NYCSFF Awards Nominations 2026
Best of Fest
On Air
Nostalgiathon ‘99
KANAAN - Winner
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 - Winner
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 - Winner
Merde!
Best Animated Film
PASALUBONG! - Winner
Ramen for two
An Extraterrestrial Exchange
Bottlefeeder
Season of the Shark
Stella Maris
Come Home
Nonesense
Best Drama
Leili’s Photo
KANAAN - Winner
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 - Winner
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 - Winner
The Hold Your Breath Award (for suspense and horror)
Ya Hanouni
Flower Girl
Shirker - Winner
KANAAN
Potato Heads
Nobody here knows who I was
Best Score
Sparsh Verma - Shirker
Keer Zhang - Stella Maris
Old Father Eternity - Come Home - Winner
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 - Winner
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 - Winner
Best Director
Lyna Tadount, Sofian Chouaib - Ya Hanouni
Sophia Ryan Gatti - Bottlefeeder
Eva Phillips - Wake
Cailan Compierchio - Nostalgiathon ‘99
Dominik Mirecki - KANAAN - Winner
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 - Winner
Best Actress
Żaneta Homa as Lina - KANAAN - Winner
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 - Winner
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