MAY 2026

NOMINEES

BEST OF FEST

 

Malavia by Nunzia De Stefano
Performer by Junxue Li
Phoenix by Mohsen Nabavi
The Echo of Time by Natalia De Miguel, Asier Altuna
The Symphony by Nuno Rocha
Uniformed by Dan Biurrum

BEST SHORT FILM

 

Performer by Junxue Li
Phoenix by Mohsen Nabavi
Uniformed by Dan Biurrum

BEST FEATURE FILM

 

A se stesso by Ekaterina Khudenkikh
Malavia by Nunzia De Stefano
RIP by Alessandro D’Ambrosi, Santa De Santis

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

 

Open the door, close the doorby Tang Zhezen
The Art Of Archeryby Pekka Juhani Honkakoski
Una Habitacio Compartidaby Alessio Ferreri

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

 

Aurora Borealis: Love in the Form of Lights and Colors by Júlio Mauro, Marco Brotto
Extraordinary Women: War & Peace by Yildalina Tatem Brache
The Street Pastor by Ákos Wéninger

BEST SHORT ANIMATION

 

Christine Sinclair: Kind of a Big Deal by Eoin Duffy
Legerdemain by Basil Gordovich
Roly-Poly by Areum Choi

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

 

Jackals and Arabs by Dario Malini
The Echo of Time by Natalia De Miguel, Asier Altuna
Three Bridges / Tre Ponti by Marco Mazzi

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

 

Feel So Light – Katatropic by Merlin Hausner
Jorja Smith – Price Of It All by KC Locke
Newborn – Archetype (ft. Flor) by Mark Rozhenstejn

BEST WEB SERIES / TV PILOT

 

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

BEST POSTER

 

Kafka of Kreuzberg by Dan Asenlund
Performer by Junxue Li
Uniformed by Dan Biurrum

BEST TRAILER

 

Estrella by Daniel Alvarado-Nava
Extraordinary Women: War & Peace by Yildalina Tatem Brache
Reflections of a Sinner by Xihe Huang

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

 

Bianca e Tita by Ludovica Rubino
Still Here by Colette Magda Bizzarro
Validation by Elena Bogri

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

 

In the Valley of Hoops by Benjamin Thomas Hopwood
Dog Cage by Charles Prongua
The Last Choir by Tom Rivers

BEST DIRECTING

 

Dan Biurrum for Uniformed
Nuno Rocha for The Symphony
Nunzia De Stefano for Malavia

BEST SCREENWRITING

 

Dan Biurrum, Mari Biurrum for Uniformed
Jørgen Rudshaug for Where R U?
Mohan Ren for Performer

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

 

Asier Altuna Iza for The Echo of Time
Faramarz Naderi for Phoenix
Finn Ole Kleinfeldt for Beyond The Ordinary

BEST EDITING

 

Erfan Maleki for Beyond The Ordinary
Shahab Najafi for Phoenix
Unai Etxebarria for The Echo of Time

 

BEST SOUND DESIGN

 

Nuno Rocha for The Symphony
Ryland Haggis for Christine Sinclair: Kind of a Big Deal
Unai Etxebarria for The Echo of Time

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

 

Erfan Farshizadeh for Phoenix
Daniele Silvestri, Klangore Factory for RIP
Genevieve Vincent for Christine Sinclair: Kind of a Big Deal

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

 

Ginevra Polverelli for RIP
Sadra Sadri for Phoenix
Sarah Philippe Picard for Alone against all

BEST LEADING ACTOR

 

Danilo Martim for Uniformed
Mattia Francesco Cozzolino for Malavia
Mohammad Seddighimehr for Phoenix

BEST LEADING ACTRESS

 

Choi Yeon-oh for Performer
Ionara Terra for The Symphony
Sigrid Woxmyhr for Where R U?

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 

Diego Rodda for Uniformed
Junior Rodriguez for Malavia
Valdemar Santos for The Symphony

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 

Cha Yu-ju for Performer
Daniela De Vita for Malavia
Isabelle Stoppel
 for Beyond The Ordinary