Winners - September 2026
Best Picture
BRIDGE - My Little Friends - Takahiro Nagano, Kazuyuki Ishihara
Best Narrative Film
The Guardian Angel - Andrei Bortica
Best Indie Film
HIEROPHANY - Alberto Martín-Aragón
Best Drama
The Guardian Angel - Andrei Bortica
Best AI Film
The Time That Feels Like Me - Juhyun Kwon
Best Sci-Fi
The Vanished Shanghainese - Haoning Luo, Yuchen Shi
Best Inspirational Film
Detachment I - Rolland Moldovan
Best LGBTQ Film
The Stray House - Michaeljohn Gonzalez
Best Fantasy Film
Guardian's Lament - Phoebe Chou
Best Documentary Feature
tsuchi - Elina Miyake, Takaya Onishi
Best Documentary Short
Independence!: The Easy Does It Story - Elly Schmidt-Hopper
Best Animation
BRIDGE - My Little Friends - Takahiro Nagano, Kazuyuki Ishihara
Best Music Video
Superstar Dynamo - Dave Tourjé
Best Student Film
The Guardian Angel - Andrei Bortica
Best Microfilm
Timberland AI video - Soslan Chekhoev, Alexander Zarshchikov
Best Director (Feature)
The Stray House - Michaeljohn Gonzalez
Best Director (Short)
Before We Go Home - Yuxuan Wang
Best First Time Director
Before We Go Home - Yuxuan Wang
Best Young Filmmaker
The Vanished Shanghainese - Haoning Luo, Yuchen Shi
Best Actor
Valley Magenta - Dominic Ryan Gabriel
Best Actress
tsuchi - Elina Miyake
Best Actress in an Indie Film
Saving Private Patel - Roshni Datta
Best Cinematography
The Guardian Angel - Matei David Reu
Best Score
The Guardian Angel - Codrin Lazar, Ieronim Povoriloschi
Best Song
A Colony of Radicals - Taxman - Danny Sea
Best Sound Design
We Are One - Peter Zongting Li
Best Visual Effects
Echoes of Stonebridge - Marco Bowlin
Best Trailer
All For Tomorrow - Russ Emanuel
Best Original Story
BRIDGE - My Little Friends - Takahiro Nagano
Screenplay of the Month
The Red Zone - Terry Luke Podnar
Best Feature Screenplay
The Crimson Collar - Dan Burle, Sr.
Best Short Screenplay
Other Mother - Chris Harboldt
Best Drama Screenplay
The Crimson Collar - Dan Burle, Sr.
Best Comedy Screenplay
Forever Lost - Patrick McGrath
Best Sci-Fi Screenplay
The Red Zone - Terry Luke Podnar
Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)
Chrystal Ball - Cari Skain
Guardian's Lament - Trailer
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Selected projects will qualify for the 14th Annual Festigious 2028.
