Top Shorts Winners - October 2026
Film of the Month
Flower - Nebal Shafi, Hyunjin Lee
Best Narrative Film
Customer Service - Venkat Arunachalam
Best Indie Film
Something Red - Jan Fabris
Best Thriller
Flower - Nebal Shafi, Hyunjin Lee
Best Horror
Blue Matter - Ralf Muller
Best Experimental Film
On the Threshold of Faceless Figures - Merve Fatma
Best Inspirational Film
Sin Dormir - Luis Luyando, Willy Martin
Best Fantasy Film
Maggie Magic Fingers - Jennifer Smith
Best Dance Film
Butterfly - Guan Fang
Best AI Film
The Paper's Just Wet - Michael D Jue
Best Documentary
Biopolymer: Behind the Mirror - Jose Francisco Malave
Best Animation
BRIDGE -My Little Friends- - Takahiro Nagano, Kazuyuki Ishihara
Best Music Video
Ana Alina Masuda and Kento Masuda - PERSONA - Yuko Kiuchi, Masaki Takefuta, Ryoto Ide
Best Student Film
The Final Record - Tingyue Zhang
Best Microfilm
The Session - Tom Lovegrin
Best Director
Blue Matter - Ralf Muller
Best First-Time Director
November Men - Jake Alda
Best Young Filmmaker
A Black Box - Peiyi Yao
Best Actor
Customer Service - Prasanna Ravi
Best Actress
Something Red - Jara Sofija Ostan
Best Ensemble
Blue Matter - Julian Richings, Adam Kennith Wilson, Katie Uhlmann
Best Cinematography
Child Of The Rouge - Jalaludin Trautmann
Best Editing
Love You More - Alexandra Savu
Best Score
Customer Service - Prasad Vidhyabaskaran
Best Visual Effects
Echoes of Stonebridge - Marco Bowlin
Best Trailer
Soul Slasher - Curtis W Harrison
Best Original Story
Flower - Nebal Shafi, Hyunjin Lee
Best Screenplay
Pseudologia Fantastica - Elizabeth Klingele
Best Drama Screenplay
Before You Go - Mark Buerck
Best Comedy Screenplay
Last Call - Mike Gallagher
Best Thriller Screenplay
Pseudologia Fantastica - Elizabeth Klingele
Special Jury Award - Film
LE MANI DELLA MODA Episodio 3 - Luca Mariani
Special Jury Award - Screenplay
Last Call - Mike Gallagher
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