Best Actor — Louka Meliava
September 2025 — May 2026 Honorable Mentions
The King’s Slayer
Directed by: Djamel Bennecib
Best Short Film
Niccioleta, stories above and below the earth.
Directed by: Irene Paoletti
Best Feature Film
Best Feature Film Director
Best Original Screenplay
Perpetual Love
Directed by: Danny L Lee
Best Experimental Short Film
Water Memories — A drop in the ocean
Directed by: Francesco Majo, Nataly Cadavid
Best Cinematography
Best Horror
The Visitor
Directed by: Nikolaus Aldrich
Best Micro Short Film
Sometimes It Isn’t Even Worth Getting Out Of Bed
Directed by: Mark Webster
Best Short Documentary Film
I CHOSE
Directed by: Tomasz Skibicki
Best Feature Documentary Film
A Lockdown Diary
Directed by: Andrei Zagdansky
Best Feature Documentary Film Director
Making Megaforce
Directed by: Bob Lindenmayer
Best Animation
Climatocalypse
Directed by: Justin Capes
Best First-Time Director
Best Comedy
TV Man
Directed by: Leonardo Valenti
Best Feature Screenplay
Best Unproduced Screenplay
Your poetic love
Written by: Gianpiero Formato
Best First-Time Screenwriter
The Stained-Glass Window — PILOT
Written by: Kris Francoeur
Best Student Film
Unholy Joan. A Report on Incidents Leading to Contemplation.
Directed by: Ilkka Ilmari Levä
Best Music Video
Mould — Wheeze
Directed by: Martyn Thomas
Best Editing
Best Silent Film
Unstable
Directed by: Bill Stout
Best Original Score
Sabrina
Directed by: MJ Sousa
Best AI Film
Artic Sunrise «Feelings Changing Hands»
Directed by: Dr Walker
Best War Film
SHOT DOWN: Howard Snyder and the B-17 Susan Ruth
Directed by: Michael R Mazur
Best Inspirational Film
Best Educational Film
Best ECO FIlm
One Forest at a Time
Directed by: Mary Jennifer Bunch, Lia Tarachansky
Best Original Soundtrack
PULP
Directed by: Tiffany Dew