AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

SPRING 2026 Edition

Main Categories

BEST FEATURE – ALL GENRE
  • THE STRAY HOUSE
  • Michaeljohn Gozalez
BEST DRAMA SHORT
  • JUMPER
  • Frank Rice Jr.
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
  • AFRICA
  • Bisaso Ashraph
BEST SCREENPLAY FEATURE – DRAMA
  • THE BIRTH OF A RACE
  • ROBBY GADSBY
BEST SCREENPLAY FEATURE COMEDY
  • LESBIAN FUCKBOY
  • Beatrice Yilin Jiang
BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT DRAMA
  • FEELING LIKE A MILLION BUCKS
  • Sophie Donoho
BEST DIRECTOR FEATURE FILM
  • FAIR TRADE
  • Vu Mai, Kevin Blakeley
BEST FIRST TIME FILMMAKER
  • TOSS UP
  • Anna Katherine Scanlon
BEST ACTION THRILLER SHORT
  • CONFLICT
  • Krstover Luaay
BEST LGBTQ SHORT
  • THE BONE GRINDER
  • DANNY RHODES

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT

  • THE BOOK OF SIN
  • NEIL KENDRICKS
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
  • WHERE IS HOME
  • Lamtiar Simorangkir
BEST DIRECTOR STUDENT SHORT
  • THE SEA AND SHE
  • Tyler Shortt
BEST WOMAN FILMMAKER SHORT
  • THE RED BANCA
  • Nena Jane
BEST FOREIGN SHORT
  • THE RED BANCA
  • Nena Jane
BEST FEATURE COMEDY DRAMEDY
  • FAIR TRADE
  • Vu Mai, Kevin Blakeley
BEST HORROR SHORT
  • COME THE NIGHTFALL
  • Tom Michaels
BEST STUDENT SHORT DRAMA
  • SCAR
  • Amy Liao
BEST DOC FEATURE ALL GENRE
  • CARTAPESTA:  CARNIVAL OF FANO -THE MOVIE
  • Andrea Lodovichetti
BEST LGBTQ FEATURE
  • THE STRAY HOUSE
  • Michaeljohn Gozalez
BEST FEATURE FILM FOREIGN
  • A TIME IN ETERNITY
  • Mehdi Norowzian, Mehdi Norowzian
BEST DOCUMENTARY SOCIAL POLITICAL
  • THIS AINT HARVARD
  • Ray Bourhis
BEST SCI FI SHORT
  • GREYSON 2.0
  • Clarke M. Smith
BEST DIRECTOR DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
  • VIA DOLOROSA: THE PATH OF SORROWS
  • Amira Khalil Hanania
BEST DIRECTOR SHORT
  • CONFLICT
  • Krstover Luaay
BEST SCREENPLAY – SCI FI FEATURE –
  • PANDORA’S EYES
  • James M Corkill
BEST ACTRESS
  • THE RED BANCA
  • MIKAY Naraga

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

  • ONRU
  • Craig Marks

BEST EDITING

  • THE WOMAN IS PERFECTED
  • Ruth Fowler
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
  • THE BONE GRINDER
  • Tony Scott-Green

BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING

  • THE STRAY HOUSE
  • Michaeljohn Gozalez
BEST SOUND DESIGN
  • SILENT
  • Jiaqi Sun
BEST STUDENT SHORT COMEDY/DRAMEDY
  • SILENT
  • Jiaqi Sun
BEST SCREENPLAY – WEB SERIES/NEW MEDIA
  • WINDY CITY
  • Joseph Anthony Francis
BEST DOCUMENTARY – ENVIRONMENTAL/NATURE
  • MY GRANDFATHER:  THE ZOOKEEPER
  • Josiah Olmstead
BEST SCREENPLAY – SHORT COMEDY
  • DEPARTMENT OF UNSEEN AFFAIRS
  • SAM SPERON
BEST COMEDY/DRAMEDY SHORT
  • MID-LENNIAL LIFE CRISIS
  • CARLIE MANTILLA-JORDAN, JOHN ELIOT JORDAN

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