INTERNATIONAL
GOLD AWARDS
Winners archiveApril 2026

INTERNATIONAL GOLD AWARDS / OFFICIAL WINNERS

April 2026

The awarded films, projects and filmmakers of this edition.

35AWARDED PROJECTS

01 / SPECIAL RECOGNITION

FEATURED WINNER

THE ERROR: BEYOND ALGORITHM

Dongkwan Kim

South Korea

  • Best Picture

02 / COMPLETE ARCHIVE

The winners A–Z.

ALPHABETICAL BY FILM TITLE
34 titles in the alphabetical directory

A

Alessandro Orlandi

Camilla Martini

Italy

  • Gold Award: Animation
  • POP LIES

C

CARPE DIEM

Armen Zilic

United States

  • Silver Award: Student Film

CHOICES

Andrea Ciavatta

San Marino

  • Gold Award: LGBTQ

D

DEATH KNOCKED THREE TIMES

Michael Trachiotis

United States

  • Best Horror

DO FISH GET THE BENDS?

Written by Kathryn Robinson

United Kingdom

  • Honorable Mention

E

ECHOES OF SILENCE

Dallas Hanson

United States

  • Best Thriller

EMPATHY REHEARSALS

Jacopo Cullin

Italy

  • Silver Award: Short Film

ENEMY HEROES

Mark Diamond

United States

  • Honorable Mention

ESCAPE TO ALCATRAZ

Written by Eugene Hattingh

United States

  • Gold Award: Feature Script

EX PARTE CROW DOG

Christopher Manydeeds

United States

  • Silver Award: Feature Script

F

FROZEN LIES

Eric R Lotter

United States

  • Best Feature Script

G

GREEN MEANS GO

Dallas Hanson

United States

  • Best Short Film

I

IN PASSING

Lucas Nasu Nielsen & Ben Taylor

Canada

  • Best Student Film

INNOCENCE LOST

Michael Trachioits

United States

  • Best LGBTQ

J

Jagger Cardinale

Jessica Tamari

United States

  • Gold Award: Student Film
  • ON AIR
  • Sophia Voicu

Jagger Cardinale

Jessica Tamari

United States

  • Best Experimental
  • Best Director
  • SECOND SKIN
  • Sophia Voicu

O

OUR BLAZE

Xinyue Wang

China

  • Gold Award: Short Film

P

PALACE PIZZA

Written by  Eric Lotter

United States

  • Silver Award: Feature Script

R

RUN DOWNTOWN

Damir Mrkulic

United States

  • Gold Award: Thriller

S

SCARLET

Alejandro Carbajal

United States

  • Gold Award: Drama

SEAPER POWERS THE RESCUE FEATURE FILM

Kim Cameron

United States

  • Best Animation
  • Gold Award: Original Score

SHELTERED SPACES

Danny Cotton

United Kingdom

  • Gold Award: Short Film
  • Best Drama
  • Gold Award: Director
  • Best Original Score (Liam Ramsker)
  • Gold Award: Editing (Danny Cotton)

SI IF 2

Mimi Garrard

United States

  • Silver Award: Experimental

SOME TIME LATER...

Oliver de la Harpe

Canada

  • Gold Award: Super Short Film

SOMETIMES IT ISN'T EVEN WORTH GETTING OUT OF BED

Mark W

United Kingdom

  • Silver Award: Super Short Film

T

TEN FOR TN

Geoffrey Gould

United States

  • Gold Award: Horror

THE DANCE OF VEILS

Miguel Raymond

Canada

  • Best Super Short Film

THE HEALER

Written by Gini Graham Scott

United States

  • Silver Award: Feature Script

THE SEA AND SHE

Tyler Shortt

United States

  • Best Student Film

TWO STEPS

Nita Pednekar

United States

  • Silver Award: Drama

U

ULTIMA NOTTE

Andrea Santoro

Italy

  • Best Editing (Nicola Fabbi)

V

VENICE - THE THINGS OF A LOVE

Mario Roccato

Italy

  • Gold Award: Experimental

VIRAL

David Andrew Tybor

United States

  • Gold Award: Short Film

W

WHAT LIGHT REMAINS

Remco Merbis

United Kingdom

  • Gold Award: Short Film