FINALIST 2026

“BEST SHORT FILM”

  • SUCH A LOVELY DAY  by Simon Woods (United Kingdom) 

  • SPINE by Kristina Panova (Russian Federation) 

  • AMERICA  by Javier Arias-Stella (Peru) 

  • LARGO by Max Burgoune-Moore and Salvatore Scarpa (United Kingdom) 

  • LA TRUFFA by Michele Marchionne and Matteo Stipa (Italy) 

  • CHOICE  by Marko Crnogorski (North Macedonia) 

  • NA SAVI  by Sofia Ayerdi (Mexico) 

  • L’INTERROGATORIO  by Elena Coletta (Italy) 

  • LIKE FRIEND, LIKE DEER by Malek Eghbali (Iran) 

  • OLIVE by India Santella (Italy) 

 

“BEST DIRECTION”

  • MIRKO DECANDIA  for Absolutio (Italy) 

  • MALEK EGHBALI for Like Friend, Like Deer (Iran) 

  • CATERINA SALVADORI and MARIASOLE BRUSA for Mud (Italy) 

  • LORETO QUIJADA for Ergo – Memories from the future (Chile) 

  • MATTEO VICENTINI ORGNANI for I fiori non hanno le scarpe (Italy) 

 

“BEST PERFORMER”

  • LUCIA BATASSA  for Vademekum by Susy Laude (Italy)

  • IL CAST  for Il mio amico Karl by Nikola Brunelli (Italy)

  • IL CAST for Eroi by Caterina Baglio (Italy)

  • SHAMILA SHIRZAD  for Nest by Sayed Ali Hashemi (Iran)

  • IL CAST for Fedeli alla linea by Salvatore Martusciello (Italy)

 

“BEST SOUNDTRACK” 

  • TODO COSA  by Jorge Sanchez Lopez (Spain) 

  • A BED STORY  by Claudio Recenti (Italy) 

  • GRANDI SPERANZE  by Bruno Ugioli, Mattia Capone and Alessandro Garelli (Italy) 

  • AURA by Stefania Accettulli (Italy) 

  • WALIMU  by Vanda Elisa Gatti and Michele Raggio (Italy) 

  • DONNA SOLA  by Lorenzo Cassol (Italy) 

  • IL MIO AMICO KARL by Nikola Brunelli (Italy)

  • RETIREMENT PLAN by John Kelly (United Kingdom)

 

“FREEDOM OF TASTE”  

  • COMANDO IO by Pierdomenico Minafra (Italy)  

  • HOLY CURSE  by Snigdha Kapoor (India) 

  • NO CONTEST  by Olivier Wright (France) 

  • THE BLACKEST RAINBOW by Mojtaba Darbandi (Iran) 

  • A FUN NIGHT OUT by Victor Luciano (US)

  • IL VELO by Cristian Patanè (Italy) 

 

“BEST YOUTH LANGUAGE” 

  • VIOLA by Marco Lorenzo Masante (Italy)

  • SCUSA  by Giulio Novelli (Italy)

  • COMANDO IO by Pierdomenico Minafra (Italy)

  • SUCH A LOVELY DAY  by Simon Woods (United Kingdom) 

  • IN PERSON ONLY by Tereza Vejvodova (Czech Republic) 

  • CHOICE by Marko Crnogorski (North Macedonia) 

 

“AI AWARD” Unicoop FI sez.soci Arezzo 

  • IN PERSON ONLY  by Tereza Vejvodova (Czech Republic) 

  • SOFIA  by Paolo Sassanelli (Italy) 

  • 2054 SEELE  by Alice Gnech e Edoardo Maione (Italy) 

  • HAPPY PEOPLE  by Budavari Balazs (Hungary) 

  • IL COLORE DEL CAMALEONTE  by Francesco Guarnori (Italy) 

 

 

“ASSOCIAZIONE AUTISMO AREZZO AWARD”

  • SOUCE  by Andrea Baglio (Italy) 

  • TOUCH OF AUTISM  by Sepideh Parizan (Iran) 

  • SUNDAY  by Giulio Tonincelli (Italy) 

  • LUNGO LA STRADA  by Elisa Misesti and Elisa Baccolo (Spain) 

  • TODO COSA by Jorge Sanchez Lopez (Spain)

  • EL CORAZON Y LA ESPADA by Miguel Angel Font Bisier (Spain)