Best Picture
RUN AWAY AS WE CAN
Pengyu Chen
China
WINNERS / SEPTEMBER 2026
September 2026
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AWARDED PROJECTS
The winners
Alphabetical order by film title
Gold Award - Experimental Film
266 SIPS
Alberto Martín-Aragón & Julia Doménech
Spain
Silver Award - AI Animated Film
BFF
Paul Yoshio Steinwachs
Germany
Best Actor (Roger James Kuhns)Silver Award - Feature Film
AN EVENING WITH JENS JENSEN
Roger James Kuhns
United States
Best AI Film
BINDING COVENANTS
Eddie Clay Thompkins III
United Kingdom
Best DirectorBest ProducerBest Original ScoreGold Award - Feature DocumentaryGold Award - ActorGold Award - ScreenplayGold Award - CinematographyGold Award - Original Song (David)Gold Award - Editing (David)
BULLY LIFESTYLE - HUSTLE & BLOODLINES
DEMETRIUS Matthews
United States
Gold Award - Short Film
DA CAPO AL FINE SONATA IN SI BEMOLLE MINORE
Anna Troiano & Vincenzo Totaro
Italy
Silver Award - Experimental Film
DOTS VITAL
Mimi Garrard
United States
Best Animated Film
DRAWN HOME
Camy De Mario
United States
Best Music Video
DRONY AND THE MYTH OF FLIGHT
Avinoam Amizan
Israel
Gold Award - Animated Film
DYNAMICS
Teo Baehler
Netherlands
Best Short Script
GAMED THE SYSTEM
Written by Lennie Graves
United States
Gold Award - Feature Film
HOLLYWOOD MOUTH 2
Jordan Mohr
United States
Best Feature Documentary
HOW HOUSE MUSIC HEALED NAPOLI - 30 YEARS WITH NAPOLI'S 'ANGELS OF LOVE'
PAUL G ROBERTS
Italy
Best Feature FilmBest Actress (Samantha Casella)
LA TENEREZZA DEL SERPENTE - THE SERPENT'S CARESS
Samantha Casella
Italy
Silver Award - Short Script
MEETING YOU...
Michael Ringdal
Norway
Gold Award - Music Video
NAKED IN YOUR BED
Gao
United States
Gold Award - AI Animated Film
PAWS PYJAMAS SEAT WARMERS & FOOD CRITIC
Mike McLaughlin
Australia
Best Original Song (Clare Steffen & Raul Barba)
QUESTIONS FROM THE HEART
Clare E Steffen
United States
Best Indie Short Film
REDEMPTION
Stephen R Barber
United States
Gold Award - Short Script
SET ASIDE PEOPLE PILOT SCRIPT 2026
Written by Catherine Stanley
United States
Gold Award - Feature Script
SINS OF THE EXPAT
Brian Lutes
United Sates
Silver Award - Feature Script
SWEET REVENGE
Written by Gini Graham Scott
United States
Gold Award - AI Film
TALE OF THE DIVIDED TIDES - THE BEGINNING
Mattia Simbolotti
Italy
Gold Award - Short Documentary
THE BATTLE OF PRESTONPANS 1745 RE-ENACTMENT
William Samson
United Kingdom
Silver Award -Indie Short Film
THE DAMNED ELIXIR
Silvano Plank
Italy
Best Experimental Film
THE HUMAN CONDITION
Barry Ferrier
Australia
Best AI Animated Film
THE MENEHUNE
James parente
Not Specified
Silver Award - AI Film
THE PROGRAM LIGHT.
Alberto Zanigni
Italy
Best Feature Script
THE VIRGIN CAR THIEF
Written by Bruce Hickey
United States
Best Short Documentary
VIAGGIO DEI 4 SENSI IN NORVEGIA
Diego Monfredini
Italy
Best Short FilmBest CinematographyBest ScreenplayBest Editing (Lincoln Kupchak)Gold Award - DirectorGold Award - ProducerGold Award - ActressGold Award - Original ScoreSilver Award - Actor
WALKERS DESTRUCTION
William M Mesa
United States
Gold Award - Indie Short Film
WHILE MY HEART BEATS FURIOUSLY
Luiz Villasboas Maudonnet & Iuri Salles
Brazil
Gold Award - AI Animated Film
YOLK: THE ROSWELL SEED
Soegimitro BOOM
Indonesia