WINNERS JUNE 2026
(For the winners of previous seasons, click here.)
BEST SHORT FILM
TOMMY
Director: Chris Michael Fretwell
Country of origin: United Kingdom
HONOURABLE MENTION
EMPATHY REHEARSALS
Director: Jacopo Cullin
Country of origin: Italy
HONOURABLE MENTION
VICIOUS LIFE
Director: Colin Paul Russell
Country of origin: United Kingdom
HONOURABLE MENTION
RETURN
Director: Kai Stroganov
Country of origin: Russian Federation
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
LOUISVILLE SLUGGER: THE SOUND OF A NATION
Director: Thomas Wavid Johns
Country of origin: United States of America
HONORABLE MENTION
IRISH FARMERS: A LOVE STORY
Director: Haven Worley
Country of origin: Ireland
BEST STUDENT FILM
FIVE MINUTES
Director: Kin Lun Alan Lau
Country of origin: Canada
DREAMCRASHER
Director: Joseph Marcus Ringland
Country of origin: United Kingdom
BEST YOUNG FILMMAKER
INTERLINKED
Director: Samuel Aka-Adou
Country of origin: United Kingdom
HONOURABLE MENTION
KONGFRONTATION
Director: Ashley Newquist
Country of origin: United States of America
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
GHOST
Director: Daniel Atzil
Country of origin: Israel
BEST ANIMATION
A BIGFOOT CHRISTMAS
Director: Kelly O'Connor
Country of origin: United States of America
BEST A.I. PROJECT
DOE
Director: Pierre Le Goff
Country of origin: France
HONOURABLE MENTION
BLUE BUDDHA
Director: Syam Manohar
Country of origin: United Arab Emirates
BEST DRAMA
A GIRL CALLED ALICE
Director: Tristan Loraine
Country of origin: United Kingdom
BEST SCI-FI
THE LAST LOOP
Director: George Nelson
Country of origin: United Kingdom
BEST HORROR
DEAD WATER
Director: Robert Harari & Joe Riley
Country of origin: United Kingdom
BEST COMEDY
10 DATES IN 30 DAYS
Director: Tania Ross
Country of origin: United States of America
BEST FIRST-TIME DIRECTOR
JADED HAZE
Director: Shanti Scalpello
Country of origin: United Kingdom
HONOURABLE MENTION
SYNDROME
Director: Yannick Barbara
Country of origin: United Kingdom
HONOURABLE MENTION
KONGFRONTATION
Director: Ashley Newquist
Country of origin: United Kingdom
BEST PRODUCER
A GIRL CALLED ALICE
Producer: Tristan Loraine
Country of origin: United Kingdom
BEST ACTOR
TOMMY
Starring: Geoff Bell
Country of origin: United Kingdom
BEST ACTRESS
MARY-LUISE
Starring: Maria Maegdefrau
Country of origin: Germany
HONOURABLE MENTION
ROSE COLORED GLASSES
Starring: Valentina Sumavsky
Country of origin: Mexico & United States of America
HONOURABLE MENTION
NEPENTHE
Starring: Catherine Cockerham
Country of origin: United kingdom
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
ALONG THE WAY
Starring: David M. Tan
Country of origin: United States of America
HONOURABLE MENTION
THE WITHSHAW CASE
D.O.P: Viktor Yermakov
Country of origin: United States of America
BEST SOUND DESIGN
NEPENTHE
Sound by: Yuenn Lee
Country of origin: United Kingdom
BEST INSPIRATIONAL STORY
DUKH
Editor: Ajit Mann
Country of origin: United Kingdom
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
ESCAPE TO ALCATRAZ
by Eugene Hattingh
Country of origin: United States of America
HONOURABLE MENTION
THE ATA GIRLS
by Mandy Newton
Country of origin: United States of America
BEST ADAPTATION
THE BONUS OF REDONDA
by Mike Took
Country of origin: United Kingdom
BEST SHORT SCRIPT
I DIED DOING MY HOMEWORK
by Hannah D Kravets
Country of origin: United States of America
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