Winners February 2026

BEST PICTURE
Silent Gun (China)
Dir: Chen Hao

BEST FEATURE FILM
The Last Forgiveness
Dir: Matt Johnson

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Silent Gun (China)
Dir: Chen Hao

BEST SHORT FILM
The Midnight Caller (USA)
Dir: Eugene Carter

BEST FOREIGN SHORT
Bones Under the Snow (Poland)
Dir: Pawel Wiśniewski

BEST DRAMA SHORT
My Father is an Astronaut (Kazakhstan)
Dir: Raushan Nurseitova

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
Abstract Movie 2: London (UK)
Dir: Tom McPherson

BEST ANIMATION SHORT
Jeem 1983 (Lebanon)
Dir: Jorj Abou Mhaya

BEST DOCUMENTARY
What Remains (USA)
Dir: Jacob Reed

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
ShellBound: An Anthology of Southern Oyster Culture (USA)
Dir: Daniel Mitchell, Logan Dial

BEST STUDENT FILM
Remains of the day (China)
Dir: Zihan Gao

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FEATURE
The Eighth Summer
by Joanna Stringer

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT
Black Door
by Ronan Gallagher

BEST DIRECTOR FEATURE
Chen Hao
‘ Silent Gun’

BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR
Zihan Gao
‘Remains of the day’

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Wu Jian
‘Silent Gun’

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Just Like Selma
Dir: Nolan Williams, Jr.