Performance Nominations: January 2026

Follow the links below to explore other sections:

PRODUCTION NOMINATIONS

SEMI-FINALISTS

GENRE NOMINATIONS

Best Female Director

TBA

Best Male Director

Adrien Boublil for Max (France)

David Borges for The Relic (USA)

Marco Ferreira for Road 21 (USA)

Best Student Female Director

Gigi Ribeiro for Climb The Ladder (USA)

LouLou Brazill for Chocolate Birds (USA)

Yeeun Moon for Pitching Kitsch (South Korea)

Best Student Male Director

TBA

Best First Time Female Director

Elise M Beers for Braids (USA)

Jillian Janairo for Vic and His Nanay (USA)

Shelly Nagell for Sunny (USA)

Best First Time Male Director

Angel David Galvan for Two of Head, Two of Tongue (USA)

Michael Bonello Ghio for My Dearest Mother (Malta)

Remi Gangarossa for Marilyn’s Dark Paradise (USA)

Best Actor

TBA

Best Acting Duo

Gino-Charles Villanueva and Gigette Reyes for Vic and His Nanay (USA)

Jane Marshall and Marama Corlett for My Dearest Mother (Malta)

LouLou Brazill and Alessandro Niba for Chocolate Birds (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast

Adriel Arenas, A.T. Branch, and Katie Spokely for The Cost (USA)

I Wanna Go Home (China)

Sandip Besely, Parvinder Shergill, Lucky Azad, Rupinder Kaur Waraich, Narinder Uppal, and Ben Sura for Dukh (UK)

Shelly Nagell, Debbie DeLisi, Ava Justin, Scott Brault, Toussaint Morrison, Lolita Lesheim, Paul Cram, Kelley Yurecko, Stacey Thunder, Kirsten Gregerson, Tic Treitler, Jennifer Taing, Starla Larson, George McCauley, Jennifer Bachmeier, Patrick McDonough, Jew Dreamfirstborn, and Paul Ngang for Sunny (USA)

Yoana Sashova, Veselin Anchev, Nataliya Tsekova, Valeri Lekov, Kamen Mirchev, and Daniel Lekov for Kukuk: A Romani Soul Unbroken (Bulgaria)

PRODUCTION NOMINATIONS

SEMI-FINALISTS

GENRE NOMINATIONS

Indie Short Fest 2018-2026 © All Rights Reserved