Winners archive

April 2026

Florence Film Awards

Original results · April 2026

THE ERROR: BEYOND ALGORITHM

Dongkwan Kim

South Korea

Best Picture

(alphabetical order by Film's title)

A L O N E

Written by Shaun J Guzman

United States

Honorable Mention

A SONG OF STAR

Silver AwardCT 1 - TEMPORAL LUMINANCE

Walter Holland

United States

Best Music Video

AEGEAN LOVE

May Liu

United States

Silver Award: Director

AFTER EVERYONE LEFT

Kimmy Jiang

Canada

Best Animated Film

ANCHOR ME: THE DON MCGLASHAN STORY

Shirley Horrocks

New Zealand

Best Feature Documentary

ARMANDE 1968

Mac Escalante

United States

Silver Award: Indie Short Film

ASTROLOGY FOR GODDESSES

Written by Zack Van Eyck

United States

Gold Award: Feature Script

BEFORE IT STARTED

David Desotelle

United States

Best Indie Short FilmBest First Time Director

BROKEN EXILES

Mimi Garrard

United States

Silver Award: Experimental Film

CALL ME JOE

Franco Ceredi

Italy

Best Feature FilmBest Director

CARPE DIEM

Armen Zilic

United States

Silver Award: Indie Short Film

CHERRY TREE AND VALHALLA

Written by Mark John Alden

United States

Best Short Script

CLOUD ZERO

Written by Julie Lilly-Belote, Michael Schultz & Duane Humeyestewa

United States

Silver Award: Feature Script

CORPORATE PROPHET

Jamie Hull-Greenwood

United Kingdom

Silver Award: Short Documentary

DEATH KNOCKED THREE TIMES

Michael Trachiotis

United States

Silver Award: Horror

DEMO TAPE

Quan Nicholson

Brandon Lee

United States

Honorable Mention

ECHI

Simone De Cenzo

Italy

Honorable Mention

EMPATHY REHEARSALS

Jacopo Cullin

Italy

Silver Award: Drama

EMPATHY REHEARSALS

Jacopo Cullin

Italy

Gold Award: Drama

ENEMY HEROES

Mark Diamond

United States

Silver Award: Animated Film

ERROR 707

Christopher M Saar

United States

Silver Award: Super Short Film

FIDDLESTICKS

William Danton

United States

Best Original SongGold Award: Music Video

I HAVE A GUN

Pawan Kumar Chouhan

United States

Gold Award: Horror

MAN IN OVERCOAT VERSION TWO

Mimi Garrard

United States

Gold Award: Experimental

MEET ME ON A ROCK

Marie Bryan

Ireland

Gold Award: Student Film

MON RÊVE FAMILIER. A POEM BY PAUL VERLAINE.

Varoujan Froundjian

United States

Best Experimental Film

MONTANA GRIND

Danilo dos Reis

United States

Gold Award: Feature Documentary

NOTHING TO SEE HERE: WATTS

Michael Soenen

United States

Silver Award: Feature DocumentarySilver Award: DirectorGold Award: Original Score

POSERS (2026) PILOT EPISODE

Rob Tode

United States

Best Web/Tv SeriesGold Award: Actress (LauraLove Tode)

SEAPER POWERS THE RESCUE FEATURE FILM

Kim Cameron

United States

Gold Award: Animation

SEASON 2 EPISODE 4 BACCALA THE 2 MINUTE SHOW

Dik Lee

Not Specified

Gold Award: Super Short Film

SHADOWS OF THE STORM

Eric Lotter

Not Specified

Silver Award: Feature Script

SHARK LAKE

Jackson Bicknell

United States

Best LGBTQ FilmBest Short Film

SO YOU WANT TO STEAL A KIDNEY

Kristen Falso-Capaldi

United States

Best Comedy

SOME TIME LATER...

Oliver de la Harpe

Canada

Best Super Short Film

SPIRIT OF THE ROLLER-BOOT

Written by Hannah Claire Richardson

United Kingdom

Gold Award: Short Script

STILL LOVE YOU

Hsu Chien

Brazil

Gold Award: LGBTQ

STREETZ KEEP CALLIN' ME

Andretti D Lott

United States

Silver Award: Feature Film

TEN FOR TN

Geoffrey Gould

United States

Silver Award: Comedy

THE BURNING ROOM

Bill Albert

United States

Silver Award: Indie Short Film

THE GOD OF DELAY | MORTAL COIL EP. 3 (DICE & DESTINY MYTHOS)

James G. Maynard

United States

Gold Award: Web/Tv Series

THE HEALER

Gini Graham Scott

United States

Honorable Mention

THE INSPIRATION FOR A CONFETTI STORM - FROM STUDIO TO STAGE.

Susan Mey Lee Lim

Samudra Kajal Saikia

Singapore

Best Short DocumentaryBest Original Score (Joi Barua & Manu Martin)Gold Award: DirectorGold Award: Original Song (Joi Barua, Susan Lim & Confetti Storm)

THE KESSLER REPORT

Written by Julie Lilly Belote, Paul Beckwith

United States

Honorable Mention

THE RED BOOK

Kyprianos Dimosthenous

Cyprus

Gold Award: Short Film

THE SAINT'S CODE

Patrizia Iuliucci

United States

Silver Award: Short Film

THE SAMURAI GHOST AND MS. JONES

Nancee LaFayette

Japan

Best Feature ScriptHonorable Mention

THE SEA AND SHE

Tyler Shortt

United States

Gold Award: First Time Director

THE SOUND OF LEAVES

Brendan Berkowitz

United States

Best Student Film

THE STAR SEEKER

Suzanne Lutas

French Polynesia

Silver Award: Feature Script

TRIPTYCH OF THE UNSEEN

Rita Ad

Spain

Silver Award: First Time DirectorGold Award: Indie Short Film

USTICA - IL VOLO DEL SILENZIO

Flavio Cammerano

Italy

Gold Award: Short Documentary

VICTORIA

Gabriele Tacchi

Italy

Gold Award: Feature Film

VIRAL

David Andrew Tybor

United States

Best Horror

WAITING: UPDATE

Kostiantyn Mishchenko

United States

Silver Award: Short Script

WHAT LIGHT REMAINS

Remco Merbis

United Kingdom

Best Drama

WHY WE CRY

Nadine Coulson

United Kingdom

Best Actress (Nadine Coulson)