Awards 2026

TZIFF 2026 Winners & Nominees

(Winners are listed first in bold)

Documentary Short

“Hollywood Town- The Harriet Schock Story”

“The Museum of Alternative History”
“An AUSCHWITZ Album Story”
“Us and Them”
“Breaking Chains- A Path to Freedom”
“Tarik Shah: Don’t Play Like Them”

 

Science Fiction / Fantasy / Horror Short

“What the Hell”

“Hating What You Find”
“New Caledonia”
“Into the Abyss”
“If You Are Reading this…”
“Nova”

 

bEST dIRECTOR SHORt FILM

“oVER aGAIN”

“mY FOOT IS IN HEAVEN”
“a KINGS CURTAIN”
“CECI”
“rEDLINING”
“cALIFORNIA dREAMIN”

 

Mockumentary

“Mental”

“The Lion Speaks”
“Nothing to See Here”
“Watts”
“Handwoven”
“Why I Write”
“Watertower”
“Hidden Worlds”

 

Best Comedy Short

“My Extraordinary Joe”

“Well(ness)”
“Babesmilk”
“Why Dogs Howl”

 

Best Films by Women

“Fragile Storm”

“Betty & Mary – The Actors Prepare”
“Techno Tease”
“There is Always Tomorrow”
“Unknown Caller”

 

Best LGBTQ Short

“Redlining”

“Ceci”
“Alexander in Wonderland”
“The Stick Up”

 

Best Faith Based Film

“Christmas Angels”

“I’m Running for My Life”
“A Christmas Star”

 

Best Drama Short

“California Dreamin”

“Stay in The Car”
“When the Long Shadows Fall”
“Over Again”
“Lost Weekend”
“A Sleepers Silence”
“My Foot is in Heaven”
“Majority Rules”
“A Kings Curtain”

 

Best Horror Screenplay (Original)

“Cyn”

“The Adventures of Chatsworth”
“X9”
“Kooldeep Cold Heart”

 

Best Epic Historical Drama Screenplay (Adapted)

“Mona”

“Ferris Wheel”
“Cream of the Crop”
“Larissa’s Lies & Torture”

 

Best Trailer (Music Video / Trailer Category)

“All for Tomorrow”

“Black Cow”
“Bombay Beach Soiree”

 

Best Action Adventure Feature Film

“Ring of Kibo”

“Beyond the Precint”
“The Heiress”
“Dark Alien Visions”

 

Best Cinematography

“Down Radical”

“Sheathed”
“The Coming Storm”

 

Best FEMALE  dIRECTOR

“wELLNESS” 

“dARK SIN” 

“christmas angel”
“binkys revenge”
“EVEIE’S CHRISTMAS”
“NOVA”