Winners January 2026 – World Film Festival in Cannes

Main categories

Additional categories

World Mosaic Categories

Music Categories

Screenwriting Categories

Main categories

1Best Animal Award

My Sweet Paro - Remembering a Matriarch
BY Suryoday Singh Mann
(India)

2Best Animation Film

IN THE CAR
BY Patrick Kwon
(South Korea)

3Best Artificial Intelligence Film

RED DOT
BY GYUMIN KIM
(South Korea)

4Best Behind the Scenes

Stonewall - the making of
BY Talya Lotan
(Israel)

5Best Biographical Feature Film

Permission: Fr. Bob Bedard's Vision for the Church
BY Kevin Dunn
(Canada)

6Best Cause-Driven Film

PICK UP
BY Idil Hermansen
(Australia)

7Best Dance Film

UNBROKEN: A Shen Yun Story
BY Fiona Young
(United States)

8Best Documentary Feature

Beyond the Genocide
BY Zion Sulaiman MUKASa Matovu
(Rwanda, Uganda)

9Best Documentary Short

Love. [nonfiction] - Episode One: Soulmates.
BY Evie Joy
(United States)

10Best Drama Film

The Thai Interpreter
BY Christopher Gosch
(United States)

11Best Educational Film

Pathway to Hope with Jane Clayson Johnson
BY Chantelle Squires
(United States)

12Best Experimental Film

dreaMotion
BY Naama Chen-Abadi
(Israel)

13Best Futuristic Film

Dark Skies, Hot Planet, Cool Gaze
BY Barry Vacker
(United States)

14Best Humanitarian Film (Feature)

Pathway to Hope with Jane Clayson Johnson
BY Chantelle Squires
(United States)

15Best Indie Feature (low budget)

MAGDALA
BY Gérard André ROMBI
(France)

16Best Indie Short (low budget)

Pomodoro
BY Vangeli
(United States)

17Best Inspirational Film

MAGGIE MAGIC FINGERS
BY Jennifer Smith
(United States)

18Best Mobile Phone Film (Feature)

The Werewolf in the Waves
BY Soleil Moon Frye
(United States)

19Best Musical Film

Art officially intelligence
BY Stephen P. Emery
(Canada)

20Best Narrative Feature Film

The Thai Interpreter
BY Christopher Gosch
(United States)

21Best Narrative Short Film

The Race
BY Zoran Pribičević
(Croatia)

22Best Nature-Wildlife Film

Yellowstone Wild through Time
BY Carol J. Amore
(United States)

23Best Psychological Film

The End.
BY Syd Whalen
(Canada)

25Best Social Justice (Feature)

LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH
BY Valerie Ann Goodloe
(United States)

26Best Social Justice (Short)

PICK UP
BY Idil Hermansen
(Australia)

27Best Spiritual-Mystical Film

Angels - They Are Amongst Us
BY ROBERT BENJAMIN
(South Africa)

28Best Student Film

The Distance Between Us
BY Bastián Urra
(Spain)

29Best Super Short Film

The ConjuReba
BY Scott Magid
(United States)

30Best Thriller-Suspense Film

Industry Vigilante
BY Nyri
(United States)

31Best Trailer

High Moon
BY Sean Bridges
(United States)

32Best True Story

The Werewolf in the Waves
BY Soleil Moon Frye
(United States)

33Best Web-TV Pilot

Love. [nonfiction] - Episode Two: Write Your Own Story
BY Evie Joy
(United States)

34Best Weird-WTF Film

Ekskynt Lompakko (Lost Wallet)
BY Peter New
(Canada)

35Best Women Film

PICK UP
BY Idil Hermansen
(Australia)

Additional categories

36Best Director Documentary Feature-2

Fiona Young
FOR UNBROKEN: A Shen Yun Story
(United States)

38Best Director Indie Short-2

Art Davis
FOR Blick Ohne Worte
(Germany)

39Best Director Short Film-2

Idil Hermansen
FOR PICK UP
(Australia)

40Best Editing-2

William Sarris
FOR Yellowstone Wild through Time
(United States)

41Best Female Director Feature Film-2

Soleil Moon Frye
FOR The Werewolf in the Waves
(United States)

42Best Female Director Short Film-2

Filipa Martins
FOR The Reminder
(Portugal)

43Best First Time Filmmaker (Feature)-2

Gérard André ROMBI
FOR MAGDALA
(France)

44Best First Time Filmmaker (Short)-2

Andras Palatinus
FOR Day 627
(Hungary)

World Mosaic Categories

The Werewolf in the Waves
BY Soleil Moon Frye
(United States)

The Werewolf in the Waves
BY Soleil Moon Frye
(United States)

Music Categories

46Best Music Video

Mr Casual
BY Jazzie Young, Shelby Parks Parks
(United States)

48Best Song

Why Say Sorry?
BY Matthew Blakemore
(United Kingdom)

Screenwriting Categories

49Best 1st Time Screenwriter – Feature

WINGS
BY Maja Pavic
(Croatia)

50Best 1st Time Screenwriter – Short

Braver Than The Storm
BY Asia Charice Schmidt, Zoe Grace Schmidt
(United States)

51Best Action Script

ATTU
BY John Norris Ray
(United States)

52Best Animation Script

WINGS
BY Maja Pavic
(Croatia)

53Best Biographical Script

SKY KING
BY ROBBY GADSBY
(United States)

54Best Comedy Script

10 Reasons Why I'm a Bad Idea
BY Sam Speron
(United States)

55Best Drama Script

The Great Storm
BY Lorenda Kirves Wyant
(United States)

56Best Family-Children Script

WINGS
BY Maja Pavic
(Croatia)

57Best Feature Script

Stupid Dead Boy
BY Alex Vickery-Howe
(Australia)

58Best Horror Script

Daemon
BY Tory Tiano
(United States)

59Best Inspirational Script

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
BY Monte Albers de Leon
(United States)

60Best Original Script

Shoot!
BY Jeramiah Chandler Jones
(United States)

61Best Sci-Fi Script

Daemon
BY Tory Tiano
(United States)

62Best Screenwriter of the Future

Stupid Dead Boy
BY Alex Vickery-Howe
(Australia)

63Best Series Pilot Script

Under the Bridge
BY Terence Eugene Pittman
(United States)

64Best Short Script

East London Western
BY George Cameron Gifkins
(United Kingdom)

65Best Social Justice Script

Mathematical Mermaid
BY Sandra Fox-Sohner, Maria Kaur Bedi
(United States)

66Best Television Script

The Velinsk Experiment
BY Mariana Salvati
(United States)

67Best True Story Script

The Great Storm
BY Lorenda Kirves Wyant
(United States)

68⁠Best Web Series Script

Oh Dear, Oliver!
BY Diana Barbosa
(United States)

69Best Women Script

Mathematical Mermaid
BY Sandra Fox-Sohner, Maria Kaur Bedi
(United States)

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