Awards of May 2026
STANDARD CATEGORIES
Best Film
Winner: I Papi – Michela Menichelli, Diederik Pierani – Italy
Best International Film
Winner: Todd – Michael Collins, Daesha Lynn – United States
Honorable Mention: Misused- Abused- Used Up – Joanna Olichwer – Norway
Best European Film
Winner: Bleeding the Cow – Andrew Kenny, Shane Kenny – Ireland
Honorable Mention: The Bee – Jörg Vincent Malotki – Germany
Best Asian Film
Winner: Room – 函 李 – China
Honorable Mention: A Ribbon – Ahmad Yahia Riad – Egypt
Best American Film
Winner: Family Secrets – Md Singleton – United States
Honorable Mention: Camelia Badelia; a Brief Interview with a Witch – Part Two – Krystal Anaís Amaya Navarro – United States
Best Italian Film
Winner: Radio Futuro – Stefano Terenziani, Erica Yvonne Terenziani – Italy
Honorable Mention: Alta Tensione – Claudio Rugiero – Italy
Best Lombard Film
Winner: I Papi – Michela Menichelli, Diederik Pierani – Italy
Honorable Mention: Common Ground – Laura Pronestì – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes)
Winner: Pensiero Unico – EffeCineLab – Italy
Honorable Mention: Alta Tensione – Claudio Rugiero – Italy
Best Super Short (5 to 10 minutes)
Winner: Dracella – Brian Smith – United States
Honorable Mention: Managing Clyde – Rick Zahradnik – United States
Best Standard Short (10 to 20 minutes)
Winner: Cheese – Karyna Aslanova – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Full Major Psychosis – Karl Crossley – United Kingdom
Best Medium Length (under 60 minutes)
Winner: Common Ground – Laura Pronestì – Italy
Honorable Mention: Girl of the Holler (Short Version) – Peter Holland – United States
Best Low Budget Film
Winner: U Chiummu – Francesco La Mantia – Italy
Honorable Mention: Lord of the Tags – Kangwoo Moon – New Zealand
Best Original Idea
Winner: Man Versus Cyclekart – Gabriella Gee Stewart – Canada
Honorable Mention: Search History – Daniel Carley – Ireland
Best Debut Film
Winner: Monolith – Brennan Tomas Haley – United States
Honorable Mention: Echoes – Mathilde Bek Hansen – Czechia
Best Title
Winner: Il Buio Non Esiste – Alessio Coccia – Italy
Honorable Mention: Break Room the Movie – Andrew Herzman – United States
ABSURD GENRE AWARDS
Best Absurd Film
Winner: My Uncle Gumbo – Marceline Keedle, Valentine Boyer – Not Specified
Honorable Mention: Managing Clyde – Rick Zahradnik – United States
Best Weird Absurd
Winner: Capriccio #1 in E-Phrygian – Andres Luz – Not Specified
Honorable Mention: Toothman – Clint Green – United States
Best AI Film
Winner: No-W-Ar – Giulio Giorgetti – Italy
Honorable Mention: Key Notes from the Underground – Nathan Fischer – France
Best Drama
Winner: The Road – Sergiy Luchyshyn – Ukraine
Honorable Mention: The Last Kiss – Aurel Naqi – United States
Best Experimental Film
Winner: Newborn – Archetype (ft. Flor) – Mark Rozhenstejn – Germany, Portugal
Honorable Mention: Zig Zag – Vincenzo Mistretta – United States
Best Experimental Arthouse
Winner: Gilded Gutter – Hellen Rose – Australia
Honorable Mention: Bhramari – Sugandh Lamba, Siddharth Kumar – India
Best Comedy
Winner: Nevertheless I’m in Love – Rupert Craib – United States
Honorable Mention: Captain Sol in the Quest for the Roasted Treasure of the Maldives – Pedro Scansetti – Portugal
Best Horror
Winner: Girl in the Closet – Erick Freitas – United States
Honorable Mention: Censored – Grace Termaat, Hannah Termaat – Canada
Best Thriller & Crime
Winner: Potent Parcel – Guylaine Marcoux – Canada
Honorable Mention: Tribal Land – John Lewnadowski – United States
Best Sci-fi/Fantasy
Winner: Criddlers – Blaine Moir´, Eliot Murray – United States
Honorable Mention: E.T.E.N.E.B.R.I.S – Sotto gli Dei Minori – – Liborio Savio Ciufo – Italy
Best Documentary
Winner: Los Invisibles. El Peso de Ser Hombre. – Gerard Clúa – Spain
Honorable Mention: Mud – Cynthia Bergen – United States
Best Animation
Winner: Biomechanische – Aimie Renee Bourgeois – Canada
Honorable Mention: It’s Giving Damnation – Sabrina Barrow-Bailey – United States
Best Music Film
Winner: Acetone – Justin Colvin, Meredith Jackson, Mario Becerra – United States
Honorable Mention: Serpent – United States
Best Romance
Winner: Todd – Michael Collins, Daesha Lynn – United States
Best Silent Film
Winner: The End. – Syd Whalen – Canada
Best Inclusive Film (LGBTQ+)
Winner: Worth Taking – Rome Romanne – United States
TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director
Winner: L’Attesa – Michael Fantauzzi – Italy
Honorable Mention: Reproach the Darkness – Stephen Kern – United States
Best Young Director
Winner: Virus – Rancho Zhu – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Ashes of Reverie – David Sakaoghli – United States
Best Soundtrack
Winner: Psicodelia – Diego Leonardo Ufor Martin – Argentina
Honorable Mention: Daddy – Jake Joss – India
Best Editing
Winner: Subordinate – Leslie Ann Sheppard – United States
Honorable Mention: The Haunted – Perception Is Reality – Mike Fox – United States
Best Screenplay
Winner: Residents of Lost – Raman Abubakir Ali – Iraq
Honorable Mention: Still Waiting – Robert Cunniff – United States
Best Cinematography
Winner: Evening Class – Greg Gardiner – United States
Honorable Mention: Some Time Later… – Oliver de la Harpe – Canada
Best Actor/Actress
Winner: Hbd, I Hope Ur Nightmares Come Tru – Sophie Loft – United States
Honorable Mention: Enhanced, Adept and Optimised – Alina Tamara – United Kingdom
Best Producer
Winner: The Welder – Daniel McEwan, Emma Guess, Maecon Yared – United States
Honorable Mention: Nigel & Basam – Martin Ponferrada – Australia
Best Movie Poster
Winner: Dogoda – Giorgio de Bruijn – Netherlands
Honorable Mention: Full Major Psychosis – Karl Crossley – United Kingdom
SPECIAL AWARDS
Rebel Vision Award
Winner: Animak – Animals on the Toilet – Jaromír Plachý – Czechia
Honorable Mention: Derrière la Porte – Leonardo Valenti – France
Best Villain
Winner: Torment – Tamás Tarcsi, Márk G Lakatos – Hungary
