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Best Male Director: Joshua Mueller for Hallo Johann (Germany)
Best Student Male Director: Yuhang Chen for What the Wind Chime Heard (China)
Best First Time Female Director: Ella Talerico for Wormball (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Jaimoe Kaiser for Homecoming (Germany)
Best Young Male Filmmaker: Sawyer O’Brien for Idol (USA)
Best Actress: Aline Salloum for Synthetic (Saudi Arabia/USA)
Best Actor: Harald Etheber for Hallo Johann (Germany)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Supporting Actor): Julian David Muller for Hallo Johann (Germany)
Best Acting Duo: Timmy Hanlon and Allison de Jong-Irving for Wine and Secrets (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Hollis Fox, Jenson Smith, Alexei Bondar, Keisha Gilles, and Jordan Pesci for Seasons of the Witch (USA)
Best Original Screenplay: Joshua Mueller and Tristan Matzkeit for Hallo Johann (Germany)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Original Screenplay): Lena Heintze for For God’s Sake, Smile! (Germany)
Honorable Mention (Adapted Screenplay): Axel Knight for Wine and Secrets (USA)
Best Cinematography: Zimo Liu for Mist Me (China)
Best Editing: Jaimoe Kaiser for Homecoming (Germany)
Best Producer: Sebastian Fisher and Violetta Buggel for Predation Black Serum (Switzerland)
Honorable Mention (Producer): Lena Heintze for For God’s Sake, Smile! (Germany)
Best Production Design: Quarantine (USA)
Honorable Mention (Production Design): Francesca Porcelluzzi for 10:52 (USA)
Honorable Mention (Set Design): Red (USA)
Best Costume Design: Rosemary Blaker and Sam Cox for On The Same Earth (UK)
Best Special Makeup: Patricia Fuchs for Homecoming (Germany)
Best Sound Design: Homecoming (Germany)
Best Original Score: Lorenzo Roncarati for Homecoming (Germany)
Best Original Song: Ron J. Danziger, Manu Martin, and Susan Mey Lee Lim for Dawn of Humanimate (Singapore)
Honorable Mention (Original Song): Dan Giangiobbe, Timothy Bellavia, Coby Koehl, and Mystery Girl for The Grass Is Stone (USA)
See also AWARD WINNERS OF SEPTEMBER 2026: GENRE CATEGORIES
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