Winners archive

July 2026

Florence Film Awards

Original results · July 2026

BLUE BUDDHA

syam manohar

United Arab Emirates

Best Picture

(alphabetical order by Film's title)

ANABASIS

Mimi Garrard

United States

Silver Award: Experimental Film

A LIFE WORTH LIVING?

MrVenus

Not Specified

Gold Award: LGBTQ

ABOUT WORTH TAKING

Rome Romanne

United States

Gold Award: Actor

AETERNUM (ETERNAL)

Philippe Verichoux

France

Honorable Mention

AFTER HOURS

Christine Marie Bush

United States

Silver Award Short Script

ANGUISH

Daniel McEwan

United States

Honorable Mention

BABY I WAS HYPNOTIZED - VIDEO

Anindgita Dasgupta

India

Best Music Video

BEAR IN MIND

George Kouvaras

Greece

Gold Award: Super Short Film

BEFORE THE FALL

Pablo Catalan

Spain

Best Short Script

BETWEEN THE SCREENS

Olga Neff

Cyprus

Best Super Short Film

CARBON MEN SALVATION: THE SENATOR'S DILEMMA

Roger James Kuhns

United States

Best Feature FilmBest Original Score

CHOICES

Andrea Ciavatta

San Marino

Best LGBTQ Film

COFFIN DON'T CARE AGE

Jiazheng Mi

China

Best Student Film

COME BACK

Kaihang Ye

China

Gold Award: Student Film

COME THE NIGHTFALL

Tom Michaels

United States

Best Short FilmBest Producer (Joel Hogan)Best DirectorBest Actress (Jade Warwick)Best Actor (Jade Warwick)Gold Award: Original Score (Samuel Joseph Smythe)Gold Award: Sound Design (Maui Holcomb)

COMIN' HOME (VERTICAL)

Allen Brooks

United States

Gold Award: Music Video

DAEMON

Written by Spencer Roberson

United States

Honorable Mention

DEAR VIRGINIA

Karissa Drake

United States

Silver Award Indie Short Film

DROP PROJECT

Written by Paul Millward

United Kingdom

Gold Award: Feature Script

ESEUSEU

Zaya Benazzo & Maurizio Benazzo

Kenya\United States

Best Feature Documentary

ESOTERICA

Thomas Martel

United Kingdom

Gold Award: Thriller

FADE 2 BLACK (LOVE LIFE SURVIVAL)

Clarence Gilmore

United States

Silver Award Drama

FIDO

John Norris Ray & Maria Victoria Sanchez

United States

Best Animated Film

FLO FOX PHOTOGRAPHER NY

Hiroko Okahashi

Not Specified

Gold Award: First Time Director

FRAME

Andrew Akbari

United States

Best Indie Short Film

ICOSAGON

Mimi Garrard

United States

Silver Award Experimental Film

IF I DRINK I DON'T DRIVE

Cosimo Raffaele Solazzo

Italy

Gold Award: Experimental

IL SENSO DELLA VITAE

Cosimo Raffaele Solazzo

Italy

Gold Award: Inspirational Film

INFINITE TIDE

Mimi Garrard

United States

Silver Award: Experimental Film

JANE PHILLIPS (TV PILOT)

Written by Melanie Villines

United States

Silver Award Feature Script

JOYEUX ANNIVERSAIRE

Julien Bourges

France

Silver Award Short Film

KAKEHASHI (THE BRIDGE)

Luke Mazey

United States

Gold Award: Animation

KONGFRONTATION

Ashley Newquist & Eddie Newquist

United States

Gold Award: Short Documentary

LET GO

Louise Bruton

Ireland

Best First Time Director

LINGUISTICS V-LIG-K9293

Jeanne Teveldahl Scott

United States

Honorable Mention

LITTLE DREAM

Anna Hill & Antonio Sciortino

United States

Best Drama

LOOP OF DAYS

Olga Neff

Cyprus

Silver Award: Inspirational Film

LOST SOUL

Samir Ahmed

Egypt

Silver Award: Student Film

LUMI

Olga Neff

Cyprus

Honorable Mention

MR. POLO LOUNGE: A COMEDY PART II

Kevin Michael Irvine

United States

Silver Award: Feature Script

NEMESIS 6

Dustin Ferguson

United States

Gold Award: Feature Film

OBEDIENT

Written by Pablo Catalan

Spain

Gold Award: Short Script

ORION

Ariel Turobiner

United States

Gold Award: Short Film

PAPER PHONE

Ting Li

China

Gold Award: AI Film

PLAGUE LIZARD

Lorenzo West

Canada

Silver Award: Animated Film

QUIMERA

Fernando Corta & Andrés López

Spain

Best Web/Tv Series

REQUIEM

Robert Jones

United States

Silver Award: Short Documentary

ROCKARUMA

A. M. Lockley

United Kingdom

Best Sound Design (Artem Semenov)

SEASON 1 EPISODE 4 -- THE VIGILANTE YELLOW DEATH -- THE 2 MINUTE SHOW

Dik Lee

Canada

Gold Award: Web/Tv Series

SEE THROUGH THE DARKNESS YOUR LIFE MATTERS

Frank X Panico

United States

Silver Award: Feature Documentary

SHEPHERDS

Ashland Thomas

United States

Gold Award: Indie Short Film

SOUTH JERSEY DRIVING ACADEMY

Brian L. Weakland

United States

Silver Award: Comedy

SPIN

Rodrigo Aben-Athar

Brazil

Gold Award: AI Film

STANDING STRONG

Jan-Willem Bult

Netherlands

Gold Award: Producer

THE BORDER

CARLO FUMO

Italy

Gold Award: Student Film

THE EGG

David Colclasure

United States

Silver Award: AI Film

THE ETERNAL LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST

Holger Klussmann

Germany

Silver Award: Inspirational Film

THE GILDEN GUARD

Joanna Farrow

United Kingdom

Gold Award: Fantasy

THE IMPOSSIBLE FRIEND

Kyle Allen & Anders Jay Ravenstad

United States

Best Comedy

THE LAST CALL

Virgo Velasquez

Canada

Best Thriller

THE POWER OF COMPLETION

Gary Mazeffa

United States

Best Experimental FilmBest Fantasy

THE SILVER MIRROR

John M Grace

United States

Best Feature Script

THE SOUND BEHIND THE SOUND

Melissa Blanchard

United States

Silver Award: ComedyGold Award: Actress

THE STREET PASTOR

Ákos Wéninger

Hungary

Gold Award: DirectorGold Award: Feature Documentary

THE VIRGIN CAR THIEF

Written by Bruce Hickey

United States

Gold Award: Feature Script

TYPHOON CLUB

li dongbai

China

Honorable Mention

UNDER THE ICE

John Martin

Canada\South Africa

Best Short DocumentaryBest Inspirational Film

UNHEARD

Michele Brasili

Italy

Best AI FIlm

UNSPOKEN

Catalina Rodriguez

Colombia

Gold Award: Drama

WHAT HOLDS US TOGETHER

Gideon Khachadourian

United States

Silver Award: First Time Director

WHISPERS OF MONTANA

Michelle Lynn Taubman

Unites States

Honorable Mention

WORTH KEEPING

Paul J Mailath

Australia

Silver Award: Super Short Film

WOW!

Steve Barnett

United Kingdom

Gold Award: Comedy