Award Winners: February 2026

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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)

Aicha by Sanaa El Alaoui (Morocco)

Aicha

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Edgar: Enhanced Data Gathering Analysis Robot by Virginia de Witt (USA)

EDGAR: Enhanced Data Gathering Analysis Robot

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Kukuk: A Romani Soul Unbroken by Yonka Yancheva (Bulgaria)

Kukuk: A Romani Soul Unbroken
Kukuk: A Romani Soul Unbroken

Best Indie Short: Aicha by Sanaa El Alaoui (Morocco)

Best Student Drama Short: A Shared Table by Vince Li (USA)

Honorable Mention (Drama Short): The Sharp Point of Time by Andrew Acedo (USA)

Honorable Mention (Dark Comedy Short): Three Men and an Abortion by Nicole Marinescu (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): Road 21 by Marco Ferreira (USA)

Honorable Mention (Thriller Short): The Seer by Davon Primm (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Mystery Short): The Gamble Of Time by Arun Vivega (India)

Best Student Mystery Short: Body Count by Malhar Abhijit Talwalkar (USA)

Best Sci-Fi Short: Edgar: Enhanced Data Gathering Analysis Robot by Virginia de Witt (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): The Vagabond by David Debry (USA)

Best Student Animation Short: Burlap Friends! by Anis Ghebache (UK)

Best Women Short: Kukuk: A Romani Soul Unbroken by Yonka Yancheva (Bulgaria)

Honorable Mention (Romantic Short): Haunted Harmony by Genevieve Mairiko Wilson and Christopher Bryan Gomez(USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Haktara, The Queen with the Beard by Ginevra Alessandra Gatti (Italy)

Honorable Mention (Experimental Short): Night At The Apollo by Jeffrey Atsuson and Veen Manathan (Canada)

Honorable Mention (Microfilm): Two Plus One Equals None by Igor Hnes (Ukraine)

Best Screendance Short: The Scent of the Earth by Matias Calzolari (Argentina)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: ’88 by Otilia Zaicu (Romania)

Honorable Mention (Web Series/TV Pilot): Warm Soda by Ethan Daniel Satsky (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Web and New Media): Before Mount Rushmore: The Story of Spotted Tail by Aaron Liberman (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): The Business Of Health by Luis Escobar (USA)

A Shared Table
The Sharp Point of Time
Three Men and an Abortion
Road 21
The Seer
The Gamble Of Time
Body Count
The Vagabond
Burlap Friends!
Haunted Harmony
Haktara, The Queen With The Beard
Night At The Apollo
Two Plus One Equals None
The Scent of the Earth
'88
Warm Soda

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