WINNERS / OCTOBER 2026

October 2026

MGABEST PICTURE

(tie)

AWARDED PROJECTS

The winners

Alphabetical order by film title

Gold Award

AMOS LOCKHART AND THE FORGOTTEN VALLEY

Written by Tom Rivers

United Kingdom

Best Feature FilmBest DirectorBest Actress (Allyson Vernon)Best ScreenplayBest Editing (Jayce Michael Hill)

ASHERAH: A LOVE ODYSSEY

Gary Joseph Mazeffa

United States

Best Web/Tv Series

BLOOD INC.

Yusuf Bhaimia

United Kingdom

Gold Award

BLUE VELVET BY JOSH JOVE

Steeven A Petitteville

United States

Best Director

DATE ME

Sheida Kermani

United States

Gold Award

DCS: SKY INFERNO

J.P. Ferrè

France

Best Short Film

DEATH PENALTY

Adrian B. Morina

Sweden

Honorable Mention

DOUBLE PAYDAY

Taro Donatella

Germany

Gold Award

FLORA

Beto Oliveira

Brazil

Best Screenplay (Jim Huggins & Russ Dougherty)

FOOTPRINTS - ANGELS ARE REAL.  SOME EVEN HAVE FUR.

Jim Huggins

United States

Gold Award

FOOTPRINTS - THE SOUND OF SILENCE - SCRIPT

Written by Jim Huggins

United States

Gold Award

HYPNOSI SEMANTICA

Federico De Caroli

Italy

Best Indie Short Film

IT'S SNOWING

Noah Kara & Oskar Fäldt

Sweden

Gold Award

LENNY - THE LUCKY PUP

Narinder Matharu

United Kingdom

Honorable Mention

LOOK AT ME

Nicolas Clabault

France

Gold Award

MOON FIGHT

Jon Adams

Czechia\United States

Honorable Mention

MORDECHAI AND KLAUS

Written by Rosalyn Rosen

United States

Best AI Film

NECROPOLIS

Alexei Kapralov

United States

Gold Award

NO EXPECTATIONS

Bob Jones

United States

Gold Award

ON THE DECK

Annamaria Belokona

United States

Honorable Mention

PENDULUM DRIFT

Shehzad Afzal

United Kingdom

Gold Award

STILL WALKING: EP 1

Christophe Gouazé

Italy

Best Feature Documentary

STORY OF IBIZA - BALEARIC BEATS

Paul G Roberts

Australia

Best Experimental Film

TALITA L'ABBANDONO .

Damiano Rossi

Italy

Gold Award

THE GRIFFIN

Cadmo Oliver Quintero

Germany

Best Feature Script

THE LAST CHOIR

Written by Tom Rivers

United Kingdom

Best Original Song

THE NEGRO SPEAKS. PART 1

Lynne Denise Burnett

United States

Gold Award

THE PEARLS OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

Italy

Best Music Video

THE RED SCARF WHISPERS-SONG & VIDEO

Rashmi Shrivastav

United States

Best AI Animated Film

THE SCRIBE AND THE SWORDSMAN

Rokuro Kobo

Japan

Best Indie Feature Film

TWO MOONS

Antonio Morales Ruiz

Spain

Gold Award

V.E.N. AWAKEN. ALIGN. ASCEND.

Ofelia Abi-Ad

United States

Best Sound Design

WHITE WATER LILIES

Priit Laineste

Finland