TINFF 2026 OFFICIAL NOMINATIONS

The Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival (TINFF) is proud to announce the Official Nominations for the 10th Anniversary Edition of TINFF@10. Following a highly competitive selection process, nominated projects will now advance to the final jury phase, where winners will be determined and announced live at the TINFF@10 Closing Gala Awards on September 12, 2026.

We congratulate all nominated filmmakers, writers, actors, producers, and creators whose outstanding work has earned recognition this year. Thank you for being part of this historic milestone as we celebrate ten years of storytelling, diversity, and cinematic excellence.

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Best Short Film

The Gramophone — Brazil
The Stage — China
Home Fujian Chinese Music Trailer — Hong Kong
Ujian — New Zealand
The Redemption of Faust — United States
My Friendly Sleep-Paralysis Demon — Canada
Beg Yuh A Call — Jamaica, United States
Random Clips on Purpose — China
Behind A Lie – Ghana
Messages and Messengers — United States
ROADSIDE DELIVERY — United States

Best Short Drama

Eclipse — China
Endless Days — China
Mi Tazi — Nigeria
The Sea and the Old Man — China
No Fishing — China
The Nicobar Pigeon — Thailand
The Circumnavigator — China
They Just Fade Away — China
Behind A Lie – Ghana
BREAKING THROUGH — Canada
Dopamine — United States
OKEOGHENE — Nigeria

Best Narrative Short (Film/Drama)

Nneoma — Nigeria
Timeless Love — China
Love, Sarah - Canada
Èlédà Àyànmọ̀ - Nigeria
Men from 6:30 to 6:35 - China
A Safe Space to Talk — Canada
I Love You Insanely — Nigeria
LOSS — Israel
Visa Blue — Bahamas
DITTO — India
Barbrix! or How to Maybe Capture a Psychic Hominid — United States

Best Narrative Short Thriller (China)

HELLO, HOLY! (虎哩，你好！) — China
Between the Trees (树与树之间) — China
Phoebe and Her 404 Fears (菲比和她的404种害怕) — China
To the Adult (郎) — China
Day Chase Night Tour (日逐夜游) — China
Lucky Break (啥好事儿) — China
The Stone Tower (石塔) — China
Run Away As We Can (链条生锈以前) — China
Outlast (最后的审判) — China
The Way Back (归来) — China
WILD FIRE (野火) — China

Best Short Film (Canada)

Made For U — Canada
The Pink Balloon — Canada
2 places at same time — Canada
Dorsin & Brown — Canada
Dating Doubts — Canada
The King's Quest For The Golden Thread — Canada
Escape Artist — Canada
Emoji — Canada
The Housemaid — Canada
Stakes — Canada
Broken Bonds — Canada

Best Short Film (Africa)

Behind A Lie – Ghana
Nneoma — Nigeria
Troublemaker — Nigeria
Sous le Soleil du Kwat — Cameroon, Canada
The Last Bloom — Zimbabwe
Okeoghene — Nigeria
ETAN — Nigeria
Ashes of Accra — Ghana
SHADES — Canada, Nigeria
ALL FALLS DOWN — Nigeria
SANE – Nigeria, Canada

Best Short Film (Nollywood)

The Noise Around Her Black. — Nigeria
SA'ADATU — Canada, Nigeria
Breaking Out (Short) — Nigeria
Stand In The Gap — Nigeria / United Kingdom
SANCTUARY — Nigeria
Bili Kam Bili — Nigeria
Convictions — Nigeria
Ladi & Hayo — Nigeria
Ndia — Nigeria
I Love You Insanely — Nigeria
Nneoma — Nigeria
OKEOGHENE — Nigeria

Best Short Film (USA)

Bad Day: Bad Dreams — United States
ALVIS HELVIG SPACE VIKING — United States
The Fare — United States
Nadia — United States
Godpower — United States
2080 — United States
Unbroken Memory — United States
Uncle Jimmy — United States
Taste of Your Teeth — United States
Emily, I'm Sorry — United States
Almost Home — United States

Best Short Film (China)

Tortoise (陆龟) — China
NORTHLESS (南方见) — China
RAM LOADING (冬天！外星客来了) — China
Chapter Three (第三章) — China
Confession (恶念) — China
Run For Freedom (送我的人类逃跑) — China
Manas (AIGC) (玛纳斯) — China
The Last Dance (最后一支舞) — China
Herder (牧人) — China
HELLO, HOLY! (虎哩，你好！) — China

Best Short Film (Europe)

The Undying Pain of Existence — Germany
I replied with my heart — United Kingdom
ROOM 13 — France
Silhouette — Italy
The Rediscovered Gesture - (Il Gesto Ritrovato) — Italy
Discourse — Slovenia
Caleb — United Kingdom
Ivanko's Childhood — United Kingdom
Reacond Corp — Spain
Carnival Stars (Estrelas de Lona) – Brazil
Don't Let It Hurt You (Y que no te duela) – Spain
Those Two (Aqueles Dois) – Brazil

Best Short Film (Asia)

The Housemaid — Canada
Parallel S.France — China
Ghosts from past life — South Korea
Beauty Molecular — Taiwan
Path of no path — China
Poos Ki Ek Raat (A Cold Winter Night) — India
Through the Vast World — Hong Kong
Hezhong Third Lane — China
Passing — China
MADOROMI stage1 — Japan
The Grid (格子) — China

Best Short Film (Canada / USA)

The New Tenant — Canada
Bottled Love — Virgin Islands, U.S.
CTRL ALT BREAKUP — Canada
Notice — Canada
The Last Ride (by Teddy Joseph) — United States
The Last Ride (by Wen Leng) — United States
No Match — Canada
Dead End POC — Canada
The puzzle — Canada
The Housemaid — Canada
Wahala For Everybody – Canada
Down Home Love — Canada

Best Short Film – International

Beg Yuh A Call — Jamaica
Jamaica - Vibrant heart of the Caribbean — Jamaica
Unfinished — South Africa
Alang Yeling — China
The Redemption of Faust — United States
Our Man from Wall Street — Canada, Nigeria
A Night With The Queen — United Kingdom
The Way They're Supposed to Be — China
Behind A Lie – Ghana
Reincarnation - Proof — United States
Of Who We Were — United States
The Three Questions — Italy

Best Narrative Short Experimental

Dance, Dance Man and Woman — United States
Jane and Zhen — China, United Kingdom
Suddenly Look Back — China
Echo From The Past — China, United States
GUESS WHAT — China
Stepfather — China
KILL A BULL — China
Dreamatic — United States
Mandala — Iran
Where Spirits Rest — China
@HUMANISM – Japan
OKEOGHENE — Nigeria

Best Narrative Short Thriller/Drama

Behind A Lie – Ghana
A Walking Shadow — China
Her Last Wish — China
A Garden over the Sea — China
I Wanna Fly — China
Turtle Hero’s Path — China
The Last Supper of GIRL — United States
The Set(up) — Nigeria
Portrait of a Man — United States
Breaking The Rules — United States
Happy Birthday — China
SANE – Nigeria, Canada

Best First Short Film

The Art of Knowing You — Canada
The Bore — Canada
Breathe — United States
Rivermouth — South Korea
Till Truth Do Us Part — Canada
Toxic Love — Canada
Journey — India
Senior Discount — Canada
Seed by the Lethe — United States
Girlhood — Canada

Best First Short Film – International

She and She — China
An American Embassy — United States
Ice Ice Bye Bye — France
ROSA DAMASCENA — Syrian Arab Republic
The Taste of Christmas Memory — Greece
Citadel Lost — United States
No Land Beneath Our Wings — United States
Shallow End — United States
Avagunthan — India
Neverland — China
Muted — China

Best Experimental Short Film

OKEOGHENE — Nigeria
Someone Wants to Tell You — China
Eternal Love — China
What's Happening — Saudi Arabia
You Took My Breath Away — China
Leopard of Congo — United Kingdom
Meet — China
Of Who We Were — United States
Zombie Winos — United States
Behind A Lie – Ghana
A SHOWSTOPPERS JOURNEY — United States
Black Cake — United States
Impressionist Flower Kaleidoscapes — United States

Best Experimental Short – International

Face-off — Canada
QUERY — United States
BLock Art Short Film — United States
The Tie Knot — Kosovo
Oppreesed — Iran
The Housemaid — Canada
OVERCOME — Canada
See The City — Canada
Double Stuff — United States
A Lie — China
Interference – Germany
Saint Helena - No nickname but known by nicknames — Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Best Experimental Short (North America)

Dear Brian — Canada
Round the Corner — United States
LOGOS — Canada
The Interview — Canada
2026's first crop circle — United States
Cherry Cola — United States
The Last Kiss — United States
ANGEL — Canada
Nostradamus on Pope Leo — United States
The Fast Family: Underground — United States
SANE – Nigeria, Canada

Best Experimental Short (China)

Let There Be Light (要有光) — China
Rebirth of the Lily of the Valley (铃兰·重生) — China
Rebirth of the Lily of the Valley (铃兰·重生) — China
Rebirth of the Lily of the Valley (铃兰·重生) — China
EPIPHANY (难以言表) — China
Her Name (她的名字) — China
Shadows Within (艮止) — China
The Flow Of Haiku (梦的河流) — China
The Secret Night (阿勒楚喀之夜) — China
The Secret Night (阿勒楚喀之夜) — China

Best Short Thriller Film (China)

God of Editing - China
Cosmic Interference - China
Betrayal - United States
Wedding,Funeral - China
The Chamomile - China
So long,My son - China
The Eve of the Journey - China
Love, Sarah - Canada
Èlédà Àyànmọ̀ - Nigeria
Men from 6:30 to 6:35 - China
Collapse – China

Best Student Short Film

Stakes — Canada
The One in Red — United States
A Stroll in the Park — China, Iran
Urdo on the Dead Wood — China
The Pill — Canada
Some Days — China
Gone with the wind — China
Unfinished — South Africa
BREAKING THROUGH — Canada
Signal Loss — China
The Gaze Within — Taiwan
Honey — Canada
The Doe-Eyed Enakshi — Canada

Best International Student Short

The One — Nigeria
The Two Of Us — Norway
The Love Bazaar — China
Taboophen — Iran
Breaking The Rules — United States
Melchizedek — United States
Drawn In Black — Iran
A Walking Shadow — China
Taboophen — Iran
Creep — China
Wedding,Funeral — China
Happy Birthday — China
Where The Stars Meet — South Africa

Best International Student Short (Thriller/Drama)

Where Spirits Rest — China
DEVIL'S EMBRACE — Mexico
Stay/Go — United States
ALTER EGO — Germany
Calm Zone — China
Sophomore: Major Problems — United States
Shine Muscat — China
Dear Farther — Germany, Romania
The Cactus — Canada
HUSH — Nigeria
So long,My son — China
May Light — China, Hungary, Spain

Best Experimental Student Short

Mandala — Iran
Oppreesed — Iran
Burning for the Departed — China
A Blue Night — China
Dance, Dance Man and Woman — United States
Rest in Pieces: The Portfolio — China
Echoes from the past — United Kingdom
The Line Between Us — United States
Dopamine — United States
Home is where heart is — Australia
The Ground Floor — Iran
Ash Boat — China

Best Television Series

SANDS OF TIME - Nigeria
Driving Mr. Walker - United States
An American Embassy - United States

Best Production Design

Ashes of Accra - Ghana
From a World to Another - Canada
Where The Stars Meet - South Africa
STAYING THE COURSE – Canada / China
Chopin, Chopin! – Poland
WAHALA FOR EVERYBODY – Canada
Breaking The Rules — United States
Quarantine - United States
The Stain – Iran
Nneoma — Nigeria
The Creek – Nigeria
The Wiccan Girl – Canada
Takht_E_Tavoos - Iran
ÌWÉ ÀLÁ: An Ojúde Oba Story — Nigeria

Best Student Film

Sunflower Moths - China
Count Down - China
Mistake - China
A Goodbye - United Kingdom
Echoes from the past - United Kingdom
Halima - Eine Anleitung zum Starksein - Germany
The Ground Floor - Iran
DISSIPATION 2047 - China
Agnus Dei - United Kingdom
Spring Rafting - China, United States
Collapse - China
Chromatics - Canada
Land of Us All – China

Best Foreign Language Film

My Oceanview Home — China
Past, Present And Future Lie - On A Naddi Leaf — Portugal
What’s Happening — Saudi Arabia
3i/Atlas in prophecies - Why? — Portugal
AI’s Silent Omissions — Japan
Cometa conforme previsto — Portugal
Drifting Heart — United States
Where Spirits Rest — China
Lechones — United States
THE LUCKY DRAW — Canada
Salvatore — Belgium
She and She — China
Die Botschaften und die Boten - Germany

Best Foreign Language Film – International

AOSHO! Voices in Bloom — Japan
Wherever You Take Me (Donde me lleves) — Dominican Republic
Hölderlin's Echo — Singapore
AMINETU — Spain
shareART. A Carnival Story — Spain
Is This It? — Mexico
The Birth of the Self — Chile
An Island Where Only Good Wind Blows — Spain
Scaramuccia — Russia
Mudayán — Spain
The Huasao's Ritual — Spain
Everything — Spain
A Journey into the World of Dementia – Japan
Takht_E_Tavoos - Iran

Best Picture Film

The Creek - Nigeria
SAFARI - Nigeria
Chopin, Chopin! – Poland
A Visit - China
Finding Solace - United States
Son of the Soil — Nigeria, United Kingdom
Once a week for life II - United States
Blood Vessel – Nigeria
Protocol 7 — Brazil
Chicken Jazz – Spain
Takht_E_Tavoos - Iran

Best Narrative Film

Takht_E_Tavoos - Iran
Echoes - United States
FALLING NOTES - Nigeria
An Area Boy - Nigeria
Echoes 2 Curses of the Past - United States
The Architects of Misfortune - Nigeria
Mirage - United States
Good Intentions 2 – Canada
TWO HALVES – Nigeria
Illusion of Faith – Malta
The Pennies from Heaven (一枚硬币) — China

Best Canadian Film

The King's Quest For The Golden Thread - Canada
STAYING THE COURSE - Not Specified
The Lastborn - Canada
To Keep Her – Canada
Good Intentions 2 – Canada
Wahala For Everybody – Canada
Behind Closed Doors – Canada
Primary - Canada

Best Nollywood Film

Nneoma — Nigeria
The Creek - Nigeria
A Land Apart
Blood Vessel - Nigeria
SANCTUM - Nigeria
Timini - Nigeria
ALPHA - Nigeria
SHATTA - United States
To Adaego With Love - Nigeria
ANU (Mercy) – Nigeria
Son of the Soil - Nigeria, United Kingdom

Best Nollywood Narrative Film

Naked Lies - Nigeria
TWO HALVES – Nigeria
UNBOXING LOVE — Nigeria
ON DIFFERENT GROUNDS - Nigeria
SAFARI - Nigeria
A TRIP TO KIGALI - Nigeria
A Maid Solution - Nigeria
Paths Unseen - Nigeria
FALLING NOTES - Nigeria
Family Problem – Nigeria
OKEOGHENE — Nigeria
ÌWÉ ÀLÁ: An Ojúde Oba Story — Nigeria

Best Bollywood Film

JAMEELA – Pakistan
DITTO — India
Journey — India
No Lies — India
d i s t a n t — India
Sea of Fire — Greece, India, United States
Mahatma — India
Avagunthan — India
Poos Ki Ek Raat (A Cold Winter Night) — India
Sea of Fire — Greece, India, United States
Poos Ki Ek Raat (A Cold Winter Night) — India

Best African Film

Ashes of Accra — Ghana
Vibes The Movie — Ghana
FALLING NOTES — Nigeria
VIRGIN OF THE THRONE — Nigeria
The Last Friday — Nigeria
IDIA — Nigeria
Day Of The Games Night — Nigeria
TWO HALVES — Nigeria
THE HOUSE OF DEVILS — Ghana, Nigeria
The Specialists - Nigeria
Son of the Soil - Nigeria, United Kingdom
The Creek - Nigeria
ÌWÉ ÀLÁ: An Ojúde Oba Story — Nigeria

Best Ghallywood Film

Behind A Lie
Boy Nephron - Dance My Pain
Dhat Gyal - Prove You Wrong
Ashes of Accra
Vibes The Movie
THE HOUSE OF DEVILS

Best African Drama

IDIA – Nigeria
Behind A Lie — Ghana
SHATTA — United States
UNBOXING LOVE — Nigeria
FURY – Nigeria
Served - Nigeria
Virgin Of The Throne - Nigeria
The Last Friday – Nigeria
SAFARI - Nigeria
ANU (Mercy) — Nigeria
Nneoma — Nigeria
OKEOGHENE — Nigeria

Best African Thriller/Drama

Fehintola — Nigeria
Rumba Royale — Democratic Republic of the Congo
Son of the Soil — Nigeria, United Kingdom
The Creek — Nigeria
A VISIT TO WARD 4 — Nigeria
NOT LETTING US GO — Nigeria
UNBOXING LOVE — Nigeria
Eegunleti (Masquerade) — Nigeria, United Kingdom
EVI — Nigeria
Blood Vessel — Nigeria
ALJANA — Nigeria

Best African Indigenous Film

OKEOGHENE — Nigeria
Nneoma — Nigeria
Fehintola - Nigeria
ALJANA - Nigeria
ÒSÚ - Nigeria
House of Peace - Cameroon
Blood Vessel – Nigeria
The Invincible Child (Kilanko)
Eegunleti (Masquerade) - Nigeria, United Kingdom
SAFARI – Nigeria
Black Pepper — Nigeria
ANU (Mercy) — Nigeria
TWO HALVES – Nigeria
The Creek - Nigeria
ÌWÉ ÀLÁ: An Ojúde Oba Story — Nigeria

Best Comedy Film

Mumble Jumble - Nigeria
Pasa Faho - Australia
Don’t Make Me Twerk – China
The HAndShake - Nigeria
Grown Up Day - France
AKATE - Nigeria
F*CKIT - The Movie - United Kingdom
Lolly Dagger Eats Sponge Cake - United States
The Set(up) – Nigeria
Best International Comedy Film
Parental Guidance: Psychic, Ghost - Hong Kong
Better Late - Not Specified
Round the Corner - United States
No Match - Canada
I Don't Need Your Opinion - Nigeria
Family Problem – Nigeria / United States
An American Embassy - United States
MJ IN AFRICA — Nigeria

Best Short Film (Spanish)

Camelia Carmín — Spain
Dobrina – Singapore
HENSHIN – Spain
Today Is Not Always (Hoy no es siempre) – Spain
Blue Berri – Spain
Best Served Cold (SÄ-rvase Frío) – Spain
SYD – Spain
Yes (Sí se enteran) – Spain
By Sex– Spain
The Gizmo (El Gizmo) – Spain
The Red Line (La Línea Roja) – Spain
Catalogue of Suicides (For Demanding People) (Catálogo de suicidios para gente exigente) – Spain

Best French Film

Chopin, Chopin! – Poland
The puzzle - Canada
The Interview - Canada
Face-off – Canada
What now? – Canada
1460 Upweke – Canada

Best First Feature

An American Embassy - United States
RUDRAM - United States
d i s t a n t - India
AOSHO! Voices in Bloom - Japan
Reparations - United Kingdom
Lolly Dagger Eats Sponge Cake - United States
Turmoil - United States
Lechones - United States
Echoes - United States
ANU (Mercy) — Nigeria
Implosion — United States

Best Film (Caribbean & International)

Visa Blue - Bahamas
Guarocuya - Dominican Republic
Bottled Love - U.S.Virgin Islands
Threads of Us - Jamaica
Against All Odds - China
The Shadow of Greed: Oba Cut - Nigeria
AOSHO! Voices in Bloom – Japan
MJ IN AFRICA — Nigeria
Wherever You Want (DONDE TÚ QUIERAS) – Colombia

Best International Film

Oscar's Letter (La Carta de Óscar) – Spain
Frogging a Human (Okupa a un Humano) – Spain
Believe or Die (CREER O MORIR) – Venezuela
HYBRIS (HYBRIS) – Spain
THE LUCKY DRAW - Canada
Blood Resilience - Belgium
JAMEELA - Pakistan
Revelations - United States
Son of the Soil - Nigeria, United Kingdom
A VISIT TO WARD 4 – Nigeria
Takht_E_Tavoos - Iran

Best Film (North America)

Finding Solace - United States
Finding Astrea - United States
Turmoil - United States
Red Cloud: New Day - United States
Turmoil - United States
Good Intentions 2 - Canada
The Wiccan Girl - Canada
Stepping Off with Juvey-D - United States
The Georgetown 272: The Journey - United States
Mirage - United States
BEGET — United States

Best Thriller/Drama (North America)

The Wiccan Girl - Canada
Good Intentions 2 – Canada
Finding Astrea - United States
Turmoil - United States
Lolly Dagger Eats Sponge Cake - United States
Once a week for life II - United States
Staying The Course – Canada / China
The Lion Speaks - Egypt
Echoes - United States
Finding Solace - United States
4th Toughest Man on Planet Earth - Canada, United States

Best Horror Film

I Promise — Canada
Siyā Gālesh - Iran
To Keep Her - Canada
Paranoia - Brazil
We're All Haunted Here - Canada
Noppera - United States
THE FLOOR VArNISH - Thailand
The Bore - Canada

Best Thriller/Horror Film

The Legend of William Boucher: The Blood Curse - United States
Quarantine - United States
IDIA - Nigeria
Bad Day: Bad Dreams - United States
Day Of The Games Night – Nigeria
The Shadow of the Hecatoncheir (La Sombra del Hecatonquiro) – Spain
Child's Drawing — Taiwan
I Promise — Canada

Best First International Film

STAY — Nigeria
Once a week for life II - United States
Paradise Africa - Nigeria
The River was Always There - China
DISSIPATION 2047 - China
4th Toughest Man on Planet Earth - Canada United States
The Georgetown 272: The Journey - United States
Stepping Off with Juvey-D - United States
Night of Deception - Canada
The Georgetown 272: The Journey - United States
Rumba Royale - Congo The Democratic Republic of the
A Stranger On Earth - United States

Best New Media / Interactive Work

MJ IN AFRICA — Nigeria
Mumbling Sand - United States
Asshole of Screaming chicken - China
ZiWei - JinLing Tower Poem - China, United States
2025's last crop circle - Warnings fulfilled - Brazil
Snow Colored Ashes - United States
A Walking Shadow - China
LOGOS - Canada
MADOROMI stage1 – Japan
A Boss Like Her – United States
Tui Bei Tu – United States
What's Happening — Saudi Arabia
Quantum Prelude: The Evolution of The Universe - United States

Best Movie Poster

Troublemaker - Nigeria
A VISIT TO WARD 4 - Nigeria
The Last Kiss - United States
The Georgetown 272: The Journey - United States
Dorsin & Brown - Canada
Blood Vessel – Nigeria
Staying The Course – Canada / China
Lechones - United States
Takht_E_Tavoos - Iran
ÌWÉ ÀLÁ: An Ojúde Oba Story — Nigeria

Best International Film Poster

The Georgetown 272: The Journey - United States
My Volunteer Soldier – Italy
MJ IN AFRICA — Nigeria
TWO HALVES – Nigeria
The Fare — United States
The Creek – Nigeria
Nneoma — Nigeria
OKEOGHENE — Nigeria

Best Dance Screen Work

Unspun Flesh, Unburned Shell - China
Sea of Fire - Greece, India, United States
La Fée Électricité (The Goddess of Electricity) - United Kingdom
POI (Primary Ovarian Insufficiency) - Australia
The Elephant in the Room
OKEOGHENE — Nigeria

Best Performance Short

The Creek - Nigeria
Eternal Night - China, South Korea
Modern Life is Rubbish – China
Some Kind of Blue - Australia, China
Reunion – China
It's Relative - United States
ÀKÓKÒ – Nigeria
Harvests of sorrow - France, French Guiana
Emil – USA
Barely Teddy - United States
An American Embassy - United States

Best Performance Short – Canada

The last resort
Chromatics
Good Intentions 2
Moments
Wahala For Everybody
The Wiccan Girl - Canada

Best Performance Short International

Takht_E_Tavoos - Iran
MJ IN AFRICA — Nigeria
Lingering Day – China
And Then，I...Huh？
Merry Xmas, AI Love You.- Japan
Lilith's Reign - France
The Montenegro Affair - Canada
Alone against all - France
The Gosari Monsoon - South Korea
Siyā Gālesh — Iran
OKEOGHENE — Nigeria
Ashny - The Overcomer – Nigeria

Best Performance

Nneoma — Nigeria
Ice Ice Bye Bye - France
Once a week for life II - United States
ALPHA - Not Specified
Breaking The Rules - United States
2080 - United States
Staying The Course – Canada / China
Chopin, Chopin! – Poland
Stay — Nigeria
The Fast Family: Underground — United States
ÌWÉ ÀLÁ: An Ojúde Oba Story — Nigeria

Best Media Podcast

Nostradamus on Venezuela - United States
Fighting The Power -Democracy dies when the Fourth Estate complies
Fighting The Power:Not The Fire This Time; Portland is not on Fire
The Humble Lion Motivates Podcast ep 52 guest Ace Smartz - United States

Best Costume Design

Takht_E_Tavoos - Iran
OKEOGHENE — Nigeria
Nneoma — Nigeria
The Housemaid — Canada / China
MJ IN AFRICA — Nigeria
Strolling Down Brighton Pier - United Kingdom
From a World to Another - Canada
Dorsin & Brown - Canada
Blood Vessel – Nigeria
Staying The Course – Canada / China
The Guardians - United Kingdom
The Creek – Nigeria
THE LUCKY DRAW — Canada / China
Is Doomsday Comet here? - Netherlands, Portugal, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
ÌWÉ ÀLÁ: An Ojúde Oba Story — Nigeria

Best Set Design

From a World to Another - Canada
See The City - Canada
Blood Vessel – Nigeria
STAYING THE COURSE – Canada / China
Chopin, Chopin! – Poland
An American Embassy - United States
WAHALA FOR EVERYBODY – Canada
Breaking The Rules — United States
TWO HALVES – Nigeria
The Creek – Nigeria
The Wiccan Girl – Canada
Takht_E_Tavoos - Iran
ÌWÉ ÀLÁ: An Ojúde Oba Story — Nigeria

Best Stunt Coordination

Son of the Soil - Nigeria, United Kingdom
Red Cloud: New Day - United States
Bad Day: Bad Dreams - United States
TWO HALVES – Nigeria
Blood Vessel – Nigeria
The Creek - Nigeria
ÌWÉ ÀLÁ: An Ojúde Oba Story — Nigeria

Best Director – Short Film

Mahyar MirPadyab — Drawn In Black — Iran
Omar Hashem — What's Happening — Saudi Arabia
Majid Niamorad — I Am With You And Youre With Me — Iran
Kinan Kotrash — Nadia — United States
Fred Meza — Citadel Lost — United States
YOASPIRE — Noppera — United States
Solomon Fixon-Owoo — Ashes of Accra — Ghana
Gerry Manus — The King's Quest For The Golden Thread — Canada
Shi Zeng — She and She — China
Naeem Esmaeeli — Taboophen — Iran
Leftiris Koutinas — ANGEL — Canada
Jose Sunny - GEN Z – Australia
Russ Emanuel - Quarantine - United States
Jamon Holmes - The Fast Family: Underground — United States

Best Director - Short Film (International)

Zhenghao Gu — Men from 6:30 to 6:35 — China
Taichi Kunigami — MADOROMI Stage1 — Japan
Seo on Moon — Rivermouth — South Korea
Sanelle Sibanda — The Last Bloom — Zimbabwe
Eduardo Stachow Figueiredo — The Gramophone — Brazil
Xie Wangyang — A Walking Shadow — China
Stella Dada — SHADES — Canada, Nigeria
CHUN KIT WU — Through the Vast World — Hong Kong
Best Ayemere Okoduwa — I Love You Insanely — Nigeria
Seyed Hasan Hosseini — First Kiss — Iran
Domen Puš — Discourse — Slovenia
Nnamdi Nwosa - It's Relative - United States
Benjamin Martin - Where The Stars Meet - South Africa
Sean Amaral - The Fare — United States

Best Director - Short Film (North America)

Timothy Myrick - Of Who We Were — United States
Asadollah Gholamali — The Interview — Canada
Chad Tailor — No Match — Canada
Genel Mejia — The Redemption of Faust — United States
Aurel Naqi — The Last Kiss — United States
Pascal Chaumont — Face-off — Canada
Barbara L Hamilton — Toxic Love — Canada
Mia Golden — See The City — Canada
Dylan Duff — The Art of Knowing You — Canada
Daniel C. Stewart — The Bore — Canada
Joshua David Wright — 2080 — United States
Reza Salehinia — LOGOS — Canada
Russ Emanuel - Round the Corner - United States

Best Music Video Director

KARAN DHILLON — INTO THE FOREST — Canada
Ilia Noyabrov — Wings — Ukraine
Ilia Noyabrov — YOU ARE SPECIAL (Music video) — Ukraine
Ilia Noyabrov — My Love — Ukraine
Oleksandr Shvets — Lullaby — Ukraine

Best Director – Documentary Film

Nozomu Kubota - AI’s Silent Omissions – Japan
Saif Kareem - Breaking The Rules - United States
Karan Dhillon - Onyota' a:ka. (People of The Standing Stone) – Canada
Albert James Moten, Jr. - The Georgetown 272: The Journey - United States
Andrzej Dec-Williams, Grzegorz Kruszewski - Thirteen Buttons To Heaven - United States

Best Director – Film

Esse Akwawa — ALPHA — Nigeria
Maurice Moore - Finding Solace - United States
Teco Benson — SHATTA — United States
Johnathan Sharp — Behind Closed Doors — Canada
George Zouvelos — Once a week for life I — United States
GreatValentine Edochie — FALLING NOTES — Nigeria
Mildred Okwo — ON DIFFERENT GROUND — Nigeria
Zainab Malik, Mina Isabella JafriMalik — JAMEELA — Pakistan
Frederick Leonard — HEAVEN MUST WAIT — Nigeria
Chee Keong Cheung — Son of the Soil — Nigeria, United Kingdom
David Li - Staying The Course – Canada / China
Emmanuel Ilondior - The Lastborn – Canada
Julian Iliev - Night of Deception — Canada
Michael Marentette - I Promise — Canada — Short

Best Director – International

Toka Mcbaror — The Creek — Nigeria
Mykal Cushnie — Threads of Us — Jamaica
Doris Ariole — UNBOXING LOVE — Nigeria
Kyoji Yamaguchi — AOSHO! Voices in Bloom — Japan
Esse Akwawa — ALPHA — Nigeria
Alex Kruz — Red Cloud: New Day — United States
Paulgold Olalekan Joseph — The Specialists — Nigeria
Dontavious Shuler — Echoes — United States
Israel Eziedo — The Hole Within — Nigeria
Uyoyou Adia - EVI — Nigeria
Ebony Rose Rosemond - An American Embassy - United States
Seda Oktay - Toward the Light — Turkey
Shahab Hosseini - Takht_E_Tavoos - Iran
Adeoluwa Owu - ÌWÉ ÀLÁ: AN OJÚDE OBA STORY — Nigeria

Best Producer – Short Film

Saif Kareem — Breaking The Rules — United States
Chad Tailor — Straw Man — Canada
Omar Hashem — What's Happening — Saudi Arabia
Ernie Rivera, Fred Meza — Citadel Lost — United States
Shi Zeng, Li Zeng — She and She — China
Eduardo Stachow Figueiredo — The Gramophone — Brazil
Vicky Plancher, Claudine Cinous — Dorsin & Brown — Canada
Stellamaris Chinasa Duru — SANDS OF TIME — Nigeria
Octavio Ponce — Rooary — United States
Lucas Revoredo — Véda Vérian — Brazil
Afamefuna C. Ikegwuonu - SANE – Nigeria, Canada
Jamon Holmes, Sean Amaral, Frank Munden - The Fare — United States

Best Producer

Xingye Xu — Men from 6:30 to 6:35 — China
Anthony A Uzuakpunwa - The Last Friday — Nigeria
Oluwole OLUKOJU — Good Intentions 2 — Canada
Claret Onukogu — SHATTA — United States
Oyindamola Sanni — Fehintola — Nigeria
Oluwamayowa Lawrence, Okusaga Adeoluwa — FALLING NOTES — Nigeria
George Zouvelos, Nicholas Levis — Once a week for life II — United States
Nicolette Onyebuchi Ndigwe — ON DIFFERENT GROUNDS — Nigeria
Frederick Leonard — HEAVEN MUST WAIT — Nigeria
Chee Keong Cheung, Andreas Roald, Razaaq Adoti, Ioanna Karavela, Wingonia Ikpi — Son of the Soil — Nigeria, United Kingdom
Kady Edwards-Campbell, Horane Henry, Donisha Prendergast — Threads of Us — Jamaica

Best Producer International

Shahab Hosseini - Takht_E_Tavoos - Iran
Emmanuel Ilondior , Lorine Ilondior - The Lastborn - Canada
Jeffrey Otas, Richard Ayodeji Makun - TWO HALVES – Nigeria
Doris Ariole, Kasy Edwards-Campbell — NOT LETTING US GO — Nigeria
Paulgold Olalekan Joseph, Chuck Okudo — The Specialists — Nigeria
Christia Clarkson, Dontavious Shuler — Echoes — United States
ALBERT JAMES MOTEN, JR., CARL VAN, SCOTT Zeitzer — The Georgetown 272: The Journey — United States
Carlton O. Semple, Gigi F. Garcia Diaz — Mirage — United States
Jennifer Whitney, Maurice Moore — Finding Solace — United States
Roxanne Adekunle-Wright, Fafa Bello-Osagie, David Karanja, Steven Matusko, Charles Okpaleke, Agozie Ugwu — Blood Vessel — Nigeria
Ebony R. Rosemond, Edward C. Rosemond, Roger Payano - An American Embassy - United States

Best AI-Assisted Film

Railbound — United States
Mr. Snowman Kim — South Korea
Sophomore: Major Problem — United States
Interrogation — South Korea
HELICON — Greece
Seenu Super Studio — United States
Mars: Beyond 2100 — Canada
Down Home Love — Canada
Land without shores — China

Best AI-Generated Short Film

Mars: Beyond 2100 — Canada
A Dream My Sister Had — Germany
THE GREEDY NIGHTMARE — China
The Legend of William Boucher — United States
Parallel Chengdu — China
Why Nian is Red — China
RED DOT — South Korea
A Little Full — China
Molded — China
DANCE RINSE AID — Canada
Marked for SNUFF — Kazakhstan

Best AI-Generated Short (International)

Conditor AI Short Film
In Between — Türkiye
I AM HAPPY — South Korea
Monk Minchu — China
Make A Wish — Türkiye
Save the Queen — Italy
Monk Minchu — China
Ash Boat — China
Snow Colored Ashes — United States
Omelette — United States
Codename Designed system - South Korea
Coexistence system - South Korea

Best Experimental AI Film

The Legend of William Boucher: The Blood Curse - United States
MADOROMI Stage1- Japan
The Last Lie - South Korea
Marked for SNUFF – Kazakhstan
Guarocuya — Dominica
HUGO AND THE STRAY — United Kingdom
MADOROMI stage1 — Japan
“My name is Xia…” — China
Georges — France
Glass Cocoon — China
MADOROMI stage1 – Japan
My Mom's Secret – China

Documentary Short Film List

Best Short Documentary Film
Breaking The Rules — United States
INVISIBLE ROOTS — Italy
Grandma's Untold Heart — China
About Rain — China
BOSSLADYSK8 — Canada
Group Home Gradz — United States
Thirteen Buttons To Heaven - United States
No Small Matter - United States
Canary Islands - the Fortunate Isles — Spain
Flash, Track (柬埔寨的照片) — Cambodia

Best Short Documentary (Canada/USA)

Interstellar comet in 1300 year old prophecy — United States
Doomsday is near - this is the proof — United States
Crop Circle Mysteries - Location, location, location — United States
The mystery of finding myself — United States
The Latin Grammy nominated District Judge — United States
Onyota' a:ka. (People of The Standing Stone) — Canada
Leave Them Wanting Less — United States
This is Hogtown — Canada
Three Gen Z Amigos — United States
AGELESS: Real Talk. Real Change. To End Ageism. — Canada

Best Short Documentary – International

UNSEEN ARTISTS — Germany
A land of contrast - Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia
Struggling to Slack — China
Baltic Past - Forget me not! — Latvia
AI’s Silent Omissions — Japan
Ebola - What you don't know (German) – Spain
Namibia - The Land of the Brave (German) – Namibia
Bruny Wild Swimmers — Australia
The Sky of the Courtyard (小院的天空) — China — Documentary

Documentary

Best Documentary Film
Gongo - Greece
The Mongol Run - Thailand
Lobito Bound: A Journey to Africa's New Frontier — United Kingdom
Every Line Becomes A Circle - Germany
Hotline Beijing - China
The Rhythm of Ancestors - Yoruba Bata - Nigeria
The Lion Speaks - Egypt
The Escuminac Disaster: Beneath the Surface - Canada
(The Messenger of Joy) - United States
Allen Hinds: Between the Notes - United States
Dabbawala Canada - Bulgaria, Canada, Germany, Hungary
Reina Morena (DARK QUEEN) — Spain

Best Documentary Film – International

Namibia - The land of the Brave - Namibia
Taming the Fish — China
MÄQUINA — United States
Ari — Italy
The Georgetown 272: The Journey— United States
Maithreem Bhajatha - Cultivate Friendship — United States
4th Toughest Man on Planet Earth — Canada, United States
The Last Girl 2025 - Iran
Cecil B. Demille, The Inventor Of Blockbuster – France
Your Names Are Missing (Faltan vuestros nombres) – Spain
Lady Everest (Lady Everest) – Spai
Getting Off The Wheel — Singapore

Best Supporting Actor (Africa)

Eso Dike — FALLING NOTES — Nigeria
Chuks Joseph — Day Of The Games Night — Nigeria
Damilola Ogunsi — Son of the Soil — Nigeria / United Kingdom
Ibrahim Suleiman — EVI — Nigeria
Temple Ikechukwu — The Last Friday — Nigeria
Jide Bolarinwa — The Last Friday — Nigeria
Toluwani George — Day Of The Games Night — Nigeria
Allen Liu — STAYING THE COURSE — Canada
Emmanuel Igwe — Day Of The Games Night — Nigeria
Ijelu Folajimi — Son of the Soil — Nigeria / United Kingdom
Richard Ayodeji Makun - TWO HALVES – Nigeria

Best Supporting Actor (International)

Theo Grundmann Brechet — Chopin, Chopin! — Poland
Przemysław Kowalski — Chopin, Chopin! — Poland
Adan Xu — STAYING THE COURSE — Canada
Jared Brubaker — The Present Help — United States
Durotimi Okutagidi — Son of the Soil — Nigeria / United Kingdom
Ethan Kartchner — The Present Help — United States
Stephen Lesser — The Present Help — United States
James Blacq — Son of the Soil — Nigeria / United Kingdom
King Fu Wong — Through the Vast World — Hong Kong
Karan Maan — Poos Ki Ek Raat (A Cold Winter Night) — India
Omatta Udalor — The Lastborn — Canada
Olayinka Olubambo — Son of the Soil — Nigeria / United Kingdom

Best Actress (Africa)

Jo-Anne Williams — Threads of Us — Jamaica
Cécile Djunga — Rumba Royale — Democratic Republic of Congo
Sunshine Rosman — Son of the Soil — Nigeria / United Kingdom
Sharon Rotimi — The Hole Within — Nigeria
Omowunmi Dada — EVI — Nigeria
Waje — EVI — Nigeria
Jamilaah Ibrahim — The Last Friday — Nigeria
Blessing Obasi — ALPHA — Nigeria
Doris Ariole — UNBOXING LOVE — Nigeria
Blessing Amadin — Stand In The Gap — Nigeria / United Kingdom
Emmanuella Appah — A VISIT TO WARD 4 — Nigeria
Linda Osifo - TWO HALVES – Nigeria
Doris Okorie - Behind A Lie – Ghana
Mercy Aigbe - ÌWÉ ÀLÁ: An Ojúde Oba Story — Nigeria

Best Actress (International)

Yuri Lai — Worry No More — China
Phoebe Chen — THE LUCKY DRAW — Canada / China
Naosheen Ahmed — Pandaal — India
Rosabelle Andrews — A VISIT TO WARD 4 — Nigeria
Anna Khanina — Wings — Ukraine
Kezia Sitompul — The Last Bloom — Zimbabwe
Grace Wei — THE LUCKY DRAW — Canada / China
Maiko Kawakami — AOSHO! Voices in Bloom — Japan
Suyeon Lee — Rivermouth — South Korea
Bruna Perussello — Love, Sarah — Canada
Almanya Narula — Pandaal — India
Tomoko Tabata — AOSHO! Voices in Bloom — Japan
Amena Alwareeth — What's Happening — Saudi Arabia

Best Supporting Actress

Grace Mo — THE LUCKY DRAW — Canada / China
Melanie Tong — STAYING THE COURSE — Canada
Osereme Inegbenebor — FALLING NOTES — Nigeria
Joy Grant-Ekong — Stand In The Gap — Nigeria / United Kingdom
Princess Claire — BREAKING THROUGH — Canada
Autumn Jordan — The Present Help — United States
Emerald Nwani — HEAVEN MUST WAIT — Nigeria
Rosemary Afuwape — A VISIT TO WARD 4 — Nigeria
Hiromi Yamakawa — AOSHO! Voices in Bloom — Japan
Mackenzie Bishop — Turmoil — United States
Jacklyn Del Signore — The Last Kiss — United States
Johnette Ellis — An American Embassy — United States
Chelsea Goode — An American Embassy — United States
Genevieve Ukatu Edwin - TWO HALVES - Nigeria

Best Photography

SANE – Nigeria, Canada
An American Embassy - United States
The Last Friday — Nigeria
The Fast Family: Underground — United States
Irina's Letter (La Carta de Irina) — Spain
OKEOGHENE — Nigeria
ÌWÉ ÀLÁ: An Ojúde Oba Story — Nigeria

Best Music Video Cinematography

INTO THE FOREST — Canada
Wings — Ukraine
YOU ARE SPECIAL (Music Video) — Ukraine
My Love — Ukraine
Lullaby — Ukraine

Best Short Film Cinematography

What's Happening — United States
Nadia — United States
Onyota' a:ka. (People of The Standing Stone) — Canada
The Line Between Us — United States
Straw Man — Canada
See The City — Canada
The Art of Knowing You — Canada
LOGOS — Canada
Face-off — Canada
Emma — United States
SANE – Nigeria, Canada

Best International Short Film Cinematography

ROADSIDE DELIVERY — United States
I LOVE YOU INSANELY — Nigeria
The Last Bloom — Indonesia
The Two Of Us — Norway
Men from 6:30 to 6:35 — China
The Redemption of Faust — United States
SHADES — Canada, Nigeria
An American Embassy - United States
The Last Women on Earth - United States
The Fast Family: Underground — United States

Best Cinematography Film

Takht_E_Tavoos - Iran
The King's Quest For The Golden Thread — Canada
Fehintola — Nigeria
FALLING NOTES — Nigeria
Son of the Soil — Nigeria
The Specialists — Nigeria
Good Intentions 2 — Canada
Echoes — United States
SHATTA — Nigeria
Blood Vessel — Cabo Verde, Ghana, Nigeria
A Stranger On Earth — United States
TWO HALVES – Nigeria
ÌWÉ ÀLÁ: An Ojúde Oba Story — Nigeria

Best Film by a Female Filmmaker

OKEOGHENE — Nigeria
Avagunthan — India
Fulling of Prophecy - Beginning of War— Japan, Mexico, USA
Paranoia — Brazil
Home is Where Heart Is — Australia
All In — Lithuania
Plastic Madonna — Italy
Finding Solace — United States
Hotline Beijing — China
Group Home Gradz — United States

Best Film by a Female Filmmaker (International)

OKEOGHENE — Nigeria
La Fée Électricité (The Goddess of Electricity) — United Kingdom
Unfinished — South Africa
Ivanko's Childhood — United Kingdom
Through the Vast World — Hong Kong
Hidden Moon — Iran
Finding Solace — United States
Heading to the East — China, United States

Best Film by a Female Filmmaker (Canada)

Love, Sarah — Canada
OUT THERE — Canada
Mira — Canada
See The City — Canada
BREAKING THROUGH — Canada
The Art of Knowing You — Canada
Straw Man — Canada
Honorable Sinners — Canada
BOSSLADYSK8 — Canada
The Story of the Facing Window — Canada, Iran

Best Film by a Female Filmmaker (Nollywood)

Èlédà Àyànmọ̀ — Nigeria
ONOBIREN: A Woman's Story — Nigeria
Paradise Africa — Nigeria
Stand In The Gap — Nigeria / United Kingdom
ALJANA — Nigeria
NOT LETTING US GO — Nigeria
UNBOXING LOVE — Nigeria
THE INVINCIBLE CHILD (KILANKO) — Nigeria
The HAndShake — Nigeria
OKEOGHENE — Nigeria
ALPHA — Nigeria
Family Problem — Nigeria

Best Film by a Female Filmmaker – USA

Shallow End — United States
SHATTA — United States
Mirage — United States
Dare to be Different — United States
An American Embassy — United States
Revelations — United States
Red Cloud: New Day — United States
Finding Solace — United States

Best Child Actor (Male)

Nili Shabghareh - THE STAIN — Iran
Kinan Alsaiari - What's Happening - Saudi Arabia
Richard Bamgbaye – ALJANA - Nigeria
Zander Kaufer - A Stranger On Earth - United States
Luka Vorobei - Ivanko's Childhood - United Kingdom
Ethan David Henry II - ALVIS HELVIG SPACE VIKING - United States
Nathaniel Ruth - The Curious Incident of Everett Wilder - United States

Best Child Actor (Female)

Nili Shabghareh - THE STAIN — Iran
Ripley Dresser - The Curious Incident of Everett Wilder - United States
Emerald Nwani - HEAVEN MUST WAIT – Nigeria
Zaneta Grant & Wanita Fadipe - Stand In The Gap – Nigeria / United Kingdom
Tiwalola Adebola-Walter — UNBOXING LOVE — Nigeria

Best Actress

Erin Ross — Love, Sarah — Canada
Chika Ike — SHATTA — United States
Diana Durango — Once a Week for Life II — United States
Sophia Chisom — FALLING NOTES — Nigeria
Leah Feng — STAYING THE COURSE — Canada
Patience Ozokwo — Son of the Soil — Nigeria / United Kingdom
Anna-Share Blake — Threads of Us — Jamaica
Hiromi Yamakawa : AOSHO! Voices in Bloom — Japan
Hyoeun Kim — Rivermouth — South Korea
Drue Ferguson — Turmoil — United States
Jenna Elise — The Last Kiss — United States
Mélanie Bokata — Rumba Royale — Democratic Republic of Congo
Kathryn Marcus — An American Embassy — United States

Best Actress (Canada)

Mary Ann Farley — Love, Sarah — Canada
Ivana Camarena — Girlhood — Canada
Preet Aujla — Mira — Canada
Monica Brighton — BREAKING THROUGH — Canada
Shannon Loewen — The New Tenant — Canada
Maria-Crystal Melo — ANGEL — Canada
Rosemary Manso — Dorsin & Brown — Canada
Sarah Peguero — Mira — Canada
Katie Schram — Girlhood — Canada
Angela Narth — The New Tenant — Canada
Amaka Debie Samuel-Okon — BREAKING THROUGH — Canada
Mahalia Robinson — BREAKING THROUGH — Canada
Gillian Zhao - The Housemaid — Canada

Best Actress (USA)

Tanya Price — Revelations — USA
Claret Onukogu — SHATTA — United States
Olivia d'Abo — Quarantine — United States
Kirah Graham — 2080 — United States
Kelli Maroney — Round the Corner — United States
Raven Dean — An American Embassy — United States
Krystyn Sayre — A Stranger On Earth — United States
Janine Alisandrelli — Turmoil — United States
Hana Balaj — The Last Kiss — United States
Bailey Sorrel — Quarantine — United States
Mercedes Peterson — Round the Corner — United States
Arlene Newman-Van Asperen - The Fare — United States

Best Actress (Nollywood)

Inem King — ALPHA — Nigeria
Omoche Okoh — NOT LETTING US GO — Nigeria
Nneoma Onyekwele — UNBOXING LOVE — Nigeria
Lovezoe Tunmise — I LOVE YOU INSANELY — Nigeria
Osas Okonyon — EVI — Nigeria
Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha — Revelations — Nigeria
Linda Osifo — TWO HALVES — Nigeria
Promise Binang Eyare — The Last Friday — Nigeria
Areoghene Caroline Igben — Okeoghene — Nigeria
Lota Chukwu — HEAVEN MUST WAIT — Nigeria
Tomiwa Tegbe — EVI — Nigeria
Gbubemi Ejeye - Black Pepper — Nigeria
Linda Osifo - TWO HALVES – Nigeria

Best Actor

Eryk Kulm — Chopin, Chopin! — Poland
Saif Kareem — Breaking The Rules — United States
Armen Garo — Once a Week for Life II — United States
Alex Kruz — Red Cloud: New Day — United States
Christian Martyn — The Art of Knowing You — Canada
Jihoon Park — Rivermouth — South Korea
Frederick Leonard — HEAVEN MUST WAIT — Nigeria
Razaaq Adoti — Son of the Soil — Nigeria / United Kingdom
Maurice Moore — Finding Solace — United States
Sean Kenney — Quarantine — United States

Best Actor (Canada)

Christian Martyn — The Art of Knowing You — Canada
Farough Samani — LOGOS — Canada
Loïc Oliviera — Face-off — Canada
Constantine Grechko — The Lastborn — Canada
Naimesh Nanavaty — Moments — Canada
Samuel Paul-Hus — Face-off — Canada
Emmanuel Ilondior — The Lastborn — Canada
Rahul Jain — Moments — Canada
Roger Léger — Face-off — Canada
Redi Zyka — The Lastborn — Canada
Allen Liu - The Housemaid — Canada

Best Actor (USA)

Anton Narinskiy — Nadia — United States
Aaron Oberst — Nadia — United States
George C. Zouvelos — Once a Week for Life II — United States
Wole Ojo — SHATTA — United States
Charles Etubiebi — It's Relative — United States
Amir Al Horoub — 2080 — United States
Daniel Perilla — Turmoil — United States
Alex Boye — Revelations — United States
Aaron Harper - The Fare — United States

Best Actor (Nollywood)

Frederick Leonard — HEAVEN MUST WAIT — Nigeria
Anthony Woode — A VISIT TO WARD 4 — Nigeria
Philip Asaya — Son of the Soil — Nigeria / United Kingdom
Don David — UNBOXING LOVE — Nigeria
Stan Nze — ALPHA — Nigeria
Uzor Arukwe — EVI — Nigeria
Deyemi Okanlawon — TWO HALVES — Nigeria
Ichie Fuego — Day Of The Games Night — Nigeria
Kehinde Blaze — Son of the Soil — Nigeria / United Kingdom
Okusaga Adeoluwa — FALLING NOTES — Nigeria
Deyemi Okanlawon - TWO HALVES – Nigeria
Elijah Ogann Anighoro — OKEOGHENE — Nigeria

Best Actor (Africa)

Richard Ayodeji Makun - TWO HALVES – Nigeria
Richard Mofe-Damijo — Revelations — Nigeria/ United States
Razaaq Adoti — Son of the Soil — Nigeria / United Kingdom
Stan Nze — ALPHA — Nigeria
Uzor Arukwe — EVI — Nigeria
Hoom'Suk Alex Jibrin — The Last Friday — Nigeria
Daniel Ugwu — Son of the Soil — Nigeria / United Kingdom
Alex Usifo — SHATTA — United States
Mickey Odey — The Last Friday — Nigeria
Deyemi Okanlawon - TWO HALVES – Nigeria
Owobo Ogunde - ÌWÉ ÀLÁ: An Ojúde Oba Story — Nigeria

Best Actor (International)

Meysam Salarkia — The Frustration — Iran
Angelo Garcia — ROOM 13 — France
Casimir Gregory — It's Relative — United States
Marcelo Toledo Piza — The Last Bloom — Zimbabwe
Tarun Bainsla — Poos Ki Ek Raat (A Cold Winter Night) — India
Jian Syun Wang — Through the Vast World — Hong Kong
Yu Lun Marick Chung — Through the Vast World — Hong Kong
Petr Sherekin — Lullaby — Ukraine
Kamran Mohammadi — Siyā Gālesh — Iran
Amin Alsaiari — What's Happening — Saudi Arabia
Ogechukwu Victory Michael — UNBOXING LOVE — Nigeria
RAN - AOSHO! Voices in Bloom — Japan

Best Supporting Actor

John Kapelos — Once a Week for Life II — United States
Daniel Roebuck — Once a Week for Life II — United States
Michał Pawlik — Chopin, Chopin! — Poland
Josephine de la Baume — Chopin, Chopin! — Poland
John Fiore — Once a Week for Life II — United States
Akili Tcha Binidi — Turmoil — United States
Joserico Hernandez — Turmoil — United States
Gilles Stricher — Quarantine — United States
Bill Victor Arucan — Quarantine — United States
Jimmy Shirts — Once a Week for Life II — United States
Owen Burke III — Once a Week for Life II — United States
Pere Egbi — SHATTA — United States
Ethan Gu - The Housemaid — Canada

Best Supporting Actress (International)

Jeanie Qi — Worry No More — China
Ame Chang — Worry No More — China
Pelumi Shittu — Stand In The Gap — Nigeria / United Kingdom
Josephine Bailey — The Present Help — United States
Charla Bocchicchio — The Present Help — United States
Toyin Oshionke — Son of the Soil — Nigeria / United Kingdom
Alcy Bush — A Stranger On Earth — United States
Madelyn Jordan — A Stranger On Earth — United States
Praise Iwuchukwu — An American Embassy — United States
Lakeisha Jackson — An American Embassy — United States
Juliet Ibrahim - Behind A Lie – Ghana

Best Kids Movie

What's Happening - Saudi Arabia
Call Out Little Bear - China
Where Eaglets Grow - China
THE CROWN PRINCE AND THE RETURN OF THE TYRANT - Sweden
Heva and Anchaing, the call of freedom - France, Réunion
Us and Them - United States
No Small Matter - United States
The Curious Incident of Everett Wilder - United States

Best Film Made with a Cell Phone / Tablet

The Travails of Ajadi - Nigeria
Citadel Lost - United States
Aflutter into azure - China
A Dawgs Imagination - United States
The Hoop Dancer Special - United States
Sophomore: Major Problems - United States
Bad Day: Bad Dreams - United States
Art Defenders We Do Not Forget (2026) - United States
Bruny Wild Swimmers — Australia

Best LGBTQ+ Film

Barbrix! or How to Maybe Capture a Psychic Hominid - United States
Ten Poem Project (Auntie) - United States
The Fishbowl Girl - Not Specified
Why We Pride - United Kingdom
Daphne | SHADES: Amplify Her - Canada
Interrogation - South Korea
Rivermouth - South Korea
Under the Sun — China

Best Sci-Fi Film

Metaverse - Iran
Atlas - At last - United States
ALVIS HELVIG SPACE VIKING - United States
2080 - United States
MADOROMI Stage1 - Japan

Best Virtual Reality Project

KronoDonum - United States
Amber Row – United States
MADOROMI stage1 – Japan
Touching the Sky VR – France, UK, United States
Quantum Prelude: The Evolution of The Universe — United States

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Blood Vessel – Nigeria
Dorsin & Brown – Canada
Staying The Course – Canada / China
Chopin, Chopin! – Poland
An American Embassy - United States
MJ IN AFRICA — Nigeria
OKEOGHENE — Nigeria
ÌWÉ ÀLÁ: An Ojúde Oba Story — Nigeria

Best Spoken Word Performance

The Neglected Face of Profundity - United States
Truth, Lies and mystery - United States
Voetry (2026) - Canada
SURVIVE - United States
SIMPLICITY - United States
SELF - United States
Sparrow - Not Specified
The Redemption of Faust - United States

Best Original Short Screenplay (1–30 Pages)

The Thread of Discourse — Written by Jeff Kimball
Grandma’s Fortune — Written by Mahmoud Ghonim
Durning Road — Written by Paula McCool
Made in China — Written by Jia Shi
PUSSY POND LA MER — Written by Paula Lew Van Well
Mentally Chill Unless I Forget — Written by Crystal Nadine Rollen
THE LAST CURTAIN — Written by Mel Masry
The Perfect Day — Written by Drew A. Naiburg-Smith
Bar in the Woods — Written by Robert Cunniff
Hot Manga Girl — Written by Beatrice Yilin Jiang
The Interview — Written by Asadollah Rebwar Gholamali
No Match — Written by Chad Tailor, Devyash Ranavat

Best Short Screenplay (1–30 Pages)

Six Teats — Written by Bradley Brian Custer
Shalom Kolontarov The Hero — Written by Shalom Kolontarov
CALL ME MUM — Written by Adi Alfa
The Same Cut — Written by Shamila Habibi
Double Stuff — Written by Xavier Smalls
Hit Me — Written by Matt Greenberg
The Nominee — Written by Venkata Naveen Sunkara
THE SHADOW OF THE SUN — Written by Honghu Mao, Mingna Su
Two Meals (A Given Name) — Written by Yan Gu
Exaucé — Written by Raïssa Sintcheu
Spheres of Influence — Written by Kamran Zamanian
CHAMPAGNE IN THE BASEMENT — Written by Despina Moraitou

Best Short Screenplay (1–30 Pages)

Shooting Life Around — Written by Isaac Ballesteros Barba
Between Prayers — Written by Carlos Mena
MADOROMI stage1 — Written by Taichi Kunigami
Red — Written by Dontavious Shuler
DEVIL'S EMBRACE — Written by Valeria Marmolejo Ramirez
SNOW WHITE'S LIPSTICK — Written by Li Lin-Liang
The Post-Mortem of Taylor Jordan — Written by Eric J. Cook
Love Lorn — Written by Kevin Huhn, Robert Smith
Darkness — Written by Bradley Brian Custer
Jane Austen in Time — Written by Victoria Therese Kieburtz
Towers — Written by Josh Berning, Anthony Dejesus
WOMAN — Written by Christal Munachi Ogwo

Best Screenplay (30–60 Pages)

M-PATH — Written by Phil Borg, Julian DeZotti
Dark Corners — Written by Jessica A Ackerson
The Gardener — Written by Phil Spencer
Memories of Violence — Written by Ben Moir
The Past That Will Not Die — Written by Timothy Jerome Myrick
The Lost Identity: De Oppresso Libre — Written by Saif Kareem
Better Late — Written by Jerry Perzigian, Brad Kaaya Sr.
Greg's Dojo — Written by Jeremy Ray Burchard
Better Late — Written by Jerry Perzigian, Brad Kaaya Sr.
CHAMPAGNE IN THE BASEMENT — Written by Despina Moraitou

Best Screenplay (60+ Pages)

The Fourth Psalm — Written by John Martins III
POTATO, POTAHTO — Written by Zoé Mahfouz
My Volunteer Soldier — Written by Larissa Jung
THE SCAR OF FATE — Written by Not Provided
The Final Fight — Written by Todd J. Stein
Rawaire H20 — Written by Mark David Levitt
Salem and Star part 1 — Written by Phil Spencer
Respirar — Written by August Joaquim Soto
The African — Written by Nnamdi Nwosa
Golden Arrow: Ahmose — Written by Jerry Odell

Best Original Screenplay (60+ Pages)

Dark Sunlight — Written by Maurice Moore
A Scent of Lilac — Written by Frances McCoy
Mah Jongg the Movie: Tiles of Glory — Written by Camille Collier, Krista Maddox, David Martinez, Sara Martinez
Jazz On A Wave — Written by Robert Merz
Mourning Dove — Written by Timothy Harrison
American Apocalypse — Written by Persia White
Immortal Apology — Written by Demetra SDOUGAS
LILIBETH — Written by Maria Brenda Acopiado
Valley of the Gun — Written by Joshua Krist
Black Pepper — Written by Aziba-Laguayari Ekio — Nigeria

Best Screenplay (60+ Pages) Canada

Durango — Written by Daniel J. Ricottone
The Tomorrow Genesis: Birth — Written by Daniel Paul Duval
Fresh — Written by Rosanne Kang
Rubicon in the 6 — Written by Mark Seow
Thesis of Thieves — Written by Brady Hiemstra, Darcee Hiemstra
Born Yesterday — Written by Daniel Paul Duval
Butcher The Pig — Written by Marc Rico Ludwig
A LIFT TO HELL — Written by Pamela Price

Best Screenplay (60+ Pages) USA

DEAD EYES — Written by Jorge Troncone Osorio
Dark Waves — Written by Jeff Kimball
Tinsel — Written by Jeff Kimball
One Last One (title only) — Written by Will Lewis, Chris Lewis
Jackie and Harry — Written by Fisher Alexander
ROSE — Written by Marylou DiPietro
A Letter of Love & Sorrow — Written by Brett Howard Nelson
The Odyssey of John Buchanan — Written by Patrick Morgan Harrison
Alta California — Written by Lynn H. Elliott
Blind Fate — Written by Ernie Rivera - United States

Best International Screenplay (60+ Pages)

What Waters Stain the Innocent — Written by Eric Jared Cook
Greymen: A Contactee's Tale — Written by Ernie Rivera
WINGS — Written by Maja Pavic
One Last One (title only) — Written by Will Lewis, Chris Lewis
Dark Sunlight — Written by Maurice Moore
BABA AFRICA — Written by PAUL G ANDREWS
Djinn — Written by Matthew Karram
Sparrow — Written by Andrew James Bleidner
Closer Than A Brother — Written by Timothy Lyndon Sharer
Ben Moir - The Scotsman

Best Original Music Film

OKEOGHENE — Nigeria
The Fare - United States
My Love - Ukraine
What's Happening - Saudi Arabia
Strolling Down Brighton Pier - United Kingdom
Dorsin & Brown - Canada
Unforgettable Love - Taiwan
FALLING NOTES - Nigeria
Once a week for life II - United States
Destiny - United States
Wings – Ukraine
WAHALA FOR EVERYBODY – Canada

Best Original Music Score

To Keep Her - Canada
Dorsin & Brown – Canada
YOU ARE SPECIAL (Music video) - Ukraine
See The City - Canada
The Specialists - Nigeria
EVELINE - United States
NOT LETTING US GO – Nigeria
The Last Horizon – United States
Bless the Lord – Nigeria
I Promise — Canada
The Montenegro Affair — Canada

Best Original Music Score International

Lullaby - Ukraine
Men from 6:30 to 6:35 - China
ALPHA – Nigeria
Sea of Fire - Greece, India, United States
The Last Friday - Nigeria
EVI - Nigeria
Blood Vessel - Nigeria
Group Home Gradz - United States
Staying The Course – Canada / China
Thirteen Buttons To Heaven - United States
The Montenegro Affair — Canada

Best Music Video

My Love - Ukraine
Born to Dance - Poland, United Kingdom
Thank You Lord - Not Specified
Strolling Down Brighton Pier - United Kingdom
Heartbreaker - Canada
INTO THE FOREST - Canada
Are we alone? - United States
Lullaby - Ukraine
YOU ARE SPECIAL (Music video) - Ukraine
Colonist on The Moon - Obscure Camera – Romania

Best Music Video International

Death Of Fles - United Kingdom
Isolate - United States
Wings - Ukraine
The Doomsday Messengers - United States
What Lingers - China
Ashny - Like I Care - Nigeria
Art Defenders We Do Not Forget (2026) - United States
LIGHTNING DISCO – Canada
Fight for Me – Spain

Best Experimental Music Video

The ZiWei prophecy song – Taiwan
Ashny - Mr Allen - Nigeria
Brown Man - United States
Dance in 22 (22 Indian Languages) – China
I want to be on top Chinese Music – Japan
Blood ties music trailer Korean - South Korea

Best Afrobeats / Afropop Music

Ashny - Fe mi – Nigeria
Boy Nephron - Dance My Pain - Ghana
Dhat Gyal - Prove You Wrong - Ghana
Ashny - We All Mad – Nigeria
Troublemaker - Nigeria

Best Pop Song

Heartbreaker - Canada
Behind Closed Doors - Canada
Wings - Ukraine
YOU ARE SPECIAL (Music video) - Ukraine
My Love - Ukraine
Lullaby - Ukraine
Ashny - Middle of Something - Nigeria
Ashny - Fe mi - Nigeria
Best Country Music
Revelations - United States
Honorable Sinners - Canada
Revelations - United States

Best AI Music Video Visuals

Mistake - South Korea
Xiao – China
NEO DOKKEBIZ – Hmmm - South Korea
William's Song - United States

Best AI-Composed Music Track

Regret Music Trailer – Canada
Love Game Trailer – Malaysia
Love And Choice Song - United States
DANCE RINSE AID – Canada

Best Experimental AI Music Video

“My name is Xia” – China
Brown Man - United States
Dance in 22 (22 Indian Languages) - United States
Horizon – France

Best Editing

What's Happening - Saudi Arabia
Eels - China, Japan
Ashes of Accra - Ghana
FALLING NOTES - Nigeria
The Woman Is Perfected - United States
Son of the Soil - Nigeria, United Kingdom
Wings - Ukraine
You Are Special (Music video) – Ukraine
TWO HALVES – Nigeria
The Creek – Nigeria
Takht_E_Tavoos - Iran

Best Editing (Canada/USA)

Onyota' a:ka. (People of The Standing Stone) - Canada
Thirteen Buttons To Heaven - United States
A Stranger On Earth — United States
Breaking The Rules — United States
The Wiccan Girl - Canada
The Georgetown 272: The Journey - United States
INTO THE FOREST - Canada
STAYING THE COURSE – Canada/China
Staying The Course – Canada / China
Night of Deception — Canada

Best Editing International

My Love - Ukraine
Lullaby - Ukraine
Where The Stars Meet - South Africa
LOGOS - Canada
The Redemption of Faust - United States
SHADES - Canada, Nigeria
SHATTA - United States
Blood Vessel – Nigeria
SANE – Nigeria, Canada
OKEOGHENE — Nigeria
ÌWÉ ÀLÁ: An Ojúde Oba Story — Nigeria

Best Web Series

The Messenger of Joy - United States
Unbreakable Soul - United States
Actors in PJs - United States
Comet as predicted - Saint Martin (French part)
Devil's Guard: A Long Weekend Part One - United States
The Star Track of Charles DeNatale - United States
Welcome to the Whimsical Desert! (Going Solo) - United States
An American Embassy - United States
Five Eyes - Not Specified
Nostradamus on Iran War and future - United States
Seenu Super Studio - United States
Family Problem - Not Specified

Best Animated Film

MJ IN AFRICA — Nigeria
Home in a Hotpot - Indonesia
113 Words for You Today - China, Taiwan, United States
The High King's Daughter - Ireland
The Travails of Ajadi - Nigeria
Looking for inspiration"(,Poszukiwanie inspiracji) - Poland
ima wa ima - Hong Kong

Best International Animated Film

Rooary - United States
The Light House - United States
The Gramophone - Brazil
Blue Sand - Israel
Vultures Episode 1: Scavengers - Ecuador
Ball Lightning - United States
The Pennies from Heaven (一枚硬币) — China

Best Faith-Based Film

MIGHTY HALLELUYAH - Canada
ALPHA - Not Specified
2080 - United States
Stand In The Gap - Nigeria / United Kingdom
The Present Help - United States
Investigation - Italy
La Fée Électricité (The Goddess of Electricity) - United Kingdom
A VISIT TO WARD 4 - Nigeria
NOT LETTING US GO - Nigeria
The Hole Within - Nigeria
The ZiWei prophecy song – Taiwan
Illusion of Faith – Malta
OVERCOME — Canada
ÌWÉ ÀLÁ: An Ojúde Oba Story — Nigeria

Best Movie Trailer

Nneoma — Nigeria
Finding Solace - United States
Drifting heart music trailer – English - Portugal, Spain
Daddy Frankenstein song - United States
The Comet Song - United States
Vultures (Teaser Trailer) - Ecuador
A Visit To Ward 4 - Nigeria
"Apocalypse Death Party" Official Trailer - United States

Best Movie Trailer (International)

Takht_E_Tavoos - Iran
The Georgetown 272: The Journey - United States
Red Cloud: New Day - United States
"All For Tomorrow" Teaser Trailer - United States
Blood Vessel – Nigeria
Lechones - United States
NATURMORT - Driven by Silence — Turkey
The Creek - Nigeria
ÌWÉ ÀLÁ: An Ojúde Oba Story — Nigeria

Best Visual Effects

No Lies - India
Paranoia - Brazil
Sophomore: Major Problems - United States
A Walking Shadow - China
The Set(up) - Nigeria
Sea of Fire - Greece, India, United States
SHADES - Canada, Nigeria
Straw Man - Canada
Blood Vessel – Nigeria
Quarantine - United States
The Fast Family: Underground — United States

Best Art Direction

The Creek - Nigeria
Finding Solace - United States
FALLING NOTES - Nigeria
From a World to Another - Canada
She and She - China - Shi Zeng
ROOM 13 - France - Angelo Garcia
Breaking The Rules - United States
Sea of Fire - Greece, India, United States
Angels are among us - Not Specified
Blood Vessel - Nigeria
Staying The Course – Canada / China
The Fast Family: Underground — United States
TWO HALVES – Nigeria
The Wiccan Girl - Canada

TINFF 2026 OFFICIAL NOMINATIONS

Celebrating Diversity and Inclusion through Film