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Winners – September 2026

DZUD

Best Picture

Rooster

Best Narrative Feature

Brother In Law

Best Director
Best Actor

HADDA

Best Actress

Kavita Classes

Best Drama

SOULBOUND

Best Fantasy Film

Der Schimmelreiter

Best Horror
Best Cinematography
Best Sound Design

Extraction

Best Thriller
Best Duo

NIAGA EVIL

Best Sci-Fi

SEEK II: The Unsung Scars

Best Action

Detective Spark Case 01: The Locked Room Murder

Best Mystery Film

Invasive: Modern Dentistry Reimagined

Best Documentary

One Day on Earth

Best Animation

She will come

Best Microfilm

Murder of Crows

Best Indie Film

PANTHEON

Best Television Script

"Asherah's Colors" - Film

Best Narrative Short

Screen Test

Best Screenplay Short

The Garden of Earthly Delights: A Love in Three Acts

Best Screenplay Feature

Asherah: A Love Odyssey

Best Original Story

La Lucha

Best Original Score

The Spirit Of Old Town

Best Editing

Akte 91

Best Actor in an Indie Film
Best Actress in an Indie Film

Dad look at me

Best Child/Young Actor

Summer

Best Child/Young Actress

UNbecoming

Best Experimental Film
Best Inspirational Film

Pendulum Drift

Best First Time Director (Feature)

White As Snow

Best First Time Director (Short)

Our Land

Best First Time Screenwriter

Lullaby

Best Student Film

Florida Water Blues

Best Music Video

Milan Independent Film Festival - Winners

Finalists

Cash & Kari

Finalist

Cash & Kari

Best Screenplay Feature

Directed by

Finalist

Dreamwalker

Best Animation

Directed by Luca Schenato, Sinem Vardarli

Finalist

Elisa

Best Picture

Directed by Sinan Sertel

False Mirror

Finalist

False Mirror

Best Screenplay Short

Directed by

Finalist

Il mito di Celestre

Best Child/Young Actor

Directed by EDOARDO FRANCESCHI

Finalist

NORA ノラ

Best Music Video

Directed by Serena Tripepi

Finalist

Neustadt by Night

Best Film Noir

Directed by Alexander Krahl

Finalist

Salem Not Salem

Best Actor

Directed by Omar Farooq

Finalist

Shelters

Best Actress
Best Horror
Best Original Score

Directed by Kiko Prada

Finalist

The Haven

Best Director
Best Narrative Short

Directed by Christopher Roberts

Finalist

Themis is Tired

Best Actor in an Indie Film
Best Actress in an Indie Film

Directed by Ilya Demutsky

Finalist

US

Best Experimental Film

Directed by Manuel mzeyfilms Zaffiro

Finalist

Wild Coast Warriors

Best Documentary

Directed by Nick Chevallier, Leigh Wood, Guido Zanghi, Warren Smart

Official Selection

Selected Official

ABUELO

Official Selection

Directed by Fred Cavallini, Marcos Piacentini, Titta Notarangelo

Selected Official

Borderline

Official Selection

Directed by Lorenzo Marelli

IT MADE ME FEEL GOOD

Selected Official

IT MADE ME FEEL GOOD

Official Selection

Directed by Massimiliano Vergani

Selected Official

OntologIA

Official Selection

Directed by Francesco Rivolta

Palestine Orbit

Selected Official

Palestine Orbit

Official Selection

Directed by Luca Miranda, Riccardo Retez

Selected Official

The Day the Strawberries Will Arrive

Official Selection

Directed by Omar Cremon

Selected Official

The Urban Comedy

Official Selection

Directed by Pietro Michele Muzi Falconi

Selected Official

The art of the white flag

Official Selection

Directed by Riccardo Pittaluga

Selected Official

the time of the swordfish

Official Selection

Directed by Domenico Lagano

Honorable Mentions

Honorable Mention

'88

Best Web Series

Directed by Otilia Zaicu

Honorable Mention

Aghbash

Best Cinematography

Directed by Samad Ghorbanzadeh

Honorable Mention

Blue Moon Romance

Best Ensemble
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress

Directed by Howard Gensler

Honorable Mention

ESCAPE FROMCOLOR VILLAGE IOTS JOURNEY OF THE SOULU

Best First Time Screenwriter

Directed by

Honorable Mention

Gumboro

Best Thriller

Directed by Dimitris Vavatsis

Honorable Mention

La forma imperfetta dei ricordi

Best Duo

Directed by Elisa Adelaide Faccioni

Honorable Mention

My Roof

Best Microfilm

Directed by Darko Kokić

Honorable Mention

My boyfriend, a mannequin

Best First Time Director
Best Narrative Feature
Best Song in a Film

Directed by DMITRY NIKOLENKO

Honorable Mention

PHONONAUTA

Best Sci-Fi

Directed by

Honorable Mention

SAQFA (Hopeless Clap)

Best Child/Young Actress
Best Original Story

Directed by Omar Saleh

Honorable Mention

Starving Artists

Best Television Script

Directed by

Honorable Mention

THE PHONE CALL

Best Student Film

Directed by Rolando Danesi

Honorable Mention

The Secret of Maria Makinang

Best Fantasy Film

Directed by Gian Arre

Honorable Mention

Touching the Sky VR

Best Virtual Reality

Directed by Jonathan Griffith

Honorable Mention

Where Is Wind Stranded

Best First Time Director (Short)

Directed by Ushio

Award Winners

Winners – June 2025

Tears To A Glass Eye

Best Original Score
Best Director
Best Film Noir
Best Mystery Film
Family Cellars

Best Television Script
BLINK

Best Screenplay Short
JOHNNY

Best Web Series
Muggle

Best Music Video
i-REAL

Best Narrative Short
Goodnight Killer

Best First Time Director
Laura Living Backwards

Best Sci-Fi
Best First Time Screenwriter
Avarice

Best Supporting Actor
Best Actor
The Surrogate

Best Drama
Heroes From Heaven: Battle Ground Earth

Best Screenplay Feature
TOKYO STRANGE TALE

Best Narrative Feature
Autodrom

Best Editing
Best Sound Design
Hands Of The Universe

Best Documentary
Rash

Best Actress
L.A. 4ORCE

Best Ensemble
Best Duo
The Roots

Best Thriller
四十九 - SEEK

Best Indie Film
Best Action
Best Actor in an Indie Film
Best Actress in an Indie Film
BADWOODS

Best Inspirational Film
Life of us

Best Visual Effects
Culturally Plant-Based

Best TV Series
FAHRENHEIT 2051

Best Microfilm
Best Comedy
Dead Butterflies

Best Horror
Devil

Best Animation
The Crone

Best Fantasy Film
INVISIBLE SCARS

Best Cinematography
A Tropical Call

Best Student Film
GOOD MORNING MOM

Best First Time Director (Short)
The 12th Letter

Best Original Story
Up, Up and Away

Best Child/Young Actor
Lost in Translation

Best Experimental Film
Paint To Pixel VR

Best Virtual Reality

Award Winners

Winners – June 2025

Tears To A Glass Eye

Best Original Score
Best Director
Best Film Noir
Best Mystery Film
Family Cellars

Best Television Script
BLINK

Best Screenplay Short
JOHNNY

Best Web Series
Muggle

Best Music Video
i-REAL

Best Narrative Short
Goodnight Killer

Best First Time Director
Laura Living Backwards

Best Sci-Fi
Best First Time Screenwriter
Avarice

Best Supporting Actor
Best Actor
The Surrogate

Best Drama
Heroes From Heaven: Battle Ground Earth

Best Screenplay Feature
TOKYO STRANGE TALE

Best Narrative Feature
Autodrom

Best Editing
Best Sound Design
Hands Of The Universe

Best Documentary
Rash

Best Actress
L.A. 4ORCE

Best Ensemble
Best Duo
The Roots

Best Thriller
四十九 - SEEK

Best Indie Film
Best Action
Best Actor in an Indie Film
Best Actress in an Indie Film
BADWOODS

Best Inspirational Film
Life of us

Best Visual Effects
Culturally Plant-Based

Best TV Series
FAHRENHEIT 2051

Best Microfilm
Best Comedy
Dead Butterflies

Best Horror
Devil

Best Animation
The Crone

Best Fantasy Film
INVISIBLE SCARS

Best Cinematography
A Tropical Call

Best Student Film
GOOD MORNING MOM

Best First Time Director (Short)
The 12th Letter

Best Original Story
Up, Up and Away

Best Child/Young Actor
Lost in Translation

Best Experimental Film
Paint To Pixel VR

Best Virtual Reality

Award Winners

Winners – November 2024

Normal Rockwell

Best Actress
Ten Toes Down

Best Drama
Best Supporting Actress
Manufacturing Madness

Best Documentary
The Naughty List

Best Screenplay Feature
Death!

Best Comedy
Best Actress in an Indie Film
Gig Work

Best Web/TV Pilot
Last Cigarette

Best Sci-Fi
Interview with an Android

Best Fantasy Film
The sculpture

Best First Time Director
They Shall Not Come Back

Best Virtual Reality
DeadZone

Best Thriller
Best Action
REVELATION

Best Indie Film
Best First Time Director (Feature)
NEPENTHE

Best Narrative Short
Strings

Best Student Film
Confession

Best Picture
Best Visual Effects
Ichi by Ptychka

Best Music Video
The Age of the Empath

Best Television Script
undertow

Best Animation
Kidda

Best Child/Young Actor
The Phatman

Best Screenplay Short
Problematic Intentions

Best Horror
When the party is over

Best Web Series
Woman Rising

Best Original Story
Pressburg

Best TV Series
The Price of Happiness (Cai Gia Cua Hanh Phuc)

Best Cinematography
Best Actor in an Indie Film
Best Original Score
SORNYAK

Best Sound Design
Best Child/Young Actress
The Land of Nowhere

Best Actor
DeadEnd

Best Experimental Film
The Dark Side of Japan

Best Editing
MY HERO

Best Narrative Feature
Best Director
HIGHRISE

Best First Time Screenwriter

Award Winners

Winners – May 2024

The Soul in My Head

Best Narrative Short
Still Hunting

Best Actor in an Indie Film
Bloodline

Best First Time Director (Feature)
Trumpet Player

Best Web Series
Shadow

Best Mystery Film
Basement Voices

Best Thriller
Best Actress
Coyote Valley

Best Original Story
Best Crime Film
Best Film Noir
Best Actor
Best Supporting Actor
Diary of an unexpected journey

Best Director
Inheritance

Best Actress in an Indie Film
Kim Carnie Out Loud

Best Inspirational Film
Best Song in a Film
Searchers in the Dark

Best Student Film
Don't Die Hard

Best Ensemble
The Other Shape

Best Animation
Doux temps (Sweet Times)

Best Music Video
What lies beyond the Woods

Best Virtual Reality
THE CAPTIVE

Best Drama
M0D3RN T1M3Z

Best Microfilm
59 degrees

Best Indie Film
Eliminated

Best Sci-Fi
Pig Killer

Best Horror
Le Café de mes Souvenirs / The Cafe of my memories

Best Supporting Actress
To My Dad

Best First Time Director
Best Duo
IL Bel Tenore / The Beautiful Tenor

Best Screenplay Feature
Lost in: El Salvador

Best Web/TV Pilot
Morecambe

Best Original Score
Witchborne

Best Fantasy Film
Fortunes of War

Best Action
Best Narrative Feature
Best Picture
The Bangkok Job

Best Editing
Exiles

Best Cinematography
Worlds Apart

Best First Time Screenwriter
While Fingernails Grow

Best Original Story
Mission A, Plan B

Best Comedy
Aris

Best Television Script

Award Winners

Winners – January 2024

The Carrier

Best Actor
Nevada 21

Best Web/TV Pilot
Shemortelle

Best Narrative Short
Whispers of Love

Best Screenplay Feature
Kidnapping

Best Duo
Envy

Best Child/Young Actress
La strada segnata

Best First Time Screenwriter
Union Street

Best Documentary
L'INCONTRO

Best Actor in an Indie Film
Best Actress in an Indie Film
Canon - Knocked Out

Best Music Video
Video Store

Best First Time Director
The Short Escape

Best Screenplay Short
Dead Men Can't Dance - An Emma Rose Mystery

Best Television Script
Smile Library

Best Web Series
Out, Damned Spot

Best Experimental Film
Best Sound Design
Remember the Future

Best Student Film
Best Inspirational Film
House of silence

Best First Time Director
Best Actress
You're Early

Best Crime Film
Blood Star

Best Horror
Best Indie Film
Best Director
Best Cinematography
«THE BLIND» (2023)

Best Supporting Actor
The Unexpected Betrayal

Best Original Story
Bloodlands

Best Fantasy Film
Best Narrative Feature
Mourners

Best Drama
Best Picture
PIGSY

Best Animation
Carsick

Best Thriller

Award Winners

Winners – October 2023

Iguana Moon

Best Screenplay Feature
Dog Bites Man

Best Actor in an Indie Film
Campton Manor

Best Thriller
Best Ensemble
Gnats

Best Horror
You Better Run

Best Microfilm
Kinship

Best Narrative Short
MISFIT

Best First Time Director
My Vagina

Best Animation
BUBBLES

Best Original Score
Shades Of Blue And Green

Best Actress
Fame On Fire

Best Screenplay Short
Garms

Best Web/TV Pilot
The Red Planet

Best Trailer
ABBA

Best Sci-Fi
Afterwards

Best Director
Best Fantasy Film
Undealt

Best First Time Screenwriter
Efialtis

Best Original Story
TEMP7

Best Visual Effects
Best Virtual Reality
Nudge Theory (Interactive Music Player)

Best Music Video
Best Web/TV Pilot
Where The Magpies Fly

Best Child/Young Actor
Best Inspirational Film
The Defender

Best Cinematography
Best Actress in an Indie Film
Best Indie Film
The Air Of The Time

Best Documentary
The Seal of Death 2

Best Crime Film
Best Action
Abyss

Best Student Film
Best Supporting Actress
GOFFREDO E L'ITALIA CHIAMO'

Best Narrative Feature
Shtander, shtander, Katya!

Best Child/Young Actress
Immortal Mind

Best Sound Design
The Other Side

Best Mystery Film
Lost Souls Archive

Best Editing
REQUIEM (WITH A SIDE OF FRIES)

Best Duo
Good Old Days Part.1

Best Experimental Film
Fight or Flight

Best First Time Director (Short)
ORDER MY STEPS

Best Drama
Best Song in a Film
The Performance

Best Actor
Best Picture

Award Winners

Winners – July 2023

Revolution X

Best First Time Director
MORNING GLORY

Best Drama
The Vigilante

Best Action
Rodion Yudanov: Govori Gospode

Best Music Video
Awake

Best Sci-Fi
Shokh Maidel

Best Screenplay Short
Cao Yutian's Fourteen Days

Best Actor in an Indie Film
The book of Martín

Best Fantasy Film
DRAWBACK

Best Narrative Short
Best Original Story
Curtain Call

Best Cinematography
Bitter Coffee

Best Sound Design
Tra Moglie e Marito

Best Horror
FRIED

Best Web Series
Happen to Happen

Best Original Score
Best First Time Director (Short)
Kallithea Springs Of Rhodes

Best Editing
Ka me kalu

Best Duo
Maria

Best Actress in an Indie Film
STRIE

Best Virtual Reality
METEOR

Best Television Script
Follow Me

Best Documentary
The Release

Best Microfilm
Bicycle Island (A donde nos lleva)

Best Inspirational Film
TELL ME WHY THESE THINGS ARE SO BEAUTIFUL

Best Actor
Best ACtress
Best Director
Sanity Road

Best First Time Screenwriter
Pheromone City

Best Screenplay Feature
It's a Match!

Best Visual Effects
Declared Missing

Best Indie Film
Best Crime Film
Best Picture
AI-lice Through the Looking Glass

Best Experimental Film
Treeline

Best Thriller
Whenever I see the sun

Best Narrative Feature
An American Abroad

Best TV Series
The Catastrophe

Best Comedy
Sword and Sorrow

Best Animation

Award Winners

Winners – April 2023

GOODNIGHT

Best Drama
FUTURA

Best Indie Film
Mr. Crazy

Best Thriller
Parasonnia

Best Horror
CINNAMON

Best Film Noir
Album

Best Virtual Reality
Visions in the Dark

Best Picture
Hindsight

Best Narrative Short
Tough Cowgirls

Best Comedy
The 13th hour

Best Microfilm
Close to Home

Best Web Series
ITER - the creative process

Best Mystery Film
ORIGINE-Z

Best Fantasy Film
New York Tết Stories

Best Documentary
Boy Makes Girl

Best Sci-Fi
Guillty

Best Crime Film
Bat Diary - Diario del pipistrello

Best Narrative Feature

Award Winners

Winners – January 2023

Nothing's Left

Best Animation
Your Lucky Day

Best Director
Best Ensemble
Idol in a Strange Company

Best Web/TV Pilot
What money can't buy

Best Narrative Short
Kinesphere

Best Virtual Reality
Rhythm of the Donkey

Best Inspirational Film
Best Cinematography
The Exile of the Sea

Best Narrative Feature
DARKNESS THIS IS MY REVENGE

Best Thriller
The Secret Life Of Jim

Best Actor
Awaken

Best Screenplay Feature
Dysfunctional

Best TV Series
#1

Best Film Noir
Best Duo
A FRIEND

Best Supporting Actress
A Chauffeur Love

Best First Time Director
CHROMA Key

Best Drama
Where I'm From

Best Editing
Best Song in a Film
Kate's Ballad

Best Screenplay Short
Madam Champagne Film

Best Actress
Final Gasp

Best Horror
The Split

Best Sci-Fi
VALERINE

Best Music Video
LAJJAWATI: A LOVE STORY FROM INDIA

Best Original Story
Hello, Willows

Best Television Script
CAUSALITÉ

Best Child/Young Actor
The Ode on Cure

Best Experimental Film
Best Indie Film
The Redeemables

Best Comedy
NOWhere (to be found)

Best Original Score
Through the Window

Best First Time Screenwriter
Life changed

Best Microfilm
THE FLAME - The Art and the History of Lampworking

Best Documentary