DMFA 2026 Nominees and Winners
Notes:
- The nominees and winners will be announced online.
- We will invite the finalists and winners to the physical screening event (usually December each year). It depends on our capacity and the timing of our jury.
- See this page to submit your film.
January 2026:
Best Feature:
Award Winner – The Next Chapter – By Phillip Lehn
Selected – The End of the Run – By Ray Crew
Best Short:
Award Winner – Children at the rooftop cinema – By 侑紀 刷場
Selected – CHANNEL 02 – By Kennon Fleisher
Selected – Code E414 – By Joel Junior
Selected – Common Waters – By Cody Perry, Benjamin Kraushaar
Selected – Snow Dog – By Christina Park, Marisol Salazar Montoya
February 2026:
Best Feature:
Award Winner – The Coruskan – By Fred Eyriey
Best Short:
Award Winner – Még Egyszer – By András Körtési
Selected – #45 – By Nikola Krulj
Selected – It’s Only Music, Baby: A Short Film – By Kersten Parrella
Selected – Kara’s Birthday – By Aqila Tsabitha Chery
Selected – Unfinished – By Emily Almagro Birkholtz
March 2026:
Best Feature:
Award Winner – Street Angel – By Samuel Radford
Selected – Allowed to birth: the Journey of a Global Midwife – By Jacinta Lagos
Selected – Last Call – By Frank J Calo IV
Best Short:
Award Winner – Favela Amarela – By Nícolas Lobato, Thiago Tuchu
Selected – ECHO An associative film on digital escape and possibilities – By Carsten Fuhrmann
Selected – FATAL DAY CODE – By Patrizia de Santis, Nico Toffoli
Selected – Film Night Bite – By Craig McEwan, William Samson
Selected – I Want Your Brains Not Your Body, Sincerely Zombie – By Luke Ostermiller
Selected – Mental – By Suzanna Turner
Selected – Quiet – By Jacob Allen Perkins
April 2026:
Best Short:
Award Winner – Lucid Nightmare – By Seung-Heon Ham
Selected – BREATH – By Nikita Chupryk
Selected – Our Monsters – By Mia Mango (Petrovic)
Selected – Reflections of a Sinner – By Xihe Huang
Selected – Rumble on the Plains – By Erin Page
Selected – Soundcheck – By AKASH MALHOTRA
Selected – The Dandelion Girl – By Rogan Lovse
Selected – The Harpies – By Rogan Lovse
Selected – Tshangyang A Love Beyond Dharma – By Jigme TG, Jigme Wangchuk
Selected – Viral – By David Andrew Tybor
