Award of January – March 2026

Films in the official selection:
A bit of war – Charly Naoum hokayem – Lebanon
Carta di identità – Alejandro Guzmán – Spain
The Greenhouse – Matias Gadaleta – Italy
MAGNET BRAIN – Kurt St. Thomas – United States
Blick Ohne Worte – Art Davis – Germany

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Best International Film
Winner: A bit of war – Charly Naoum hokayem – Lebanon
Honorable Mention: The Skeleton Crew – Lucas Bogaert Holling – Canada

Best Italian Film
Winner: The Greenhouse – Matias Gadaleta – Italy
Honorable Mention: Here Where The Sea Shines – Giuseppe A. Modica – Italy

Best European Film
Winner: Carta di identità – Alejandro Guzmán – Spain
Honorable Mention: The crossing – Publio César de la Vega García – Spain

Best Asian Film
Winner: Furry-Anxi – MING-JEN YU – Taiwan
Honorable Mention: War – ZI-QI HUANG – Taiwan

Best American Film
Winner: MAGNET BRAIN – Kurt St. Thomas – United States
Honorable Mention: Yard Saleing – Tom Logan – United States

Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes)
Winner: Weave Together – SHAN-YING HOU, JIA-CIOU HE – Taiwan
Honorable Mention: Becoming – I-TUNG WU – Taiwan

Best Super Short (between 5 and 10 minutes)
Winner: Blick Ohne Worte – Art Davis – Germany
Honorable Mention: CCTV – Edoardo Magliarella – Italy

Best Standard Short (between 10 and 20 minutes)
Winner: WiFi Date – Daniela Lugo, Giorgio Rossini – United States
Honorable Mention: Autonomous – Jennifer Mosier – Canada

Best Medium Lenght (under 60 min)
Winner: The gold of the mangroves – Carlo Loglisci, Matteo Capatti – Italy
Honorable Mention: An interview with a movie meta star – Claude Bouillin – Finland

Best Original Idea
Winner: CACCIA GROSSA – Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti – Italy
Honorable Mention: L’Eco del Silenzio – Marco Fausti – Italy

Best Low Budget Film
Winner: One in four – Antonio Malfitano – Italy
Honorable Mention: Gaza’s Patient Heart – Mo’men Ghanim Hasanai – Palestine, State of

Best Experimental
Winner: Downpour – Vic Kings – Brazil
Honorable Mention: STEAK – Francisco Leslie López del Castillo Wilderbeek – Spain

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NIGHT AWARDS

Best Parody
Winner: La Chica Merienda: A Parody of Madonna’s La Isla Bonita – KS Brooks – United States
Honorable Mention: Just Hang On – Chelsea Ambrose – United States

Best Dark Comedy
Winner: MOLE – Shari Sharpe – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Taste Like Chicken – Jay Lincal – France

Best Satire
Winner: Feminist – Publio César de la Vega García – Spain
Honorable Mention: Drip, Drip, Drip – Houry Magarian – United States

Best Nocturnal Film
Winner: Theatre 6 – Isabella Loring – United States
Honorable Mention: Evening Angel – Hiromasa Fukumoto – United States

Best Tragicomic Film
Winner: The Root of All Evil – Pamela Hanson Ryder – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Human Relations – Thomas Michaelson – United Kingdom

Best Mockumentary
Winner: MAGNET BRAIN – Kurt St. Thomas – United States
Honorable Mention: Mystery at Reðasafn – Mariana Gomez – Iceland

Best Documentary
Winner: Vanishing – Xiaobing Deng – China
Honorable Mention: “Mothers in Shadow” – Viviana Mura – Italy

Best Dystopian Sci-Fi
Winner: Uprise – Alessandra Greco, Jonathan Arredondo, Maria Sky – United States
Honorable Mention: ECH0 – Fabrizio Arrigo – Italy

Best Comedy Sci-Fi
Winner: Wild Yeasts – Joachim Soudan, Maud Girault, Jérôme Zahno – Belgium
Honorable Mention: Nj and You Perfect together – John Joseph Bossong III – United States

Best Philosophical Film
Winner: Wet Dogs – Metin Konar – Turkey
Honorable Mention: Masks – Alan Garrigan – Ireland

Best Existential Drama
Winner: The Egotist – Alice M. Horta – Portugal
Honorable Mention: GRANDPA’S SACRED STONE – Gerry Ferretti – Italy

Best Action Drama
Winner: Blink – Trude Namara – United States
Honorable Mention: I Love You, Too, You Stinky Elephant – James D Bowen – Indonesia

Best Crime Drama
Winner: Yard Saleing – Tom Logan – United States
Honorable Mention: The Rat – Nathan Wright-Edwards – Canada

Best Noir
Winner: Paper Swans – Sehar Bhullar Batra – United States
Honorable Mention: Lana Turner’s Eyes – Allyson Adams – United States

Best Drama Thriller
Winner: Headlights – Frank Cameron Winters – United States
Honorable Mention: Dreamers – Publio César de la Vega García – Spain

Best Psychological Thriller
Winner: Where She stayed – James Linmar Satterthwaite – United States
Honorable Mention: Insanity – James Stallworth – Germany

Best Fantasy Drama
Winner: Deianira – Gianluca Tesone – Italy
Honorable Mention: The Living Note – juwon Bae – South Korea

Best Romantic Drama
Winner: What a Coincidence! – Giulia Filippini – Italy
Honorable Mention: Last Song – Remco Merbis – United Kingdom

Best Family
Winner: Foundations – Jasmine Bhagroo – United States
Honorable Mention: A Nest in My Heart – Mira Kim – South Korea

Best Horror
Winner: Haiku 27 – Aqua Arida – Italy
Honorable Mention: The Wellness Check – Brandon White, Zack White – United States

Best Surreal Film
Winner: ÉMOUVOIR EN 4K – DON GAGE – United States
Honorable Mention: Banshee – Shahrokh Nael – United Kingdom

Best Animation
Winner: THE SNOWY NIGHT – CHIAO-YUN CHENG – Taiwan
Honorable Mention: Whisper of the well – Elif DOKUR – Turkey

Best LGBTQ+
Winner: Border Lines – Nicole Cates, Matthew Wood – United States
Honorable Mention: The Last Take – Brian Foyster – United States

Best Music/Musical
Winner: Back To Omaha – SCOTT WEST – United States
Honorable Mention: Love at first AI redux – Publio de la Vega – Spain

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TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best Director
Winner: F*CKIT – The Movie – Steve Barnett – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Gaza’s Lost Horizon – Mo’men Ghanim Hasanain – Palestine, State of

Best Young Director
Winner: The Deadline – James Rowland – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: THREE – Alice Hope Finnie – United Kingdom

Best Soundtrack
Winner: One Of One – Daniel Kyle Mccartney – United States
Honorable Mention: Gnosis – Andrea D’ambrosio, Emanuele D’ambrosio – Italy

Best Editing
Winner: May 2nd – Proof of Concept – Joy E. Joseph – United States
Honorable Mention: Unstable – Bill Stout – United States

Best Screenplay
Winner: Jane 2687 – Joe Benedetto – United States
Honorable Mention: There is Always Tomorrow – Jonathan Arredondo, Alessandra Greco – United States

Best Cinematography
Winner: In Cold Love – Yorgos Keramydas – Greece
Honorable Mention: Die Before You Die – Triggered – Rafael Maria Friebe – Germany

Best VFX
Winner: HIGHER – Michael Carlo Allen – Italy
Honorable Mention: SOLO – TOMMASO SACCO, EMILIANO BAMBUSI – Italy

Best Actor/Actress
Winner: The Sound – Pezhhan Ziaian – Iran, Islamic Republic of
Honorable Mention: Blinded Eyes – Roberto Leite – Brazil

Best Producer
Winner: NINEJAY – Robert R Jimenez – United States
Honorable Mention: A MOTHER’S LOVE – Harald Schwarzenbacher – Austria

Best Title
Winner: Rding Shoutgun – Yaoming Guo – China
Honorable Mention: Neurons – Publio César de la Vega García – Spain

Best Movie Poster
Winner: The Transition Room – Aaron Penney – United States
Honorable Mention: THE PROMISE – Emmanouil Charalampos Tselidis – Greece