INTERNATIONAL
GOLD AWARDS
Winners archiveJuly 2026

INTERNATIONAL GOLD AWARDS / OFFICIAL WINNERS

July 2026

The awarded films, projects and filmmakers of this edition.

30AWARDED PROJECTS

01 / SPECIAL RECOGNITION

FEATURED WINNER

COME THE NIGHTFALL

Tom Michaels

United States

  • Best Picture
  • Best Director
  • Best Original Screenplay
  • Gold Award: Original Score (Samuel Joseph Smythe)
  • Gold Award: Original Song (Samuel Joseph Smythe)
  • Best Cinematography (Ben Steeper)
  • Best Editing (Ned Thorne)
  • Gold Award: Sound Design (Maui Holcomb)

02 / COMPLETE ARCHIVE

The winners A–Z.

ALPHABETICAL BY FILM TITLE
29 titles in the alphabetical directory

A

ANABASIS

Mimi Garrard

United States

  • Silver Award: Experimental

D

DRAMA FAME GOSSIP -VIDEO

Anindgita Dasgupta

India

  • Gold Award: Music Video

DREADLOCKS

Written by Zack Van Eyck & Stacy Dymalski

United States

  • Silver Award: Feature Script

F

FIDO

John Norris Ray & Maria Victoria Sanchez

United States

  • Gold Award: Animation

FLOWERS OF THE EARTH

Zaya Benazzo & Maurizio Benazzo

United States

  • Best Feature Documentary

I

ICOSAGON

Mimi Garrard

United States

  • Gold Award: Experimental

J

Joseph Stephen Meadows

James Hussey

United States

  • Gold Award: AI Film
  • IT'S ONLY LIFE (2026)

K

KAKEHASHI (THE BRIDGE)

Luke Mazey

United States

  • Best Animation

L

LEGENDS OF BOMBAY BEACH

christopher Gallo

United States

  • Gold Award: Short Documentary

LEVEE

Jeffrey Sketchler

United States

  • Best First Time Director

M

MY REALITY

Louise Callaghan

Ireland

  • Gold Award: First Time Director

O

OBEDIENT

Pablo Catalan

Spain

  • Best Short Script

R

REDEMPTION

Anthony Venezia

United States

  • Best Experimental

RISE OF THE ELEMENTALS

Written by Robert Leo Cox

United States

  • Best Feature Script

S

SILENT ROOM

Kevin B Ploth & Vanessa Thorpe

United States

  • Silver Award: Short Film
  • Silver Award: Indie Short Film
  • Gold Award: Short Documentary
  • Silver Award: Director
  • Silver Award: Original Screenplay (Kevin B Ploth)
  • Silver Award: Original Score (TESSA)
  • Silver Award: Original Song (Steve Joblonsky)
  • Silver Award: Editing (Larry Gress)

SPIDERPOCALYPSE

Written by Eugene Hattingh

Not Specified

  • Gold Award: Short Script

T

THE ANGEL OF BUENOS AIRES HISTORY OF  FILIPPO DI BENEDETTO

Enrico Blatti

Italy

  • Silver Award: Feature Documentary

THE BORDER

Carlo Fumo

Italy

  • Gold Award: Short Film

THE COFFEE SACK POET

Matheus Morais

Brazil

  • Gold Award: Director

THE CURRENT STATE OF THE BACKYARD POOL INDUSTRY

Derek Frey

United States

  • Best Indie Short Film
  • Best Original Song (Klebe & Davis "The Backs of Sea Turtles")
  • Gold Award: Cinematography (Derek Frey)

THE NOVICE OF SITGES

Will Bashor

Spain

  • Silver Award: AI Film

THE POWER OF COMPLETION

Gary Mazeffa

United States

  • Best Short Film
  • Gold Award: Indie Short Film
  • Best Experimental
  • Gold Award: Original Screenplay
  • Silver Award: Cinematography
  • Gold Award: Editing (Kurtis Watkins)
  • Best Sound Design
  • Best AI Film

THE SEVEN TALES OF POE

Doug Clyde

United States

  • Best Original Score (Kelly Joe Richardson)

THE SILVER MIRROR

Written by John M Grace

United States

  • Gold Award: Feature Script

THE STREET PASTOR

Ákos Wéninger

Hungary

  • Gold Award: Feature Documentary

THE STREET PASTOR

√?kos W√©ninger

Hungary

  • Gold Award: Feature Documentary

THE THIRD TIME I MET THE DEVIL

Eric Lotter

United States

  • Gold Award: Feature Script

TREE OF LIBERTY

Rick Revel

United States

  • Best Music Video

U

UNDER THE ICE

John Martin

Canada\ South Africa

  • Best Short Documentary