Winners

• 2026 MAIN PRIZE WINNER PROJECT

• Conscript

• Directed by Daniel Everitt-Lock
• United Kingdom

• Best Indie Feature Film

• Invincible

• Directed by Emma Croft
• United Kingdom

• Best Indie Short Film

• Conscript

• Directed by Daniel Everitt-Lock
• United Kingdom

• Best Indie Super Short Film

• Mismatch

• Directed by Edvinas Maciulevicius
• Ireland

• Best Feature Film

• SNATCHERS

• Directed by Craig Alexander, Shelly Higgs
• Australia

• Best Short Film

• Living With Grandma

• Directed by Finise Avery
• United States

• Best Feature Documentary

• Pathway to Hope

• Directed by Jane Clayson Johnson
• United States

• Best Short Documentary

• Coexistence – When We Breathe Together

• Directed by Anne-Sophie Mouraud
• France

• Best Music Video

• WHERE DREAMS DWELL

• Directed by Fran Casanova
• Spain

• Best UK Feature Film

• B.R.I

• Directed by Roman Elpidio
• United Kingdom

• Best UK Short Film

• A Pack of Five

• Directed by John Parr
• United Kingdom

• Best Experimental Feature

• Ice Breath

• Directed by Leonard Alecu
• Romania

• Best Experimental Short

• Clarity

• Directed by Marcus Witte, Nupelda Ciftci
• Germany

• Best Student Feature Film

• The League of Extraordinary Employees

• Directed by Melissa Arcak
• Germany

• Best Student short film

• What We Leave Behind

• Directed by Temiti Winona Clarke, Maxime Gibert
• France

• Best First time Filmmaker Feature

• Mutt Cat

• Directed by Shay Kelly
• United Kingdom

• Best First Time Filmmaker Short

• The Last Letter

• Directed by Richy Thrower
• United Kingdom

• Best Horror Feature Film

• The Princess & The Dragon

• Directed by Miles S Crossman
• Canada

• Best Horror Short Film

• Girls Will Be Girls

• Directed by Isabel Steuble-Johnson
• United Kingdom

• Best Horror Script

• Wilson

• Written by Gail E. Moss
• United States

• Best Trailer

• Multiplexity

• Directed by Sarah Lawton
• United Kingdom

• Best Action Film

• Night Shift

• Directed by Lorenz Hideyoshi Ruwwe
• Germany

• Best Action Script

• Zero Point Girl

• Written by Rob Holmes
• United Kingdom

• Best Production

• TAIBALE, story of a rescued child

• Directed by Gianni Torres
• Brazil, Italy

• Best Production Design

• The Hicks Happy Hour

• Directed by Kate McCarthy
• United States

• Best Producer

• The Real Cops & Robbers

• Directed by Mickey Cornwell
• United Kingdom

• Best Female Director

• Falcon Eyes

• Directed by Annlin Chao
• United Kingdom

• Best Male Director

• Sand Parade

• Directed by Nick Bidar
• United Kingdom

• Best Female Student Director

• Shelter

• Directed by Mila Jeanne Miller
• France

• Best Male Student Director

• Nail Wound

• Directed by Arshia Ebrahimi Azandariani
• United Kingdom

• Best Acting

• Lily Dobing

• Counting Down
  (Directed by Jack Simmons)
• United Kingdom

• Best Actress

• Miho Saito

• The Tourist
  (Directed by Peter Zerzan)
• United States

• Best Actor

• Kyle Brookes

• The Black Rock
  (Directed by Andrew Games)
• United Kingdom

• Best Inspirational Film

• BAYLA

• Directed by Adriana Mourelle
• United Kingdom

• Best LGBTQ Film

• Silver Static

• Directed by Dominic Stewart
• United Kingdom

• Best Mobile Phone Short

• An Exercise In Perspective

• Directed by Reuben Armstrong
• United Kingdom

• Best Mobile Phone Feature

• Stratagem

• Directed by Rick E. Cutts
• United States

• Best New Actress/Actor

• Romy Clarkson

• Unfiltered
• Directed by Remco Merbis
• United Kingdom

• Best Editing

• Bloodshed: The Story of Battling Nelson v Ad Wolgast

• Directed by Jordan Singleton
• United Kingdom, United States

• Best Cinematography

• Hilbre

• Directed by Monika Koeck
• United Kingdom

• Best Screenwriting

• Legacy

• Written by Chris Williamson
• United Kingdom

• Best Sci-Fi Film

• I Made The Invisible Man

• Directed by Luke Walters
• United Kingdom

• Best Sound Design

• COSMONAUT

• Directed by Rodrigo Santos Silva Rebelo
• Portugal

• Best Feature Script

• Hellgate

• Written by Brendan Patrick Murphy
• Australia

• Best Short Script

• Glove

• Written by Ryan Harewood
• United Kingdom

• Best Super Short Script

• Tell Her

• Written by Fenfen Huang
• United Kingdom

• Best Drama Script

• The Unfortunates: The First Links

• Written by Anna Elizabeth Gant
• United Kingdom

• Best Comedy Script

• It's Cultural

• Written by Jonathan David Reeves
• United Kingdom

• Best Original Script

• CLEMENTINE

• Written by Apple Yang
• United States

• Best Unoptioned Script

• LADY CLIFFORD

• Written by Tatiana Tierney
• Ireland

• Best VFX

• The Dark Following: Fragments of the Past

• Directed by Toby Rawal
• United Kingdom

• Best Web Series

• Heirloom

• Written by Phil Edwards
• United Kingdom

• Best Television Series

• MILLENNIALS

• Directed by Ludovica Lirosi
• Italy

• Best Animation Feature Film

• Diplodocus

• Directed by Wojtek Wawszczyk
• Poland

• Best Animation Short Film

• Loch Ness 1303

• Directed by Joshua Chawner
• United Kingdom

• Best UK Short Film
• HONORABLE MENTION

• I replied with my heart

• Directed by Anita García Rico
• United Kingdom