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WINNERS - August 2026

Official results as published by the festival.

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  • Best Picture

MY DEAR FRIEND

Seungwoo Kim

Australia

(Alphabetical order by Film's title)

  • Gold Award: AI Film

ABOVE THE LEAVES

Alexandria Redmon

United States
  • Best Web/Tv Series

ALIENS THROUGH TIME EPISODE 1: MEET THE ATOMS

Michu Cure

United States
  • Best Feature Documentary

ALL BLUES - CHRISTINE JONES

Sina Moser

Austria
  • Best Director
  • Best Sci-Fi
  • Gold Award: Short Film
  • Gold Award: Indie Short Film

AMAZÔNIA XAMÃ BR

Rodrigo Rodrigo Pedroza Pedroza

Brazil
  • Gold Award: Feature Script

BODYCHECKING

Written by Zack Van Eyck & Stacy Dymalski

United States
  • Gold Award: Experimental

BOOK OF CHANGES

Mimi Garrard

United States
  • Best Animated Film

BROKEN WINGS

José Maluenda

Poland
  • Best Feature Script

CONEY ISLAND

Written by Kaenan Oliver & Dominic Oliver

United States
  • Gold Award: Actress (Masoumeh Rezaeizadeh)

DARK MOON

Saeed Mojoudi

Iran
  • Silver Award: Short Documentary

DEVIL'S GOLD-THE PRICE OF PARADISE IS MINED IN HELL

Al Caudullo

Thailand
  • Best Experimental

DIE BEFORE YOU DIE - TRIGGERED

Rafael Maria Friebe

Germany
  • Gold Award: Action

EAGLEMAN: FINAL NOTICE

Teddy Kellman

United States
  • Gold Award: Sci-Fi

FIGMENT

Seungwoo Kim

Australia
  • Gold Award: Original Song (Greg L. Hines/Greg L.Hines)
  • FLUX (THE FILM)
  • Greg L. Hines

Stephen C. Sebastiao

Lamond Williams

United States
  • Silver Award: Feature Script

GERONIMO'S CADILLAC

Written by John M Grace, Jim Gordon

United States
  • Silver Award: Sci-Fi

HAVE YOU PAID YOUR TEEVEE LICENSE?

Stephen Elliot McClure

United Kingdom
  • Best Action

HE DOESN'T SMOKE

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South Korea
  • Gold Award: Short Script

HOLD ON TIGHT KID

Anna Oyarbide

China
  • Honorable Mention

I CUSTODI DEL TEMPO SULLE ALI DI UN SOGNO

Flavio Cammerano

Italy
  • Honorable Mention

I MEDIATED

Michael Cole

United States
  • Gold Award: Super Short Film

IMPOSTER

Anthony McMillon II

United States
  • Best Short Film
  • Best Original Score
  • Honorable Mention

INSIDE THE MADHOUSE (1887)

James G. Maynard

United States
  • Silver Award: Experimental Film

INTO THE LONG GOODNIGHT

Joshua Radensky

United States
  • Best Actress (Meitar Paz)
  • Gold Award: Drama

INVISIBLE FLAGS

Meitar Paz

United States
  • Best AI Film

LENS - AI SHORT FILM

Eduardo Rodriguez

United States
  • Silver Award: Director
  • Silver Award: Original Score (Jeff Reynolds & Jude Rose Reynolds Ripple Effect)

LIFE INTERRUPTED

Jeff Reynolds

United States
  • Silver Award: Feature Documentary

LOGION 37

Gerhard Muff

Germany
  • Gold Award: Actress (Michelle Hartley)

MA AND RHONDA

Marishka Phillips

United States
  • Silver Award: Short Script

MASTERMIND (2) THAT NIGHT THE FULL MOON SHONE BRIGHTLY

Written by Marion H von Loewenstern & Wil Peterson

United Kingdom
  • Gold Award: Feature Documentary

MURDER IN SLOW MOTION

Robert Wallis

United Kingdom\United States
  • Honorable Mention

ONE RUPEE SKY

Aruna Arya Gupta

India
  • Best Original Song (Marilyn Swick & Tony Noyes)
  • Silver Award: Music Video
  • Gold Award: Director

RUNNING ON FAITH MUSIC VIDEO

Marilyn Swick

United States
  • Best Music Video

SOLITUDE

Anaya (AnayaMusic) Kunst

Brazil
  • Best Horror

SPUDS

Vance Mellen Mellen

United States
  • Gold Award: Short Documentary

STANDING ON BUSINESS - AN ENTREPRENEUR ORIGIN STORY

Nicole Michelle Gates-Golden

United States
  • Silver Award: AI Film

STUART - A DOG LOVE STORY

Christian Haas

United States
  • Best Indie Short Film

SUNDAY NIGHTS

Remco Merbis

United Kingdom
  • Gold Award: Original Score (Carsten Rocker)

TAFITI: ACROSS THE DESERT

Nina Wels

Germany
  • Silver Award: Web/Tv Series

THE ART OF BLOWING IT SEASON 2

Ashley Monique Menard

United States
  • Best Actor (Joseph Moreland (Marcus))
  • Silver Award: Drama

THE LAST CHAIR

Cole Durham

United States
  • Gold Award: Horror

THE LEGEND OF SPEARFINGER

Christopher E Knox

United States
  • Best Short Script

THE ORIGIN OF THE HUMAN SPECIES: THEY DUMB

Eugene Hattingh

Not Specified
  • Silver Award: Indie Short Film

THE PERFECT COCKTAIL

Reuben Fietje

New Zealand
  • Gold Award: Web/Tv Series

THE PLAN Z SKETCH SHOW

Tim Dowd

United States
  • Best Short Documentary

THE QUIET INGREDIENT

Michel Pascal

United States
  • Best Super Short Film

THE RUNWAY - FROM SEOUL TO PARIS

Yisoo Kim

South Korea
  • Silver Award: Super Short Film

THE SILVERADOS

Mohamed Maged

Kuwait
  • Gold Award: Animation

THE SNAKE

Elizabeth Lewis

Canada
  • Gold Award: Actor (Jaxson Hamel)

THE WANTED PART II

Austen Hamel

United States
  • Gold Award: Music Video

THREATS (IF I CAN'T BREAK YOUR HEART)

John A Weaver

United States
  • Silver Award: Actress (Meitar Paz)

TIME OUT

Everett Ray Aponte

United States
  • Silver Award: Drama
  • Silver Award: Director

TUG

Makall Connolly

United States
  • Gold Award: Short Documentary

TWILIGHT ZONE: THE WORST ACCIDENT IN FILM HISTORY

Robert Jones

United States
  • Honorable Mention

USER NO. 213

Hansaem Lee

South Korea
  • Silver Award: Director

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Hiroaki Hirakata

Japan
  • Silver Award: Short Film

WORMBALL

Ella Talerico

United States
  • Best Drama

YELLOW SLIPPER

Tayo Elesin

United Kingdom
  • Best Music Video

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Ruth Mills

United Kingdom