Awards of March 2026
Standard Categories
Best Film Winner: Bells – Christine Jezior, Piotr Gromek – Germany
Best International Film
Winner: Stitch – Yan Wang – Australia
Honorable Mention: Friends – Ya-Yun Zheng – Taiwan
Honorable Mention: The Grief That Will Remain – Harris Koutroumpopoulos – Greece
Best European Film
Winner: Sapling – Ben Franklin, Anthony Melton – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: McMurphy’s Law – Irina Udyakova – Ireland
Honorable Mention: The Silhouettes Soul – Rob Winward – United Kingdom
Best Asian Film
Winner: The Studio Family – Daun Kim – South Korea
Honorable Mention: Soldieress – Tzu-Lun Hsu – Taiwan
Honorable Mention: Dissociation – Chen, Jun-You – Taiwan
Best American Film
Winner: Rest in Popsicles – Kaitlyn Carroll – United States
Honorable Mention: Terms of Service – Jim Doran – United States
Honorable Mention: Keith Haring and the Mystery Mural – Frank Ditto – United States
Best Italian Film
Winner: L’Acquario – Gianluca Zonta – Italy
Honorable Mention: Perspective Game – Nicolò Tempesta, Luca Vallarelli – Italy
Honorable Mention: Vengo dal Quaranta – Michela De Buono Filippelli – Italy
Best Lombard Film
Winner: Hygge – Samuele Ferrarini, Emanuele Giordani – Italy
Honorable Mention: The Lost Lumori – Daniele Taronna – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes)
Winner: Furry-Anxi – Ming-Jen Yu – Taiwan
Honorable Mention: The You I Can’t Let You Go – Chia-I Lin – Taiwan
Honorable Mention: Replacement – Hao-Yu Chen – Taiwan
Best Super Short (under 15 minutes)
Winner: Table For Two – Tom Logan
Honorable Mention: What We Left Unsaid – Cesar Rendon – United States
Honorable Mention: When the Daffodil Blooms – How a Musical Myth Took Root – Will Carter – United States
Best Medium Length (under 60 minutes)
Winner: Wet Dogs – Metin Konar – Turkey
Honorable Mention: Bhayat – Jithin Paramel – India
Honorable Mention: Piano Man – Friedrich Herman Kohle – Netherlands
Best Low Budget Film
Winner: This House Has Roots – Richard J Moir – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Plastic Poem – Matthew Carson Day – United States
Honorable Mention: The Green Woodpecker – Kyle Kramb – United States
Best Original Idea
Winner: Home – Rob Tate – United States
Honorable Mention: Dreaming Abraham – Victor Spiegel – Australia
Honorable Mention: Chandler the Handler…You Can’t Bully Me! – Kem Frasier, Warren Michael – United States
Best Debut Film
Winner: Vengo dal Quaranta – Michela De Buono Filippelli – Italy
Honorable Mention: Dated Tomorrow – Jason Somerville – Australia
Honorable Mention: Too much silence – Danil Ishimov – Russian Federation
Best Title
Winner: Poetrix – Ioulia Lymperopoulou – Greece
Honorable Mention: I am a pigeon – Kuan-Ying Chen, Hui-Yu Hsieh, Pei-Chi Yeh – Taiwan
Honorable Mention: Hoda’s Out Again – Lisa (Drupsteen) Hendel – United States
Absurd Genre Awards
Best Absurd Film
Winner: Joder. (Nothing to Be Done) – Jimmy Cohen – Spain
Honorable Mention: Cheddar Late Than Never – Lisa (Drupsteen) Hendel – United States
Honorable Mention: You Asked – Will Carter – United States
Best Drama
Winner: Sob – Ekaterina Gorbacheva – Russian Federation
Honorable Mention: Potwash – Joshua Trett – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Foundations – Jasmine Bhagroo – United States
Best Experimental Film
Winner: Craving – Giulio Riccardi – Italy
Honorable Mention: Second Shadow – Vernor Schneider – United States
Honorable Mention: Deep Within – Burak Özen – Not Specified
Best Comedy/Parody
Winner: Contemplating Motherhood – Claire Pinegar – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Two Men One Pool – Andrej iliev – Slovakia
Honorable Mention: Some Guy Goes to a Party – IP Johnston, Herk Harvey – Canada
Best Horror/Mystery
Winner: Love, Me Artificially – Archie Parker – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: The Last Podcast – Keith Travers – United States
Honorable Mention: Garage Sale Massacre – Warren Dean Fulton – Canada
Best Action/Thriller
Winner: Pizza Diavola – Jose Grosbøl, Federica Valeria Rizzo – Denmark
Honorable Mention: Choices – Morgan Franz, Sean Gunnell – United States
Honorable Mention: Out of Sight – Nathan Tosoni – Switzerland
Best Sci-fi/Fantasy
Winner: La Señal – Juno Harris – Dominican Republic
Honorable Mention: Play/back – Robson Reidy – Australia, New Zealand
Best Documentary
Winner: Abiding Madeira – João Monge – Portugal
Honorable Mention: Rolling – Mária Castaño – Spain
Honorable Mention: A Showstoppers Journey – Montana James Miller – United States
Best Animation
Winner: Disorder of Gearwheel – Nai-Ling Wang – Taiwan
Honorable Mention: The Snowy Night – Chiao-Yun Cheng – Taiwan
Honorable Mention: Reignite – Chia-Chien Wu, Heng-Hao Wang, Ju-Yin Chang – Taiwan
Best Music/Musical
Winner: Pretty Girls – Benjamin Folstein – United States
Honorable Mention: Love at first AI redux – Publio César de la Vega García – Spain
Honorable Mention: Miss Wacky Jackie – Alexandar Krasimirov Chobanov – Bulgaria
Best Romance
Winner: Loving Compliment – Teeraphod Maroengsith – Thailand
Best Crime/Violence
Winner: The James Crow Hotel – Terri Battee – United States
Honorable Mention: Let Me Be Frank – Benicio Da Silva – South Africa
Best Silent Film
Winner: Berlin Love – Sara Sierschula – United States
Honorable Mention: Resting Place – Brittney Appleby
Honorable Mention: Sarah – Pierre Renverseau – France
Best LGBTQ+ Film
Winner: Sisterhood – Jolee Mallmann – United States
Honorable Mention: Pink Pony Club / Wicked Dreams – Maria Rayyan Najarian – Lebanon
Technical Awards
Best Director
Winner: Rage Rhonda – Emily Troedson – United States
Honorable Mention: A Nightmare – Jondaniel Cornett
Honorable Mention: Murder, She Toked – Eric Michael McKenzie – Canada
Best Young Director
Winner: Fleshers – Demika Traicos – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Cold Suffocation – Timothy Lindenfelser, Ani Alyanakian, Vivian Li – United States
Honorable Mention: 40 Seconds – Alexandru Dan Albulescu – Romania
Best Soundtrack
Winner: Insanity – James Stallworth – Germany
Honorable Mention: Little sunshine – Kenneth Hansebråten – Norway
Honorable Mention: One Of One – Daniel Kyle Mccartney – United States
Best Editing
Winner: Dolos – James Fletcher – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Wild Yeasts – Joachim Soudan, Maud Girault, Jérôme Zahno – Belgium
Honorable Mention: Literally. Honestly. Poetry. – Alice Pargiter – United Kingdom
Best Screenplay
Winner: Not Quite A Square – Alexander Hollins – Australia
Honorable Mention: A Stage Of Grief – Alycia Lily Freya Potter – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Aranya Dhara – Siva Patcha – India
Best Cinematography
Winner: Have a Great Apocalypse – Francois Theurel – Australia
Honorable Mention: Abiding Madeira – João Monge – Portugal
Honorable Mention: Panacea – Andy Winward – United Kingdom
Best VFX
Winner: Kuman Thong – Sasa Ng – Hong Kong, United States
Honorable Mention: Faces of the Undead Anthology Part 1 – Ferenc Gregor – United States
Best Actor/Actress
Winner: The Nose – Christopher C. James – Daniel McCorkle – United States
Honorable Mention: Five Days – Imbi Mannik – Andy McPhee – Australia
Honorable Mention: WiFi Date – Giorgio Rossini – Daniela Lugo, Giorgio Rossini – United States
Best Producer
Winner: Underground Rainbow – Dimitry Saïd Chamy – United States
Honorable Mention: Steak – Gero Costas – Francisco Leslie López del Castillo Wilderbeek – Spain
Honorable Mention: Psychotherapy – Allie O’Brien – United States
Best Arthouse
Winner: Corps en Silence – Alejandra Evuna – France
Honorable Mention: Is Joe Home? – Robert Tate – United States
Honorable Mention: The idea – Gerard Clua – Spain
Best Movie Poster
Winner: Strange Attractor – Hadley Perkins – Australia
Honorable Mention: Integrity – Alicia Hayes – United States
Honorable Mention: Silent Man – Daniel Blatch – Australia
Special Award
Rebel Vision Award
Winner: The sheeps – Andreas Møller Mortensen – Denmark
Honorable Mention: Stolen Secret Recipe – Cheng-En Tu – Taiwan
Honorable Mention: Some Guy Goes to a Party – IP Johnston, Herk Harvey – Canada
Best Wannabe Absurd
Winner: 67 Ondine Close – Fergus Johnston – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: It’s Not About the Bacon – Daniel W Wilson – United States
Honorable Mention: Lost&Found – Yu-Chiao Lin – Taiwan
Best You Have a Good Pusher
Winner: Seven blood-stained tampons – Walter Martyn Cabell – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Coming out of a Goldfish – Angélina Marina Dominique Colomina, Alice Vuillerme – France
Honorable Mention: Alien AI Armageddon – Trix StarT – United Kingdom
Best It Deserved an Award So We Created One
Winner: Don’t Say my Name – ilmar karuso – Australia
Honorable Mention: Kopavi4 – Inukai Satoshi – Japan
Honorable Mention: Where The Stars Meet – Benjamin Martin – South Africa
Best WTF Plot Twist
Winner: Baby Proof – David Maddox, David Blood – United States
Honorable Mention: Finite – Yi-Ping Lee, Kun-Hung Tsai – Taiwan
Honorable Mention: Way of the Pile – Yu-Siang Hsieh – Taiwan
Best Don’t Watch It When You’re Eating
Winner: A peculiar dinner – José Mauricio Fonseca Torres – Mexico
Honorable Mention: Love, Mike! – Isaac Ingle – United States
Honorable Mention: Meat – Enoc Leaño Domínguez – Canada
