New York Movie AwardsInternational Monthly Film Festival

WINNERS - January 2026

Official results as published by the festival.

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  • Best Picture

UNDER A CLOUD

Frédéric Astruc

France

(alphabetical order by Film's title)

  • Best Short Documentary
  • Gold Award: Original Song (Manu Martin & Susan Lim - The ALANaut Song)
  • Gold Award: Animation
  • Gold Award: Director
  • Gold Award: Original Score (Manu Martin)

2020: THE COSMIC MANDATE

Susan Mey Lee Lim

Not Specified
  • Honorable Mention

50 FAKING FABULOUS

Chrystal Rose

United Kingdom
  • Best Horror

A CAREGIVER

Alberto Martín-Aragón

Spain
  • Honorable Mention

A CULINARY CONJURING

Written by Liesel Galletly

Canada
  • Best Short Script

A KILLER CALLS

Written by Al Anderson

United Kingdom
  • Gold Award: Sci-Fi

AETHRIMUS

Jaspreet Singh

India
  • Silver Award: Feature Script

ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE

Written by Monte Albers de Leon

United States
  • Gold Award: Music Video
  • Gold Award: Original Song

ALL MY LOVE IS YOU

Enrico Rudolph Famulari Valentino

United Kingdom
  • Best Web/Tv Series
  • Silver Award: Sci-Fi

AMBER OAK: THE ELUSIVE KIDNAPPER

Ceara Comeau

United States
  • Honorable Mention

BAD LOVE STRIKES

Kevin Schewe

United States
  • Silver Award: Feature Script

BEATING THE ODDS

Written by Gini Graham Scott

United States
  • Best Super Short Film

BUBBLE GUM

Maria Maya

United States
  • Gold Award: Inspirational Film

CANNONBALL

Reese T. Lightfoot

United States
  • Best Music Video
  • Best Original Song (Roger Glenn)

CONGO SQUARE

Roger Glenn, Bob Ciano & Stephen Jablonsky

United States
  • Best Experimental

CONTRADICTION (SIX SONGS)

Wei-Ming Wang

Taiwan
  • Silver Award: Sound Design
  • Silver Award: Screenplay
  • Silver Award: Actress (Rose Jones)
  • Silver Award: Actor (Nick Troncoso)

COOL HEADED GIRL

Lisa Nagy Isaacson

United States
  • Best Student Film

DE L'AMOUR

Charlie Posrivisuthikool

United States
  • Best Drama

DROWNED

Ryan Nunes & Sean Campbell

United States
  • Silver Award: Feature Documentary

ECLIPSE OUTLAW CHASE

Noah David Wetzel

United States
  • Best Comedy

F*CKIT - THE MOVIE

Steve Barnett

United Kingdom
  • Best Inspirational Film

FADING AWAY

Yimiko

United States
  • Gold Award: Short Documentary

FORECAST

Justin M. Thomas.

United States
  • Silver Award: Short Film

FRAGMENTS OF YESTERDAY

Iara Scherer Keen

Argentina
  • Silver Award: Short Documentary

FRANNY'S COOKIES

Tom Cavanaugh

United States
  • Silver Award: Comedy

FULL METAL PIZZA (SUBTITLES)

Johannes Küchler

Germany
  • Silver Award: Short Script

GIVE ME LIGHT WINGS

Riana Emma Balla

Hungary
  • Best Feature Script

HEARTS IN A TRANCE

Davi Kinski

Brazil
  • Honorable Mention

IN THE GARDEN: ANCHORS OF FAITH

Christal Kahles-Jones

Not Specified
  • Honorable Mention

JASHA - TOO LATE

Josh Sauer

United States
  • Best Feature Documentary

KATO: DREAMS OF DARK EARTH

Zaya Ralita Benazzo & Maurizio Benazzo

United States
  • Gold Award: Drama

LOVE SARAH

Bruna Perussello

Canada
  • Best Short Film

MATTHEW 4:08

Dmitriy Umanskiy

United States
  • Gold Award: First Time Director

NAUSEA

Sharon And√a Sevillano

Peru
  • Best Thriller

NO MERCY

Sophiane AFROUN

France
  • Gold Award: Indie Short Film

NO MERCY

Sophiane Afroun

France
  • Gold Award: Student Film

NOTHING MORE

Malka Moshkovits

Canada
  • Silver Award: First Time Director

OUT THERE

Bruna Perussello

Canada
  • Silver Award: Short Documentary

PANCHITO'S MISSION

Barbara A. Benitez

United States
  • Honorable Mention

RACE YOU

Written by Ana Jobrail

United States
  • Silver Award: Web/Tv Series

SEASON 2 EPISODE 6 2 MINUTES WITH SANTA THE 2 MINUTE SHOW

Dik Lee

United States
  • Gold Award: Experimental

SEDUCTION

Jim Lively

United States
  • Gold Award: Indie Feature Film

SHELDON MASHUGANA GETS STOOGED

Dean Morgan

United States
  • Silver Award: Original Song

SINGING RIVER

Rick Revel

United States
  • Best Super Short Film

SPACE ODYSSEY

Jorge Ospina

United States
  • Gold Award: Feature Documentary

TEAREYE

Jari Kalevi Leinonen

Finland
  • Gold Award: Comedy

THAT "L" WORD

Wolf Bukowski & Clemencia Macias

United States
  • Honorable Mention

THAW

Paul Corricelli

United States
  • Honorable Mention

THE EIGHTH HOUSE

Zack Van Eyck

United States
  • Silver Award: Indie Short Film

THE EYES OF DORIAN GRAY

Craig Trumbo

United States
  • Gold Award: Feature Script

THE FINAL FIGHT

Written by Todd J. Stein

United States
  • Honorable Mention

THE HEART OF A DOMINATRIX

JinkLab Creation

France
  • Silver Award: Experimental Film

THE JOURNEY

Mel Steele

United Kingdom
  • Gold Award: Super Short Film

THE LIE

Patrikus Maximus

Canada
  • Silver Award: Student Film

THE ORIGIN OF SPRING OR THE NECESSARY DEATH IN BROAD DAYLIGHT- DIRECTOR'S CUT

Julian Bonnin

Portugal
  • Gold Award: Short Film

THE PERFECT PALM

Ayse Altinok

United States
  • Gold Award: Short Script

THE REVENGE CLUB

Written by Marla Naomi Eaton

Canada
  • Gold Award: Feature Film

THE RIDDLE PACT

Zsolt Pozsgai

Hungary
  • Gold Award: Horror
  • Gold Award: Thriller
  • Silver Award: Original Score
  • Silver Award: Editing
  • Silver Award: Producer
  • Silver Award: Cinematography

THE SANGUINE

Patrick McNerney & Daniel Jones

United States
  • Best First Time Director
  • Silver Award: Drama
  • Silver Award: Director
  • Gold Award: Original Score (Benjamin Schultz)
  • Gold Award: Sound Design (Brian Russo)
  • Gold Award: Editing (Kevin Kegham)
  • Gold Award: Cinematography (Rahul Suresh)
  • Gold Award: Screenplay (Claudia Ventura)
  • Gold Award: Producer
  • Gold Award: Actress (Jennifer Beatty)
  • Gold Award: Actor (Derek Casper)

THE THREE OF US

Claudia Ventura

United States
  • Best Indie Short Film

THE WAY THINGS USED 2 B

Ciara Naughton & Kurstin Moser

United States
  • Best Sci-Fi

THESEUS

Yang suho

South Korea
  • Best Indie Feature Film
  • Best Feature Film
  • Best Director
  • Best Original Score (Chris Ruppert)
  • Best Sound Design
  • Best Editing
  • Best Screenplay
  • Best Cinematography (AJ Nutter)
  • Best Producer
  • Best Actress (Sugey Cruz)
  • Best Actor (Greg Poppa)

TRANSIENT

Chris Ruppert

United States
  • Honorable Mention

TRIPOD DETECTIVES

Written by Drew Henriksen

United States
  • Silver Award: Super Short Film

VOID

Kaya Akinci

United Kingdom
  • Silver Award: Music Video

WHOLE AGAIN

Yimiko

United States
  • Best Animated Film

YING'E

YU Enjian

China