Winners of the season
July 12, 2026 - September 21, 2026
NOMINATION
✨"Whispers of the Cosmos" Short Film
Timeless

Wenzheng Xu
When will the sky open?

Lyla Avital
Amazônia Xamã BR
Rodrigo Rodrigo Pedroza Pedroza
NOMINATION
✨"Enchanted Realms" Feature Documentary
Forgiveness

Roisin Clarke
Justice Denied

Daphne Ostendorf
Love Apptually
Shalini Kantayya
NOMINATION
✨"Enchanted Realms" Short Documentary
The Hidden Cost of The Uniform

Paul Long
In Her Words

Evelyn Rose Huie
Keith Haring and the Mystery Mural
Frank Ditto
NOMINATION
✨"Beyond the Stars" Short Experimental Film
Night Swimming

Andrea Grant
Dear Upstairs Neighbors

Connie He
INSOMNIA w/subtitles
Michael Grabler
NOMINATION
✨"Cosmic Revelations" Feature Screenplay
Family Time - feature revised

Kamal A.D. Williams
Exoplanet Earth

Charles Penman
90 Minute Movie
Walter Bauer
NOMINATION
✨"Cosmic Revelations" Short Screenplay
Santiago

Kerri L Hill
NOMINATION
Best Feature Film
Shudder

Marcos Almada
KEEP ROLL

Kyeol HAHN
In the House of the Bad Man
Solomon Fleming
NOMINATION
Best Short Film
15 Minutes of Fame

Carter Tai Walker
Southern Gothic

Jesse Grainger
UBUME
Malory Congoste
NOMINATION
Best Director Short Film
Dyslexia

Timothy Lindenfelser
Southern Gothic

Jesse Grainger
Amazônia Xamã BR
Rodrigo Rodrigo Pedroza Pedroza
NOMINATION
Best Inspiration Film
THE NIGHT PRINCESS

Ruth Elliott
A More Colorful World: The Artistry Behind Rita Winkler

Mark Winkler
Djeliya, Memory of Mandingo
Boubacar SANGARE
NOMINATION
Best Feature Documentary
Fly with AI — Borderline Kids Rise

D.I. Lee
Finding Bernie

Shon Keane
Whisper to the future
Grace Yue Li, Tiger Qifan Wang
NOMINATION
Best Director Feature Documentary
Finding Bernie

Shon Keane
NOMINATION
Best Short Documentary
Hope for the Guadalupe

Ben Masters
Forward

Alex Luchsinger
We Love Theater
Hanae Uchida
NOMINATION
Best Director Short Documentary
JANNAH

Hasan Al-Sader
NOMINATION
Best Experimental Film
Dr. Frankenweenie's Cutting-Edge Solutions to Your Meatiest Problems!

Kornblum Bierstadt Katz
The Guardian Angels

Ilie Stepan
Notary Uprising! and the Flag Stomp Romp
Shalom Gorewitz
NOMINATION
Best Student Film
Ephemoria

Xi Chen
KEEP ROLL

Kyeol HAHN
Immaculate Degeneration
Ethan Sims
NOMINATION
Best Director Student Film
Legs!

Ruben Dylan Barry Carmona
NOMINATION
Best Animation
The Windy Day

Zong-Yi Xie, Shih-Chien Hsu
Yokaitopia

Glenna Burmer
GOOGALOOS - THE STONES OF POWER
RENÉ CAYA
NOMINATION
Best Director Animation
Dear Upstairs Neighbors

Connie He
Yokaitopia

Glenna Burmer
Timeless
Wenzheng Xu
NOMINATION
Best Feature Script
A tribe, a priest and baseball

Garrison Wells
The Gospel of Cain

Kamal Moo
Review
Jonathan Zarantonello
NOMINATION
Best Short Script
King of Infinite Space

Stephanie Marie Garrison
RED SHOES

Rosie Malek-Yonan
Voices Within
Grainne Maguire
NOMINATION
Best Original Concept
Timeless

Wenzheng Xu
Bound

Manuela Monjardim
Amazônia Xamã BR
Rodrigo Rodrigo Pedroza Pedroza
NOMINATION
Best Web/Tv Series
Stillwater: The Clark Fredericks Story

Ash Leah Patiño, Mark Serao
Cows Come Home

Katie Uhlmann
Twice Upon a Time - Season 1
Doug MacDougall
NOMINATION
Best Music Video
"The Cunningham Wake" by The Lycan Bite

Greg Kissner
Lucy

Lisa Belcher
American Martyr
Andy Collen, Josh McMahon
NOMINATION
Best LGBTQ
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Diana Garcia Madero
STRAWBERRY LIPS
CLARA MARTINEZ-LÁZARO ALAMEDA
NOMINATION
Best Editing
Becoming Benjamin Lay

Tony Buba
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