MARCH 2026

NOMINEES

BEST OF FEST

 

Charlotte, one of us by Rolando Colla
Home by Angelika Annen
Punch for Punch by Diogo Varela Silva
Sisters by Sarah-laure Estragnat
The Coruskan by Fred Eyriey
The Final Cut by Aleksander Emé

BEST SHORT FILM

 

Drunk by Yuki Otsuka
Sisters by Sarah-laure Estragnat
The Final Cut by Aleksander Emé

BEST FEATURE FILM

 

Charlotte, One of Us by Rolando Colla
The Coruskan by Fred Eyriey
The River Was Always There by Leo Leng

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

 

Ahead of Dusk by Jacek Antoni Redźko
Encountering the Village by Violet Lee, Bella Gao, Anna Xie
The Zone by Daniele Imani Nobar

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

 

Diablos Cojuelos by Denny Feliz, Felix Limardo
Nggayuh Indhang. Religious Syncretism, Music and Trance in the Ébég of Banyumas (Central Java) by Daniele Zappatore
Punch for Punch by Diogo Varela Silva

BEST SHORT ANIMATION

 

Goblin Market by Pasha Shapiro
Stitch by Yan Wang
The Swing by Jackie Ross

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

 

Egli (He) by Antonio Calogero
Home by Angelika Annen
Woods of Dust by Giseo

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

 

Blind Driver by Alberico Bartoccini, Fabrizio Antonacci, Luna Saracino
Sám Sebou by Lanigan McCulty, Martin Horváth
The Silent Cry by Güneş Özayten

BEST WEB SERIES / TV PILOT

 

Posers by Rob Tode
The Ex-Wives of Beverly Hills by Eda Benjakul
Welcome to Belle View by Debra Markowitz

BEST POSTER

 

Home by Angelika Annen
The Fear of Ending by Andong Zhang
The River Was Always There by Leo Leng


BEST TRAILER

 

Charlotte, One of Us by Rolando Colla
Pretty by Erol Metecan Duren
The Coruskan by Fred Eyriey

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

 

Chiara by Christopher Pallotta
The Apology by Charlotte Audrey
Un giorno come lui by Alessandro Russo, Vito Palumbo

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

 

My Angel & Devil by Anton Svantesson-Helkiö
Nicoletta by Marco Mastrocola
The Furies by Tommy Papaioannou

BEST DIRECTING

 

Aleksander Emé for The Final Cut
Rolando Colla for Charlotte, one of us
Sarah-laure Estragnat for Sisters


BEST SCREENWRITING

 

Aleksander Emé for The Final Cut
Linda Olsansky, Rolando Colla for Charlotte, one of us
Sarah-laure Estragnat for Sisters

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

 

Mikkel Tops for The Final Cut
Nikolai Von Graevenitz for Charlotte, one of us
Wei Li, WenBo Zhao, YuanLong Chu, JianLong Gao for Encountering the Village

BEST EDITING

 

Angelika Annen for Home
Paulo Mil Homens for Punch for Punch
ZhiMian Wang, Jin Yuan, Nan Zhang, DuoRong Shi for Encountering the Village

BEST SOUND DESIGN

 

Anton Movsin for Goblin Market
Reto Stamm, Gianfranco Tortora for Charlotte, one of us
Julian Meier for Home

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

 

André Júlio Turquesa, Iuri Oliveira for Punch for Punch
Nils Petter Molvaer for Charlotte, one of us
Yohann Zveig for Sisters

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

 

Aurélie Kerbiquet for The Coruskan
Daniela Verdenelli for Charlotte, one of us
Sophia Ladegaard, Ida Laura Jacobsen for The Final Cut

BEST LEADING ACTOR

 

Jakob Meyer for The Final Cut
Jean-Laurent Faubourg for The Coruskan
Sanyuan Yan for The Fear of Ending

BEST LEADING ACTRESS

 

Juliette Gillis, Myrthe Vermeulen for Sisters
Linda Olsansky for Charlotte, one of us
Miyu Yoshimoto for Drunk

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 

Rémy Leboucq for Sisters
Miro Maurer for Charlotte, one of us
Vilmar Bieri for Charlotte, one of us

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 

Anne-Gaëlle Hoarau for The Coruskan
Coco Amari for Drunk
Nicoline Sharma Rubow for The Final Cut