2026 AWARDS
Congratulations to all our nominees! Winners are noted in bold.
BEST DESIGN ELEMENTS
The Tensile Strength of Air
Belly Button - Chapter 2 Mezcal
Space Hustler
The Wilted Flower
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Tensile Strength of Air
Belly Button - Chapter 2 Mezcal
ABEL
No Clean Hammer
BEST ACTOR
Irfan Kasumović, No Clean Hammer
Maximin Clement, Bored
Mike Green, The Antidote
BEST ACTRESS
Jacqui Touchet, Judgment Day
Jessica Dean Turner, The Tensile Strength of Air
Jessica ‘Red’ Bays, Here To Help
Cassie Kramer, Hot Water
Lori Allen Thomas, In the Realm of the Heart
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Eanna O'Dowd, The Hitchhiker
Eric Burns, No Clean Hammer
Joseph Rodgers, Bored
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Han Numinen, Here To Help
Stephanie T. Keefer, In the Realm of the Heart
Phyllis Griffin, The Tensile Strength of Air
BEST DIRECTOR
Brent L. Butler, No Clean Hammer
Hayley Pellow, Judgment Day
Danielle Dougé, Sing a Black Girl Song
Miles Gunter, Cassie Kramer, Hot Water
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
No Clean Hammer
Judgment Day
Hot Water
BEST DOCUMENTARY (Short-form)
ABEL
Belly Button - Chapter 2 Mezcal
Marimar's Story
BEST DOCUMENTARY (Long-form)
Nasty: The Battle After the Mission
Surviving Zendik Farm
Saying Goodbye
BEST TEEN FILMMAKER
Eighteen
The Hitchhiker
Corners of Girlhood
SPIRIT OF OAK PARK AWARD
Be the People
HONORABLE MENTION: MUSIC VIDEO
Space Hustler
HONORABLE MENTION: ANIMATION
Sewer Pigs Declare War on London!
