Results - FEBRUARY - APRIL 2026

NARRATIVE FEATURE

HONORABLE MENTION

"AGENT A AWAKENS" DIRECTED BY AMY LEIGH MCCORKLE

WINNER

"MY BOYFRIEND, A MANNEQUIN" DIRECTED BY DMITRY NIKOLENKO

FINALIST

"SACRIFICE" DIRECTED BY GIOVANNI LODIGIANI

"DISTANT" DIRECTED BY DEVENDRA SINHA

"OSCAR´S LETTER" DIRECTED BY MARÍA LUZ ZAMORA ABANADES

NARRATIVE SHORT

HONORABLE MENTION

"OCEAN OF BANDHANI" DIRECTED BY STUTI PRAJAPATI

WINNER

"EXILES" DIRECTED BY DANI REINA

FINALIST

"I'M RUNNING FOR MY LIFE" DIRECTED BY JAMON HOLMES

"NOW IS NOT NOW" DIRECTED BY HUSSAIN ALAHMED

"HIRAETH" DIRECTED BY DISHA RAMPAL

"A NIGHT WITH THE QUEEN" DIRECTED BY TAYO ELESIN

"HAPPENED LIKE A BREEZE" DIRECTED BY HASIN GHORI

"IRINA’S LETTER" DIRECTED BY ADRIANA DAVIDOVA

"DIOSITO" DIRECTED BY JORGE GRACIA INIESTA

"GEANTS DE GLACE" DIRECTED BY ROUSSOULIERES JEAN-PIERRE

"WITH DEATH IN THE HEELS" DIRECTED BY PEDRO INFANZON

"THE TALE" DIRECTED BY ANGEL RODRIGUEZ

"DON’T CRY" DIRECTED BY ALESSANDRO GRASSI

"SEGOVIA" DIRECTED BY PEDRO RUDOLPHI

BEST FIRST TIME FILMMAKER

HONORABLE MENTION

DMITRY NIKOLENKO FILM "MY BOYFRIEND, A MANNEQUIN"

WINNER

SUSHANT SINGH FILM "FRIDGE DOESN'T CLOSE"

FINALIST

MAHESH KONSAM FILM "THE CHECK POST"

MARINA RICO SALVÁ FILM "THE ELIXIR" 

BEST ACTOR

HONORABLE MENTION

HANNES LIEMANN (FILM "A SHORT CHRONICLE OF MURDER")

DENIS NIKITIN (FILM "MY BOYFRIEND, A MANNEQUIN")

WINNER

JAMESON QUINN (FILM "EMPTY")

FINALIST

MYLES JORDAN (FILM "AGENT A AWAKENS")

BEST ACTRESS

WINNER

ANASTASIA PANOVA (FILM "MY BOYFRIEND, A MANNEQUIN")

FINALIST

AISWARYA NAIR (FILM "LATA")

DEEPIKA (FILM "LOVE IS OTT")

NATALIE HUTCHERSON (FILM "AGENT A AWAKENS")

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

WINNER

SERGEY SOTSERDOTSKIY (FILM "MY BOYFRIEND, A MANNEQUIN")

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

WINNER

POLINA SHASHURO (FILM "MY BOYFRIEND, A MANNEQUIN")

FINALIST

TORI JOHNSON (FILM "AGENT A AWAKENS")

BEST DRAMA

WINNER

"LOVE IS OTT" DIRECTED BY HIMANSHU DHAR

FINALIST

"AGENT A AWAKENS" DIRECTED BY AMY LEIGH MCCORKLE

BEST THRILLER

WINNER

"AGENT A AWAKENS" DIRECTED BY AMY LEIGH MCCORKLE

FINALIST

"EMPTY" DIRECTED BY JAMESON QUINN

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

WINNER

GRIGORY MAYKOV (FILM "MY BOYFRIEND, A MANNEQUIN")

FINALIST

JAMIE SIMMONS (FILM "AGENT A AWAKENS")

MIKE JORGENSEN (FILM "EMPTY")

BEST TRAILER/ TEASER

WINNER

"MY BOYFRIEND, A MANNEQUIN" DIRECTED BY DMITRY NIKOLENKO

FINALIST

"A TRAGEDY OF RICHES – OFFICIAL BOOK TRAILER" BY ZACHARY R SIMPSON

EXPERIMENTAL SHORT

WINNER

"BELIEVE IN LOVE" DIRECTED BY STACEY SIMON

FINALIST

"HOPE: INTRODUCING DICK DYMAN" DIRECTED BY RICHARD FRENRANDO DYE

BEST MUSIC COMPOSITION

HONORABLE MENTION

VIKTOR ZHANDAROV, ALINA GAYNANSHINA, AYDAR KHUZIN, DENIS SIVTSEV (FILM "MY BOYFRIEND, A MANNEQUIN")

WINNER

PRIYAM KAREKAR (FILM "LATA")

FINALIST

RICHARD FRENRANDO DYE (FILM "HOPE: INTRODUCING DICK DYMAN")

VALYO GENNOFF (FILM "AGENT A AWAKENS")

BEST HORROR FILM

WINNER

"MARTHA'S NOTEBOOK: SAMUEL & JORDAN" DIRECTED BY AJ BENNETT, CURT FULSTER

BEST DIRECTOR

HONORABLE MENTION

AMY LEIGH MCCORKLE (FILM "AGENT A AWAKENS")

WINNER

DMITRY NIKOLENKO (FILM "MY BOYFRIEND, A MANNEQUIN")

FINALIST

LAUREN LORENZO (FILM "ANOTHER BISCUIT")

DEEPIKA RAJANI (FILM "LATA")

BEST COMEDY

WINNER

"ANOTHER BISCUIT" DIRECTED BY LAUREN LORENZO

BEST AI FILM

WINNER

"RED DOT" DIRECTED BY MARK KROL

FINALIST

"D'OMBRE ET DE LUMIÈRE" DIRECTED BY FABIEN LOÏACONO

"THE PROGRAM, LIGHT." DIRECTED BY ALBERTO ZANIGNI

"AZAADI" DIRECTED BY JAKE JOSS

"SWORD OF GOD" DIRECTED BY JAEYOON JEONG

"LORCA LIVES IN NERJA" DIRECTED BY RAFA VILLÉN "FALI"

BEST AI MUSIC VIDEO

WINNER

"WIND IN THE BREEZE, WATCHING THE SEA" DIRECTED BY JAEYOON JEONG

FINALIST

"DADDY" DIRECTED BY JAKE JOSS

"MAË-MÈA — SOMEONE ELSE" DIRECTED BY MICKAËL FARINA

BEST SCI-FI

WINNER

"RUH" DIRECTED BY PRASHANT SINGH

FINALIST

"EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED" DIRECTED BY SHASHANK SAHITH NAMMIKANTI

BEST STUDENT FILM

WINNER

"EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED" DIRECTED BY SHASHANK SAHITH NAMMIKANTI

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

HONORABLE MENTION

"NOTHING MADE US FORGET" DIRECTED BY IBAI MARCOS RODRIGO

WINNER

"CAREGIVERS" DIRECTED BY CLARA ANTUNES & CAROLINA GONTIJO

FINALIST

"THE LAST MESSAGE" DIRECTED BY ANDRII VOLOSHYN, OLEKSANDER LIEBIEDIEV

"THE HOUSE" DIRECTED BY EVA VILLASENOR

"KASHMIR 1947" DIRECTED BY DR. AMARPREET KOUR, HEMANT GOSWAMI

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

WINNER

"THE STORY OF ART IN AMERICA, SEASON 5: ROUTE 66" DIRECTED BY CHRISTELLE BOIS

FINALIST

"EJECT: THE LAST REWIND" DIRECTED BY MARTIN DESOTO, SENIN PORTO

ANIMATION SHORT

HONORABLE MENTION

"UJAN" DIRECTED BY ANIRBAN ANIRBAN PAUL

WINNER

"THE THING I WAS AFRAID OF" DIRECTED BY JHONATAN LUIZ