INTERNATIONAL
GOLD AWARDS
Winners archiveSeptember 2026

INTERNATIONAL GOLD AWARDS / OFFICIAL WINNERS

September 2026

The awarded films, projects and filmmakers of this edition.

32AWARDED PROJECTS

01 / SPECIAL RECOGNITION

FEATURED WINNER

THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS MEMORIES

Syam Manohar

United Arab Emirates

  • Best Picture

02 / COMPLETE ARCHIVE

The winners A–Z.

ALPHABETICAL BY FILM TITLE
31 titles in the alphabetical directory

A

A MEANS TO AN END

Kris Daxesh Patel

United States

  • Best Short Film

AN EVENING WITH JENS JENSEN

Roger James Kuhns

United States

  • Gold Award: Indie Feature Film
  • Gold Award: Actor

B

BFF

Paul Yoshio Steinwachs

Germany

  • Gold Award: AI Animated Film

BLUE BUDDHA

syam manohar

United Arab Emirates

  • Best AI Film

C

CH LA RECCHIA - OPEN YOUR EARS WIDE

Diego Monfredini

Italy

  • Honorable Mention

CSI: CRUMB SCENE INVESTIGATION

Annarie Boor

United Kingdom

  • Silver Award: Indie Short Film

D

DANCING ON THE EDGE

Ruedi Leuthold & Beat Bieri

Switzerland

  • Best Feature Documentary

DEAD SURE (SCREENPLAY)

Written by Melanie Villines

United States

  • Best Feature Script

DEADLY SHADOWS

Written by Toneata Leona Martocchio

United States

  • Gold Award: Feature Script

DISSOLUTION

Mimi Garrard

Not Specified

  • Best Experimental

DOTS VITAL

Mimi Garrard

United States

  • Silver Award: Experimental

DROPLET-FILM

Manish Shrivastav

India

  • Silver Award: AI Animated Film

E

EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR

Joseph Rossi

Canada

  • Gold Award: Indie Short Film

F

FINDING ATLANTIS

Written by Zack Van Eyck

United States

  • Gold Award: Feature Script

FLORA

Beto Oliveira

Brazil

  • Gold Award: Feature Film

G

GAMED THE SYSTEM

Lennie Graves

United States

  • Honorable Mention

L

LA TENEREZZA DEL SERPENTE - THE SERPENT'S CARESS

Samantha Casella

Italy

  • Best Director
  • Best Actress

N

NEW YORK NEW YORK

Erick Del Aguila

Brazil\Germany\Netherlands\Peru\Spain\United States

  • Silver Award: Short Film

NO EXPECTATIONS

Bob Jones

United States

  • Best Feature Film

O

ONLY THE WHITES OF OUR EYES

Jeno Hodi

Hungary

  • Gold Award: Indie Short Film

P

POLICE STORY

Bob Jones

United States

  • Gold Award: Super Short Film

S

SET IN STONE

Sinisa Grahovac

Serbia

  • Silver Award: AI Film

SHOWDOWN IN SECRET CITY

Vinnie Vineyard & Luke Walker

United States

  • Best Indie Feature Film
  • Gold Award: Director
  • Gold Award: Actress (Kandi Thompson)
  • Best Actor (Travis Graves)

SWEET REVENGE

Written by Gini Graham Scott

United States

  • Silver Award: Feature Script

T

THE GIFT OF THE SEA

Syam Manohar

United Arab Emirates

  • Gold Award: AI Film

THE NEGRO MOTHER

Keith A Thompson

United States

  • Silver Award: Super Short Film

THE PERFECT COCKTAIL

Reuben Fietje

New Zealand

  • Best Indie Short Film
  • Gold Award: Short Film

THE SESSION

Tom Lovegrin

United States

  • Best Super Short Film

TLL YAHDA: TO MAKE IT RIGHT

Zaya Benazzo & Maurizio Benazzo

United States

  • Gold Award: Feature Documentary

W

WITCH3Z

Mimi Garrard

United States

  • Gold Award: Experimental

Y

YOLK: THE ROSWELL SEED

Soegimitro BOOM

Indonesia

  • Best AI Animated Film