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Nominations 2026
Full list of nominees (Updated on August 20th 2026)
Sasqwatch BEST Film
The Long Way Back
Director Stephanie "Will" Wilson, Steve Tanguy | USA
Conversations
Director Corey Gaal | Canada
See The City
Director Mia Golden | Canada
Invasion of Qatar
Director Greg Crompton | Canada
End Meeting
Director Alice Roth | USA
RIP
Directors Alessandro D'Ambrosi & Santa De Santis | Italy
BEST Short
End Meeting
Director Alice Roth | USA
Goddamn it!
Directors Yann Cado, Julien Ordan | France / Switzerland
The Long Way Back
Director Stephanie "Will" Wilson, Steve Tanguy | USA
See The City
Director Mia Golden | Canada
Hunger Short Film
Director Ken Carlson | USA
Astray (Dwaalspoor)
Directors Nicholas Kaiden, Hidde de Visser | Netherlands
The Nalujuit
Director Heidi Atter | Canada
BEST Micro Short
To Run Again
Director Harrison Todd |USA
Something Wrong with Me
Director Chen Zhan | Canada
Please... Don't Send Help
Director Grigory Lukin | Canada
Beseech Essence
Director Ari Moretz | Canada
GloryForGary
Director Five Minute Funeral | Canada
How To Survive a Bean Man Attack
Director Marceline Keedle |USA
Cinematography
Take It Off
Director Sergio Tovar Uribe
Conversations
Director Corey Gaal | Canada
Invasion of Qatar
Director Greg Crompton | Canada
The Long Way Back
Directors: Stephanie "Will" Wilson, Steve Tanguy | USA
End Meeting
Director: Alice Roth | USA
RIP
Directors: Alessandro D'Ambrosi & Santa De Santis | Italy
BEST Editing
RIP
Alessandro D'Ambrosi & Santa De Santis | Italy
The Truth About Cynthia
Director Brian Jervay | USA
Invasion of Qatar
Director Greg Crompton | Canada
The Girl Inside the Photograph
Directors David Michán, Ed Alexander | Canada
End Meeting
Director Alice Roth | USA
The Long Way Back
directors Stephanie "Will" Wilson, Steve Tanguy | USA
BEST Feature Film
RIP
Directors Alessandro D'Ambrosi & Santa De Santis | Italy
The Girl Inside the Photograph
Director David Michán, Ed Alexander | Canada
The Truth About Cynthia
Director Brian Jervay | USA
Ding, Dong, Die!
Director Rui Martins | Canada
Invasion of Qatar
Director Greg Crompton | Canada
The Mid-Night Driver
Director Alex Cherney | USA
BEST Local Short
Take It Off
Director Sergio Tovar Uribe
No Heretics Allowed
Director Connor Rielly
Strange Orbits
Director Clayton Flagg
The Hermit
Directors Leopoldo Vieytes, Isadora Vieytes
The Fifth Wheel
Director Matthew Harrison
My Daughter's a What Sucker?
Director Amit Aujila
Entrelacés en Bleu
Director Tayler Gladue
BEST Music Video
Bury Me
Director Michael Roz | Canada
Conversations
Director Corey Gaal | Canada
Marionette
Director Nathan Levine-Heaney | USA
2 can play
Director Azzie Scott | USA
The Battle of Queenston Heights
Director Richard Eric Chambers | Canada
Zombie Wars
Director Warning: Danger! | USA
The Symptones - MRI
Director Matt Collings | USA
BEST Director
Directors David Michán, Ed Alexander | Canada
The Girl Inside the Photograph
Director Sergio Tovar Uribe
Take It Off
Director TBD TBD
End Meeting
Alessandro D'Ambrosi & Santa De Santis | Italy
RIP
Director Corey Gaal | Canada
Conversations
Stephanie "Will" Wilson, Steve Tanguy | USA
The Long Way Back
BEST Actor
patsy tuba "eileen"
see the city
CAN
Sarah Steele "margot"
End Meeting
USA
Marie Issermann "Alice Lundstrum"
The Girl Inside the Photograph
Canada
Giulia Michelini "Adelaide"
RIP
Italy
augusto fornari "Leornardo"
RIP
Italy
Charles DeVitis "Chuck"
The Long Way Back
Canada
BEST Script Short Form
A Super Friendly Guy
Mićo Ivanović TBD
Between Us..
Henry Westcott Samuelson TBD
The Long Road to Recovery
Michelle L. Morgan, David R. Schleicher TBD
Chrono Momentum
Shaun Dennis O'Brien Barry TBD
Cedar Pines Episode 1 "The Oxymoron"
Chynna Moore TBD
FOOD, USA!
Jesse Mattson, Sam Mattson TBD
BEST Animation
Foil Guy vs ANVIL
Director Malcolm Lamont | USA
The Dance of Falling Leaves
Director Freyyyya Xue | USA
Free Fall
Director Katie Schneider | USA
Just Like Magic
Director Derrick Anthony Hall, Jr. | USA
BEST Script Long Form
Bandido Blanco
Brad Costa-Cougle TBD
Blood of the Oak
Laura Cooper TBD
Nuke
Brian Calvin Baker TBD
The Bride of Christ
Vincent Sweeney TBD
Bone Breakers
Brian Calvin Baker TBD
Exalted
Angela Thorne TBD
BEST Commerical 30+ sec
GOLITE
Thomas Reilly | USA
Guinness Chess
Jiri Balcar | USA
Pinarello - We Ride
Thomas Rösing | Germany
How's Your Touch
John Reavey | UK
Story Tree
Max Blustin | Japan/UK
Tricorder.Zero™
Marcus C.B. Soori | USA
BEST Commerical 30 sec or less
Grocermance
Mason Dodson | USA
The Art of Sashimi
Tanxuan Shi | USA
IFSM Fashion Week 2025
Tanxuan Shi | USA
PUPPY LOVE
Lawrence Jones | USA
HONORABLE MENTION
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Phillipsburg A Railroad Legacy
Zane Pysher | USA
Harri
Natalie Kate Vaida | Canada
Look for the Helpers
Eric Bruckbauer | USA
Canadian Fur Farms: Exposed
Inder Nirwan | Canada
The Girl Inside the Photograph Feature Film
David Michán, Ed Alexander
CAN
The Long Way Back SHORT FILM
Stephanie "Will" Wilson, Steve Tanguy
USA
Scripts
The best 6 scripts in each category received "Finalists" Laurels.
Top 3 in each category receive Gold / Silver / Bronze
Other top scores may receive Honorable mention laurels.
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