August 2026 (Winner)

Winners of August 2026

BEST SHORT FILM

The Unfortunate Incident

Directed by Jan Fabris

BEST STUDENT FILM

Hitori

Directed by Tejaswini Reddy Beerapu

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM

Sending

Directed by Mohamed Dahshan

BEST AI FILM

Take Care

Directed by Leandro Corinto

BEST FEATURE FILM

The Guardian Angel

Directed by Andrei Christian Bortica

BEST LGBTQ FILM

The Flamingo

Directed by Harvey Puttock

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Teeth and Human Services

Directed by Rileigh Gossett

BEST WEB SERIES

Lunch With a Marine

Directed by D.J. Higgins

BEST TRAILER

Silence

Directed by Aleksey Rogovoy, Igor Malinowskiy

BEST FEMALE FILMMAKERS FILM

The Flamingo

Directed by Harvey Puttock

BEST DIRECTOR

The Unfortunate Incident

Directed by Jan Fabris

BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR

I’d Rather Rescue Myself

Directed by Nia Nicole Matthews

BEST SCREENWRITER

Propatria

Written by Walker Blackston

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Breakfast

Cinematography by Bennett Kedge

BEST EDITOR

WHERE THE LIGHT ENDS

Edited by Roberto Loiacono

BEST ACTOR

The Flamingo

Award Presented to Jacob James Beswick

BEST ACTRESS

I’d Rather Rescue Myself

Award Presented to DeNetria Gibson

JURY CHOICE AWARD

The strongest

Directed by Daney Alanes

AUDIENCES CHOICE AWARD

Teeth and Human Services

Directed by Rileigh Gossett

CRITICS CHOICE AWARD – SHORT FILM

A Colony of Radicals

Directed by Charles Kaufmann

CRITICS CHOICE AWARD – FEATURE FILM

The Guardian Angel

Directed by Andrei Christian Bortica