APRIL - MAY 2026

Category: Documentary Films

WINNER

Echoes of Tea Country
Accreditee(s): Maya Kapoor
India

Category: Experimental Films

WINNER

It's Only Life
Accreditee(s): J Stephen Meadows

Category: Film on Nature / Environment / Wildlife

WINNER

Fragments of Silence
Accreditee(s): Camille Moreau
France

Category: Mobile Film

CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD

Paper Lanterns
Accreditee(s): Riku Tanaka
Japan

Category: Narrative Features (Above 40 minutes)

HONORABLE MENTION AWARD

COLOMBANO & LA 21ESIMA FETTA
Accreditee(s): Paolo Guglielmetti
Italy

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

The Last Orchard
Accreditee(s): Ethan Brooks
Canada

Category: Short Films (Less than 30 minutes)

WINNER

Crossing Paths
Accreditee(s): Daniel Reed
United Kingdom

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Mountain Between Us
Accreditee(s): Arjun Sen
India

Category: Student Films

FINALIST

Summer Rain
Accreditee(s): Olivia Hart
Australia

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