ISFMF 2026 – 14th edition – Crystal Pine Awards – Nominees

BEST PICTURE

• 100 SUNSETS – Kunsang Kyirong | Canada
• BEHIND ONE SMILE – Ena-Sanan Hdagha | Croatia, USA
• CARAVAN – Zuzana Kirchnerová | Czech Republic
• DIE, MY LOVE – Lynne Ramsay | UK
• DOM – Massimiliano Battistella | Bosnia and Herzegovina
• EDDINGTON – Ari Aster | USA
• FRANZ – Agnieszka Holland | Poland
• GOD WILL NOT HELP – Hana Jušić | Croatia, USA
• HEYSEL 85 – Teodora Ana Mihai | Belgium, Germany
• IF I GO WILL THEY MISS ME – Walter Thompson-Hernández | USA
• IN LIMBO – Alina Maksimenko | Poland
• PARTICLE DANCE – Hiromoko Oka | Japan
• SIRÂT – Oliver Laxe | Spain
• TWILIGHT OF THE OAK – Mohammad Abedi | Iran
• UNDER THE GREY SKY – Mara Tamkovich | Poland
• WIND TALK TO ME – Stefan Đorđević | Serbia
• WITHOUT PERMISSION – Hassan Nazer | Iran

 

BEST SHORT

• A FRIEND OF DOROTHY – Lee Knight | UK
• AFTERSHOCK – Collin Nelson | USA
• AIR DE FÊTE – Andrea Floccari | Italy
• BALL – Fubao Fan | China
• BEYOND THE DIVIDE – Imoje Aikhoje | UK
• BUS – Andre Balbuena | Peru
• COLD WHITE – Hazan Beklen | Turkiye
• DOG AND WOLF – Terézia Halamová | Czech Republic
• DOS TIERRAS – Sebastian Thill | Germany
• HELL – Parker Croft | USA
• HIDE – Brenden Hubbard | USA
• HOW TO HIDE IT – Ramla Ali, Richard A. Moore | UK
• KER – Sajad Soleymani | Iran
• LARGO – Max Burgoyne-Moore, Salvatore Scarpa | UK
• MAUVE – Clara Casado | Spain
• MEMORY TRACES – Gríma Irmudóttir | Iceland
• PRAYER – Sofia Geweiler | Portugal
• SOMETHING POINTLESS – Asa Bailey | UK
• TAPEWORM ALEXIS & THE OPERA DIVA – Thaïs Odermatt | Switzerland
• THE BLACK SMOKE OF PREDICTION – Damir Šuša | Croatia
• THE COMEBACK – Jordan Murshed | Ireland
• THE CITY – Rayne York | USA
• THE DAM – Giovanni Pierangeli | Poland
• THE MAN IN THE MANGROVES COUNTS TO SLEEP – James A. Moorer, Donna Decker, Ralph Guggenheim | USA
• THE PLANET THAT DOESN’T EXIST – Nadav Embon | Israel
• THE VOICE OF OLD – Adesh Vinod Dhage | India
• VISITOR – Vojtěch Konečný | Czech Republic
• WHEN THE TIGER ROARS – Lam Can-Zhao | China
• WHERE THE DEER SLEEP – Matt Udvari | USA

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE, FEATURE

• A STORY ABOUT FIRE – Zhang-Quan | China
• BALANDRAU – Arnau Bataller | Spain
• BUGONIA – Jerskin Fendrix | UK, USA
• EDDINGTON – The Haxan Cloak, Daniel Pemberton | USA
• HAMNET – Max Richter | UK, USA
• HONEY BUNCH – Andrea Boccadoro | Canada
• I AM FRANKELDA – Kevin Smithers | Mexico
• LAWS OF MAN – Ching-Shan Chang | USA
• MARTY SUPREME – Daniel Lopatin | USA
• OUR ERIKA – Aleksandra Vilcinska | Estonia
• RELEASED – Ricky Ho | USA
• REVIVAL – Michele Josia | Italy
• SOL DE CARVALHO – Stewart Sukuma | Portugal
• SOLO SHOW – Norina Largiadèr | Germany, Switzerland
• STARGAZERS – Stuart Hancock | UK
• STARS OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE – Ádám Mészáros | Hungary
• TAFITI: ACROSS THE DESERT – Carsten Rocker | Germany
• THE LEGEND OF ABRAXAS – Siao Feerum | Brazil
• TRAIN DREAMS – Bryce Dessner | USA
• WARLA – Paulo Almaden | Philippines

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE, DOCUMENTARY

• DELIVER US – Alex Yewon | USA
• KANTAURI – Joseba Beristain | Spain
• PARTICLE DANCE – Kazuma Fujimoto | Japan
• TAKING FLIGHT: THE 8TH WONDER OF THE WORLD – Darci Gamerl, David Downing | USA
• THE PHILIPSTOWN WIRECAR GRAND PRIX – Elben Schutte, Cobus Schutte | South Africa
• THE SREBRENICA TAPE – Luca Ciut | Italy
• VIOLATED SOULS – Paolo Fosso | Italy

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE, SHORT

• A FRIEND OF DOROTHY – Stuart Hancock | UK
• AFTERSHOCK – Charlene Soo, Andreu Diport | USA
• AS THE SEA – Francesco Marzola | Italy
• BURST – Ben Barber | Germany
• BUTTERFLY KISS – Hila Ruach | Germany
• COLD WHITE – Nazım Çınar | Turkiye
• DEEPLY TROUBLED – Jannik Günther | USA
• EARTH – Jackson Seib | UK
• ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM – Maarten de Rooij | Netherlands
• EMBERS – Alberto Mancini | Switzerland
• FOR DEER LIFE – Patrick Kendell Smith | Austria
• GAZA’S LOST HORIZON – Mo’men Ghanim Hasanain | Palestine
• GESUALDO – Finlay White | UK
• HEAD ON THE WALL – Alberto Torres | Spain
• HELL – Mandy Hoffman | USA
• HOME – Timor Litzenberger | Germany
• KIND MOTHER – Adam Robl, Shawn Sutta | USA
• LAST EXIT: STATION: N.0118 – Johann Grillenbeck | Germany
• MAMA MICRA – Christian Goretzky | Germany
• MEMORY TRACES – Iðunn Snædís Ágústsdóttir | Iceland
• OPALESCENCE – Alan Williams | USA
• RUN WILD – Dave Eggar | USA
• THE CITY – Ryan Pivovar | USA
• THE COMEBACK – Mathias Levy Valensi | Ireland
• THE DAM – Paulina Derska | Poland
• TOO LATE – Sacha Chaban | USA

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE, SERIES OR LIMITED SERIES

• ASTÉRIX & OBÉLIX : LE COMBAT DES CHEFS – Mathieu Alvado | France
• HILDUR – Sveinn Geirsson | Iceland, Finland
• PLURIBUS – Dave Porter | USA
• SCHLECHTE MENSCHEN – Peter Albrecht | Germany
• SECRETS WE KEEP – Halfdan E | Denmark
• THE STUDIO – Antonio Sanchez | USA
• THE WHITE LOTUS – Cristobal Tapia de Veer | USA

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE, VIDEO GAME

• BYE SWEET CAROLE – Luca Balboni | Italy
• GHOST OF YŌTEI – Toma Otowa | Japan
• HADES II – Darren Korb | USA
• CTHULHU THE COSMIC ABYSS – Nicolas Garcia | France
• SWORD OF THE SEA – Austin Wintory | USA

 

BEST SOUND MIXING AND EDITING

• IN LIMBO – Joanna Napieralska | Poland
• MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FINAL RECKONING – James Mather, Chris Burdon, Lloyd Dudley, Mark Taylor | USA
• ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER – José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor | USA
• PARTICLE DANCE – Michiaki Katsumoto, Hiromoko Oka | Japan
• SINNERS – Chris Welcker, Benjamin Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker | USA
• SIRÂT – Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas, Yasmina Praderas | Spain
• SOVEREIGN – Trip Brock, Eric Gillingham | USA
• THE PETER PLAN – Joanna Krystyna Napieralska | Poland, UK
• WEAPONS – James Peterson, Filipe Messender, Luciano Vignola | USA

 

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• “IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE” (NOVA OR (THE EXTRAORDINARY SEARCH FOR THE LOVE OF TOFU)) – Jannik Günther, Sebastian Schnabel, Natalie Tran | USA
• “KEEP THE FAITH” (RIDE BACK TO FAITH) – Lionessa Soul | Austria
• “LOVE WILL TEAR US APART” (DIE, MY LOVE) – George Vjestica, Raife Burchell, Lynne Ramsay | UK
• MY BOYFRIEND, A MANNEQUINN – TBD | Russia
• “NO TE SALVES” (EL RITORNO) – Mario Benedetti, José Luis Parise | Spain
• “NOT YOUR ENEMY” (THE FASCINATOR) – Iris Perovic | UK
• OSKÄR – Ariel Orama López | Puerto Rico
• “OUR LOVE” (THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND) – Carey Mulligan, Tom Basden
• THE WORLD WE SHARE – Frank Louis Passalaqua | USA

 

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

• BLACK SPACE DIGGER – Bernhard Riegler, Heinz Sambs | Austria
• BRUCE DICKINSON: TEARS OF THE DRAGON – Leo Liberti, Antoine de Montremy | UK
• DESPERATELY POP – Alessandro Amaducci | Italy
• FALLING – IRIÉ – Arlette Zimmermann | Switzerland
• IT’S SUCH A BLISS – Roman Evdokimov | Russia
• MAGIC CAPS AND GAZING BALLS – Bernhard Riegler | Austria
• SHKODRA ELEKTRONIKE: STUHI – Chiara Feriani | Albania
• THE PEANUT VENDORS – Amilcar Franco | UK

 

BEST MUSIC FILM

• ASSALTI FRONTALI: A TALE OF RESISTANCE – Paolo Fazzini, Francesco Principini | Italy
• BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN – Bernard MacMahon | UK, USA
• FRANCESCO HOCH: DIABOLUS EX MUSICA – Adriano Kestenholz, Francesco Hoch | Switzerland
• JUMP!BOUNCE! – Wilberto Lucci | USA
• NOVA ’78 – Aaron Brookner, Rodrigo Areias | Portugal, UK
• PALACE OF YOUTH – Maddie Gwinn | Kosovo
• SONG OF BREATH – Simona Canonica, Rico Andriolo, Manu Gerber | Italy, Switzerland
• THE HOOK – Thomas David Beatty | UK
• THE SOUND REACHES THE SUN – Ariel Henrique | Brazil
• WATERLINE – Victor Gama | Portugal
• WHERE EVERYTHING IS MUSIC – Ferit Özdemir, Karekin Proodian, Shahran Nazeri | USA

 

BEST TRAILER MUSIC

• DESTINY – Teoni | Georgia
• TITAN’S AWAKENING – Yves Stilmant | USA
• PEACE DELIVERY – Kankawee Nilthajan | Thailand Line 1

 

HORIZON AWARD

• ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE – ChangGeun Cho | South Korea
• AND THE SHADOW DANCES – Mohsen Panahandeh | Iran
• ANGEL & MEOW – Clemhyn Escosora, Vlado Železňák Jr | Japan, Slovakia
• BECOMES THE SUN – Ali Tabe Emam | Iran
• BREAKPOINT: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE CONSTITUTION EXPRESS – Steven Scalfati, Jon Ryser | USA
• CONTACT – Jonathan Walley, Landman | USA
• DORA’S PARK – Sabidin Aliu, Luka Jankuloski | North Macedonia
• FAITH AND THE CHRISTMAS STAR – Anne Trenning | USA
• HYGGE – Vanessa Donelly | Germany
• NO WAY OUT – Parsha Sri Kella | UK
• NOW AGAIN, PART ONE – Richard Philpott | UK
• THE GOLDEN SQUACCO HERON – Edward Smyth, Adam Paroussos | UK
• PATH – Bill Cox, Forrm | France
• PERPETUAL PERFECTION – Anastasia Listopadova | USA
• POETRIX – Julie Joohee Jeo, Dimitrios Karas | Greece
• PONTIFEX – Emanuele Frusi | Italy
• SILENT CRY – Güneş Özayten | Turkiye, France
• STILL LIFE – Danijela Kos, Antoine Dossin | Czech Republic
• THAT THURSDAY – Jacek Kadaj | Poland
• THE ANCHORAGE OF TIME – Sol de Carvalho | Portugal
• THE KEY – Viktor Dénes, Philippe Razol | Hungary
• THE PASSENGER ANDRZEJ MUNK – Krzysztof A. Janczak | Poland
• THE SIDES OF THE RIVER – Pierangelo Pandiscia | Italy
• THE SOLDIER – Gian Majidi | Finland
• THE STORY OF SERGIO – Davide Caprelli | Italy
• THE SWAN’S REQUIEM – Wenqing Dang | China
• THE WATERLINE – Luke Worrall | UK
• TO SHINE AGAIN – Marcell Leon Viragh, Emma-Laure Zietek, David Bartlett | Hungary, USA
• UNSPOKEN LINES – Lumi Luo | USA
• WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS C_MING? – Philip Calisto | Germany
• WILD ANIMAL – Lu Lu | China