September 2026
September 2026
September 2026 Awards
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Best Film
Winner: Mamma – Mike Montagna – Italy
Best International Film
Winner: Jisu Han – Bulent Ozlarusso – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Dreamspace – Lottie Finklaire, Muralidhar Gidijala – India
Honorable Mention: Mírame – Miguel G. Bernal – Spain
Best American Film
Winner: Flower – Nebal Shafi, Hyunjin Lee – United States
Honorable Mention: Una Cena Peculiar – José Mauricio Fonseca Torres – Mexico
Honorable Mention: Gravewake – Steven Hillen – United States
Best European Film
Winner: Beneath the Surface – Dez Loveartpix – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Teczki – Adrian Ciechacki – Poland
Honorable Mention: Blue – John P. Arnold – United Kingdom
Best Asian Film
Winner: Return Home – South Korea
Honorable Mention: Party – Young Kim – South Korea
Honorable Mention: Chivari Kaanuka – Andrew Babu – India
Best Italian Film
Winner: Prima Che Arrivi Al – Simonetta Barbon – Italy
Honorable Mention: Registro Indefinito – Antonio Malfitano – Italy
Best Lombard Film
Winner: Buongiorno Bruno – Silvia Estella Ondina Sanna – Italy
Honorable Mention: Spiragli – Marco Gioria – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes)
Winner: Provolone Mon Amour – Antonio Malfitano – Italy
Honorable Mention: Oh, Fortuna! – Antonio Malfitano – Italy
Honorable Mention: On Lungs Alone – Steven Hillen – United States
Best Super Short (5 to 10 minutes)
Winner: The Man Who Sold His Memories – Syam Manohar – United Arab Emirates
Honorable Mention: Rimokon Protocol: Conformity Case – Jan Wright – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Asfodellos – Andry Platrites, Carla El Haber – Cyprus
Best Standard Short (10 to 20 minutes)
Winner: The Offering – J Matthew Smith – United States
Honorable Mention: The Quest – the Journey Ahead – Kenneth Ching – Singapore
Best Medium Length (under 60 minutes)
Winner: The Artist and the End – George Gittoes – Australia
Honorable Mention: More Than a Vacation – John Oliphant – United States
Best Low Budget Film
Winner: Film Piccante – Antonio Malfitano – Italy
Honorable Mention: Delete – Fariba Azemi, Mohammad Baqer Mohaqeq – Afghanistan
Honorable Mention: Pregiudizi – Antonio Malfitano – Italy
Best Title
Winner: Paper Porn – Sandrine Lambert – Belgium
Honorable Mention: Lake Erie 1889. a True Story – Roland Keates – United Kingdom
Best Original Idea
Winner: L’Età del Bronzo – Antonio Malfitano – Italy
Honorable Mention: The Chatbot Killer – Pete Jacelone – United States
Best Debut Film
Winner: Solar Retaliation – Thomas Matthews – Australia
Honorable Mention: The Last Hope – Bailey Dylan Mckenzie – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Freedom – Kai Dylan Paul Davis – United Kingdom
REALITY AWARDS
Best Drama
Winner: Aru Natsu – Kaho Sugisaki – Japan
Honorable Mention: 4 of a Kind – Ian Butcher – Canada
Honorable Mention: Mare Neve – Gianmarco Spina – Italy
Best Social Drama
Winner: I Am Not to Blame – Katayoon Safarihesari – Türkiye
Honorable Mention: Table For Two – Tom Logan – Not Specified
Honorable Mention: Yard Saleing – Tom Logan – United States
Best Family Drama
Winner: A Fatherless Funeral – South Korea
Honorable Mention: Frank & Edna Take on Le Mans – Ise White – United States
Honorable Mention: 25 Minutes – Tarik Ben Salah – France
Best Female Drama
Winner: Little Dream – Anna Hill, Antonio Sciortino – United States
Honorable Mention: Mom Switched – Raymond Parsons – United States
Honorable Mention: Don – Antonio Salgado Moreno – Spain
Best Documentary
Winner: Il Senso di Immergersi – Nicola Pascucci – Italy
Honorable Mention: Maddox – Jacob Christensen – United States
Honorable Mention: Messenger – Gary Beeber – United States
Best Social Documentary
Winner: En Mêlée – Geoffrey Sevestre, Julian Bianchet – Switzerland
Best Independent Documentary
Winner: Sarbon – Alvein Gokhool – Mauritius
Honorable Mention: In Stride – Hannah McGinley – United States
Honorable Mention: The Water Collector – Gary Beeber – United States
Best Experimental Film
Winner: Caillou™ – Victor Massicot – France
Honorable Mention: Sea, Mind – Minjun Kim – Not Specified
Honorable Mention: Anna & Amedeo – Iryna Bondarchuk – Ukraine
Best Experimental Arthouse
Winner: Tüş/Oneiric – Cansu Ezgi Bozkurt – Türkiye
Honorable Mention: Of Which the Self Decays – Marilena Arvali, Dimitris Arvalis – Greece
Honorable Mention: Gyobok – Danielle Park – South Korea
Best Animated Film
Winner: The Heist – Ise White – United States
Honorable Mention: The Prophetical Fish – Sela Goldfarb – United States
Honorable Mention: Vanishing Tide – Yu Chenjie – Not Specified
Best Historical & Western Film
Winner: Gateway – Roman Santa Croce – United States
Honorable Mention: La Légende des Océans – Les Ruines du Temps – Rémy Lafaurie – France
Honorable Mention: Dawn at Dominion – Carl Bailey – United States
Best Comedy & Irony
Winner: Green Mist – Julia Kostiukevich – Russian Federation
Honorable Mention: Space Dad – Bryce Mackie, Tom Mackie – United States
Honorable Mention: Morning After – Keya Kalyan – United States
Best Horror & Mystery
Winner: Past the Cyrcle – Valerio M. Filice – Italy
Honorable Mention: Scrape – Steven M. Blasini – United States
Honorable Mention: Cremation Urn – Goh Chun Keong – Singapore
Best Crime, Action & Thriller
Winner: Five Stars – Demetrius Joyette – United States
Honorable Mention: Konka – Alessandra Medici – Italy
Honorable Mention: Trela I Thanatos – Alexis Gavalas – Greece
Best Web & TV Pilot
Winner: Bait & Switch – Steven Hillen – United States
Honorable Mention: Orvieto: What Lasts – Gianni Ferrara – Italy
Best Sci Fi & Fantasy
Winner: Running Oz – Ryan Patrick Kelley – United States
Honorable Mention: Conflict of Interest – Roman Santa Croce – United States
Honorable Mention: Vaelena – Kenneth Ching – Singapore
Best Romance
Winner: Everything I Am – Martin Vavra – United States
Best Music & Musical
Winner: The Fascinator – Iris Perovic – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Invisible – Victor Montero – Argentina
Honorable Mention: Dura – Danny Pryp, LuisArte – Venezuela
Best Inclusive Film (LGBTQ+)
Winner: Ghaat – Milind Sudhakar Gandhale – India
Honorable Mention: Different – William Samson – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Morning Vigil – David M. Night Maire – France, United States
TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director
Winner: Diabolicall – Francesco Longo – Italy
Honorable Mention: Woman on Rope – Aurelia Khazan – France
Best Young Director
Winner: Wordless – Aryaman Krishna Aggarwal – India
Honorable Mention: Headphones – Yujia Liang – China
Honorable Mention: A Black Box – Peiyi Yao – China
Best Actor & Actress
Winner: Greed of Glory – Antonio Malfitano – Italy (Salvatore Storino)
Honorable Mention: Dark Places I Have Known – Juergen Hirsch – Germany (Anne Von Keller)
Honorable Mention: Exhibition – Yeter Çiçek – Türkiye (Serkan Dokan)
Best Screenplay
Winner: Psifides Chronou – Alexandros Kouros – Greece
Honorable Mention: Urns – Sheldon Woodson – United States
Best Cinematography
Winner: He Doesn’t Smoke – South Korea
Honorable Mention: The Case Next Door – James Rowland – United Kingdom
Best Editing
Winner: Coming Soon – Antonio Malfitano – Italy
Honorable Mention: A Clean Past – Sheldon Woodson – United States
Best Soundtrack
Winner: Noche de las Velitas – Eliza Salnikova – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Beyond the Horizon – Areti Touser – Greece
Best Producer
Winner: Faust – Tommaso Lorenzi – Italy
Honorable Mention: Perfect Game – Christopher C Avent Sr. – United States
Best Movie Poster
Winner: Changement de Sens – Vincent Bocquillon, Inès Cantel – France
Honorable Mention: Baby, My Baby – Kirsten Millan – United States
SPECIAL AWARD
Best Realistic Film
Winner: A True Story of Friendship and Values – Gianluca Facchini – Nepal
Honorable Mention: Bıçak Kütüphanesi – Gökhan Evecen – Türkiye
Honorable Mention: Sisters – William Samson – United Kingdom
