APRIL 2026

NOMINEES

BEST OF FEST

 

Released by Khabu
Summer Ripples
by Yijian Shan
SUPER SUPER MOVIE by Tamami Kusaka
The Lap by Robert Piel
V’è la via e v’è l’andare by Giampaolo Dal Pra, Sergio Fedele, Ilaria Bruni, Antonio Pintus, Elia Romanelli, Fabio Xodo
Verses from the water by Amadis T. Loyer

BEST SHORT FILM

 

Summer Ripples by Yijian Shan
SUPER SUPER MOVIE by Tamami Kusaka
The Lap by Robert Piel

BEST FEATURE FILM

 

Larissa by Alireza Shah Hosseini
Released by Khabu
The Pavilion by Dino Musstafic

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

 

Ra-Ro: Made of Time by Filipi Do Canto
The Song of the Forest by Antonin Manzi
V’è la via e v’è l’andare by Giampaolo Dal Pra, Sergio Fedele, Ilaria Bruni, Antonio Pintus, Elia Romanelli, Fabio Xodo

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

 

Appennine sprouts by Luca D’Alessandro
Charity Case – The Band Who Made a Million Dollars…and Gave It All Away by Alan Jackson
F*ck Drugs by Jesse Bleekemolen

BEST SHORT ANIMATION

 

Formiche by Sara Vannelli
Fly by Marcella Mitaritonna
The Last New Year’s Eve by Tristan Qi

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

 

Shards of absence by Margherita Bagnara
The Spa at the End of Time by Kate Armstrong
Verses from the water by Amadis T. Loyer

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

 

Croccante – Protopapa (ft. Bruno Belissimo, Hey Cabrera!, Hard Ton) by Bornajeans<
Magnify the Sound – Searching for a quiet place by Snorre Hovdal
Maskara – Ycon Ydol by Valerio Francini, Davide Paganelli

BEST WEB SERIES / TV PILOT

 

Not enough projects for this month, see you the next one!

BEST POSTER

 

The little Postman with a Gun by Yuhua Guo
V’è la via e v’è l’andare by Giampaolo Dal Pra, Sergio Fedele, Ilaria Bruni, Antonio Pintus, Elia Romanelli, Fabio Xodo
Verses from the water by Amadis T. Loyer

BEST TRAILER

 

Shards of absence by Margherita Bagnara
The little Postman with a Gun by Yuhua Guo
V’è la via e v’è l’andare by Giampaolo Dal Pra, Sergio Fedele, Ilaria Bruni, Antonio Pintus, Elia Romanelli, Fabio Xodo

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

 

Before The Fall by Pablo Catalan
Bone Table by Nilson Bernardi Ferreira
Don Wilson by Valentina Carrasco Thayer

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

 

Cocky by Zane Taylor Hill
Vika by Daniele Pace, Emiliano Felicissimo
The Boundary Condition by John Arthur Little

BEST DIRECTING

 

Khabu for Released
Robert Piel for The Lap
Tamami Kusaka for SUPER SUPER MOVIE


BEST SCREENWRITING

 

Amadis T. Loyer for Verses from the water
Giampaolo Dal Pra, Sergio Fedele, Ilaria Bruni, Antonio Pintus, Elia Romanelli, Fabio Xodo for V’è la via e v’è l’andare
Robert Piel for The Lap

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

 

Chen Hong for Released
Kaspar Hornikel for The Lap
Margherita Bagnara, Maria Tea Mosso for Shards of absence

BEST EDITING

 

Amadis T. Loyer for Verses from the water
Jannis Greff for The lap
The End Films for Ra-Ro: Made of Time

BEST SOUND DESIGN

 

Ilaria Bruni, Elia Romanelli, Stefano di Fiore for V’è la via e v’è l’andare
Ole Brandt for The Lap
Roberto Espinoza for Verses from the water

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

 

Ole Brandt for The Lap
Ricky Ho for Released
Yusaku Mano for SUPER SUPER MOVIE

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

 

Ci Liji for Released
Leonardo Persico for Croccante – Protopapa ( ft. Bruno Belissimo, Hey Cabrera!, Hard Ton)
Tatsuya Yoshimatsu for SUPER SUPER MOVIE

BEST LEADING ACTOR

 

Con O’Neill for Being Billy
Florian Geißelmann, Mitja Over for The Lap
Felipe Diana for Empathy Rehearsals

BEST LEADING ACTRESS

 

Hao Zhang for Summer Ripples
Tamami Kusaka for SUPER SUPER MOVIE
Yangchuk Tso for Released

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 

George Osborne for Being Billy
Ren Weilong for The little Postman with a Gun
Trevor Dwyer-Lynch for Being Billy

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 

Airida Gintautaitè for The Lap
Fei Xinjie for The little Postman with a Gun
Hana Yayama for SUPER SUPER MOVIE