Performance Nominations: April-May 2026

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PRODUCTION NOMINATIONS

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GENRE NOMINATIONS

Best Female Director

Joslyn Rose for The Listeners (USA)

Makenna Perkal for Five Things to Love (USA)

Olivia Ormond for Call Me Crazy (USA)

Tamara Lisa Cook for Savannah’s Curse (Australia)

Vera Graziadei for Ivanko’s Childhood (UK)

Best Male Director

Adam Pine for Another Day in New York (USA)

Julian Kleinert and Amélie Siegmund for 2 (Tu:) (Germany/USA)

Malhar Abhijit Talwalkar for Body Count (USA)

Met Kid Hao for Love & Sugar (France)

Ralph Owen Bloemers for The Ground We Keep (USA)

Best Student Female Director

Carly Brand for Nice Jewish Girl (Australia)

Cathy Ellington for Overlooked: A Silent Extinction (UK)

Lucia Bellini for Together Forever At Last (USA)

Milla Martha Kime for Small Flowers (Australia)

Soumya Kumar for Incredulity (USA)

Best Student Male Director

Luis Briceño for Fleeting (USA)

Martin Carter Scholl for Two Envelopes (USA)

Michael Anthony Carter for Baby Boy (USA)

Sam Zheng for Flora (USA)

Yinhan (Louis) Zu for Mapo Tofu (USA)

Best First Time Female Director

Ciara Naughton and Kurstin Moser for The Way Things Used 2 B (USA)

Julie Goldstone for 1020 (USA)

Juliet Colyer for You Don’t Say (USA)

Morgan Marcell for Half (USA)

Qinghua Wen for Mother (China/USA)

Best First Time Male Director

Daniel Kyle Mccartney for One Of One (USA)

Jeremy Greenberg for Stretched Thin (USA)

John Laww for MerryGo (USA)

Robert Michalke for Elle (Switzerland)

Tyler Orsak for Prospero (USA)

Best Young Female Filmmaker

TBA

Best Young Male Filmmaker

TBA

Best Actress

Ally Maki for 1020 (USA)

Juliette Cecile for Flora (USA)

Makenna Perkal for Five Things to Love (USA)

Olivia Ormond for Call Me Crazy (USA)

Zoe Lam for Peony Fever (USA)

Best Actor

Antonio Rosello for We Are Not the Same (Panama)

David Winning for The Mid Life Crisis (USA)

Lutece for Love & Sugar (France)

Maciej Bartoszewski for The Porcelain Doll (USA)

Trever Riney for When The Moon Goes Down (USA)

Best Supporting Actor

Kyle Mac for Flora (USA)

Rick Goodwin for The Headless Angel (USA)

Sarunas J. Jackson for 1020 (USA)

Best Young Actor

TBA

Best Acting Duo

Albert Louis Lilley and Baxter Stenz for Small Flowers (Australia)

Huia Max Rose and Regan Taylor for When You See Me (New Zealand)

Jeantique Oriol and Lamar Cheston for The Flying Hobos (USA)

Meagan Mouton and Audrey Ettel for Dor (USA)

Whitney Moore and Steve Zaragoza for See You Next Tuesday (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast

Adam Pine, Evan Bertram, Joel H. Jones, Aidan Daniel Conklin, Emily Janes, Jonathan Auguste, Billy Pezzollo, and Gordon Silva for Another Day in New York (USA)

Alan Rosenberg, Tom Everett, Bellina Logan, Mark Simon, Don Marino, and Pat Satcher for Trader Verdinkle: The Underpinnings Of An Understudy (USA)

Aleeza Lew, Naya James, Amanda Cannon, and Alex Haney for Together Forever At Last (USA)

Kylie Bywaters, Haylee Whisson, Lauren Melina, Lawrence Murphy, Anita Erceg, and Peter Cook for Savannah’s Curse (Australia)

OvaJean Seimens, Elizabeth Ann Townsend, Dodie Brown, Juliet Colyer, and Leesa Neidel for You Don’t Say (USA)

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