WFCF JULY - AUGUST 2026

Category: Best Actor

WINNER

Encontro
Accreditee(s): Johan Heldenbergh
France

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVMENT AWARDS

Littile Things
Accreditee(s): William Almeida
Oslo

Category: Best Actress

WINNER

Encontro
Accreditee(s): Isabel Otero
France

CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD

Dance in The Garden
Accreditee(s): Grace Patel
Copenhagen

Category: Best Director

WINNER

Encontro
Accreditee(s): François Manceaux
France

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVMENT AWARDS

College Life
Accreditee(s): Samuel Stain
Austria

CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARDS

Life is Full of Joy and Sorrow
Accreditee(s): Grace Patel
Copenhagen

Category: Best Documentary

WINNER

Before The Flood
Accreditee(s): Tristan Johnson
Las Vegas

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVMENT AWARDS

Suffocation
Accreditee(s): Tristan Johnson
Las Vegas

CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARDS

Fight For No Reason
Accreditee(s): William Almeida
Netherlands

Category: Best Music Video

WINNER

Shadow
Accreditee(s): Noah Sullivan
United States

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVMENT AWARDS

Come On
Accreditee(s): Bryan Smith
United States

Category: Best Producer

WINNER

Encontro
Accreditee(s): PRP PRODUCTION
France

CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARDS

Nightmare
Accreditee(s): Ankita Srivastav
India

Category: Best Script

WINNER

Alta California
Accreditee(s): Lynn Elliott

Category: Best Short Film

CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD

Driling
Accreditee(s): Malik Khan
India

Category: Best Writer

WINNER

Alta California
Accreditee(s): Lynn Elliott

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Lighting Up
Accreditee(s): Sharman Joshi
India

Category: Family Children Film

WINNER

Archies
Accreditee(s): Rishav Malohtra
India

Category: Film on Nature / Environment / Wildlife

WINNER

Furious Flood
Accreditee(s): Leif Eriksson
Iceland

Category: Narrative Feature

WINNER

Newton's Theory
Accreditee(s): Luna Rivera
Canada

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