The following projects — spanning short films, TV and web series, and screenplays — are the finalists for the March season, competing across 65 categories. These works were selected from an official pool with a 43.5% acceptance rate, drawn from submissions across 19 countries, totaling 28:34:13 in runtime, plus short scripts.
The nominated projects rank within the top 28.6%.
Unlisted categories had no submissions meeting the minimum score threshold.
Categories marked “TBA” had two or fewer projects qualifying for awards consideration. Winners in these categories will be announced together with the rest of the award recipients.
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Technical Categories: Nominations for March 2026
Best Indie Short
Home Base by Amit Kra (Israel)
Piroba by Matthew Arkema (USA)
Residents Of Lost by Raman Abubakir Ali (Iraq)
Best Drama Short
A Dollar’s Worth of Hope by EP McKnight (USA)
Marilyn’s Dark Paradise by Remi Gangarossa (USA)
Mother Country by Moges Ababu Belachew (Ethiopia)
Best Documentary Short
TBA
Best Comedy Short
TBA
Best Dark Comedy Short
TBA
Best Action Short
TBA
Best Thriller Short
Moral Hazard by Luuk Audenaerde (Netherlands)
To Shine Again by Marcell Leon Viragh (Hungary, United States)
The Headless Angel by Jessie Claire Goodwin (USA)
Best Horror Short
TBA
Best Sci-Fi Short
Alienated by Tamara Hernandez (USA)
Pathos by Loick Matthias Peeters (Belgium)
The Last Sun by Nigel Canepa (Gibraltar)
Best Fantasy Short
BoxTrip by Darius Saberzadeh and Joshua Lang (USA)
Out of the Smoke by Anne Koolen (USA)
Reanimator by Michael Alexander Burns (USA)
Best Animation Short
TBA
Best Children Short
TBA
Best Women Short
TBA
Best Romantic Short
TBA
Best LGBTQ Short
TBA
Best Experimental Short
TBA
Best Music Video
TBA
Best Mockumentary/Docucomedy Short
TBA
Best Short Script
A Choice by Sophia Lee (USA)
Back Of My Mind by Michael Damon Kitchens (USA)
Norman: The Dog Who Didn’t Mean To by Paul Millward (UK)
Sunny by M.F. Thompson (USA)
When The Veils Dance by Tayebe Babaei (Iran)
Technical Categories: Nominations for March 2026
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