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WINNERS - April 2026

Official results as published by the festival.

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  • Best Picture

WHAT LIGHT REMAINS

Remco Merbis

United Kingdom

alphabetical order by Film's title

  • Silver Award: Feature Film

AEGEAN LOVE

May liu

United States
  • Gold Award: AI Film

AFTER EVERYONE LEFT

Kimmy Jiang

Canada
  • Gold Award: Feature Film

AFTERSHOCKS

Diego Gonzalez

Chile
  • Best Drama

AGAINST NATURE

Stephanie Soto

United States
  • Silver Award: Feature Script

AT LAST

Bradley Nathanson

United States
  • Best Web/Tv Series

BE HAPPY

Angel Barber

United States
  • Best Indie Short Film

BEFORE IT STARTED

David Desotelle

United States
  • Silver Award: Experimental Film

BROKEN EXILES

Mimi Garrard

United States
  • Silver Award: Director

CALL ME JOE

Franco Ceredi

Italy
  • Best Experimental

CHRISTMAS ON EARTH

Janja Rakuš

Slovenia
  • Honorable Mention

CLOUD ZERO

Written by Julie Lilly-Belote, Michael Schultz, Duane Humeyestewa

United States
  • Gold Award: Sci-Fi

DAGGER AND ROSES. FALLEN ANGELS

Juan Manuel fagetti

Argentina
  • Gold Award: Original Song

DENOUNCEMENT MUSIC VIDEO

Terry Ulick

United States
  • Best Short Script

DO FISH GET THE BENDS?

Written by Kathryn Robinson

United Kingdom
  • Best Short Film

EMPATHY REHEARSALS

Jacopo Cullin

Italy
  • Silver Award: AI Film

ENEMY HEROES

Mark Diamond

United States
  • Gold Award: Music Video

ESLI MOZHNO - SO MANY FOOLS AROUND

Anton Evdokimov

Uzbekistan
  • Gold Award: Actor (Steve Blackwood)

FAMILY GAME NIGHT

Steve Blackwood

United States
  • Gold Award: Short Documentary

FAMILY OF HUMANKIND

Samuel Dommermuth

Germany
  • Gold Award: Short Film

FINGER BANG!

Jonathan Oliver Stone

United States
  • Gold Award: Drama

FIVE FLIGHTS

Daryl Denner

United States
  • Silver Award: Feature Documentary

FLOWERS OF THE EARTH

Zaya Benazzo & Maurizio Benazzo

United States
  • Gold Award: Fantasy

HIEROPHANY

Alberto Mart√n-Arag√≥n

Spain
  • Best Animated Film

IN GAZA PIETAS

Diego Monfredini

Italy
  • Silver Award: Indie Feature Film

KAMIKAZE ZOMBIE CARNAGE

Nicholas Weed & Alan Smithee

United States
  • Best Screenplay (Carol Dorn)
  • Silver Award: Short Film
  • Silver Award: Drama
  • Silver Award: Director
  • Silver Award: Editing (Michael Del Bene)
  • Gold Award: Actress (Kimberly Nitti)
  • Gold Award: Original Score (Christopher Vogt)
  • Gold Award: Cinematography (Pamela Traynor)
  • Gold Award: Sound Design (Christopher Vogt)

LOSS

Carol M Dorn

United States
  • Best Feature Documentary

LUIS BENÍTEZ Y EL MUNDO DE LA POESÍA/ LUIS BENÍTEZ AND THE WORLD OF POETRY

Ileana Andrea Gómez Gavinoser

Argentina
  • Best Director

LUNATIC / The_CARMINE_TIGERS /// boy_guitar /少年ギター

Hiroaki Hirakata

Japan
  • Gold Award: Indie Short Film

MADAME TESSA

Robert Sebree

United States
  • Gold Award: Super Short Film

MEET ME ON A ROCK

Marie Bryan

Ireland
  • Gold Award: Original Song

MONSTER

William Danton

United States
  • Best Screenplay
  • Best Sound Design
  • Silver Award: Director
  • Silver Award: Actor (Robert Lightspeed)
  • Gold Award: Student Film
  • Gold Award: Cinematography (Atlas Büttner)
  • Gold Award: Editing (Robert Lightspeed & Adam Lightspeed)

'MR. PARADISE'

Robert Lightspeed

United States
  • Gold Award: Comedy

NAMASTE

Matan Zrachia

United States
  • Best Super Short Film

NIGHT TERRORS

Erminas Surgautas

United Kingdom
  • Best Director
  • Best Original Score
  • Best Editing (Paul Nemeti)
  • Gold Award: Feature Documentary

NOTHING TO SEE HERE: WATTS

Michael Soenen

United States
  • Best Student Film

OUR BLAZE

Xinyue Wang

China
  • Gold Award: Experimental

PATCH

Meg Cook

United States
  • Silver Award: Original Song (Alberto Varano & Alessandro Orlandi)

POP LIES

Alessandro Orlandi & Camilla Martini

Italy
  • Silver Award: Producer
  • Silver Award: Original Song

PRINCESS OF LIGHT

Anaya (AnayaMusic) Kunst

Brazil
  • Honorable Mention

QUEENZ

Written by Roosevelt Davis & Shira Zimbeck

United States
  • Gold Award: Feature Script

RABBI RIFKIND

Alex Barnett

United States
  • Honorable Mention

RAILROADED

David Matthew Gladstone

United States
  • Silver Award: Indie Short Film

RISE AND SHINE

Alessandro Zonin

Italy
  • Silver Award: Director
  • Silver Award: Actor (Nathan Cadelina)
  • Silver Award: Cinematography (Kathy Zuniga)
  • Silver Award: Screenplay (Nathan Cadelina)
  • Silver Award: Original Score (Nathan Cadelina, Liam Campos & Malakai Fischer)
  • Silver Award: Editing (Nathan Cadelina)
  • Gold Award: Producer
  • Gold Award: Sound Design (Nathan Cadelina)

SANTIAGO MY DEARLY BELOVED UMBRA

Nathan Cadelina & Liam Campos

United States
  • Gold Award: Thriller

SAVING THE RAVEN

Damir Mrkulic

United States
  • Best Music Video
  • Best Original Song

SAY YOU LOVE ME

Kobe Morrison

United States
  • Gold Award: Animation

SEAPER POWERS THE RESCUE FEATURE FILM

Kim Cameron

United States
  • Silver Award: Super Short Film

SEASON 2 EPISODE 4 BACCALA THE 2 MINUTE SHOW

Dik Lee

Not Specified
  • Gold Award: Horror

SHE STOLE MY HEART

Greg L. Hines

United States
  • Best Short Documentary

SOUND OF AIR

Marcin Rossa

Poland
  • Silver Award: Short Script

SPIRIT OF THE ROLLER-BOOT

Hannah Claire Richardson

United Kingdom
  • Best Cinematography (Josh Roberts & Dorji Tsering)
  • Silver Award: Music Video

STOP FORCING

Derek Yang

Australia
  • Silver Award: Animated Film

SUCKERS LOSERS

Doug Whitehead

United States
  • Best Sci-Fi

SWALLOWED

Justin M. Thomas

United States
  • Best Thriller

TEARS OF SILENCE

Mr. Bouhaïk

France
  • Silver Award: Comedy

TEN FOR TN

Geoffrey Gould

United States
  • Best Feature Film
  • Best Producer (Ulfa von den Steinen & Alexej Mend)
  • Best Cinematography (Dennis Lubig)
  • Best Sound Design (Theodor Petrea)
  • Silver Award: Actress Ivon Mateljan
  • Gold Award: Indie Feature Film
  • Gold Award: Director
  • Gold Award: Screenplay (José Cortés, Steffen Küster, Juliane Gabriel)
  • Gold Award: Original Score (Paul Roßmann)
  • Gold Award: Editing (Eduardo Melara)

THE ANSWERING MACHINE

Jose Cortes

Germany
  • Best Fantasy

THE BLACK PEARL

Gaultier Barra

France
  • Best Indie Feature Film

THE CAGE - LA GABBIA

Annaelena Rispoli

Italy
  • Best Director
  • Silver Award: Fantasy

THE CURRENT STATE OF THE BACKYARD POOL INDUSTRY

Derek Frey

United States
  • Best AI Film

THE ERROR: BEYOND ALGORITHM

Dongkwan Kim

South Korea
  • Silver Award: Cinematography
  • Silver Award: Screenplay
  • Silver Award: Editing
  • Silver Award: Sound Design

THE GARNISH

Hendrik van Zwol

Netherlands
  • Gold Award: Web/Tv Series

THE INNOCENT

Vitor Moreno

Brazil
  • Best Feature Script

THE KESSLER REPORT

Written by Julie Lilly Belote, Paul Beckwith

United States
  • Best Actor (Ruben Soriquez)

THE MARIANAS WEB

Marco Calvise

Philippines
  • Honorable Mention

THE NARRATIVE (FIRST MOVEMENT)

Boris Eldagsen

Germany
  • Best Comedy

THE PROTAGONIST GENE

Kyle Leland Cullerton

United States
  • Silver Award: Short Documentary

THE SEA AND SHE

Tyler Shortt

United States
  • Honorable Mention

THE STAR SEEKER

Suzanne Lutas

French Polynesia
  • Gold Award: Short Script

THE TRAVELER

Written by LaRue Hasty

United States
  • Honorable Mention

THROUGH THE MISTY GLOW ACT 2 - TEMPORAL LUMINANCE

Walter Holland

United States
  • Silver Award: Student Film

TRIXIE DARLING

Erin Mitchell

United States
  • Silver Award: Actress (Luna Romani)

ULTIMA NOTTE

Andrea Santoro

Italy
  • Best Horror

VIRAL

David Andrew Tybor

United States
  • Best Actress

WHY WE CRY

Nadine Coulson

United Kingdom
  • Silver Award: Original Song (Anargyros Orfanos/Yia Sou My Love)

YIA SOU MY LOVE

Anargyros Orfanos

Greece