WINNERS JANUARY 2026

BEST PICTURE
Still Water (USA)
Dir: Rohit Gupta

BEST FEATURE FILM
Still Water (USA)
Dir: Rohit Gupta

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Paper Rose (China)
Dir: Chen Hao

BEST SHORT FILM
Lady Jasmine (China)
Dir: Hanzi Zhao

BEST FOREIGN SHORT
Between Two Winters (Japan)
Dir: Yamamoto Ryota

BEST HORROR/THRILLER/SCI-FI SHORT
The Empty Hours (USA)
Dir: Ryan Miller

BEST ANIMATION SHORT
HALLOW METRO (Spain)
Dir: Tamara Llorens Rastrollo

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Nanoplastics Threat To Life (Germany)
Dir: Allatra Global Research Center

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Indigenous women of Sarayaku Nurturing and Restoring the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest (USA)
Dir: Osprey Orielle Lake, Laya Cisneros, Eriberto Gualinga, Katherine Quaid, Sophia Lovato

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FEATURE
Wings (Croatia)
by Maja Pavic

>ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT
White Silence (USA)
Joshua Carter

BEST DIRECTOR SHORT
Yamamoto Ryota
‘Between Two Winters’
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Zhao Lei
‘Paper Rose’