Winners archive

May 2026

Florence Film Awards

Original results · May 2026

THE BLACK PEARL

Gaultier Barra

France

Best PictureBest ProducerBest DirectorBest Actor (Gaultier Barra)Best ScreenplayBest EditingBest Original Score (Paul Baptista)Gold Award: Actress (Florence O'Brien)

(alphabetical order by Film's title)

(AI) MICHELANGELO - I AM THE STONE

Shmuel Magal

Israel

Silver Award: AI Film

A RIBBON

Ahmad Yahia Riad

Egypt

Silver Award: First Time Director

ABNORMAL FIXATION: "DER GEIST"

John Kenneth Muir & Tony Mercer

United States

Gold Award: ActressGold Award: Screenplay

AMERICA I CAN'T BREATHE (SHORT FILM / VIDEO)

Corey Brown

United States

Silver Award: Music VideoGold Award: Original Song

ANGELI IN VOLO TRA LE FIAMME

Flavio Cammerano

Italy

Best Short Documentary

APRIL SHOWERS

Stephen Dryer

United Kingdom

Best Animated Film

BEFORE DALLAS

Vito Brancato

United States

Gold Award: Feature Film

"C" IS FOR CHERRY

Francesco Piro

Italy

Gold Award: Short Documentary

CHLOROPHYTUM

Rita Pasqualoni

Italy

Gold Award: Editing (Nicola Fabbi)

CHOOSING SEPARATION

Nick Fuller

United Kingdom

Gold Award: Indie Short Film

CONSTELLATIONS OF THE SEA

Addie Akina Knoll

United States

Best Student Film

CRAZY HORSE

Michele Iovine

United States

Gold Award: Feature Script

DIGITAL DETOX

iCLIC Collective

Italy

Silver Award: Short Film

DOR

Bob Banday Shryock

United States

Best DramaBest Actress (Meagan Mouton)Silver Award: DirectorSilver Award: Screenplay (Bob Banday Shryock)

ECHOES OF THE ETHER ACT 2 - TEMPORAL LUMINANCE

Walter Holland

United States

Best Music VideoBest Original Song

FARMING WITHOUT HARMING 2

Sorin Pavelesco

Canada

Silver Award: Feature Documentary

FINDING ATLANTIS

Written by Zack Van Eyck

United States

Silver Award: Feature Script

FIVE FLIGHTS

Daryl Denner

United States

Gold Award: LGBTQ

FLUX (THE FILM)

Greg L. Hines

Stephen C. Sebastiao

Lamond Williams

United States

Gold Award: Horror

GOOD DAY

Patrick C Clinton

United States

Gold Award: Drama

I'D RATHER REMAIN CAGED

Written by Greg Chen

United States

Silver Award: Short Script

INTO YOUR SOUL

Katsuhide Yamago

Japan

Best Short FilmGold Award: Actor (Yoshinobu Oohara)

KITTY GET A JOB SKETCH COMEDY PILOT

Chris Calliope Jadallah

United States

Best Web/Tv Series

KRIS AND HOLLY

KJ Baker

United States

Gold Award: First Time Director

LAST SUPPER

Sonny Corona III

United States

Silver Award: Indie Feature Film

MADRID GRAFFITI. ORIGINS

Francisco Reyes

Spain

Honorable Mention

MAFIA DADDIES

Dianna M Ippolito

United States

Best Indie Short Film

NOTHING TO SEE HERE: WATTS

Michael Soenen

United States

Best Feature Documentary Best Experimental FilmSilver Award: Original Score (Stix Bailey)Gold Award: ProducerGold Award: Director

ONLOOKER

Stephen Love

United States

Best First Time DirectorBest LGBTQ FilmGold Award: Original Score (Rafael Vieira)

OPEN UNTIL

Marky Hugh

Canada

Silver Award: Drama

REVELATIONS

Matt Winters

United States

Best Super Short Film

SAME SKY DIFFERENT LIVES - A STORY ABOUT GIVING

Nicolas Anastasakis

Greece

Silver Award: Short Documentary

SEARCH HISTORY

Daniel Carley

Ireland

Silver Award: Indie Short Film

SEASON 1 EPISODE 2 -- CAVE MAN 2000 -- THE 2 MINUTE SHOW

Dik Lee

United States

Silver Award: Super Short Film

SHIFT+COMMAND+B(ODIES)

Mimi Garrard

United States

Silver Award: Experimental Film

SHORELINE

Written by Aaron Huckleberry

Spain

Best Feature Script

STOP FORCING

Derek Yang

Australia

Silver Award: Original SongGold Award: Music Video

SYNCED WITH YOU

Aadarsh Subramani

Australia\ Fiji

Silver Award: ActorGold Award: Short Film

TATTOO ODSSEY

Written by Mark John Alden

United States

Gold Award: Short Script

TEXAS RHAPSODY

Taylor Stanley

United States

Best Feature Film

THAT “L” WORD

Wolf Bukowski & Clemencia Macias

United States

Gold Award: Super Short Film

THE BLACK SMOKE OF PREDICTION...

Damir dado Šuša

Croatia

Silver Award: Animated Film

THE DIGITIZER

Chris Jadallah

United States

Best Horror

THE DREAM WEAVER: WALKERS OF THE WAKING WORLD

Eric Lotter

United States

Silver Award: Short Script

THE LEAF-A-TEERS

Stephen Hessel

United States

Best AI FIlmGold Award: Animation

THE PHONE

Maggie Grant

United States

Silver Award: Actress

THE STAGE MANAGER

Abhayjeet Bhangu

Canada

Gold Award: Student Film

THE TRANSITION OF Z

Darren & Abi Jasper

Australia

Gold Award: Indie Feature Film

THE WOMAN ON THE TABLE | FRAGMENTS EP. 3

James G. Maynard

United States

Gold Award: Web/Tv Series

TIMBERLAND AI VIDEO

Soslan Chekhoev & Alexander Zarshchikov

United States

Gold Award: AI Film

UKRAINE / BALTIC NATIONS: 80 YEARS LATER

Tom Jüri Mae & Reet Mae

Canada

Gold Award: Feature Documentary

VIOLET

Derek Yang

Australia

Best Indie Feature Film

VOICES FROM WITHIN

Varoujan Froundjian

Lebanon

Gold Award: Experimental

WHISPER IN THE CORN

Thomas Hauser

Not Specified

Best Short Script