Best Picture
ESEUSEU
Zaya Benazzo & Maurizio Benazzo
Kenya\United States
WINNERS / JULY 2026
July 2026
MGABEST PICTURE
(tie)
Best Picture
UNHEARD
Michele Brasili
Italy
AWARDED PROJECTS
The winners
Alphabetical order by film title
Silver Award - Experimental Film
ANABASIS
Mimi Garrard
United States
Gold Award - Director
AEGEAN LOVE
may liu
United States
Silver Award -Director
AUTISTIC SAVANT / ARTISTIC SERVANT
Rhett Sever
United States
Gold Award - Music Video
BABY I WAS HYPNOTIZED - VIDEO
Anindgita Dasgupta
India
Best AI Film
BEAR IN MIND
George Kouvaras
Greece
Best Feature Script
CONEY ISLAND
Written by Kaenan Oliver, Dominic Oliver
United States
Best DirectorBest Cinematography
DEADER THAN YOU'LL EVER BE
Christopher Jelley
United States
Silver Award -Feature Script
DREADLOCKS
Written by Zack Van Eyck & Stacy Dymalski
United States
Best Animated Film
FIDO
John Norris Ray & Maria Victoria Sanchez
United States
Honorable Mention
FINAL PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Gary Apple
United States
Best Experimental Film
GOODBYE TO YOUTH
Lance Glenn
United States
Gold Award - Feature Documentary
HANNO TAMM AND TISLERI FARM ANTIQUES
Priit Laineste
Estonia
Silver Award - AI Film
HOME
Emil Gasanov
Italy
Silver Award -Experimental Film
ICOSAGON
Mimi Garrard
United States
Best Music Video
JIMMY BROWN THE NEWS BOY
Michael Ringdal
Norway
Gold Award - Indie Short FilmGold Award - Animated Film
KAKEHASHI (THE BRIDGE)
Luke Mazey
United States
Best Screenplay (Giuliana Sciortino)Best Sound Design (Rich Patricia)Gold Award - Short FilmGold Award - DirectorGold Award - Cinematography (Maddi Marina)Gold Award - Original Song (Tony Sciortino)Gold Award - Editing (Tony Sciortino)
LITTLE DREAM
Anna Hill & Antonio Sciortino
United States
Silver Award - Indie Short Film
'MIDORI OSAKA'S AFTER 5 ROUTINE' ROUTINE1 WALK IN THE FUTURE
Takayuki Takenobu & Kenta Ichii
Japan
Best Short Script
PIDGE
Paul Millward
United States
Gold Award - Experimental Film
REDEMPTION
Anthony Venezia
United States
Best Indie Short Film
SHEPHERDS
Ashland Thomas
United States
Best Editing (Joshua Boshell)
SHEPHERDS
Ashland Thomas
United States
Silver Award - Short Script
SPIDERPOCALYPSE
Written by Eugene Hattingh
Not Specified
Silver Award - Feature Documentary
THE PAIN AND THE POWER
Cai Indermaur
United States
Gold Award - ScreenplayGold Award - Sound DesignSilver Award - Short FilmSilver Award - Indie Short FilmSilver Award - Editing (Kurtis Watkins)
THE POWER OF COMPLETION
Gary Mazeffa
United States
Gold Award - AI Film
THE SHAPE OF SOUND
Sarit Ranjan Roy
United States
Silver Award -Feature Script
THE SILVER MIRROR
Written by John M Grace
United States
Best DirectorBest Feature Documentary
THE STREET PASTOR
Ákos Wéninger
Hungary
Gold Award - Feature Script
THE VIRGIN CAR THIEF
Written by Bruce Hickey
United States
Silver Award - Music Video
TREE OF LIBERTY
Rick Revel
United States
Best Short Documentary
UNDER THE ICE
John Martin
Canada\South Africa
Gold Award - Short Script
VESPERTINA
Paloma Lejana
Australia
Best Original Song (Teresa Marie Warwick Within The Bottle Within The Powder)
WITHIN THE BOTTLE
Teresa Marie Warwick
United States
Gold Award - Short Documentary
WOW!
Steve Barnett
United Kingdom
Best Short Film
YARD SALEING
Tom Logan
United States