WINNERS / APRIL 2026

April 2026

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The winners

Alphabetical order by film title

Best Actress (Giaele Ronchi)

A CAPTIVE MIND

Micah SPayer

United States

Best Feature Documentary

A CONNECTICUT FARMER & THE KING'S COW

Rick Bowman

Elara Bowman

United States

Gold Award: Music Video

AFRICA

Bisaso Ashraph

Uganda

Best Short Film

BestIARY

Anne Zinn-Justin

France

Honorable Mention

BOOM

Kimmy Jiang

Canada

Silver Award: Experimental Film

BROKEN EXILES

Mimi Garrard

United States

Gold Award: DirectorSilver Award: Feature Film

CALL ME JOE

Franco Ceredi

Italy

Silver Award: Student Film

CARPE DIEM

Armen Zilic

United States

Gold Award: Short Documentary

CORPORATE PROPHET

Jamie Hull-Greenwood

United Kingdom

Silver Award: Short Documentary

DANCE: GENERATIONS

Dawn Gifford Engle

Spain

Silver Award: Feature Script

DESTINY'S VESSEL

Suzanne Lutas

French Polynesia

Silver Award: Short Film

EMPATHY REHEARSALS

Jacopo Cullin

Italy

Best Indie Short FilmBest DirectorBest Actor (Chris Trant)Gold Award: Short FilmGold Award: Student FilmGold Award: Actress (Zara Smith)

IN PASSING

Lucas Nasu Nielsen & Ben Taylor

Canada

Silver Award: Indie Short Film

MADAME TESSA

Robert Sebree

United States

Best Feature Film

MAGDALA

Gérard André ROMBI

France

Gold Award: Experimental Film

ME MYSELF & I

Rachel Allignet

France

Best Student Film

OUR BLAZE

Xinyue Wang

China

Gold Award: Web/Tv Series

SEASON 2 EPISODE 4 BACCALA THE 2 MINUTE SHOW

Dik Lee

United States

Best Short Documentary

SOUND OF AIR

Marcin Rossa

Poland

Gold Award: Feature Film

STREETZ KEEP CALLIN' ME

Andretti D Lott

United States

Gold Award: Actor (Giovanni Supino)

THE CHOICE

Stefano Cocozza

Italy

Best Experimental Film

THE DANCE OF VEILS

Miguel Raymond

Canada

Best Music Video

THE DANCE THAT ONCE CONNECTED THEM

Ilona Fomenko & Oleg Mamedov

United States

Gold Award: Feature Documentary

THE FUKUSHIMA DISASTER - THE HIDDEN SIDE OF THE STORY

Philippe Carillo

United States

Silver Award: Feature Script

THE HEALER

Written by Gini Graham Scott

United States

Best Feature Script

THE KESSLER REPORT

Written by Julie Lilly Belote & Paul Beckwith

United States

Gold Award: Feature Script

THE SAMURAI GHOST AND MS. JONES

Nancee LaFayette

Japan

Best Student Film

THE SEA AND SHE

Tyler Shortt

United States

Silver Award: Feature Script

THE SOUND OF THE GAME

Zack Van Eyck

United States

Gold Award: Indie Short Film

VIRAL

David Andrew Tybor

United States

Best Web/Tv Series

WALKERS

william m mesa

United States

Gold Award: Short Film

WHAT LIGHT REMAINS

Remco Merbis

United Kingdom