Muses Film Awards
NOMINEES 2026
Celebrating Film Excellence
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
MÁRIO PATROCÍNIO - MARIA VITÓRIA - PORTUGAL
SOUMODEEP GHOSH CHOWDHURY - SILENCE OF THE WOMB - INDIA
GIAN MAJIDI - THE SOLDIER - FINLAND
NADIE WASALAMUDALIARACHCHI - PANTRUM - SRI LANKA
AZLARABE ALAOUI - THE COLOR OF EXILE - CÔTE D'IVOIRE, FRANCE, MOROCCO
ZEPH E DANIEL -TRANSFERENCE - UNITED STATES
NURDULLA MAKHAMBETZHANOVICH BALMANOV - THE SHERICKS - KAZAKHSTAN
JACOB RICHARDSON - THE AEGEAN - AUSTRALIA
SHARVI M - BETTER TOMORROW - INDIA
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
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KEVIN KRÁLL - MELANGE - HUNGARY
IGOR POPTSOV - LET THERE BE LIGHT - RUSSIAN FEDERATION
DMITRIY UMANSKIY - MATTHEW 4:08 - USA
PARKER CROFT - THE LIARS OF BLACK MOUNTAIN ROAD - USA
PARKER CROFT - HELL - USA
EMRE COSKUN - ASK AND LISTEN -TURKEY
ARTUR MATVEEV - TOO LATE - USA
WILL SCOTT - A RECIPE FOR REDEMPTION - USA
THET NAY TUN - LIVE IN LIVE - UNITED KINGDOM
NEWTON PATHAK - JOY - USA
AREPO - THE INEFFABLE FIXING OF THE VOLATILE - ITALY, UNITED KINGDOM
ERDAL RUHI DURAN - BALERIN - TURKEY
DAN R BOTTOM, VIHAAN VIDUR - THE LAST NOTE - USA
JOSIAH JUNQUEIRA SPENCER - HOLD - USA
FRANCISCO BASSIGNANA -THE TENDER ONES WILL TRIUMPH - POLAND
MANDY KOWALSKI - THE GIRL - USA
SITOU AKOLLY - ZÄ€GBÉTO – LES MURMURES DU MASQUE - TOGO
DAVID SCOTT TITUS - THE 2400 - CANADA
FRASER JAMES MACLEOD - THE RIVALS - SWEDEN
HANNES RALL - DOBRINA - GERMANY
JOHN SIMMONS - WRONG ADDRESS - USA
LUCA CASERTA - THE REACH - ITALY
PAUL IACOVOU - POTPOURRI - CYPRUS
GERNAS Ä°SLAM ABIÅžKA - I'M NOT WORK ANYMORE - TURKEY
NAHD BASHIR - A DEAD SEA - ISRAEL
JUAN CARLOS GUTIERREZ – THE WAR OF THE TOMATOES - COLOMBIA
BEST EU FEATURE FILM
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MÁRIO PATROCÍNIO - MARIA VITÓRIA - PORTUGAL
TOMA ENACHE - ENESCU, SKINNED ALIVE - ROMANIA
BEST EU SHORT FILM
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GIORGOS LOGOTHETIS - UNFAIR ROUTES - GREECE
CSILLA SZUHANYIK - OSZTOZUNK - DIVIDING LINES - HUNGARY
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
AMIRA KHALIL HANANIA - VIA DOLOROSA: THE PATH OF SORROWS - PALESTINE NATALIE BUDKIN - ALONE WITH OTHERS - RUSSIAN FEDERATION MATTEO BALSAMO - VIOLATED SOULS - ITALY
KIM ANNO - ¡QUBA! - UNSA
UTE KOEHLER, KATHERIN WERMKE -FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MY ANCESTORS - GERMANY
DHIA BEN NASER, OUISSEM SATOURI - HARAR - THE FORGOTTEN ISLAMIC CITY - FRANCE
D. EMMET WILSON - CHRISTMAS KILLERS - USA
EMILIOS GOUTAS - ITSANAXA - MEXICO
IIRIS HÄRMÄ - MOTHER OF SNOW CRANES - FINLAND
JACINTA LAGOS - ALLOWED TO BIRTH: THE JOURNEY OF A GLOBAL MIDWIFE - ARGENTINA, USA
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BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
DAN FRODSHAM - ELEGY - UNITED KINGDOM
ION EFTHIMIOU - THE OUTLAWS - GREECE
KAMIL TRZEBIATOWSKI - A WANDERER'S WORLD - POLAND
BLAIR MURPHY - THE DEEP DIVE - USA
YULIA RUZMANOVA - KOZLOV MITYA, 81+ - RUSSIAN FEDERATION
VIKTORIIA GREBENIUK - NOT SCHEDULED OR FIGHTING TO LEARN - UKRAINE FRANCESCO MAJO, NATALY CADAVID - WATER MEMORIES - MYTHS & HARP - ITALY
ELPIDA KOKKINOGENI, GEORGIOS PAPADOPOULOS - LITTLE TIME TRAVELERS - GREECE
MR. EIGENBAARDIG - THE GOLD OF THE SUN - NETHERLANDS
ARISTARCHOS PAPADANIEL, GIANNIS CHLEMPAKOS - IDE8L - GREECE
ANSHUMAN SHARMA - "CHOTA BHEEM" THE SNARED KING OF BANDHAVGADH - USA
ISMINI SAKELLAROPOULOU - THE GAME OF SOLIDARITY. AEK- PARTIZAN 1999 - GREECE
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BEST GREEK SHORT FILM
ALEXIA TSOUNI - PHOTONS IN LOVE
KIRIAKOS ANASTASIOU - NOSTALGIA
DIMITRIS CHRISOSTOMIDIS - KARELIA WHITE
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BEST LEVADIA FILM
ARISTARCHOS PAPADANIEL, GIANNIS CHLEMPAKOS - IDE8L - GREECE
BEST DIRECTOR
ZEPH E DANIEL - TRANSFERENCE - USA
TOMA ENACHE - ENESCU, SKINNED ALIVE - ROMANIA
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BEST ACTOR
GERASIMOS SKIADARESIS - UNFAIR ROUTES - GREECE
ABDOULAYE AHMADU NDIAYE - WRONG ADDRESS - USA
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BEST ACTRESS
MARIANA CARDOSO - MARIA VITÓRIA - PORTUGAL
MARISOL PADILLA SÁNCHEZ - TRANSFERENCE -USA
TATIANA SOKOLOVA - MARY CHRIS MAX - USA
NELLY MANN - IDE8L - GREECE
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
DAN RAZVAN COMAN - TWO DAYS ON THE WINDWARD SHORES - USA
DAN RAZVAN COMAN - STEEL RUST - USA
BARUCH TADISI - FOR JADE 2 - ANGOLA
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BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
EDGAR VALENTE & BERNARDO D’ADDARIO - MARIA VITÓRIA - PORTUGAL
ARISTARCHOS PAPADANIEL, ARIS ZERVAS - IDE8L - GREECE
GIORGOS KALOGEROPOULOS - FOR YOUR MEMORY - GREECE
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
ARISTARCHOS PAPADANIEL, ARIS ZERVAS - IDE8L - GREECE
ROSE MARIA MITCHELL - STRONG ENOUGH - USA
JONATHAN NEVES - JOTA RACING CHALLENGE - BRAZIL
BEST SOUND DESIGN
TASOS KARADEDOS - GUMBORO - GREECE
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BEST HISTORICAL FILM
MARIE-PIERRE CAMUS, GUILLAUME VINCENT - KRISTALLNACHT: THE NAZI FURY - BELGIUM, FRANCE
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
HOUSOM XU - LIFE OF US - CHINA
BEST FILM EDITING
RICHARD PHILPOTT - NOW AGAIN - PART ONE - UNITED KINGDOM
BEST LGBTQ
MÁRIO PATROCÍNIO - MARIA VITÓRIA - PORTUGAL
JOON HAN - JOB SEEKER - SOUTH KOREA
BEST HUMAN RIGHTS
KHALED M ASKAR - EYES OF THE FORGOTTEN - LEBANON
KIM ANNO - ¡QUBA! - USA
VASILIS NIKAS - THE FRAME - GREECE
MILOU RIENTJES, NIEK PENNINGS - THE UNSEEN - NETHERLANDS
MANOLIS VLAHOYANNIS - GELADES, A SIT-DOWN DRAMEDY - GREECE
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
NEFELI CHRYSA AVGERIS - SEA FULL OF SONG - SWITZERLAND
ANDREW-ALEXANDER CARNEVALE - THE FOUR MADNESSES: OR THE VOYAGE OF THE CARRUS NAVALIS - CANADA
JACEK KADAJ - THE THRESHOLD - POLAND
SYLVIA ROBYN GIONTI - FOR YOUR MEMORY - GREECE
DAN RAZVAN COMAN - STEEL RUST - USA
LETITIA SCOTT JACKSON, VALERIE DENISE JONES - GANGSTA TO GRACE: IF I HAD LEGS ID KICK YOU - USA
X NEW WORLDS, WILLIAM GREINER - CORVUS - UNITED KINGDOM
BEST FIRST TIME FILMAKER
JOSIAH OLMSTEAD - MY GRANDFATHER: THE ZOOKEEPER - USA
THEODORA KOTSI-FELICI, BAFL SARHANG - THE CIRCLE - NETHERLANDS
MOJTABA BAHADORI - ON MELTING SNOW - BELGIUM, ICELAND
CHLOI SYRANIDOU - RESTORATION - BELGIUM, GREECE
SOUMODEEP GHOSH CHOWDHURY - SILENCE OF THE WOMB - INDIA
NEWTON PATHAK - JOY - USA
YULIA RUZMANOVA - KOZLOV MITYA, 81+ - RUSSIAN FEDERATION
PADDY HACKETT - THE RIVER OF LIFE & DEATH - USA
MR. EIGENBAARDIG - THE GOLD OF THE SUN – NETHERLANDS
ROLAND WEHAP - A FILM BY ROLAND WEHAP - AUSTRIA
BESTSCIENCE FICTION /FANTASY
NADAV EMBON - THE PLANET THAT DOESN'T EXIST - ISRAEL
SCOTT COLIN CUNDILL - HAPPY SLEEP - UNITED KINGDOM
TAL SOMECH - EMILY'S MOUNTAIN - ISRAEL
BEST STUDENT FILM
SANTHOSH MURUGESAN - DESTINATION SOPHIE - AUSTRALIA
SONDOS YASSER - LAYLA - EGYPT
DANIELL TAHOR, ANA-MARIYA GEORGIEVA - BABINI DEVETINI - BULGARIA
JULIE FACKLER - ARUNDEL'S LIGHTHOUSE - FRANCE, USA
EVANGELIA PANAGIOTIDOU - PROJECT REAL - GREECE
JOHN WESTMORELAND, MATTHEW WESTMORELAND - REVERB -USA
YASUYUKI KURIHARA - BTF THINKING ABOUT FILM TECHNIQUES THROUGH PARODY - JAPAN
KATERYNA SAZONOVA - GIVING IN - USA
XIAOXIAO MA - THE JADE PALACE’ S LAMENT - CHINA
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
ALESSANDRO RAK - WE REMAIN STANDING - ITALY
JEAN-YVES "JEEVE" DUCORNET - THAT THING THAT MAKES YOU WIN - USA
ANGELIKI PARDALIDOU - BE LIKE ANGEL PARDALOS - GREECE
MICKAËL FARINA - MAË-MÈA — SOMEONE ELSE - FRANCE
AZER AGALAROV, LEYLA BEGIM, MARIA JAFAROVA - MARIA LULLABY - CZECHIA
JONATHAN NEVES, BRUNO CASSETARI, MATHEUS MATHOS PIO - JOTA RACING CHALLENGE - OFFICIAL MUSIC FILM - BRAZIL
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BEST ANIMATED FILM
SUNÄŒANA BRKULJ - THE MARIONETTE KINGDOM -CROATIA
CHRIS DICKER - NO WORRIES! - IRELAND
JOHN NORRIS RAY, MARIA VICTORIA SANCHEZ - THE FAMILY PHOTO - USA
MOHAMMAD ALI SHAKERI - RAY THE RUG - THAILAND
MORGAN SEIGLER - CAT-TASTROPHE - USA
BEST ANCIENT GREEK MYTH HISTORY
TARA HEGARTY - HARPY - IRELAND
ARTHUR ERICSSON - MALORUM (GREEK) - UNITED STATES
ALASTAIR ROMÃNO - ISLAND OF THE CENTAURS - GREECE
SIMON SOFOS - THE 300 OF SPARTA - GREECE
BEST AI FILM
TAKERU NAKAZAWA - SUMMER TRIANGLE - JAPAN
JEAN-YVES "JEEVE" DUCORNET - SPOKEN FOR-THE MOVIE - USA
JEAN-YVES "JEEVE" DUCORNET - THAT THING THAT MAKES YOU WIN - USA
JEFFREY A BRICK - CODEX OLYMPIA - USA
JACEK KADAJ - THAT THURSDAY - POLAND
MICKAËL FARINA - ARTIFICIAL ASCENSION - FRANCE
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
TOM E. NICHOLSON - LUCKY? - USA
MARLA NAOMI EATON - THE REVENGE CLUB - USA
LISA MARIE KEETON KING - SENIOR PRANK - USA
KRIS FRANCOEUR - PILOT: THE STAINED-GLASS WINDOW - USA
JOHN P MARTINEZ - R.E.M - USA
JOHN P MARTINEZ - THE GREEN MACHINE - PART 1 - USA
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
DAVID WILLIAMSON - PRETTY LITTLE LUCY - USA
WALTER MADURO - GODHOOD - PANAMA
LAURA MICHELLE POWERS - NOT LIKE US - USA
DAVID A. MILLER - 21 DAYS, 21 LEMONS - USA
ANDRY PLATRITES - RAINBOW ANGEL - CYPRUS
KRISTIAN JAMES - KRISTIAN JAMES’ MR. TAPS - USA
SUE KARYPIDIS - THE BLACK PEARL - USA
STEPHEN MELLOR - DIMITRI'S GARDEN - UNITED KINGDOM
BEVERLY HORVATH, DANA L SILKISS - MIDNITE'S JOURNEY - USA
