Silver Awards: January 2026

Best Indie ShortThe Fa’a’amu Children by Frank Doucet (France)

Best Drama ShortBall by Fubao Fan (China)

Best Documentary ShortMeeting the Ones Who Care by Coralie Bonnaire (France)

Best Comedy ShortQuarter Life Crisis by Tyler Wisner (USA)

Best Thriller Short: Evening Class by Michael Clark Haney (USA)

Best Horror ShortJoshua Tree by Rachel Keaton (USA)

Best Experimental ShortBellatrix by Jacek Krawczyk (Poland)

Best Student ShortFarida by Omnia Hassanein (Egypt)

Best Women ShortOgygia by Nina Paterson (Denmark)

Best Female Director: Anna Zaitseva for Dating A Suspicious Man (USA)

Best Male Director: Wes Salonen for Invisible String (USA)

Best Student Female Director: Lexuan Kuang for Before I Fall Asleep (China)

Best First Time Female Director: Nina Paterson for Ogygia (Denmark)

Best First Time Male Director: Evan Paasche for Triumph (USA)

Best Young Actor: Dominic Carvalho for Breaking the Tide (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Vidula Khadilkar and Tejal Gokhale for Second Chance (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast: John Cristini, Daniel M. Dyer, David Pozay, Kasey Dring, Kat Hall, Luke Griffen, Spence Noble, Jane Crispin, Ella Danziger, and Julia Dietze for End of the 8 (USA)

Best Cinematography: Oleksandr Shvets for You Are Special (Ukraine)

Best Editing: Ben Still for America’s Dermatologist (USA)

Best Production Design: Fabio Del Percio for A Murder Rings Hollow (USA)

Best Sound Design: Amil Hakimdzhan for Nobody Nureddin (Finland)

Best Original Score: Daniel Jones for The Sanguine (USA)

Best Short Script: When The Veils Dance by Tayebe Babaei (Iran)

BRONZE AWARDS

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