster Winner: Destination White Zone – Stefania Gallo, Francesco Filippi – Italy
Honorable Mention: Johnny Be Good – Juliette Short – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Street Muse – Beth Cloutier (Film) – United States
SPECIAL AWARD
Best Realistic Film Winner: In My Skin – Spencer Cook – United States
Honorable Mention: Blood in the blackbirds’ field. A story of war, justice and resilience. – Blerina Këllezi, Gazmend Bajri – Kosovo
