Winners of the 31st Edition
 

June/2026

 

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Best Narrative Feature

Tangoman Part II Tango Ballet

Director: Sergei Tumas

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Best Narrative Short

INFECTIOUS

Director: Ali Roberts

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Best Documentary Feature

The Short Life of Caitlin Hanna

Director: Grace Sweeney

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Best Documentary Short

Sprayin' Series - 05: "Find Something You Love and Let It Kill You"

Director: Edwin Taveras

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Best Script

The Higher To Heaven You’ll Be

Justin V. Ricci, Lolia Etomi

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Best Director

Diego Gonzalez

Aftershocks

 

Best Producer

Jon Day

Rise - The Siya Kolisi Story

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Best Actress

Patricia Niedermeier

Writings of Resistance: Women in Auschwitz

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Best Animation

The Story of A Goat 

Director: Scott Kalbfleisch

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Best Comedy

GROSS INCOME

Director: Josh Levinson

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Best Experimental

LETTER TO MAYA

Director: Patricia Niedermeier

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Best Science Fiction

EHAM Ascension

Director: Eric Hamilton

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Best Music Video

New Journeys

Directors: Alejandra Torres, Gabriel Pellicer Perez

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Best Trailer

Nothing to See Here: Watts

Director: Michael Soenen

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Best Student Film

Fire and Ice

Director: Matthew Reardon

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Best TV Series-Web-Pilot

Middle Age Inappropriate-Episode 1 “The Spotted Meltdown”

Director: Bradley Samodel

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Best Female Director

Dena Tyler

The Talk

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Best Unproduced Screenplay

Emmaline

Nina Moyer

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Best Independent Film

Home(sick) - A Journey Within

Director: Raúl E. Peyret