NYCSFF Awards Nominations 2026
Best of Fest
On Air
Nostalgiathon ‘99
KANAAN
Leili’s Photo
An Extraterrestrial Exchange
Ramen for two
Translation
Drag Me to Church
Timid Intentions
Ya Hanouni
Merde!
Season of the Shark
Anacortes, WA
Everything I’m Not; Everything I am
Wake
Flower Girl
Bird’s Eye
Shirker
Potato Heads
IBS
Nonsense
Nobody here knows who I was
Ma-Shugana
The Shoe Thief
PASALUBONG!
Butterfly Effect
Block
Death by a Thousand Cuts
Bottlefeeder
Guy and Puppet
Stella Maris
Come Home
Buddies
Best Narrative Film
KANAAN
Leili’s Photo
Translation
Timid Intentions
Ya Hanouni
Anacortes, WA
Flower Girl
Bird’s Eye
Shirker
Potato Heads
IBS
Ma-Shugana
The Shoe Thief
Nostalgiathon ‘99
On Air
Butterfly Effect
Guy and Puppet
Buddies
Best Documentary
Block
Death by a Thousand Cuts
Drag Me to Church
Everything I’m Not; Everything I am
Wake
Nobody here knows who I was
Merde!
Best Animated Film
PASALUBONG!
Ramen for two
An Extraterrestrial Exchange
Bottlefeeder
Season of the Shark
Stella Maris
Come Home
Nonesense
Best Drama
Leili’s Photo
KANAAN
Translation
Death by a Thousand Cuts
PASALUBONG!
Ramen For Two
Block
Timid Intentions
Drag Me to Church
Ya Hanouni
Come Home
Anacortes, WA
Flower Girl
Bird’s Eye
Everything I’m Not; Everything I am
Best Comedy
Shirker
Potato Heads
IBS
Ma-Shugana
Season of the Shark
The Shoe Thief
Bottlefeeder
Nostalgiathon ‘99
On Air
An Extraterrestrial Exchange
Butterfly Effect
Guy and Puppet
Buddies
Best Experimental Film
Stella Maris
Wake
Nonesense
Merde!
Nobody here knows who I was
The Hold Your Breath Award (for suspense and horror)
Ya Hanouni
Flower Girl
Shirker
KANAAN
Potato Heads
Nobody here knows who I was
Best Score
Sparsh Verma - Shirker
Keer Zhang - Stella Maris
Old Father Eternity - Come Home
W. Aaron Rice - Nostalgiathon ‘99
Angel Noriega - PASALUBONG!
Lucia Kelemen, Timothy Vlangas - Potato Heads
Best Screenplay
Cailan Compierchio, Sophia Harrigan - Nostalgiathon ‘99
Maya Kimble - Shirker
Morgan Paige Hafke - Potato Heads
Damian Homa, Dominik Mirecki - KANAAN
Xin Du - Translation
Maral Mostafavi - Leili’s Photo
Best Cinematography
Benoit Chaieb - Timid Intentions
Mateusz Gzel - KANAAN
Hector Jenkins - Wake
Daniel Pakes, Maya Bitan, Sigal Zegman - Block
Ella Lambiase - Anacortes, WA
Wynne Kwock - Leili’s Photo
Best Director
Lyna Tadount, Sofian Chouaib - Ya Hanouni
Sophia Ryan Gatti - Bottlefeeder
Eva Phillips - Wake
Cailan Compierchio - Nostalgiathon ‘99
Dominik Mirecki - KANAAN
Morgan Paige Hafke - Potato Heads
Best Supporting Performance
Catherine Kim as Bongo- Nostalgiathon ‘99
Sydney Townsend as Billie - Nostalgiathon ‘99
Ellie Gullo as Kiwi - Bird’s Eye
Isiah Joseph as Alex - Flower Girl
Kyle Dal Santo as Nick - Shirker
Julia Campanelli as Audrey - Ma-Shugana
Best Actress
Żaneta Homa as Lina - KANAAN
Areena Rahman as Sadie - Flower Girl
Haley Basil as Alana - Shirker
ZoË Wojnicki as Audrey - Potato Heads
Artemis Aria as Leili - Leili’s Photo
Pepi Streiff as Sharon - Ma-Shugana
Best Actor
Omar Hemid as Rami - KANAAN
Martin Harris as Michael - Butterfly Effect
Dominic Wong as Liu Jun - Translation
Michael Lazovitz as Guy - Guy and Puppet
Jack Silver as Jamie - Potato Heads
Matthew Fedorco as Em (Emmet) - Anacortes, WA