Winners May 2026

BEST PICTURE
The River of Secrets (Poland)
Dir: Piotr Nowak

BEST FEATURE FILM
The River of Secrets (Poland)
Dir: Piotr Nowak

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Khoonta (India)
Dir: Anushi Sharma

BEST SHORT FILM
Forbidden Love (UK)
Dir: Danny Szam

BEST FOREIGN SHORT
Hopscotch (France)
Dir: Alicia Betty Fall

BEST BRITISH FEATURE
The Last Train
Dir: Josh Adrian

BEST FANTASY SHORT
Moon Collector (Japan)
Dir: Hiroshi Ito

BEST ANIMATION SHORT STUDENT
Broad Bruno (USA)
Dir: Jane Jiang, Kerry Sun

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Introducing Stereo Cupid
Dir: Joseph Lihou

BEST STUDENT FILM
The Unspoken Sin (China)
Dir: Wenqi Dong

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT STUDENT
Shadows of State Violence: Testimonies of the Survivors (South Korea)
Dir: Seo Eun Kim, Jun Lee

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FEATURE
Unforgotten
by Jan Wrubel

BEST DIRECTOR
Dir: Piotr Nowak
The River of Secrets

BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR
Alison Hayes
‘Inheritance’

BEST ACTOR
Angus Cooper
‘Inheritance’

BEST ACTRESS
Zofia Lewandowska
‘The River of Secrets’

BEST CHILD/YOUNG ACTRESS
Rafaela Gomes
‘Moving Day’

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Shannon
Dir: Ron Hood, Dean Lomax