
Festival Nominees 2026
Congratulations to this year’s nominees
Best Foreign Narrative

Dir. By Gayoung Heo – Narrative – 30:00 Min – South Korea

Dir. By Liv Joelle Barbosa Blad – Narrative – 19:39 Min – Norway

Dir. By Mehdi Ouahab – Narrative – 23:14 Min – France

Dir. By Emine Demir – Narrative – 22:00 Min – Germany
Best North American Narrative

Dir. By Marie-Louise Gariépy – Narrative – 15:00 Min – Canada

Dir. By Brad E Kins – Narrative – 7:45 Min – USA

Dir. By JJ Adler– Narrative – 18:05 Min – USA

Dir. By Nicole Lipp – Narrative – 7:17 Min – USA
Best Local Filmmaker to Watch

Dir. By Jessica Bachman – Narrative – 8:18 Min – Serbia

Dir. By Nick Nottebaum – Narrative – 15:36 Min – USA

Dir. By Aarón Vega Granados – Narrative – 14:08 Min – USA

Dir. By Diana Thorneycroft
– Animation – 7:31 Min – Canada
Best Animation

Dir. By Florence Miailhe – Animation– 15:00 Min – France

Dir. By Jean-Sébastien Hamel & Alexandra Myotte – Animation – 10:47 Min – Canada
Best Documentary

Dir. By Hervé Demers – Documentary – 16:52 Min – Canada

Dir. By Amélie Hardy – Documentary – 19:00 Min – Canada

Dir. By Amélie Hardy – Documentary – 22:00 Min – Canada
Best Experimental

Dir. By Suzie Toot, Dan Ingram and Oscar Ruso – Experimental – 14:00 Min – USA

Dir. By Lorenzo Follari & Emma Dock – Narrative – 8:17 Min – Sweden

Dir. ByJörn Staeger – Experimental – 8:22 Min – Germany
Best Latin American Film

Dir. By Alexander Gordillo – Narrative – 10:29 Min – Venezuela

Dir. By Iñaki Velasquez – Narrative – 17:00 Min – Chile
Director’s Choice

Dir. By Emine Demir – Narrative – 22:00 Min – Germany
Jury Award

Dir. By Liv Joelle Barbosa Blad – Narrative – 19:39 Min – Norway
