New York Movie AwardsInternational Monthly Film Festival

WINNERS - October 2026

Official results as published by the festival.

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  • Best Picture

IT'S NOT REAL

Timothy Grandia

Canada

(Alphabetical order by Film's title)

  • Special Jury Award

A CONFESSION OF A RAVEN MOCKER

Christopher E. Knox

United States
  • Special Jury Award

A DOLLAR STORY

Sheng Qiu

China
  • Best Feature Film
  • Best Director
  • Best Producer
  • Best Actress (Allyson Vernon)
  • Best Cinematography (Denton Adkinson)
  • Best Sound Design (Robert Morgan)

ASHERAH: A LOVE ODYSSEY

Gary Joseph Mazeffa

United States
  • Honorable Mention

AT THE BOTTOM

Sean Mana

United States
  • Honorable Mention

BAAPYA (A MAN)

Sameer Tewari

India
  • Honorable Mention

BONEYARDS

Sean Ohlman

United States
  • Best Sci-Fi

BOTCHING.

Brian Williams

United Kingdom
  • Honorable Mention

BOY OUT OF WATER

Written by Zack Van Eyck

United States
  • Honorable Mention

BULLET IN THE BRAIN

Olga Gabris

United States
  • Honorable Mention

CLAIM THE LANE: BECOMING ROXY

Jesse Huffman

United States
  • Award of Distinction

CODE OF HONOR

Michael Lassiter

United States
  • Best Actress

DATE ME

Sheida Kermani

United States
  • Special Jury Award

DCS: SKY INFERNO

J.P. Ferré

France
  • Best Inspirational Film

DEATH PENALTY

Adrian B. Morina

Sweden
  • Award of Distinction

DOUBLE BOOKED

Will Carter

United States
  • Best Actor

DOUBLE PAYDAY

Taro Donatella

Germany
  • Award of Distinction

DRONY AND THE MYTH OF FLIGHT

Avinoam Amizan

Israel
  • Special Jury Award

EL FUTBOL

Cadmo Oliver Quintero

Germany
  • Best Horror

FIND AND SEEK

Rachel Dwornick

United States
  • Honorable Mention

FIRST DAY

Jason Land

United States
  • Special Jury Award

FIRST VOICE

Mike J. Marin

United States
  • Special Jury Award

FLORA

Beto Oliveira

Brazil
  • Honorable Mention

FOOTPRINTS - THE SOUND OF SILENCE - SCRIPT

Written by Jim Huggins

United States
  • Honorable Mention

GAMED THE SYSTEM

Written by Lennie Graves

United States
  • Special Jury Award
  • GONE.
  • Arthur Steuernagel
  • Reyna Villatoro

Erin Curtis

Tokyo Friddle

United States
  • Award of Distinction

HYAKKI YAGYŌ | TOWER OF 100 DEMONS

James Mitchell

Canada
  • Honorable Mention

I CUSTODI DEL TEMPO L'ULTIMO RECORD

Flavio Cammerano

Italy
  • Award of Distinction

IT'S SNOWING

Noah Kara & Oskar Fäldt

Sweden
  • Special Jury Award

JEREMIAH'S GAME

Eduardo Mickey Aldape

United States
  • Best Short Film
  • Best Screenplay (Alex Romanello & Matteo Rosarelli)
  • Best Original Score (Francesco Imbriaco)
  • Best Editing (Alex Romanello & Matteo Rosarelli)

LA REALTÀ

Alex Romanello

Italy
  • Award of Distinction

LA TENEREZZA DEL SERPENTE - THE SERPENT'S CARESS

Samantha Casella

Italy
  • Best Drama

LAST FIRST KISS

Kacy Boccumini

United States
  • Special Jury Award

LENNY - THE LUCKY PUP

Narinder Matharu

United Kingdom
  • Honorable Mention

LOOK AT ME

Nicolas Clabault

France
  • Honorable Mention

MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE

Keishi Suenaga

Japan
  • Best Feature Documentary
  • Best Web/Tv Series

MILESTONES: GLOBAL EXPEDITION - EPISODE 1: BIG DREAMS GLOBAL PROBLEMS

Clay Croft

United States
  • Best Feature Script

MOMMA'S GHOSTS

Written by Drew Henriksen

United States
  • Honorable Mention

MOON FIGHT

Jon Adams

Czechia\United States
  • Special Jury Award

MOTHER EARTH

Mattia Bricalli

Italy
  • Best Music Video

MUSSORGSKY: PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION | DUO KONTAXAKIS-IVANOVICH

Martin Lloyd

Portugal
  • Best Thriller

OFF THE RECORD

Abigail Cox

United States
  • Award of Distinction

ONCE UPON A TIME IN MACON

Adam Minarovich

United States
  • Best Original Song

ORDINARIO

Gerardo Gardea

United States
  • Award of Distinction

OUR HERO

Written by Tom Rivers

United Kingdom
  • Honorable Mention

OUT THERE

Alexis Smith

New Zealand
  • Award of Distinction

PLATFORM

Tiburce

France
  • Best Short Documentary

PORTRAITS ON THE WALL

Jihoon Kim

United States
  • Best Experimental

REDEMPTION

Stephen R Barber

United States
  • Special Jury Award

REFLECTION

Austan Brown

United States
  • Best Indie Short Film

ROSEMARY SOUVENIR

J Matthew Smith

United States
  • Best Short Script

SATURDAY GIRL

Written by Clare B.Perry

United Kingdom
  • Honorable Mention

SHUCKING TRADITION

David Helfer Wells

United States
  • Best Student Film

SINGING FROM THE GRAVE

Ștefan Radu Lungu

Romania
  • Honorable Mention

STILL WALKING: EP 1

Christophe Gouazé

Italy
  • Best Super Short Film

STRAWBERRY SLUG

Adam Oliver

United Kingdom
  • Special Jury Award

THE BLOODLINE: ASCENSION OF SERAPHIM

Natasha Zoë Dean

United States
  • Honorable Mention

THE BOMB

Bob Jones

United States
  • Honorable Mention

THE DRUG DEALER

Rami Al Mohammad

Syrian Arab Republic
  • Best Short Script

THE EASTER SWEETBREAD CRIME

Written by Christopher Manydeeds

Not Specified
  • Award of Distinction

THE FERBERIZING OF CORAL

Patrick Flynn

United States
  • Special Jury Award

THE HUNT

Vincent Perez

Spain
  • Honorable Mention

THE LAST RAT

Raul Krrishnan

India
  • Best AI Film

THE LEGEND OF KOZY KORPESH AND BAYAN SULU: A LOVE STORY

Olga Bagayeva

Kazakhstan
  • Award of Distinction

THE MARSHLANDS - WHAT THE WATER REMEMBERS

Mostafa Nagy

United Kingdom
  • Honorable Mention

THE MIRROR WITHIN

Steve Jones

United States
  • Best Short Documentary

TO BELONG. A DOCUMENTARY

Juan Felipe Bohorquez

Ecuador
  • Best Indie Feature Film

TWO MOONS

Antonio Morales Ruiz

Spain
  • Special Jury Award
  • Honorable Mention

UNSPOKEN WORDS BETWEEN

Laura Musgrave

South Korea\United States