Awards of July 2026
STANDARD CATEGORIES
Best Film: Nema Čistog Čekića – Brent L. Butler – United States
Best International Film
Winner: The Organic Synthetic – David Ghazawy – Australia
Honorable Mention: Yes – Ruth Mills – United Kingdom
Best European Film
Winner: Holeyhole – Flo Bender – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Letter to the World – Alion, Esba Grimm – Belgium
Best Asian Film
Winner: Time Detective Show. Episode 1: Girls Against Death – Tam Do – Vietnam
Honorable Mention: Kör Ses – Oğuzhan Denizol – Türkiye
Best American Film
Winner: Journey to the End of the Hall – Benjamin Pascoe – United States
Honorable Mention: Noise Within – Joseph Ausanio – United States
Best Italian Film
Winner: Non Piangere – Alessandro Grassi – Italy
Honorable Mention: La Realtà – Alex Romanello – Italy
Best Lombard Film
Winner: Grund – Alessio Ghielmetti – Italy
Honorable Mention: Età del Vetro – Niccolò Cacace – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes)
Winner: The Oath – Theresa Pittius – United States
Honorable Mention: Crossing the Rubicon – Susanne Layla Petersen – Denmark
Best Super Short (5 to 10 minutes)
Winner: Lilith’s Reign – Alexia Voica – France
Honorable Mention: Il Tacco Bulgaro – Federico Gionco – Italy
Best Standard Short (10 to 20 minutes)
Winner: The Offering – J Matthew Smith – United States
Honorable Mention: Digging for Bones – Annie Young – United Kingdom
Best Medium Length (under 60 minutes)
Winner: Il Gatto e la Volpe – Giovanni Suriano – Italy
Honorable Mention: Sinking Road – Moa Olsson – Sweden
Best Low Budget Film
Winner: Screen of the Dead – Martin Bruyère – Canada
Honorable Mention: Pitico – Brazil
Best Original Idea
Winner: Locked In – Lorcan McSharp
Honorable Mention: Guilty as Charged – Jake Joss – India
Best Debut Film
Winner: The Night Tripper – Fabio Lanfranco – Italy
Honorable Mention: Aging Dreams – Srinivasa Bobbili – India
Best Title
Winner: Los Santos Patronos: Judas Iscariote entre Delirio o Fe – Valentina Giron – Mexico
Honorable Mention: If There Is Hell – Petros Tsapilis – Greece
ABSURD GENRE AWARDS
Best Absurd Film
Winner: The Rebellion of the Lesbian Jacobines – Mária Takács – Hungary
Honorable Mention: Weed&Beer – Jake Crossman – United States
Best Weird Absurd
Winner: Cards Down – Maria Kraevska – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Forward – Michael Naphan – Canada
Best AI Film
Winner: Il Rubino Perduto – Alex Raccuglia – Italy
Honorable Mention: Rita Paints What Rita Sees – Mark Winkler – Not Specified
Best Drama
Winner: Corollarium – Vincent Ridolfi – Italy
Honorable Mention: Until the Rain Stops – Pai Chen – Taiwan
Best Experimental Film
Winner: The Mother of All Daemons – Maureen Brookes – United States
Honorable Mention: Alvart – Valentina Kalaydjian – Lebanon
Best Experimental Arthouse
Winner: Temple – Augusto Rancilio – Switzerland
Honorable Mention: In Sect – Marie Chiriac – United Kingdom
Best Comedy
Winner: Trumped – Gunnar Lindholm, Laszlo Schüszler – Sweden
Honorable Mention: Moron – Alec Artis – United States
Best Horror
Winner: Corollarium – Vincent Ridolfi – Italy
Honorable Mention: 2084 – Alejandro Alvarado – United States
Best Thriller & Crime
Winner: Forgotten Fortune – Sidney Cara – United States
Honorable Mention: Lance Reed’s Final Play – Chadrick Whitmire – United States
Best Sci-fi/Fantasy
Winner: Speed or Perish – Seth Ickerman – France
Honorable Mention: Psycho Bot – Pete Jacelone – United States
Best Documentary
Winner: Discourse on Artificial Intelligence – United States
Honorable Mention: Self Commitment – Aseel Yaseen – Jordan
Best Animation
Winner: Beauty Sleep – Emer Bishop – Ireland
Honorable Mention: Junk Food Job – Bri Schulstad, Lou Jockisch – United States
Best Music Film
Winner: Marfa – Matt Rasch – United States
Honorable Mention: I Wanna Go Home – United Kingdom
Best Romance
Winner: Aankhon Ki Shararat+ – Jake Joss, Nishant Priyadarshi – India
Best Silent Film
Winner: Emotional Bull – Les Gaddis, Joe Greening – United States
TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director
Winner: Końce i Początki – Klaudia Fortuniak – Poland
Honorable Mention: Bar Therapy – Larry Rosen – United States
Best Young Director
Winner: Dear Mothers – Flavia Valentina Togni – Colombia, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: The Ape of God – Jason Ziad Saikaly – Lebanon
Best Soundtrack
Winner: 7eventh 7irkle – Ty Brueilly – United States
Honorable Mention: Breakthrough – Clare Steffen – United States
Best Editing
Winner: Yard Saleing – Tom Logan – United States
Honorable Mention: Table For Two – Tom Logan – Not Specified
Best Screenplay
Winner: The Moron – Youssef Masri – Canada
Honorable Mention: Annual Screening – Sheida Kermani – United States
Best Cinematography
Winner: Maroon Fist – Adam Craig – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Lethni – Luigi Di Domenico – Italy
Best Actor/Actress
Winner: Reflection – Austan Brown – United States (Joseph Mangiola)
Honorable Mention: The Last Frame – Sidney Cara – United States (Sam Toledo)
Best Producer
Winner: Yard Saleing – Tom Logan – United States
Honorable Mention: Mindsitter – Didi Durak-Akser – Ireland
Best Movie Poster
Winner: Liminal Beings – Sweden
Honorable Mention: Night Terrors – Darren W Burch – United States
SPECIAL AWARDS
Rebel Vision Award
Winner: Provolone Mon Amour – Antonio Malfitano – Italy
Best Wannabe Absurd
Winner: Blind Pursuit – Desmond J Brown – United States
Best Villain
Winner: The Phone Call – Tim Byron Owen – United States
Best Font
Winner: La Pesadilla – Ary Hernandez – United States
Best It Deserved an Award So We Created One
Winner: Changeons le Monde un Ministre à la Fois – Marc-André Decoste – Canada
Best Creative Courage
Winner: The Lion of God Q Is for Quantum Part 1 – the Motion Comic – David Cole – United States
Best Should Be Porn
Winner: 7 Floors to Midnight – Sebastian Fesser – Germany
