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WINNERS - February 2026

Official results as published by the festival.

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  • Best Picture

UNFILTERED

Remco Merbis

United Kingdom

(alphabetical order by Film's title)

  • Gold Award: Feature Film

A DAY IN APRIL

Frank Ernst Lesting

Germany
  • Best Screenplay

A LESBIAN, A DIVORCEE AND A MARRIED WOMAN WALK INTO A BAR! THE REST IS A MUSICAL COMEDY.

Maryann Maisano

United States
  • Gold Award: Short Film

A MOTHER'S LOVE

Harald Schwarzenbacher

Austria
  • Gold Award: Screenplay

A WOMAN WITH A WOODEN CHARIOT

Khodadad Jalali

Islamic Republic of Iran
  • Best Feature Documentary

ACCIDENTAL TRUTH NEXT - BEYOND UFO DISCLOSURE

Ron James

United States
  • Silver Award: Inspirational Film

BELIEVE IN LOVE

Stacey Simon

Canada
  • Gold Award: Animation

BEYOND FOCUS

Varoujan Froundjian

United States
  • Best Thriller

BLUE

Alec Trent Dominguez

United States
  • Gold Award: Comedy

BRONX. INC. SHORT FILM

Daniela Giordano

United States
  • Silver Award: Experimental Film

BULOSAN: ON AMERICAN DEMOCRACY PART 3

Andres Luz

United States
  • Best Short Script

BY SOME CHANCE

Vincent Marano

United States
  • Best Feature Film
  • Best Director

CARACAS AVENUE

Juana Jimenez Del Toro

Colombia
  • Best Web/Tv Series

COOL LIKE US: LA CIMA SERIES

Sidney Ken

Cambodia
  • Gold Award: Cinematography

DEPENDS

Alberto Martín-Aragón

Spain
  • Silver Award: Thriller

DO YOU LOVE ME

Dimitris Galatas

Greece
  • Gold Award: Short Documentary

DOURO STREAM - STORIES DRIFTING WITH THE RIVER´S STREAM

Pedro Gil Vasconcelos

Portugal
  • Honorable Mention

ECHOES OF THE ETHER ACT 1 - TEMPORAL LUMINANCE

Walter Holland

United States
  • Best Drama

EMMANUEL

JA Williams

United States
  • Best Short Film

END OF THE RAINBOW

Emanuel Montford

United States
  • Best Actor

ENTROPY

Tracie Sullivan

Australia
  • Best Short Script

ETERNAL ECHOES

Written by Jaeyong Choi

Korea
  • Best Short Film
  • Best Cinematography

FINDING HERO

Matt Coole

United States
  • Best Producer
  • Silver Award: Screenplay (Russ Dougherty)
  • Silver Award: Director

FOOTPRINTS - ANGELS ARE REAL. SOME EVEN HAVE FUR.

Jim Huggins

United States
  • Best Comedy

GUIRIS GO HOME

David Porras

Spain
  • Silver Award: Director

HERE WHERE THE SEA SHINES

Giuseppe A. Modica

Italy
  • Gold Award: Feature Documentary

HUNTING SECRETS OF THE TROPICAL WHALE

Andrew Kelly

Australia
  • Gold Award: Inspirational Film

I AM YOUR MIRA

Antonia Kim

South Korea
  • Silver Award: Indie Short Film

ΤΟ ΚΈΝΤΡΟ ΤΟΥ ΚΌΣΜΟΥ

Βασίλειος Μπεκιαρης

Greece
  • Best Feature Script

IL RE DEGLI SPECCHI

Giuseppe De Vuono

Italy
  • Silver Award: Music Video
  • Silver Award: Original Song

JAPANESE GARDEN

Scott West

United States
  • Best Indie Feature Film

JUSTICE

Brian Deatt

Germany
  • Best Super Short Film

LAST SONG

Remco Merbis

United Kingdom
  • Silver Award: Horror
  • Gold Award: Thriller
  • Gold Award: Student Film
  • Silver Award: First Time Director
  • Silver Award: Producer (Botshelo Kgosikoma)
  • Silver Award: Director
  • Gold Award: Sound Design (Janko Prestorius)

LET ME BE FRANK

Benicio Da Silva

South Africa
  • Gold Award: Student Film
  • Silver Award: First Time Director
  • Silver Award: Producer
  • Silver Award: Director
  • Silver Award: Actor (Gustavo Carvalho)
  • Gold Award: Editing
  • Best Sound Design

LOOPING

Hugo Baroni

Brazil
  • Gold Award: Feature Script

LOVING HOME

Written by Joseph Anthony Francis

United States
  • Gold Award: Super Short Film
  • Best Student Film
  • Silver Award: Drama
  • Best First Time Director
  • Gold Award: Screenplay (Ashley Xuanzi Liu)
  • Silver Award: Cinematography (Sen Zhang)
  • Gold Award: Director
  • Gold Award: Actress (Xiaoshao Lin)
  • Best Editing (Zhiran Guo)

LUOYANG

Ashley Xuanzi Liu

China
  • Silver Award: Actor (Kevin Bencosme)

MANGÚ AQUÍ 2

Luke Bond

United States
  • Gold Award: Drama
  • Gold Award: Producer
  • Gold Award: Cinematography
  • Gold Award: Director
  • Best Original Score (Flynn Piper)
  • Gold Award: Actor (Dylan Horvat)
  • Best Actress (Ella Brady)

MATES FOR LIFE

Lucas B. Clarke

Australia
  • Gold Award: Music Video
  • Gold Award: Original Song

MICHELE FRATERNALI - DEVIL'S CRY

Michele Fraternali

Italy
  • Gold Award: Experimental

MISSING MEANING

Vasco Diogo

Portugal
  • Silver Award: Experimental Film

MOABIT XXVIII

Ian Charles Lister

Italy
  • Gold Award: Short Script

MUST EAT

Written by Romeo Luciano Kapuscinski

United Kingdom
  • Silver Award: Super Short Film
  • Gold Award: Comedy
  • Gold Award: First Time Director
  • Best Actress (Katie Howard)
  • Silver Award: Editing (Kaylyn Yew)

NEPO BABY PASSION PROJECT

Samhaoir Ruland

United States
  • Best Short Documentary
  • Silver Award: Web/Tv Series
  • OH MY BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY: JOURNEY TO THE WEST
  • Peter Sherman Crosby

Nan Zhang

LuYao Zhang

United States
  • Gold Award: Director

OMELETTES FOR YUMMIES

Christopher C. James

United States
  • Best Inspirational Film

ON THE DECK

Annamaria Belokona

United States
  • Silver Award: Short Script

ONE LAST SONG

Liesel Galletly

Canada
  • Gold Award: Short Documentary

OTHER TIMES

Xavier Guärdia

Spain
  • Gold Award: Web/Tv Series

PLANT BASED

Jennifer M Kay

United States
  • Best Experimental

POEM OF THE PAST

Anastasia Xu

China
  • Silver Award: Feature Script

RIKSHAW BOY

Written by Lars Boom

Netherlands
  • Gold Award: Feature Script

ROMANCING THE WILDMAN

Zack Van Eyck

United States
  • Honorable Mention

SEX SIREN

Máximo Peligro

Argentina\Spain
  • Silver Award: Short Documentary

SPRAY CAN STORIES

Emmitt H Thrower

United States
  • Silver Award: Indie Feature Film

STEVEN LESTER'S DUPLICITY

Steven Lester

United States
  • Silver Award: First Time Director
  • Silver Award: Actress

SUBTEXT

Erin Morgan

Canada
  • Silver Award: Comedy

TEDDY'S DOLL HOUSE

Daryl Denner

United States
  • Best Sci-Fi

THE BLEND

JeongHoon Kwon

South Korea
  • Silver Award: Experimental Film

THE ENCARNE TRILOGY

SI Reasoning

United States
  • Best Horror

THE EVE

Luca Machnich

Italy
  • Silver Award: Short Documentary
  • THE GOLDEN RULE: DO UNTO OTHERS
  • Cheryl Halpern

Natasha Dematra

Alex Dolginko

United States
  • Silver Award: Short Film

THE GOVERNMENT STOLE THE SAND

Jessica Cross

Australia
  • Best Feature Documentary

THE HEROISM AND RESILIENCY OF 9/11: FROM TRAGEDY TO TRIUMPH

Michael Gier

United States
  • Silver Award: Sci-Fi

THE LAST SUN

Nigel Canepa

Gibraltar
  • Silver Award: Cinematography

THE LOUNGE: AFTER DARK

Victoria Napolitano

United States
  • Silver Award: Horror
  • Gold Award: Sci-Fi

THE OTHER HALF

Brianna Lee

United States
  • Gold Award: Indie Short Film

THE WATCHERS

Daniel Michael Thomas

United Kingdom
  • Silver Award: Indie Short Film

THE WOMAN IN SILENCE

Lorenzo Lanfranchi

Italy
  • Best Music Video
  • Best Original Song

THIS IS OUR LAND

Varna Marianne Nielsen

Greenland
  • Best Feature Script

TOLI & CODARELLA WHO STOLE THE REMOTE FOR REALITY

Written by Erna Lenherr

Croatia
  • Gold Award: Horror

TOO PICKY TO DIE

Gabe Carvalho

Brazil
  • Gold Award: Indie Feature Film

VICTORIA

Gabriele Tacchi

Italy
  • Silver Award: Feature Documentary

VIDEO DREAMS: A VHS MASSACRE STORY

Thomas Seymour

United States
  • Silver Award: Original Song

WALK WITH ME THROUGH THE FIRE - THE CURSE OF KK HAMMOND

K.K. Hammond

United Kingdom
  • Gold Award: First Time Director

WHERE SHE STAYED

James Linmar Satterthwaite

United States
  • Best Indie Short Film

WHO THE F**K IS JANTE?

Emma Vintäng

Sweden
  • Silver Award: Director

WINDLESS_WORLD / THE_CARMINE_TIGERS /// BOY_GUITAR / 少年ギター

Hiroaki Hirakata

Japan
  • Best Animated Film

YING'E

YU Enjian

China