CONGRATULATIONS AWARD WINNERS!
Congratulations to our 2026 Niagara Canada International Film Festival award winners. These films and filmmakers exhibit excellence in artistry and craftsmanship in noteworthy ways.
Official Winners List Updated – June 08, 2026
| Awards | Given | Director / Writer NAME(S) |
| Best Feature Films | 260 Days | Jakov Sedlar |
| Best Feature Films | The Dreamers of Fae Woods | David Conroy |
| Best Feature Films | PRINCE – The Untold Story | Daniel D’Or |
| Best Feature Films | Kalisa Meray Aagay | Rubina Faisal |
| Best Short Film | The Lady Dragon Story | Todd Murray Mowatt |
| Best Short Film | Justajoo 2 | Deepa Mahanti |
| Best Short Film | The Doe-Eyed Enakshi | Anuradha Chatterjee |
| Best Short Film | The Hero Within | Tammy Vallieres |
| Best Future Documentary | Hooves Up! | Brenda Holdsworth |
| Best Future Documentary | Life Worth Living | Frank Xavier Panico |
| Best Short Documentary | Generation: Cure | Brett Langolf, Alex Boydston |
| Best Comedy Short | The Dairy Experiment | Fabian Johnston, Luke Johnston |
| Best Drama Short | The Last Wish | Ilya Noyabrev |
| Best Foreign Short | This Damnation | Russell De Rozario |
| Best Foreign Short | The Waiting Room | Abdullah Ghori, Daksh Arora |
| Best Thriller Short | Let Me In | Anastasia Aleksandrova |
| Best Horror Short | The Hollow Rabbit | Jack Hourahine |
| Best Animation | Enemy Heroes | Mark Diamond |
| Best Mobile Short Film | Moabit XXVIII | Ian Charles Lister |
| Best Nature / Wildlife Documentary | Homes on the Range | Sarah Wray, Emma Cross |
| Music Video | I’m back | Ilya Noyabrev |
| Music Video | NEE KOSAM |
Arnav Naraharisetti, Ashish Prudhvi
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| Music Video | MIC DROP MAGIC |
Arnav Naraharisetti, Ashish Prudhvi
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| Best Student Film | A Place to Hope | Daniel Carpio Santa Cruz |
| Bese Student Film | Before You Go | Connor Wilton McCartney |
| Bese Student Film | In Passing | Lucas Nasu Nielsen, Ben Taylor |
| Web/TV Series | O Labirinto do Ártico | Sylvestre Campe, Cléo Campe |
| Best Actor/s | Word Problems | Grace Foran |
| Best Director | The Dreamers of Fae Woods | David Conroy |
| Best Director | Swallowtail and Dragonfly | Julia Pierrepont |
| Best Cinematography | The Yoke | Daniel Cardenas |
| Best Experimental Film | Nothing to See Here: Watts | Michael Soenen |
| Best Cinema of Canada | The Dental Plan | Wayne Diu |
| Best Cinema of Canada | Nitro – The Williams Dynasty | Peter Goertz |
| Best Cinema of Canada | Guardians of the Earth – ZSN II | Zach Ferbrache-Kirkness |
| Best New Filmmaker | Golden Seal |
Jacob Tsionsawetes Hamilton-Diabo
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| Best New Filmmaker | The Dental Plan | Wayne Diu |
| Best New Filmmaker | The Glass Acre | Ayeman Gulrez |
| Best Comedy Screenplay | The Dairy Experiment | Fabian Johnston, Luke Johnston |
| Sci-Fi Short | The InTEXTigator 4 | John Babu |
| Advertising | Haunt Restorer | Wil Andrews |
| Best Poster | The Most Biodiverse Place in America | John Fiske |
| Best Photography | Peace Bridge linking Fort Erie Ontario with Buffalo NY | Reginald Pelletier |
| Feature Script | It Takes A Village | Lisa Triano |
| Feature Script | The Fourth Psalm | John Martins III |
| Short Script | Peters Family Portal | Scott Peters |
| Best Television Script | Alternative Education | Sandra Jane Moonias |
| AI | Legend | Ryan Patterson |
| AI | Marked for SNUFF | Pavel Karusev |
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