Winners October 2026

BEST PICTURE
Your Alibi Is Sleeping (China)
Dir: Li Jun

BEST FEATURE FILM
Your Alibi Is Sleeping (China)
Dir: Li Jun

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Night Receipt (Spain)
Dir: Daniel García

BEST SHORT FILM
When I Grow Up (Mexico, Spain, USA)
Dir: Royce Lundquist, Lucas Adrià

BEST FOREIGN SHORT
Mirror (China)
Dir: Jiarui LI

BEST BRITISH FEATURE
Friendly Fire (UK)
Dir: David Thompson

BEST DRAMA SHORT STUDENT
As It Was (China)
Dir: Haonan Shu

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FEATURE
Minor Threat
by James Rooney

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT
Claim Pending
by Peter Nightingale

BEST DIRECTOR
Li Jun
‘Your Alibi Is Sleeping’

BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR
Kenta Tanaka
‘Spare Life’

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Brian Bradley
‘Charge!’

BEST EDITING
Lux Baker
‘The Autopsy Report’