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CONTINENTS
AWARDS® (SCA)
SCA®
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS WORLDWIDE
SCA® LOS ANGELES // WINNERS
In honor of the achievements of our exceptional industry members, we are pleased to announce our winners, who span a variety of award categories. Find out which of your favorites earned recognition for this year's event, and learn more about their history and contributions!
Three Winners per category!
WINNERS & HONORABLE MENTION LIST 2026
(Golden, Silver, and Bronze - in order)
BEST SHORT FILM - NARRATIVE
- "EMPATHY REHEARSALS" Director Jacopo Cullin (Italy)
- "THEORY" Director AYDOĞAN RAYMAN (Turkey)
- "Némica" Director Felipe Flórez Ramos (Colombia)
Honorable Mentions:
- "The other side of silence" Director Cristian Mauricio Cuervo Hernández (Colombia)
- "Baila hasta el amanecer / Dance till the crack of dawn!" by Miguel Maldonado (Spain)
- "Memento Vivere" Director Alberto Pablo Rivera (Ecuador)
BEST SHORT FILM - EXPERIMENTAL
- "7 Floors to Midnight" Director Sebastian Fesser (Germany)
- "Right to Life" Director Natalia Arjona (Spain)
- "The Sound of Blue" by Bruno Rodriguez Bazante (Greece, Spain)
BEST SHORT FILM - ANIMATION
- "Tainos" Director Eduardo Schuldt (Dominican Republic, Peru)
- "Where The Stars Rest" Director VEDANGA NAG (India)
- "hoodoo" Director bellopropello (Switzerland)
BEST SHORT FILM - DOCUMENTARY
- "Behind Silent Eyes" Directors William Collinson, Ian Goehring (USA)
- "NO CHRISTMAS, BETHLEHEM" Director JEREMIE SOK (France)
- "The Secret of Adrenaline" Submitter Arun Gunaseelan (Poland)
Honorable Mentions:
- "Those Who Stay" Director MATEUS DE ARAUJO CAVENAGHI (Brazil)
- "The Price of Belonging" Director Nizar Abu Zayyad (Palestine)
BEST SHORT FILM - UNDER 10MIN
- "WCNSF" Director Antonio Cortés (Spain)
- "WHAT WE DESERVE" Director Attila Lorant (Hungary)
- "WHERE LIGHT FALLS" by SHANTANU GOSWAMI (UK)
BEST SHORT FILM - UNDER 5MIN
- "A complete mess" Director YING HU (China)
- "JK LOL" Director Simon Petros Freitas (USA)
- "The Harpies" by Rogan Lovse (Canada)
BEST SHORT FILM - COMEDY
- "The Mechanic" Directors Sara Bergamini, Daniele Zucchini (Italy)
BEST SHORT FILM - STUDENTS
- "The Rubbish" Director Jonathan Maher (Spain)
- "Meet Me on a Rock" Director Marie Bryan (Ireland)
- "Dissonance" Director 圣雨 en 高 (UK)
Honorable Mentions:
- "ICE" Directors Vitoria de Oliveira, Michael Cerqueira Da Costa (Brazil, Peru, Switzerland, Portugal)
- "Bitterly-sweet" Director Sakdipong Jittasaiyapan (Thailand)
- "I WON!" Director Jimena Castillo Polanco (Peru)
BEST PRODUCTION (SHORT FILM)
- "What Makes A Woman" Director Sonia Mercedes Machado-Hines (USA)
- Keene McRae in "Bad Furniture" (USA)
- Gerry Grimes in "Confessional directed by Donal O'Dea (Ireland)
BEST TRAILER
- "Trailer - Los Aspirantes- The Applicants-" Directors Kevin Ramos Fernández, María Yolanda Brown Melián (Spain)
BEST WEB /TV SERIES (PILOT)
- "Cell Block B" Director Jan Prušinovský (Czechia)
BEST WEB /TV SERIES (FULL)
- "'Til You Make It" Director Scott Major (Australia)
BEST 1-MINUTE SHORT FILM
- "CTRL+Z Stuck in the Edit" Director Srdjan Mitrović Hitch (Serbia)
BEST FEATURE FILM - FICTION
- "Good Mourning" Director Kaizer Mokgobu Morokwe (South Africa)
- "O Pitch - uma declaração de amor ao cinema" Directors JOAQUIM HAICKEL, COI BELLUZZO (Brazil)
- "MALIPUT MELODIES" Director Vishal Patnaik (India)
BEST FEATURE FILM - DOCUMENTARY
- "Memory for burial" Directors Charlotte Jarrix, Maud Guillaumin (France)
- "Sergio & Mirta, a lovestory in 8 mm" by Fabrizio Laurenti (Italy)
- "Love Lives On" by Lenny Gatto (USA)
HALF-LENGTH FILM
- "The Drowning God - A NUO Mask Bearer's Descent" Director Xinyi Liu (China)
- "The Radiant Screen" Director Ine Lamers (Netherlands)
- "Ballerina A One Woman Play" Director Stephanie Herman (USA)
Honorable Mentions:
- "As Time Swallows Time" Directors Rosario Hurtado, Roberto Feo, Stuart Bannocks (Slovenia, United Kingdom)
- "Future Italian Frescoes (Altarpieces for another planet)
Director Salvatore Garau (Italy)
BEST DIRECTOR
- "Tango in Twilight" Director Teresa Herminia Mular MD (Argentina)
- "7 Floors to Midnight" Director Sebastian Fesser (Germany)
- "The Radiant Screen" Director Ine Lamers (Netherlands)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- "Al Rawdah" Director Yasser Mohamed Abdelsalam (Saudi Arabia)
- "GOOD GUY WITH A GUN" directed by John Mossman (USA)
- "SanDance! A Journey to the Heart of San Culture" directed by Richard Wicksteed (South Africa)
BEST EDITING
- "NOW Again - Part One" Director Richard Philpott (United Kingdom)
- "Ivan's Game" directed by Tomislav Zaja (Croatia)
- "Nafkot - Yearning" directed by malka shabtay (Israel)
BEST ACTOR
- Evan Ross in "Pick Up Artist" (USA)
- Lolo Martín in "Corona" (Spain)
- Rummel Mor in "SPARKLING SEA" (USA)
BEST ACTRESS
- Marian Batavier in "How To Survive Hollywood" (Netherlands)
- Rachel Saint Francis in "Love Lives On" (United States)
- Lis Luciddi in "Specter" (Brazil)
BEST ACTING DUO (SHORT FILM)
- "Where's my close-up?" Director Efrat Bachar
BEST SCREENPLAY
- "ABSENCE" Director PASCAL LASTRAJOLI (France)
BEST SOUNDTRACK
- "Cold Breath" by Sebastian Fesser
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
- "¡Se Van!" Director Juan Esteban Jaramillo (Venezuela)
- "Sediento" Director LuisArtes (Venezuela)
- "The Perfumed Garden - Ananda Xenia Shakti/Love Power The Band" Director Ananda Xenia Shakti (India)
BEST POSTER
- "The Edgeflower" by Stella Bonasoni (Italy)
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OFFICIAL SELECTIONS (ALL CATEGORIES)
"A MOTHER'S LOVE" Director Harald Schwarzenbacher (Austria)
"Hate me, but don't forget me" Directors Rocío Ordóñez Rivera, Leonardo del Arco (Spain)
"The Dandelion Girl" Director Rogan Lovse (Canada)
"Our Monsters" Director Mia Mango (Petrovic) (Canada)
"THE BANALITY OF EVIL" Director OSCAR VEGA (Spain)
"Lookout Creek" Directors SERGIO SOLARES ALVAREZ, CESAR R RAMIREZ (United States)
"Vigilante" Director Otto Bathurst (United Kingdom)
"THE REUNION" Director Fernando Navarro (Mexico)
"Double Code" Director Chiara Basile Fasolo (Italy)
"THE TENDER ONES WILL TRIUMPH" Director Francisco Bassignana (Poland)
"Battlefield" Director Andrzej Mamcarz (Poland)
"I AM HAPPY" Director EUNSOO SHIN (South Korea)
"DAUGHTERS OF EUROPE" Directors Verena Kuri, Iris Janssen (Germany)
"Beyond The Horizon" by James Peter Rowat (United Kingdom)
"Nameless Children" by Lucca Bertollini (Brazil, Nigeria, United Kingdom)
"Poemaria" by Davi Kinski (Brazil)
"Sitting On The Fence" by Daniel Cleary (New Zealand)
"Daniel - From Death To Life" Director Patrik Pira (Sweden)
"The Fright Stuff" Director Mike Meyer (USA)
"Sperminators" Director Eva Tomanová (Czechia)
"Making Your Own Luck" Director Marek Najbrt (Czechia)
"Day by day" Director Camilo Pérez Orozco (Spain)
"The Wetland" directed by Dušan Davidov (Slovakia)
"Million Loves in Me" directed by Sampson Yuen (Hong Kong)
"IL MORSO DEL RAMARRO" directed by Maria Lodovica Marini (Italy)
"ESCOBANK" by Mark Dunnett
"CONCHA ROBLES. EL PRECIO DE LA LIBERTAD" Director DAVID MIRALLES QUESADA (Spain)
"The Desire To Live" by Mariam Avetisyan (Armenia)
"Chaton - From the Future (Official Music Video)" Director Marcus CB Soori (USA)
"Pirate Jenny" Directors Elisabetta De Luca, Alessandro Freschi (Italy)
"2 can play (Ava Della Pietra - official music video)" Director Azzie Scott (USA)
"HOTTEST SOUNDS" Director BRiAN BiLLiONAiRE (USA)
"Marionette (Ava Della Pietra - official music video)" Director Nathan Levine-Heaney
"BEAST" by Missy Jubilee (Australia)
"ÉGYPTE IV: Double Agenda The Series" Director Tanner Beard (USA)
"Ghosted MD" Directors Jarett Bellucci, Nafsika Antypas (USA)
"Backtrack" by Pip Cowen (United Kingdom)
"Chaton - From the Future (Official Music Video)" Director Marcus CB Soori (USA)
"Pirate Jenny" Directors Elisabetta De Luca, Alessandro Freschi (Italy)
"2 can play (Ava Della Pietra - official music video)" Director Azzie Scott (USA)
