Production Nominations: June–July 2026

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Best Original Screenplay

David Wasson for Effortless Perfection (USA)

Frank Crim for Mr. Fleischmann (USA)

Jared Kash for Rot (USA)

Leo Raisner for Topless (USA)

Vasco Durão and Carolina Jesus for A View Over the Inlet (Portugal)

Best Cinematography

Hongyu Liu for Adeline (USA)

Jalaludin Trautmann for Lovebug (Germany/USA)

Mariia Melnichenko for The Hat Man (India)

Priyali Kulkarni for Archives (Ireland)

Riley Ater for Mr. Sandman’s Funhouse (USA)

Best Editing

Eric Bravo for Topless (USA)

Freangel Pacheco and Shannon Lee Whalen for Releasing the Past (Venezuela)

Lexy Zhao for Reflections of a Sinner (USA)

Pleasure Island (Taiwan)

Tim Dalton, Demetrius Joyette, and Christian Rush for Five Stars (USA)

Best Producer

Alexander Rivera, Ivelize Santiago, and Sha López for La Última Lluvia (USA)

Carolina Angel and Allan Chavarria for The Moon Won’t Tell (USA)

Harish Raja Suresh and Davide Vincenzo Picci for Pink Trees (USA)

Libby Desantis for Magic Island (Indonesia)

            Ying Hu for A Complete Mess (China)

Best Production Design

Jiayun Zhang and Tatiana McClung for Gardeners (USA)

KT Reihner for The Golden Age (USA)

Necita Parr Salas for Forward (USA)

Best Sound Design

TBA

Best Sound Editing

TBA

Best Visual FX

TBA

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

TBA

Best Original Score

Caleb Liu for Mr. Sandman’s Funhouse (USA)

Kelly Joe Richardson for The Pit and the Pendulum (USA)

Matthew Ferraro for Train at Sunset (USA)

MIchael Gordon Shapiro for Someone Else (USA)

Michael J Gillette for Ordinary Greatness (USA)

Best Original Song

Backroads by Ben Rawlins and Issac Stevic, for 21 Days to Save a Life (USA)

Boy Scientist by Ron J. Danziger, Manu Martin, Tom Ball, Christina Teenz Tan, and Susan Mey Lee Lim (UK)

Dejando el Ayer (Releasing the Past) – Last Days of Jude by Freangel Pacheco (Venezuela)

Forward by ØUTLR (USA)

The Distance Between Us by Lindsey Nelson and Rebecca Jones, for The Distance Between Us (USA)

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