Award of April – June 2026

Films in the official selection:

SARAH – Pierre Renverseau – France
Dead Man’s Lottery – Joanna Marlena Gackowski – Australia
Cambio vita – Ettore Zito – Italy
Echoes – Daniel Crowe – Ireland
Urban Life: A Trilogy – Cem Göcmen – Sweden

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Best International Film
Winner: RED TAVERNA – Natalie Agathokleous – Australia
Honorable Mention: Kirikko vs Kitsune – Pai Chen – Taiwan

Best Italian Film
Winner: The Scapegoat – Gianmarco Amato – Italy
Honorable Mention: THE BORDER – CARLO FUMO – Italy

Best European Film
Winner: Inner Life – Christian Skibinski – Germany
Honorable Mention: BEHIND THE DOOR – Leonardo Valenti – France

Best Asian Film
Winner: Skin Disorder – Ying Wang – China, Germany
Honorable Mention: Last Two Lovers – Ting Sue – Thailand

Best American Film
Winner: Pony – Cecilia Seaward – United States
Honorable Mention: The Deadliest Toy Chest – Werner Jauch – United States

Best Lombard film
Winner: DIGITAL DETOX – iCLIC Collective – Italy
Honorable Mention: the passion flower – Cristian Benaglio – Italy

Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes)
Winner: The Ghost And His Unfortunate But Phenomenal Tale – Jim & Nick Zounis – Australia
Honorable Mention: Cold Suffocation – Timothy Lindenfelser, Vivian Li, Ani Alynakian – United States

Best Super Short (between 5 and 10 minutes)
Winner: Second Shadow – Vernor Schneider – United States
Honorable Mention: Forward – Michael Naphan – Canada

Best Standard Short (between 10 and 20 minutes)
Winner: Domotized – Publio César de la Vega García – Spain
Honorable Mention: The Blue-Eyed Boy & Mister Death – Jaysen Phillip Buterin – United States

Best Medium Lenght (under 60 min)
Winner: ANYTHING FOR HER – GERARDO GOUVERNEUR – Venezuela
Honorable Mention: The Peddler – Arthur Ericsson – United States

Best Original Idea
Winner: The Perfect Woman – Dennis Collins Johnson – United States
Honorable Mention: Echoes – Mathilde Bek Hansen – Czechia

Best Low Budget Film
Winner: BLACK FRIDAY – WIDAD – United States
Honorable Mention: SMILE ISLAND – Luca Arienti – Italy

Best Nocturnal
Winner: Please. – Agostinho Sinigalia Fernandes Filho – United States
Honorable Mention: E.T.E.N.E.B.R.I.S – BENEATH THE LESSER GODS – Liborio Savio Ciufo – Italy

Best Experimental
Winner: ARTEMIS – Lorenzo Olson – United States
Honorable Mention: Death Knocked Three Times – Michael Trachiotis – United States

Best Debut
Winner: “Misused- Abused- Used up” – Joanna Olichwer – Norway
Honorable Mention: Sight ⠎⠊⠛⠓⠞ – Matvey Nikolaev – United Kingdom

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NIGHT AWARDS

Best Parody
Winner: Khaki Dreams: An Achy Breaky Heart Parody – KS Brooks, Kathryn D. Patton – United States
Honorable Mention: COLOMBANO & LA 21ESIMA FETTA – Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti – Italy

Best Dark Comedy
Winner: Potent Parcel – Guylaine Marcoux – Canada
Honorable Mention: Dead In A Snowbank with Subtitles – Eric Thomure – United States

Best Satire
Winner: The Chronicles of the Struggling Actor – Lyud Hristov – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Gold Rush – CJ Friedlander – United States

Best Mockumentary
Winner: Man Versus Cyclekart – Gabriella Gee Stewart – Canada
Honorable Mention: HEDGEHOG HUNTING – Gregor Ingermann – New Zealand

Best Documentary
Winner: Boteler 500 – Alice Jane Roberts – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Under The Ice – John Martin – Canada, South Africa

Best Dystopian Sci-Fi
Winner: Imperia (English version) – Marcel Barsotti – Germany
Honorable Mention: All Power – Clint Sleeper – United States

Best Comedy Sci-Fi
Winner: Muted – Jenna Reilly – United States
Honorable Mention: Space Pirate Ja Ralla! The Cosmic Joke – AJ Spencer – United States

Best Philosophical Film
Winner: After Link (12mins) – Catarina De Cèzanne – Portugal
Honorable Mention: Not So Different – William Teichner – United States

Best Existential Drama
Winner: Sky Full of Stars for a Roof – James Ciganek – United States
Honorable Mention: Metanoia – Kai Chang – United States

Best Action Drama
Winner: Five Stars – Demetrius Joyette – United States
Honorable Mention: STAIRS to FREEDOM – Kyriacos Demetriou – Cyprus

Best Crime Drama
Winner: White Dress Red Flag – Tamara Pasquier, Jeffery Schnyder – Switzerland
Honorable Mention: BOOM! – Robert Monegan – United States

Best Noir
Winner: 7eventh 7irkle – Ty Brueilly – United States
Honorable Mention: Beyond the Sea – Vladimir Scavuzzo – Italy

Best Drama Thriller
Winner: Don’t Cry – Alessandro Grassi – Italy
Honorable Mention: DUMPSTER – Giuseppe Munafò – Italy

Best Psychological Thriller
Winner: Viral – David Andrew Tybor – United States
Honorable Mention: Rouhi – Noor Majid Al Qasimi – United Arab Emirates

Best Fantasy Drama
Winner: Aberth – Jesse Scales – United States
Honorable Mention: What’s Up Boss? – Leela Stone – Canada, India

Best Romantic Drama
Winner: Vena Amoris – Luca Mahnke – Luxembourg
Honorable Mention: A Stage In A Journey – Charan Parimi – India

Best Family
Winner: Grandma, Me, and the Dandelion – 해방 liberation – South Korea
Honorable Mention: Infection – Hüseyin Özdemir – Norway

Best Horror
Winner: L’AFFIDO – A Foster Child – Maria Porzio – Italy
Honorable Mention: Old Well – Andrés Hernández Covarrubias – Mexico

Best Surreal Film
Winner: Nun of the Above – Tom Danon – United States
Honorable Mention: Through in Between – Chase Bradburn – United States

Best Animation
Winner: BRIDGE -My Little Friends- – Kazuyuki Ishihara – Japan
Honorable Mention: hoodoo – bellopropello – Switzerland

Best LGBTQ+
Winner: FETISH IN E[X]ILE – Dom of Pigland – Bulgaria
Honorable Mention: Äned am Bärg (Yonderland) – Renée Steffen, Li Tavor – Switzerland

Best Music/Musical
Winner: Crescent Moon and Golden Star – Karen Braysher – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Unforgettable Venice-2 – FISHEL PUSTILNIK – Canada

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TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best Director
Winner: Table For Two – Tom Logan – United States
Honorable Mention: Queen of Hearts – Angela Andronache – United States

Best Young Director
Winner: Onchain Humans – Jawna Standish – United States
Honorable Mention: Blackmail – Timothy Lindenfelser, Carson Good – United States

Best Soundtrack
Winner: Dawn of HUMANIMATE – Susan Mey Lee Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, Samudra Kajal Saikia – Singapore
Honorable Mention: Cosmic Rhapsody : A Symphony for our Planet – susan Mey Lee Lim, Manu Martin, Christina Teenz Tan – United Kingdom

Best Editing
Winner: The Haunted – Perception is Reality (46m) – Mike Fox – United States
Honorable Mention: ESPORTS LEGEND – Jacob Lacate – Canada

Best Screenplay
Winner: PA KOURI – Grégory FOY – Martinique
Honorable Mention: HOW MANY MILES? – Massimo Dallaglio – Italy

Best Cinematography
Winner: On This Occasion – Jennifer Fletcher – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: A Dreamer’s Dream – Ale Cetrangolo – Argentina, China, Italy, United States

Best VFX
Winner: Mr TV Man – Wes S Smith – United States
Honorable Mention: LEVEL DARK – Anurag Chaudhary – India

Best Actor/Actress
Winner: The Nose – Daniel McCorkle – United States
Honorable Mention: YOUR CALL IS IMPORTANT TO US – Sheida Kermani – United States

Best Producer
Winner: Fatal Twist – Tony Manders – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Reconstruction of the case of a previously confirmed ghost – Antonio Malfitano – Italy

Best Title
Winner: Tshangyang A Love Beyond Dharma – Jigme TG, Jigme Wangchuk – Bhutan
Honorable Mention: Stai Bene – Sean Daniel Cunningham – United States

Best Movie Poster
Winner: The Return – BOHDAN DONALD TANASIJCZUK – Canada
Honorable Mention: Perception – Philippe-Alexandre David – France