August 2026

Best Documentary

Imagine No Possessions

Amir Har-Gil

Best Short Film

The House of the Father

Johee Oh

Best Short Film, German Production

RUIN DRIVE

Jan Bartels

Best Actor - Short Film

KAIRE! ( Rejoice )

Emanuele Giorgi

Best Director - Feature Film

Robert Beaumont

KNUCKLEHEAD

Best Director - Short Film

Stefan Chernev

Kasirga And The Magic Amulet

Best Director - Documentary

Tilo Wondollek

Cancer-Soul

Best Actress - Feature Film

Charlotte Kirk

Christmas & Chaos

Best Actor - Feature Film

Paul Sidhu

KNUCKLEHEAD

Best Short Documentary

Terroir

Katarzyna Puk, Krystian Andrzejewski

Best Music Video

Hitzeschlaf

Regina Grimm

Best Student Film

Herein

Tobias Bohunovsky

Best Experimental Film

TIBETAN GIRL

Hua Zeng

Best Animation

The Return of The Return of Gary, Close Encounters of the Bird Kind

Richard Guthrie

Best Director - Short Documentary

Data Svanadze

Stalin Summarized

Best Health and Medicine Subject Related Film

I Am Not My Face

Ben Anderson

Best Comedy Short Film

Madame Pipi

Galla Borowski

Best Artist Film

No one can prove anything

Rodrigo Pinto

Best Dance Film

La Passeggiata (The Walk)

Scotty Hardwig

Best Thriller

The Neighbour

Larry Neale

Best Editing

Dancing With Our Hands Tied

David Lixing Dai

Best Cinematography

Samurai Necrosis

Harnoor Singh, Harkanwar Singh

Best Original Score

Madame Pipi

Matthias Bublath

Best Sound Design

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Stevie Zane

Best Historical Film

The Monks of Lorisidia

Scotty Irving

Best First Time Director, Short Film

Suleman Sheikh

I'm Not In Gaza

Best First Time Director, Documentary

Thandi Cai

Bluff City Chinese

Best AI-generated Film

Keep Still

Yu Feng

Best First Time Director - Short Documentary

Alina Shevchenko

Three Days on the Edge of Silence