WINNERS SEASON: September 1, 2026 - November 11, 2026
ALL THE SUBMITTED WORKS BECAME WINNERS IN THE CATEGORIES
Dear winners of our film festival!

We cordially congratulate you on this outstanding victory! Your creations have become bright stars in the sky of art, inspiring and delighting the audience.

You have put your soul into your work, and it is impossible not to notice it. Your talents, amazing skills and boundless passion for cinema have made this festival truly unforgettable.

We wish you prosperity, new creative achievements and inspiration! Let your career develop and bring even more success, and each new project will be even more vivid and memorable than the previous one.

May the muse be with you, and creative ideas do not leave you for a moment!
-Best Feature Film-
Ruth, A Journey Home
SEMI-FINALIST
FINALIST
FINALIST
SEMI-FINALIST
WINNER
ÌWÉ ÀLÁ: AN OJÚDE OBA STORY
Until Time Forgets Us
The Nomad's Legacy
Faded Memories
Seema Verma
Adeoluwa Owu
Paul J Scotter
Marina Kunarova
Kasandra Price
-Best Director Feature Film-
Ruth, A Journey Home
SEMI-FINALIST
FINALIST
FINALIST
SEMI-FINALIST
WINNER
ÌWÉ ÀLÁ: AN OJÚDE OBA STORY
Until Time Forgets Us
The Nomad's Legacy
Faded Memories
Seema Verma
Adeoluwa Owu
Paul J Scotter
Marina Kunarova
Kasandra Price
-Best Editing Feature Film-
FINALIST
FINALIST
WINNER
ÌWÉ ÀLÁ: AN OJÚDE OBA STORY
Until Time Forgets Us
The Nomad's Legacy
Adeoluwa Owu
Paul J Scotter
Marina Kunarova
-Best Cinematography Feature Film-
FINALIST
FINALIST
WINNER
ÌWÉ ÀLÁ: AN OJÚDE OBA STORY
Until Time Forgets Us
Ruth, A Journey Home
Adeoluwa Owu
Paul J Scotter
Seema Verma
-Best Short Film-
Enthéorie
SEMI-FINALIST
FINALIST
FINALIST
SEMI-FINALIST
WINNER
The Ghost of Eastern Ukraine
An Ríomh
Doctored
Whispers of Escape
Jérémie Danon
Patrick Johnson
Eleanor Shannon
Kalpita Amudhan Chakote
Danny Szam
-Best Director Short Film-
FINALIST
FINALIST
WINNER
The Ghost of Eastern Ukraine
Nadia's Request Sizzle Reel
Quiet Quitting
Patrick Johnson
Dana Wine
Jelana Ayanna Canfield
-Best Feature Script-
Boy With Vista
SEMI-FINALIST
FINALIST
FINALIST
SEMI-FINALIST
WINNER
SKIN SOUP
Gehenna
Meet The Hitlers
Boy's Night Out
Nelson Clark
William A Brennan
Aizen Malki
J. A. Brown
Richard L. Turner
-Best Short Script-
Voices Within
SEMI-FINALIST
FINALIST
FINALIST
SEMI-FINALIST
WINNER
Pieces of October
THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING SOCKS
The Wakizashi Kid
Undertow
Grainne Maguire
Richard Wilson
Elena Balandina Alikina
Jason Anthony Nivine
Amy Kathleen Barrett
-Best Original Screenplay-
BRICE
SEMI-FINALIST
FINALIST
FINALIST
SEMI-FINALIST
WINNER
Blood Money
Together Delirious
GREEN BORDELLO
Tooth Fairy: Honesty
Jeff Goldstein
Tom Cosgrove
Ben Fussiner
Adrian Moss
Dre Higginbotham
-Best Feature Documentary-
Awra Amba: Village at the Beginning of a World
SEMI-FINALIST
FINALIST
FINALIST
SEMI-FINALIST
WINNER
YOU'RE NOT ALONE
Land of Canaan
Women & the Wind
1001 Crowns For My Head
Salem Mekuria
Julie Perreard
Maggie Lemere
Alizé Jireh, Kiana Weltzien, Laerke Heilmann
Habibata Ouarme
-Best Short Documentary-
The Endless Ride
SEMI-FINALIST
FINALIST
FINALIST
SEMI-FINALIST
WINNER
Naomi
A Glastonbury Tale
WIND LINES
End of a Chain: Resiliant Food System on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula
Will Bendix, Alan van Gysen
Jérémie DANON
Kevin Redpath
Janire Etxabe
Tristan Wade
-Best Short Documentary Cinematography-
FINALIST
FINALIST
WINNER
The Outer Edge of Alaska
DESOLATION
Bee Money: Mormon Gangster Rapper
Will Bendix
Norry Niven
James McAllister
-Best Short Experimental Film-
This is Not a short film
SEMI-FINALIST
FINALIST
FINALIST
SEMI-FINALIST
WINNER
Illuminated
The Eyes of the Earth
The Awaited Light
MAELSTROM
Mukesh Malik
Connor Rowe
Jeff Bettini
Etienne Del Biaggio
Lamia Ayoub
-Best Animation Film-
The Facade
SEMI-FINALIST
FINALIST
FINALIST
SEMI-FINALIST
WINNER
One Day, Then Another
Urayuli
The New Melusina
Sore Throat
Alisa Ren
Catarina Romano
Alissa Powell
Adriana Peliano
Nathan Leighton
-Best Student Film-
I Told You So
SEMI-FINALIST
FINALIST
FINALIST
SEMI-FINALIST
WINNER
Still Here
Ifrit
New York, New York
Figment
Aria Calabro
Keegan Paradis
Rey Rodriguez
Tony Jaeyeong Jeong
Matthew Cramblit
-Best Director Student Film-
FINALIST
FINALIST
WINNER
Animosity
Cereal Killers
The Skeleton Ballet
Jeremy Perry
Conner Yoshioka, Kasen Isa
Gigi La Rita
-Best LGBTQ+ Film-
FINALIST
FINALIST
WINNER
Butterfly Roulette
Never Got Back My Shirt
Isaac Franson Franson
Day with a Doll
Nathan Bradley, Quinn Fanta
Ashley Morehouse
-Best Pilot Episode-
The Warlock's Intern
SEMI-FINALIST
FINALIST
FINALIST
SEMI-FINALIST
WINNER
Agent After
CLASSROOM PUNCHOUT
The Dream Police
Front Men
Jake Thomas
Michael Paskaru
Denys I Kopaniev
Richard L. Turner
Neil D'Monte
-Best Music Video-
White Light
SEMI-FINALIST
FINALIST
FINALIST
SEMI-FINALIST
WINNER
We The Children of Darkness/Light
Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit Music Video
Money
Fragile to Strong
Daniel Crowe
Wendy Ginsberg
Bradford May
Tiumaluali'i Jody Hassel
Ellen Ray
Made on
Tilda