2026 Film Nominees & Winners

 

Best Actor:

Winner: Linwood Yarborough, for A Paradise Falls, A Christmas Story

Nominee: James Cicconi, for "The Cafone" Ep 1

Nominee: Jonathan Green, for Miss Matched

Best Actress: 

Winner: Jane Warwick, for Come the Nightfall

Nominee: Kimia' Workman, for Never Judge a Book by It's Cover

Nominee: Parivash Javidi, for Dream of Liberation

Best Action: 

Winner: The Glowing Man,  By: Nicholas Sparger (USA)

Nominee: Grandma's Couch (USA)

Nominee: Man (Mexico)

Nominee: Power of Silence  (Spain)

Best Animation:

Winner: The Duke of Sorenburgh (USA)

Nominee: Fredrico Faggin - The Man Who Saw the Future (Italy)

Nominee: Becoming Andrey Petrov (Norway)

Nominee: Marina (USA)

Best Director:

Winner: Dream of Liberation (Iran)

Nominee: Calm Man (Iran)

Nominee:  Allowed to Birth (USA)

Nominee: DLA Mnie (Spain)

Best Comedy:

Winner: Miss Matched (USA)

Nominee: Broken Hearts, True Love (USA)

Nominee: Junkie Run (Canada)

Nominee: The Cafone, Ep 1 (USA)

Best Cinematography:

Winner: We Are the Redline (USA)

Nominee: Journey of Hope (UK)

Nominee: Grandma's Couch (USA)

Nominee: Russian Spitsbergen (Norway)

Best Drama:

Winner: Calm Man (Iran)

Nominee: A Paradise Falls, A Christmas Story (USA)

Nominee: Man (Mexico)

Nominee: Diversion (Greece)

Best Documentary:

Winner:  Journey of Hope (UK)

Nominee: Allowed to Birth (Argentina)

Nominee: More than Pipe (USA)

Nominee: We Are the Redline (USA)

Best Horror:

Winner: Grandma's Couch (USA)

Nominee: Come the Nightfall (USA)

Nominee: Second Rate Meat (Columbia)

Best Producer:

Winner: Diversion (Cyprus)

Nominee: We Are the Redline (USA)

Nominee: Calm Man (Iran)

Nominee: Man (Mexico)

Best Romance: 

Winner: Undertow (Brazil)

Nominee: She Spoke (Egypt)

Nominee: You May Kiss the Bride (Ireland)

Nominee: Bridge of the Lost (Portugal)

Best Sci-Fi:

Winner: Royal Retribution (USA)

Nominee: The Glowing Man (USA)

Nominee: The Silent Witness (USA)

Best Screenwriter:

Winner: Never Judge a Book by It's Cover (USA)

Nominee: Rose (Turkey)

Nominee: Lilith (Canary Islands)

Nominee: Calm Man (Iran)

Best Short Film:

Winner:  Prepper

Nominee: The Cafone Ep 1

Nominee: The Glowing Man

Nominee: Snow (Russia)

Nominee: Grandma's Couch

Best Romance: 

Winner: Undertow (Brazil)

Nominee: She Spoke (Egypt)

Nominee: You May Kiss the Bride (Ireland)

Nominee: Bridge of the Lost (Portugal)

 

 

 

2026 Festival Winners:

Best Animation: The Duke of Sorenburg, By: Jack Fanburg (USA)

Best Cinematography: We Are the Redline, By: Mel Andre (USA)

Best Comedy: Miss Matched, By: Jonathan Green  (USA)

Best Documentary: Journey of Hope, By: Sally Momtazi  (UK)

Best Drama: Calm Man, By: Behnoush Sadeghi  (Iran)

Best Horror: Grandma's Couch, By: Ryan Howard  (USA)

Best Romance: Undertow, By: Carlos Armando  (Brazil)

Best Short Film: Prepper, By: Gordon Lamb  (USA)

Best Sci-Fi: Royal Retribution, By: Dustin Hawkins  (USA)

Best Actress: Come the Nightfall, with Jane Warwick (USA)

Best Actor: Paradise Falls, A Christmas Story, with Linwood Yarborough (USA)

Best Director: Dream of Liberation, By: Abbas Rafei  (Iran)

Best Producer: Diversion, Andros Achilleos (Greece)

Best Screenwriter: Never Judge a Book by its Cover, By: Tyeshia Downer (USA)

Best Film: Man, By: Salvador Garza  (Mexico)