Awards of April 2026
Standard Categories
Best Film
Winner: Painted Devil – Bruno Pimentel – Czechia
Best International Film
Winner: Somos Agua – Jorge Malpica – Mexico, Spain
Honorable Mention: The Peddler – Arthur Ericsson – United States
Best European Film
Winner: The Call – Daniela Rossi – Belgium
Honorable Mention: Subject #B245 – Becca White – United Kingdom
Best Asian Film
Winner: A New Day – Dariush Rezaei – Iran
Honorable Mention: Devil:Error_001 -Revolution- – Kasamacura – Japan
Best American Film
Winner: Rated X – Diego Galindo – United States
Honorable Mention: Celia’s Cabin – Shay Franklin – United States
Best Italian Film
Winner: Il Capro Espiatorio – Gianmarco Amato – Italy
Honorable Mention: Another First Date – Giuseppe D’Orsi – Italy, Lithuania
Best Lombard Film
Winner: Zazaruk – Morris Bragazzi – Italy
Honorable Mention: Ombra – Monica Marioni – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes)
Winner: The Battle of Red / Blue – Law Jones – United States
Honorable Mention: longGone – Ivica Podnar – Canada
Best Super Short (5 to 10 minutes)
Winner: Last Call – Liz Holland – United States
Honorable Mention: Run N 2 (A Black Man) – Christopher Charles Wilkinson – United States
Best Standard Short (10 to 20 minutes)
Winner: The Tiger – David Pountain – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Revolution of Influence: Bipartisan Romance – Debbie Gruver – United States
Best Medium Length (under 60 minutes)
Winner: Il Telefono – Giulia Ciccorelli – Italy
Honorable Mention: The Final Cut – Aleksander Emé – Denmark
Best Low Budget Film
Winner: The Man Who Spoke Twice – Lawton Charman – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Corporate Prophet – Jamie Hull-Greenwood – United Kingdom
Best Original Idea
Winner: Another First Date – Giuseppe D’Orsi – Italy, Lithuania
Honorable Mention: Selfie – Danielle Park – South Korea
Best Debut Film
Winner: Cocinas – Antía Rodeiro – Spain
Honorable Mention: Love Thy Neighbor – Michael Guinn – United States
Best Title
Winner: Sustainable Life with Unlimited Transformations – Brian Vadim – United States
Honorable Mention: The Bird Never Lands – Réka Harsányi
Absurd Genre Awards
Best Absurd Film
Winner: Bound – Tom Child – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Death of Ego – Rick E Cutts – United States
Best Weird Absurd
Winner: Shattered Synthetic – Joseph D Robinette – United States
Honorable Mention: Living the American Dream – Tiffany E Lewis – United States
Best AI Film
Winner: Miserere Tui – Yuri Oh – South Korea
Honorable Mention: Soul Man – Tarun Kumar – India
Best Drama
Winner: Malorum – Arthur Ericsson, Jack Anderson – United States
Honorable Mention: Revolution of Influence: Women of Faith – Debbie Gruver – United States
Best Experimental Film
Winner: Happy Birthday – Vania Vasquez, Cynthia Bergen – United States
Honorable Mention: Is This My Purpose? – Nathan Shilaimon, Miguel Baltazar – United States
Best Experimental Arthouse
Winner: A Tale of Forgiveness – Tiffany E Lewis – United States
Honorable Mention: Echoes – Mathilde Bek Hansen – Czechia
Best Comedy
Winner: Esports Legend – Jacob Lacate – Canada
Honorable Mention: Politicians Anonymous – Peter Leon Brookes – United Kingdom
Best Horror
Winner: Obscuritatis – Claudio Dagnino – Italy
Honorable Mention: ‘routine” – Jim Christopher Govea – United States
Best Thriller & Crime
Winner: Stalker – Nathan Shilaimon – United States
Honorable Mention: The Last Crime – Agit Acat – Sweden
Best Sci-fi/Fantasy
Winner: Continuation – Vicky Wanless – Australia
Honorable Mention: The Last Broadcast – Rahul Jayendrabhai Rajput – India
Best Documentary
Winner: Camcorder – Danielle Park – South Korea
Honorable Mention: Unbroken Ties – Nathaniel Navarro – Canada
Best Animation
Winner: Alone – Jamie Twyman – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: My Phone – Samuel Teixeira – United States
Best Music Film
Winner: What’s Locked Behind That Door? – John Gardner – United States
Honorable Mention: Ann Helene Hagen – Far Away Toward Me – Mert Ertunç – Türkiye
Best Romance
Winner: Good Luck Charm – Monis Marc Rose – United States
Best Silent Film
Winner: Gathered Light – Megan Booth – United Kingdom
Technical Awards
Best Director
Winner: The Funeral – Nick Casal – United States
Honorable Mention: Table For Two – Tom Logan
Best Young Director
Winner: A scuola – Dave De Marco – Italy
Honorable Mention: Blackmail – Timothy Lindenfelser, Carson Good – United States
Best Soundtrack
Winner: Victors – Mariah Samrani – Australia
Honorable Mention: Globosome – Sascha Geddert – Poland
Best Editing
Winner: Devil’s Minion – Dennis C Johnson, Eugene McDaniels – United States
Honorable Mention: Heavy Lids – Daniel Wylie-Eggert – United States
Best Screenplay
Winner: Logos – Reza Salehinia – Canada
Honorable Mention: Chandler the Handler…You Can’t Bully Me! – Kem Frasier, Warren Michael – United States
Best Cinematography
Winner: Still Here – Sevag Chahinian – United States
Honorable Mention: Infection – Hüseyin Özdemir – Norway
Best Actor/Actress
Winner: See You Next Tuesday – Whitney Moore – United States
Honorable Mention: Two Steps – Seema Chaudhary – United States
Best Producer
Winner: Devil:Error_001 -Kyrie- – Kasamacura – Japan
Honorable Mention: Shine Bright – Anime Music Video – Jake Joss – India
Best Movie Poster
Winner: Whispers of the Damned – Joel McDaniel – United States
Honorable Mention: Etiquette Now! – Bick Smith – United States
Special Awards
Rebel Vision Award
Winner: A scuola – Dave De Marco – Italy
Honorable Mention: Cogito – The Spark – Tomasz Kłujszo – Poland
Best Wannabe Absurd
Winner: All Power – United States
Honorable Mention: Foreclosure – Zizi Rincolisky – Belgium
Best Villain
Winner: Viral – David Andrew Tybor – United States
Honorable Mention: Picnic from Hell – Nathaniel Navarro – Canada
Best Font
Winner: Who’s Clyde (The Movie) – Gina Sedman – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Nun of the Above – Tom Danon – United States
Best It Deserved an Award So We Created One
Winner: Solstizio – Jacopo Gioacchini – Italy
Honorable Mention: Us Two Infinite – Kiilei Elei – France
Best Creative Courage
Winner: Dead in a Snowbank – Eric Thomure – United States
Honorable Mention: Like a Fish in the Water – Gregor Ingermann – New Zealand
Best Don’t Watch It When You’re Eating
Winner: Prometheus – Gregor Ingermann – New Zealand
Best Should Be Porn
Winner: The Perfect Woman – Dennis Collins Johnson – United States
