Winners – February 2026

Best International Narrative Short
Beyond the Red Bushes

Best First-Time Filmmaker (Short)
Room of Souls

Best Student Short
The Current

Best Documentary Short
Following the Thread

Best Animation Short
Violent Volition

Best Experimental Short
Cicada

Best Horror Short
ES

Best Women’s Issue Film
Eight Julys

Best LGBT Film
THIRTEEN BUTTONS TO HEAVEN

Best Dance Short Film
TO DIE INTO A BIRD

Best Sci-Fi Short
Mortal Exile

Best Covid Film
VIPER VIRUS: History in the Making

Best Music Video
SHADOW

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Best Female Director
Unicorn

Best Male Director
No Sound But the Sea

Best Actor
Antonio Bastidas — The Evangelist

Best Actress
Natsuki Kunimoto — Mysterious Pond

Best Script
KALI

Best Unproduced Script
50 Faking Fabulous

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Best Narrative Italian Feature

Velia Titta Widow Matteotti

Best International Feature Film
#SaveRose

Best First-Time Feature Filmmaker
The Dog, My Father and Us

Best Feature Documentary
Dream On Hypnosis

Best Feature Director
Mysterious Pond

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Best Feature Script
The Magic Man

Best Unproduced Feature Script
Katherine and Spencer