NICE NOMNINATIONS 2026

Best Unproduced Script

Parthenope’s Island
The Barn
ZIDANE (French script)
SEOUL SEARCHING
Eskimo Brothers
Those little lessons
THE AGE OF THE EMPATH
Resurgence 2030
Final Cut

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Best Costume

Sister II
AMANTES
Emile
Mistura
PSY Antinomy
RAIJIN
slow plays of light

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Best Hair & Makeup

Eternal
Grotto el Truffau
COME BACK
Echoes Of The Sea
The Does
Yakuza Star

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Best Set Design

La Quête
Greetings from Sumatra
My Love Flows Like a Song
Dhara
Payroll
slow plays of light

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Best Sound Design

Berehezade
NOÈ, IN THE WATER I AM ME
Grotto el Truffau
ANNIE
Velintonia 3
BRIDGE -My Little Friends-
Native
Emile
The River At The Bottom Of My Garden
PSY Antinomy
Pathway to Hope with Jane Clayson Johnson
What now ?
Legacy of the Builder King

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Exceptional Showcase of the Arts Award

The Banjo Boys
BRIDGE -My Little Friends-
Emile
New Orleans Club – To join you in a Second Line
Thoughts of Infinity

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Best Editing of a Documentary

Where the Light Enters You
Eva Haller: A Work in Progress
Velintonia 3
Native
Traveling with Her
Scales – The Tipping Point
MR.YELLOW HIPHOP
Legacy of the Builder King
Becoming Shelley Duval Cannes ’77

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Best Cinematography in a Documentary

NOÈ, IN THE WATER I AM ME
The Banjo Boys
THEY FIGHT WITH CAMERAS
The River At The Bottom Of My Garden
Far from them
Pathway to Hope with Jane Clayson Johnson
New Orleans Club – To join you in a Second Line
Let’s go! Love Ishinomaki “United smiles across the world”
Thoughts of Infinity
The reflexion of a woman in the glance of a bear
Rice & Sugar

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Best Director of a Short Documentary

Where the Light Enters You
Matt Alesevich & Hemal Trivedi
Eva Haller: A Work in Progress
jeanne meyers
Far from them
Clément Gerbaud
Scales – The Tipping Point
Bruce Young
Let’s go! Love Ishinomaki “United smiles across the world”
TOMOHISA ISHIGAMI
The reflexion of a woman in the glance of a bear
Gisele LAFOND
Becoming Shelley Duval Cannes ’77
Michael Cavazos, Francois Larosa

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Best Short Documentary

Where the Light Enters You
Eva Haller: A Work in Progress
Far from them
Scales – The Tipping Point
Let’s go! Love Ishinomaki “United smiles across the world”
The reflexion of a woman in the glance of a bear
Becoming Shelley Duval Cannes ’77

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Best Director of a Documentary

NOÈ, IN THE WATER I AM ME
Alberto BERNAD, Gianmario REYCEND & Ellade OSSOLA
The Banjo Boys
Johan R Nayar
Velintonia 3
AKIHIRO TODA
THEY FIGHT WITH CAMERAS
Nina Rosenblum, Daniel Allentuck
Native
Eve Jablonkay
The River At The Bottom Of My Garden
guillaume mazille
Traveling with Her
GIANLUCA GARGANO
Pathway to Hope with Jane Clayson Johnson
Chantelle Squires
New Orleans Club To join you in a Second Line
Yorim Becker
MR.YELLOW HIPHOP
Kenji Sonoda
Legacy of the Builder King
Joachim Oyakhilome
Thoughts of Infinity
Halina Dyrschka
Rice & Sugar
Phillip O’Leary

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Best Documentary

NOÈ, IN THE WATER I AM ME
The Banjo Boys
Velintonia 3
THEY FIGHT WITH CAMERAS
Native
The River At The Bottom Of My Garden
Traveling with Her
Pathway to Hope with Jane Clayson Johnson
New Orleans Club – To join you in a Second Line
MR.YELLOW HIPHOP
Legacy of the Builder King
Thoughts of Infinity
Rice & Sugar

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Best Director of Foreign Language Short Film

Soyoko
AKIHIRO TODA
Grotto el Truffau
Oliver Beaujard
Greetings from Sumatra
KAROLINA FRONIK, MARTA KOWALSKA
Echoes Of The Sea
Charles de Montalembert
Payroll
Johanna Sacks-Piaton

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Best Short Foreign Language Film

Grotto el Truffau
Greetings from Sumatra
Echoes Of The Sea
Payroll

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Best Editing of a Foreign Language Film

Eternal
Soyoko
La Quête
AMANTES
Echoes Of The Sea
Moontrip
High School Thieves
RAIJIN
Close but Distant Family

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Best Cinematography in a Foreign Language Film

Berehezade
Grotto el Truffau
Greetings from Sumatra
Dhara
THE FAMILY
PSY Antinomy
The Does
Payroll
TRAVERSE２-Next level-
Yakuza Star

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Outstanding Actress in a Foreign Language Film

Berehezade
Mariané Cartas
Soyoko
Mei Furusawa
La Quête
Brigitte Damiens
Greetings from Sumatra
PAULINA GAŁĄZKA
AMANTES
Nabila mekkid
S
Sachiko Matsushita
COME BACK
Sarah GELAY
My Love Flows Like a Song
Lin Kong
Dhara
Uma Aseni
Echoes Of The Sea
Julie Cléry
Mistura
Barbara Mori
THE FAMILY
Hong Tao
Moontrip
Balint Balassa
The Does
Beáta Hrnčiříková
What now ?
Debbie Lynch-White
High School Thieves
Karina Jianu
TRAVERSE２-Next level-
Saki Nakano
The Music Lessons
Yin Gan Xiao
RAIJIN
ReeSya
Close but Distant Family

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Best Foreign Language Film

TRAVERSE２-Next level-
Berehezade
Eternal
Parthenope’s Island
AMANTES
S
COME BACK
My Love Flows Like a Song
Dhara
The Music Lessons
RAIJIN
Close but Distant Family
Yakuza Star
Mistura
THE FAMILY
Moontrip
PSY Antinomy
The Does
The Does
High School Thieves

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Best Producer

Connected
Deborah Hadfield, Jessica Brooks, Rich Barker, Dr John Beaumont-Kerridge, Suzanne Robinson, Simon Peat, Kate Peat, Dr Edward Orforka
Shom Shulka
slow plays of light

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Best Composer/Score

Phil Mountford
Connected

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Best Editor

Kant Pan
Connected

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Best Actress

Rose Muirhead
Connected
Gabrielle Bousum
Sister II
Anna Maiche
ANNIE
slow plays of light
Sohini Mukherjee roy
swagata Naik

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Best Actor

Sam Patrick –
Connected
Matthew Davis
Sister II
ANNIE
Jared Bankens

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Best Director

Deborah Hadfield
Connected
Colin Robert Denhart
Sister II
nicolas BOSC
ANNIE
Shom Shulka
slow plays of light

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Best English Language Film

Connected
Sister II
ANNIE
AMANTES

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Best Picture of the Festival

Connected
ANNIE
AMANTES
COME BACK
Dhara
Mistura
What now ?
High School Thieves
TRAVERSE２-Next level-
Close but Distant Family