Production Nominations: April-May 2026

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Best Adapted Screenplay

TBA

Best Original Screenplay

Kevin Strader for Dig-Man (USA)

Nat Mauldin for 1020 (USA)

Qinghua Wen for Mother (China/USA)

Tom Everett for Trader Verdinkle: The Underpinnings Of An Understudy (USA)

Yinhan (Louis) Zu for Mapo Tofu (USA)

Best Cinematography

Adrian Petrosian for The Headless Angel (USA)

Jeongwoo Bae for Vanishing Point (South Korea)

Justin Knodel for Five Things to Love (USA)

Mark Nutkins for Ivanko’s Childhood (UK)

Tonghe Tang for Mother (China/USA)

Best Editing

Alex Mehra for The Airdrop (USA)

Anne Continelli for Make A Joyful Noise (USA)

Darius Saberzadeh for BoxTrip (USA)

John Laww for MerryGo (USA)

Rakib Erick for Savannah’s Curse (Australia)

Best Producer

Chloe Bataillie for Body Count (USA)

Freya Fanyu Sun for Mother (China/USA)

Laura Faul and Jack Wur for Building Nations (Canada)

Best Production Design

BoxTrip (USA)

Elle (Switzerland)

Jessie Landry for The Gift (USA)

Kyla Morgan for Savannah’s Curse (Australia)

Tian Ni for Body Count (USA)

Best Sound Design

TBA

Best Sound Editing

TBA

Best Sound Mixing

TBA

Best Original Score

Anna Phoebe for Ivanko’s Childhood (UK)

Daniel McIntyre for You Don’t Say (USA)

Joey Karz for The Headless Angel (USA)

Lucy Goodman for Stretched Thin (USA)

Neil Docking for The Jigsaw Room (UK)

Best Original Song

Lifted Night by Blay Armah and Nat Turner, for Darling Angel (Canada)

MerryGo by Defacto Thezpian (USA)

Out of the Blue by Son of Cormack and Melinda Joy (USA)

Renegades by Bethany Joy (USA)

The Great Animal Escape by Zachary Ryan Simpson and Erin Rementer (USA)

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