Top Shorts Winners - February 2026
- Top Shorts Team
- 3 hours ago
- 1 min read
Film of the Month
Out of Checklist - Roman Němec
Best Narrative Film
Hot - Mark Renken
Best Experimental Film
A Caregiver - Alberto Martín-Aragón
Best Inspirational Film
Their Sky - Yuexin Fa
Best Dark Comedy
Roko Moro - Levon Ohanes Manoukian
Best Crime Film
Café.io - Cashmira Pramanik
Best LGBTQ Film
Out of Checklist - Roman Němec
Best AI Film
Dragonslayer - Pei Yan Liu
Best Documentary
AGE - Paul A. Luciano
Best Music Video
Chameleon - Gab Safa
Best Student Film
Bonnie, Bano - Ziming Li
Best Microfilm
Cabin 4 - Charlie Rothstein
Best Director
Simplicity - Sergey Khromykh
Best Young Actor
Out of Checklist - Filip Kopta
Best Song
Just Like Selma - Nolan Williams, Jr.
Best Commercial/Promotional Video
Space Odyssey - Jorge Ospina
Best Original Story
The Greatest Gift - Dexter Tillis, Janet Marie Bentley-Ewers, Erin Frison, Keisha Tillis
Best Screenplay
Backseat - Oliver Fytche
Best Drama Screenplay
Backseat - Oliver Fytche
Best Horror Screenplay
50 on Four - Iam Albert Gregory
Best First Time Screenwriter
When The Veils Dance - Tayebe Babaei
Special Jury Award - Film
Servants in Disguise - Donghun Lee
Special Jury Award - Screenplay
Burn the Boats - Morgan Grice
* Winners may order an official Top Shorts statuette
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