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WINNERS - March 2026

Official results as published by the festival.

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  • Best Picture

CHINA'S STEALTH INVASION

Tobias Elvhage

United States

(tie)

  • Best Picture

D'OMBRE ET DE LUMIERE

Fabien Loïacono

France

(alphabetical order by Film's title)

  • Silver Award: Feature Script

AFTER DARK A/K/A THE N-BOMB

Written by Jerry Perzigian & Brad Kaaya Sr.

United States
  • Best Fantasy

ABERTH

Jesse Scales

united states
  • Best Short Documentary

AMERICAN DEATH TRIP

Ken Brosky

United States
  • Silver Award: First Time Director

AMOUR PROPRE

Marcia Marie Moore

United States
  • Silver Award: Feature Script

ARCTURUS RISING

Robert Cox

United States
  • Gold Award: Super Short Film

BABY IT'S OVER

Moss Johnston

United States
  • Gold Award: Feature Script

BEAT (SCREENPLAY)

Melanie Villines

United States
  • Gold Award: Feature Script

BEHIND THE ALGORITHM

Written by Michelle Lynn Taubman

United States
  • Best Comedy
  • Gold Award: Director

BENNETTS: A FAMILY DILEMMA

Lohn Lenoir

United States
  • Best Short Film

BLUE FOG

Kyprianos Dimosthenous

Cyprus
  • Silver Award: Sci-fi

BOX A NEO NOIR THRILLER

Stephen Elliot Mcclure

United Kingdom
  • Silver Award: Comedy

BRUHS IN DA HOOD

Nicole A. Ashley

United States
  • Silver Award: Experimental Film

CHASING MUSIC

Cathie Boruch

United States
  • Silver Award: Super Short Film

CLEAR SIGHT

Teresa Garza

United States
  • Gold Award: Comedy

CRUMBS

Kole Mahoney

United States
  • Gold Award: Short Script

CRY WOLF

Reham Ozjan Yeshar

not specified
  • Best Indie Short Film

DATING DOUBTS

Jonic Youngblood Pineda

Canada
  • Best Original Song (Charlie Albalad - East)
  • Gold Award: Music Video

EAST OF SILENCE

Mickey Singh

United States
  • Silver Award: Drama

FADE OUT: FADE IN

Ioannis Koutroubis & Mirella Cerilli-perron

Canada
  • Silver Award: Short Film

GIVE ME LIGHT WINGS

Laura Daragó

Hungary
  • Honorable Mention

GODFORSAKEN: A STORY OF THREE MARYS

Written by Kevin Michael Irvine

United States
  • Silver Award: Short Film

HEADLIGHTS

Frank Cameron Winters

United States
  • Gold award: Short Documentary

I MAKE LINES

Stewart Lane

United Kingdom
  • Best Feature Film

I WANT MORE

Damian Matyasik

Poland
  • Gold Award: Experimental
  • Gold Award: Fantasy
  • Silver Award: Web/tv Series

INTO THE ASYLUM (1963): DICE & DESTINY EP. 4

James G. Maynard

United States
  • Best feature script

IT'S ONLY LIFE

Written by Joseph Stephen Meadows

United States
  • Best Music Video

LA MIGRA - THE IMMIGRATION MUSIC VIDEO

Macela Robison

United States
  • Gold Award: Animation

LE VIOLON CRIE

Lauren Carr

United States
  • Gold Award: Director

LUNATIC / Talica_Tongryuf /// boy_guitar /少年ギター

Hiroaki Hirakata

japan
  • Silver Award: Web/Tv Series

MIDDLE AGE INAPPROPRIATE-EPISODE 1 “THE SPOTTED MELTDOWN”

Bradley Samodel

United States
  • Best Student Film
  • Gold Award: Indie short film

MIGUEL

Samir Mayhua

Peru
  • Honorable Mention

MORDECHAI AND KLAUS

Rosalyn Rosen

United States
  • Best Screenplay
  • Gold Award: Feature Film

O PITCH - UMA DECLARAÇÃO DE AMOR AO CINEMA

Joaquim Haickel & Coi Belluzzo

Brazil
  • Silver Award: Feature Documentary

ONLY LAZY AMERICANS E-BIKE

Gregory F Maassen & Brian McCotter

united states
  • Best Experimental

POETRIX

Ioulia Lymperopoulou

Greece
  • Gold Award: Student Film

POMPEII

Bodhi Bryan-roig

United States
  • Silver Award: Indie Short Film
  • RAVEN

silver award tale of revenge

stephen elliot mcclure

United Kingdom
  • Gold Award: First Time Director

ROOT FOR ME

Valerie Dowret

United States
  • Best web/tv Series

SEASON 2 EPISODE 9 -- BUG EYES -- THE 2 MINUTE SHOW

Dik Lee

United States
  • Silver Award: Music Video

SENZATOMICA

Fabrizio Fuochi

Italy
  • Honorable Mention

SHALOM KOLONTAROV THE HERO

Shalom Kolontarov

United States
  • Best Sci-fi
  • Best Actress (Ruby Bardwell-Dix)
  • Best Cinematography (Charlie Deacon)
  • Best Original Score (Liam Ramsker)
  • Silver Award: Short film
  • Silver Award: Director
  • Gold Award: Drama
  • Gold Award: Producer
  • Gold Award: Actor (Tom Lewin)
  • Gold Award: Screenplay
  • Gold Award: Editing (Danny Cotton)
  • Gold Award: Sound design (Liam Ramsker/Danny Cotton)

SHELTERED SPACES

Danny Cotton

United Kingdom
  • Gold Award: Feature Documentary

SILA

Zaya Benazzo & Maurizio Benazzo

United States
  • Best Director
  • Best Screenplay
  • Best Editing (Harrison Stengle)
  • Best Sound Design (Sam Yoder)
  • Silver Award: Feature film
  • Silver Award: Producer
  • Silver Award: Actor (Alfred Abu Jr.)
  • Gold Award: Actress (Makayla Chandler)
  • Gold Award: Original score (Brendan Stengle)
  • Gold Award: Original song (Brendan Stengle “A Promise Kept”)
  • Gold Award: Cinematography (Jessie Bradley)

THE BATTLE OF HENRY JOHNSON

Harrison Stengle

United States
  • Best Super Short Film

THE BIRD

Eyal Padan

Israel
  • Best Drama

THE BOLTERS

Sade Goldsmith

Australia
  • Silver Award: Feature Script

THE LOVE MACHINE

Zack Van Eyck

United States
  • Best Actor (Maynard Bagang)

THE NIGHT SHIFT

Brock Nakamura Viera

United States
  • Gold Award: Sci-fi

THE PERFECT YOU

Brianna Lee

United States
  • Best Producer (Matthew Peters)
  • Gold Award: Web/tv Series

THE RIDER

Matthew Salacuse

United States
  • Best Feature Documentary

THE WITCHDOCTOR AND THE WINDMILL

Robert Hamilton

Australia
  • Best Short Script

TOO POOR TO DIE

Written by Robert Cox

United States
  • Best First Time Director

UNE PHOTO

Jordan Isaac

United States
  • Gold Award: Short Film

VIOLA

Janine Piguet

Switzerland
  • Gold Award: Feature Script

WELCOME TO HOLLYWOOD

Gary Miceli

United States
  • Best Animated Film

YOKAITOPIA

Glenna Burmer

United States