FDIFF’s WINNER SEPTEMBER – SEPTEMBER, 2026

Best AI Film

Winner

Mark Diamond for Enemy Heroes

Best Comedy

Winner

Daniel Blunck for Only 20 Seconds Left

Best Documentary Film

Winner

AHMET LULECI for STORM ON STAGE

Best Experimental Film

Winner

Alberto Martín-Aragón for HIEROPHANY

Outstanding Achievement

Maria Elena Gattuso for Blue Awakening

Best Narrative Feature

Winner

Daiki Matsumoto for Daruma The Yakuza VTuber

Best Short Film

Winner

Nick Bolton for LudoVic

Best Short Script

Winner

Nilson Bernardi Ferreira for LOCK THE GATE, VÂLCOV

Best Trailer/Teaser

Winner

Mattia Simbolotti for Tale of the Divided Tides – The Beginning