2026

July 2026

Award Recipients

Best Screenplay

The Friend

LINDA PALLOTTA

Italy

Best Film About Sicily

Occhi Novi - New Eyes -

Gero Miceli

Italy

Best First Time Director

Occhi Novi - New Eyes -

Gero Miceli

Italy

Best Sicilian Film

L'INFILTRATO - Regia di Fabio Vario

Fabio Vario

Italy

Best Experimental Film

HELIX

John L Lambert

United States

Honorable Mention

the passion flower

Cristian Benaglio

Italy

Best Music Video

100 Miles

Ian Truitner

Portugal

Honorable Mention

Chaton - We Are Invincible (Official Music Video)

Marcus CB Soori

United States

Best Short Documentary

I Had A Dream

Branko Popchevski

North Macedonia

Honorable Mention

Danila the craftsman

Stanislav Schubert

Russian Federation

Honorable Mention

Radici Terra Piante - Il vivaismo di Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea

Graziano Molino

Italy

Best Feature Documentary

A BEAST TOUCH THE MOUNTAIN: Mountain Valley Pipeline and the Fight for Appalachia

James Mottern

United States

Honorable Mention

Anguane, Songlines Of Water

Giovanni Pellegrini

Italy

Honorable Mention

Menopause Fitness Journey

Christina Rondeau

United States

Honorable Mention

Small accent

Valeria Manna

Honorable Mention

Children in Exile

Christopher Swider

United States

Honorable Mention

Chapter XIII

Iris Concetta Lombardo

Italy

Best Short Film

CASUS

William Eguienta

France

Honorable Mention

Art Time

Rich Adams

United States

Honorable Mention

Cambio vita

Ettore Zito

Italy

Honorable Mention

The arancini thief

Felice Maria Corticchia

Italy

Honorable Mention

Bella mia

Franco Carlisi

Italy

Selected Films