Performance Nominations: February 2026

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Best Female Director

Chloe Ray for Noble Homes – Episode 101: Good Bones (USA)

Danni Wang for Anyways (China)

Sergine Dumaisfor Escape Artist (Canada)

Best Male Director

Manuel Izquierdo for America’s Dermatologist (USA)

Sophiane Afroun for No Mercy (France)

Zac Vran and Sarah Formosa for Too Many Dicks (Canada)

Best Student Female Director

Brynne Eliza Rardin and Patrick Joseph Krum for The Rebel Reef: Seeds of Hope (USA)

Mayeni for Babyface (USA)

Vickie Tanner for War of the Weisses (USA)

Best Student Male Director

Andrew Vilange for Ink and Inspiration (USA)

Charlie Alexander for Someday (USA)

Mar Kourouma for This House Creaks (USA)

Best First Time Female Director

Ana Soares Coelho for Nocturnal Cheetah (Portugal)

Makeda Diggs for Fiona (USA)

Yidan Sun for The Silence We Keep (China)

Best First Time Male Director

Al Chang for Cindy (USA)

Amias Pierre for Mamá (UK)

Vangeli for Pomodoro (USA)

Best Young Female Filmmaker

TBA

Best Young Male Filmmaker

TBA

Best Actress

Gabriella Giardina for Code E414 (USA)

Iris Cayatte for Nocturnal Cheetah (Portugal)

Marilyn Sanabria for It Came to This (USA)

Best Actor

Gabriel Sousa for Code E414 (USA)

Justin Rogers for In a Manner of Speaking (USA)

Weiwei Meng for The Line Between Us (USA)

Best Acting Duo

Hunter Doebereiner and Avi Bernard for A Sleeper’s Silence (USA)

Jasmine Kim and David Vaud for Cindy (USA)

Mackenzie Mercer and Chloe Robbin for Pinky Swear (USA)

Iva Viskovic Krizan and Zoran Pribičević for The Race (Croatia)

Tara Strand and Penny Folger for Viscountess and Maidservant (Episodes 1-4) (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast

Aws Salahaldin, Brian Garcia, and Gregg Ellson for Marked (USA)

Derek Demko, Tabitha Brownstone, DeRon Cash, Robert Keith, Chloe Ray, Coby Larinde, Shannon Burke, and Kimberly Blair for Noble Homes – Episode 101: Good Bones (USA)

Diba Beihaghi, Harrison Fuller, Ali Habib Shreim, and Veronika Bellova for You Are Free to Leave (Czechia)

Gabriel Souza, Gabriella Giardina, Allana Matheis, Hudson Long, Hunter Enright, and Ben Anderson for Code E414 (USA)

Kenechi Wilson, Sorayah Ayodeji, Jasmine Reid, Rachel Wilson-Dickson, Carol Moses, Shaq B. Grant, April John-Lewis, Daniella Arthur-Kennedy, Yvonne Jeffrey, Savanna-Rose Alleyne, Sienna-Rae Alleyne, Justin Pierre, and Wil Johnson for Mamá (UK)

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