Winners archive

October 2026

Florence Film Awards

Original results · October 2026

"BFF"

Paul Yoshio Steinwachs

Germany

Best Picture

(tie)

LOOK AT ME

Nicolas Clabault

France

Best Picture

(alphabetical order by Film's title)

60 SECOND WARNING

Bryan Hiveley

United States

Best Experimental Film

A DOLLAR STORY

Sheng Qiu

China

Award of Excellence

A SILENT SCREAM

Oliver Granillo

Mexico

Best Drama

AMUCK

T.J. Peters

United States

Best Comedy

ASHERAH: A LOVE ODYSSEY

Gary Joseph Mazeffa

United States

Best ProducerBest DirectorBest Actress (Allyson Vernon)Best Cinematography (Denton Adkinson)Best ScreenplayBest Editing (Jayce Michael Hill)Best Sound Design

ATTORNEY POTAPOV HANDLES A DIVORCE

Written by Vladislav Tensin

Russia

Best Short Script

BLUE VELVET BY JOSH JOVE

steeven A Petitteville

United States

Best Music Video

BOY OUT OF WATER

Zack Van Eyck

United States

Honorable Mention

BURNING THE MILES

Christopher Covarrubias

United States

Best Feature DocumentaryBest ProducerBest DirectorBest Cinematography (Antoine Prevost)

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE! (WORKING TITLE)

Paul Cartwright

United States

Honorable Mention

BEATRICE THE LADY

Written by Paula McCool

United Kingdom

Award of Excellence

CAGNEY AND HOOCH 2: STAKEOUT FAKEOUT

John Altobello III & Lee Barron

United States

Best Web/Tv Series

CODE OF HONOR

Michael Lassiter

United States

Special Jury Prize

DATE ME

Sheida Kermani

United States

Best Indie Feature Film

DCS: SKY INFERNO

J.P. Ferré

France

Honorable Mention

DJINN

Written by Matthew Karram

United States

Honorable Mention

DOG DAY

David Bonneville

Portugal

Honorable Mention

DOUBLE CHANCE DINER

Angelos Bastis

Germany

Best First Time DirectorBest Student Film

DOUBLE PAYDAY

Taro Donatella

Germany

Best Action

EVERYONE'S INVITED

Austin Castanon

United States

Honorable Mention

FIFTY

Amr Elnahla

United States

Award of Excellence

FOFITO: THE MOVIE

Rodolfo Barrientos Boza

Costa Rica

Best Feature Film

GAY BODY OF MUSIC

Daniel Beliavsky

United States

Best Short Documentary

HAMLET

Brett Harrison

Canada

Best Actor

HEAD WOUND

Written by Paul Corricelli

United States

Award of Excellence

HYAKKI YAGYŌ | Tower of 100 Demons

James Mitchell

Canada

Award of Excellence

HYPNOSI SEMANTICA

Federico DECA De Caroli

Italy

Special Jury Prize

I CUSTODI DEL TEMPO L'ULTIMO RECORD

Flavio Cammerano

Italy

Honorable Mention

IF IT WERE NOT FOR OTHERS I WOULD NOT BE ALIVE

Desirée Faust

United Kingdom

Honorable Mention

KALEIDOSCOPE EYES - A LEGACY IN STAINED GLASS - DIRECTOR'S CUT

Rob Harari & Harry Kafka

United States

Special Jury Prize

LENNY - THE LUCKY PUP

Narinder Matharu

United Kingdom

Honorable Mention

LIFE INTERRUPTED

Jeff Reynolds

United States

Best Actor

MAKHAIRA

Mauricio De la Maza-Benignos & Sofía Díaz Garza

Mexico

Honorable Mention

NEXT YEAR

Guto Barra & Peter DiMario

United States

Honorable Mention

OF MICE AND HUMANS

Writer Gini Graham Scott

United States

Award of Excellence

OFF THE RECORD

Abigail Cox

United States

Best Thriller

ONLY THE WHITES OF OUR EYES

Jeno Hodi

Hungary

Best Short Film

OUR HERO

Written by Tom Rivers

United Kingdom

Award of Excellence

REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (PROD. LAMIA) OFFICIAL VIDEO

Eleanor Mary Griffiths (LAMIA)

United Kingdom

Best Original Song

RICHARD

Vaughan Douglass Capstick

United Kingdom

Special Jury Prize

RUNNING ON FAITH MUSIC VIDEO

Marilyn Swick

United States

Best Original Song (Marilyn Swick & Tony Noyes)

SHARDS

Asya Chernomzav

Czechia

Best Student FilmBest Cinematography (Leonid Ruga)

TAINTED SKIN

Sheldon Thompson

United States

Best Horror

TEXAS IS CALLING

Daniel Ramos

United States

Special Jury Prize

THE COLLECTION

Adam Tajdin Valu

United Kingdom

Best AI FIlm

THE GRIFFIN

Cadmo Oliver Quintero

Germany

Honorable Mention

THE HUNT - THE CHAMPIONS OF KHAR'MUD

Vincent Perez

Spain

Special Jury Prize

THE LAST CHOIR

Written by Tom Rivers

United Kingdom

Best Feature Script

THE MACHINE FOR ENTANGLING LANDSCAPES

Santiago ECHEVERRY & Etty YANIV

United States

Special Jury Prize

THE PILGRIM

T. F. Pruden

Canada

Best Indie Short Film

THE WATCHERS / WIR SCHAUEN

Olaf Lenz

Germany

Best Original Score

TIC & TAC (ONT ALZHEIMER) / CHIP & DALE (GOT ALZHEIMER'S)

François Le Guen

France

Best Comedy

TO BELONG. A DOCUMENTARY

Juan Felipe Bohorquez

Ecuador

Honorable Mention

TOUCHING COLOURS

Linda M James

United Kingdom

Special Jury Prize

VAKHTANG GORGASALI

Levani Shalolashvili

Austria

Honorable Mention

WORM DAY

Kate Hyunseo Lee

United States

Best Super Short Film

WRINKLED COLLAR

Abigail Espinal-Andrade

United States

Best LGBTQ Film