Awards of June 2026
Best Film
Winner: On the Road – Koki Kisawa – Japan
Best International Film
Winner: A Very Short Film About Love – Trevor Murphy – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: No, We Don’t Have It in Pink! – Priscila Gay Foletto – Thailand, United States
Best European Film
Winner: Nevenschade – Luuk Audenaerde – Netherlands
Honorable Mention: Fuga – Susanne Layla Petersen – Denmark
Best Asian Film
Winner: Craneman – Tommy Lin – Taiwan
Honorable Mention: Spring in a Bottle – Guozong Lu – China
Best American Film
Winner: Pony Makeup at the Petting Zoo – Lukáš Hyrman – Canada
Honorable Mention: Fangs! the Musical – Daniel Krastek – United States
Best Italian Film
Winner: Spaghet-Tea House – Per un Baffo Impregnato di Ragù – Andrea Chiapasco, Emanuele Franco, Eugenio Pulvirenti – Italy
Honorable Mention: Haters – Odiatori Seriali & Co. – Gennaro Iago Esposito – Italy
Best Lombard Film
Winner: Unheard – Michele Brasili – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes)
Winner: The Werewolf’s Greatest Hit – Jim & Nick Zounis – Australia
Honorable Mention: Amaltaas – Xoori K. Sarhadi – Australia
Best Super Short (5 to 10 minutes)
Winner: Queen of Hearts – Angela Andronache – United States
Honorable Mention: Export Mine – Surapong Wetsuwanmanee – Thailand
Best Standard Short (10 to 20 minutes)
Winner: Never Alone – Peter Koevari – Australia
Honorable Mention: El Caso 076 – Moises Suarez, Javier Carreon – Mexico
Best Medium Length (under 60 minutes)
Winner: Little Dream – Anna Hill, Antonio Sciortino – United States
Honorable Mention: Range Anxiety – Andrew Herzman – United States
Best Low Budget Film
Winner: Who Are You? – Luzi Santos – Hungary
Honorable Mention: Sus/Pirou – Alisson Resende – Brazil
Best Original Idea
Winner: Open Mic Night – Dominic Joseph Deshotel – United States
Honorable Mention: We Were Here – Marky Hugh – Canada
Best Debut Film
Winner: Bunny Hop – Roger Valentine – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Aurelia: Golden Fox Princess – Pai Chen – Taiwan
Best Title
Winner: Le Restanti – Stefano Tesi – Italy
Honorable Mention: 2 Men Fight over 1 Glass of Beer – Oliver Griem – South Korea
ABSURD GENRE AWARDS
Best Absurd Film
Winner: Spin – Rodrigo Aben-Athar – Brazil
Honorable Mention: Spark & Co. — World Tour: Live Session – Pai Chen – Taiwan
Best Weird Absurd
Winner: The Odyssemen – Minh Ngô – United States, Vietnam
Honorable Mention: Childhood – Grace Sextro – United States
Best AI Film
Winner: Blue Buddha – Syam Manohar – United Arab Emirates
Honorable Mention: Happy Birthday Joshi – Anshul Kumar Sharma – India
Best Drama
Winner: Yard Saleing – Tom Logan – United States
Honorable Mention: Raanphool – Preitesh Pramod Ghag – India
Best Experimental Film
Winner: Biophilia – Alan Emslie – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Bipedal – Tony Hill – United Kingdom
Best Experimental Arthouse
Winner: The Box – Federico Feusi – Italy, Sweden
Honorable Mention: Amaltaas – Xoori K. Sarhadi – Australia
Best Comedy
Winner: Logan’s Legacy – Glen L Wolfe – United States
Honorable Mention: The Bee – Jörg Vincent Malotki – Germany
Best Horror
Winner: Horror Insurance – Christopher Pinto – United States
Honorable Mention: Sudden and Silent – Travis John Noftall – Canada
Best Thriller & Crime
Winner: La Maleta – Bertan Berber – Norway
Honorable Mention: Table For Two – Tom Logan – Not Specified
Best Sci-fi/Fantasy
Winner: Long Long Time – Perry Kroll – United States
Honorable Mention: Reverb – Michael McCallum – United States
Best Animation
Winner: Shooting Star – Edie Lucille Harper – United States
Honorable Mention: The Magnum Opal – Daniel Hiroki McLean – New Zealand
Best Music Film
Winner: Lost Acres – Tawd B. Dorenfeld – United States
Honorable Mention: Sail Ho – Till Gmuer – Switzerland
Best Romance
Winner: The Border – Carlo Fumo – Italy
Best Silent Film
Winner: U.S.P.O. – Mari Walker – United States
TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director
Winner: Nadiia – Antonella Montanino – Italy
Honorable Mention: Hexed – Gavin Sanders – United States
Best Young Director
Winner: Love Bites! – Gavin Sanders – United States
Honorable Mention: La Donna Che Non Sapeva Volare – Sara Scarcello – Italy
Best Soundtrack
Winner: Fox – Cody Jaron Navarro – United States
Honorable Mention: A Good Place to Die – a Western Trilogy – David Biagini – United States
Best Editing
Winner: Retrogusto – Nicola Scamarcia – Italy
Honorable Mention: Die Before You Die – Triggered – Rafael Maria Friebe – Germany
Best Screenplay
Winner: Table For Two – Tom Logan – Not Specified
Honorable Mention: Call Out to You – Shams Saki Belal – United States
Best Cinematography
Winner: La Donna Che Non Sapeva Volare – Francesco De Bartolo – Italy
Honorable Mention: The Backroad – Jamie Wilson – Australia
Best Actor/Actress
Winner: Name Ayineh – Siavash Nasri – Iran (Hasti Raad)
Honorable Mention: Reproach the Darkness – Stephen Kern – United States
Best Producer
Winner: The Edit – Luc Schinkel – Netherlands
Honorable Mention: Out of Time – Julian Vincenzo Ricci – Italy
Best Movie Poster
Winner: George – Maurício Borges de Medeiros – Brazil
Honorable Mention: Saltwater Psalms – Devin Nikki Thomas – United States
SPECIAL AWARDS
Rebel Vision Award
Winner: I Am Not Cuban – Juan Pablo Diaz – Puerto Rico
Best Font
Winner: Cut Up da Noise – dr walker – Portugal
Best Should Be Porn
Winner: Naked Mermaid Alien – Season 1 – Sutou Gou – Japan
