little venice film festival award nominees 2026
The Zhanna Award - Best Film
Nominees
Magid / Zafar
Revisit
Stay
The Reckoning of Erin Morrigan
Best Narrative Feature
Nominees
Exit Interviews
Beautiful and Neat Room
Revisit
The Reckoning of Erin Morrigan
Invincible
Best Narrative Short
Nominees
Magid / Zafar
A Loud Piece of Armour
The Light Before the Sun
Stay
Melted
One Last Show in Taghmon
Eremos Trilogy
Best Documentary Film Award
Nominees
Everywhere
Rising Phoenix: A New Revolution
Deepfaking Sam Altman
W: A Return to Oz
My Husband the Child Soldier
The Power to Move
Best Documentary Feature
Nominees
Rising Phoenix: A New Revolution
Deepfaking Sam Altman
My Husband the Child Soldier
Stronger than the Wave
The Power to Move
Best Documentary Short
Nominees
The Quiet Art
This Werewolf Complex
Everywhere
Merci Dix
MAMARUMI - A chase of liberty
W: A Return to Oz
Roots of Renewal
Best Actor
Nominees
Eben Figueiredo (MAGID / ZAFAR)
Tuc Watkins (Exit Interviews)
Ian Hart (Honk)
Jamie Thomas King (The Light Before the Sun)
Edward Crook (The Promise)
Best Actress
Nominees
Charlotte Aubin (Beautiful and Neat Room)
Laura Howard (Invincible)
Cheuk Ling Ngan (Revisit)
Jo Hartley (A Loud Piece of Armour)
Tine Roggeman (Stay)
Mollie Lockwood (Bleeding)
Olwen Fouéré (The Reckoning of Erin Morrigan)
Janie Hurley (Aftershock)
Best Supporting Actor
Nominees
Gurjeet Singh (MAGID / ZAFAR)
Jake Doyle (The Reckoning of Erin Morrigan)
Daniel Copeland (Invincible)
Vincent Van Sande (Stay)
Spike McGuire (Honk)
Best Supporting Actress
Nominees
Samantha Seager (Invincible)
Wai Hing Cheung (Revisit)
Kayley Rainton (Survivor)
Roseanna Frascona (Cuttings)
Iliya Gaidev (Reflection)
Best Film by a Female Director
Nominees
Beautiful and Neat Room
Invincible
Revisit
A Loud Piece of Armour
Our Father
The Reckoning of Erin Morrigan
Aftershock
Best Film by a First-Time Filmmaker
Nominees
Eremos Trilogy
Our Father
Aftershock
Shelf Life
Housemates
Cuttings
Female Experience Award
Nominees
Aftershock
Revisit
The Reckoning of Erin Morrigan
A Loud Piece of Armour
Our Father
Stay
LGBTQ+ Experience Film
Nominees
Magid / Zafar
Exit Interviews
Witness: Rabbi Jon Cutler Recalls
Just Kids
Teth
Mental Health Experience Award
Nominees
Cuttings
The Light Before the Sun
Stay
Tank
Bleeding
Disability Experience Award
Nominees
Everywhere
Eremos Trilogy
Rising Phoenix: A New Revolution
Senses
The Power to Move
The Promise
This Werewolf Complex
Best Comedy
Nominees
Downsized
The Notice
Teth
Honk
Best Student Showcase
Nominees
Nomads in the City
Driven Apart
Honk
Limbo
A warm night
Reflection
Tokiwadaira Danchi
The Summer Award - National Kids Showcase
Nominees
My Superpower (micro)
Lost in the Backrooms
Navigating The Net
Cae yr Arth (Cae the Bear)
Ynyr yr Ysbryd