FICOCC #2026-05

FICOCC #2026-05

May - 2026

**All proud winners can get a Statuette if it is an individual prize. If the prize involves a team, they can obtain up to three Statuettes per prize.
** The cost of each Statuette is $ 178,00

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Rest of the world: $52,5

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** Statuette features:
Height: 23 cm; Base: Diameter 6,5 cm
Made in Bronze

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May´s Winners

FICOCC #2026-05

On-line Film Festival with Live Screening of Winners

1.- Short Film Awards

Best Short Film Of The Month

Shanghai Sherlock, By Shane Gentles, Alex Kiehl, Daniel D. Newman, Jiao Sybilla Wang. United Kingdom

Audience Awards

- Audience Award 1st Place: April Showers, By Stephen Dryer. United Kingdom

- Audience Award 2nd Place: Gen Z, By Jose Sunny. Australia

- Audience Award 3rd Place: Savoring The World, By Jianzhong Zhang. China

1.- Short Film Awards

Best Drama Short Film

Gen Z, By Jose Sunny. Australia

Best Comedy Short Film

The Accountant And The Hitman, By Wendy Crouse. United States

Best Sci-Fi Short Film

April Showers, By Stephen Dryer. United Kingdom

Best AI Short Film

Recycle, By Venkatesh Balasubramanian. United Arab Emirates

Best Student Short Film

Shadows Of State Violence: Testimonies Of The Survivors, By Seo Eun Kim, Jun Lee. South Korea

Best Fantasy Short Film

Sureiya: The Eidolon Plane, By Shervonne Brown. United States

Best Thriller Short Film

Callie, By Stephen Dryer. United Kingdom

Best Western Short Film

The Gunslinger & The Wrangler - Lee White, By Lee White, Al Zavala. United States

Best Action Short Film

Scaffold, By Chris Chichester. United States

Best Experimental Short Film

Innovatio, By Sukanya Bm.India

Best One Minute Short Film

Portrait Of The Artist As A Posthuman, By Zoran Poposki. Hong Kong

Best Crime Short Film

Shanghai Sherlock, By Shane Gentles, Alex Kiehl, Daniel D. Newman, Jiao Sybilla Wang. United Kingdom

Best Super Short Film

Adrift, By Amir Pooya. United Arab Emirates

Best Animation Short Film

Bridge -My Little Friends-, By Kazuyuki Ishihara. Japan

Best Documentary Short Film

Savoring The World, By Jianzhong Zhang. China

1.2.- Individual Awards Short Films:

Best Director Short Film

Shane Gentles, Alex Kiehl, Sybilla Jiao Wang, Daniel D. Newman - Shanghai Sherlock

Special Mention Director Short Film

Stephen Dryer - April Showers

Special Mention Director Short Film

Jose Sunny - Gen Z

Best Female Director Short Film

Sukanya Basu Mallik - Innovatio

Best Young Director Short Film

Shinwoo Kim - Shadows Of The Korean Dream - Voices Of Migrant Workers

Best Director In Documentary Short Film

Ahmed Abu Hatab - Between Sky And Sea Intro - Tribute To Ismail Abu Hatab

Best Screenplay Short Film

Stephen Dryer - April Showers

Special Mention Screenplay Short Film

Richard Guthrie - Grizzly Jim

Best Lead Actor Short Film

Alex Crockford - Shanghai Sherlock

Special Mention Lead Actor Short Film

Todd Gajdusek - Raw Deals

Best Lead Actress Short Film

Eva Park - Shanghai Sherlock

Best Team Performance Short Film

Shanghai Sherlock

Special Mention Team Performance Short Film

Andre Eason Jr., Emma Eason, Merrill Sampson - Not For Profit

Best Cinematography Short Film

Anna Gates, Arneth Murania, Bijoy Mathew, John Lamorena, Raj Vimal Dev - Gen Z

Best Documentary Short Film Cinematography

Wen Chen - Savoring The World

Best Art Direction Short Film

Junyu Huo, Arna Chatterjee, Rashi Bhattacharyya, Liu Manning, Paul Zabihi, Laura Laden-Zabihi, Andra Smileanschi, Eve Fauset - Shanghai Sherlock

Best Sound Design Short Film

Stephen Dryer - April Showers

Special Mention Sound Design Short Film

Yuka Kazama - Bridge -My Little Friends-

Best Editing Short Film

Raw Deals

Best Original Score Short Film

Asuka Ito - Bridge -My Little Friends-

Best Production Short Film

Sanu Sidharth - Gen Z

Special Mention Production Short Film

Not For Profit

Special Mention Production Short Film

Hongzhe Chen / Savoring The World

Best Costume Design Short Film

Bath Theatrical Costume Hire, Rusette Auton, Sylvia Spilsbury, Paul Zabihi, Iren Aseo, Mehad Mohamed - Shanghai Sherlock

2.- Feature & Half – Length Film Awards

Best Feature Film Of The Month

Seek II: The Unsung Scars, By Shane Kosugi. Japan

Best Horror Feature Film

Ed Gein: The House Of Horrors, By Sushank Kini. United Kingdom

Best Action Feature Film

Seek II: The Unsung Scars, By Shane Kosugi. Japan

Best Animation Feature Film

Nora, By Stephen Dryer. United Kingdom

Best Documentary Feature Film

Waiting In The Cave, By Yang Yongsheng. China

2.2.- Individual Awards Feature & Half-Length Film:
Best Director Feature Film

Shane Kosugi - Seek II: The Unsung Scars

Best Director In Documentary Feature Film

Jacques-Hervé Fichet, Elisabeth Loesch - Consciousness And Science

Special Mention Director In Documentary Feature Film

Yang Yongsheng / Waiting In The Cave

Best Screenplay Feature Film

Kenji Qurata - Seek Ii: The Unsung Scars

Best Lead Actress Feature Film

Ellie Bindman - Ed Gein: The House Of Horrors

Best Lead Actor Feature Film

Kansuke Asano - Seek Ii: The Unsung Scars

Best Art Direction Feature Film

Linde Rijkes - Ed Gein: The House Of Horrors

Best Cinematography Feature Film

Kei Ikeda - Seek Ii: The Unsung Scars

Best Editing Feature Film

Shane Kosugi, Kei Ikeda - Seek Ii: The Unsung Scars

Best Production In Documentary Feature Film

Flavia Parnasi, Gianluca D’incà - 40 Years Without Giancarlo Siani

Best Sound Design Feature Film

James Cox Of Occult Audio - Ed Gein: The House Of Horrors

Best Costume Design Feature Film

Narumi Oki - Seek Ii: The Unsung Scars

3.- Others

Best Web Serie

Not For Profit, By Tre'ymaine Eason, Merrill Sampson. United States

Best Poster

Ed Gein: The House Of Horrors, By Sushank Kini. United Kingdom

Best Feature Screenplay

Ali Muhana - Echo Protocol

Best Short Screenplay

Richard Wilson - The Latent Bridge

Live Screening

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On June 04 at 17:00 will be the live screening of a selection of short films, at Osic Art Room, 02-08, Municipal Street, Regina Mall,

Puerto la Cruz 6023, Anzoategui, Venezuela.

FICOCC´s Official Selection: May – 2026

Short Films

A Testimony, By Russell Fisher. United States

Adrift, By Amir Pooya. United Arab Emirates

April Showers, By Stephen Dryer. United Kingdom

Between Sky And Sea Intro - Tribute To Ismail Abu Hatab, By Ahmed Abu Hatab. Germany

Bridge -My Little Friends-, By Kazuyuki Ishihara. Japan

Callie, By Stephen Dryer. United Kingdom

Change Of Scenery, By Zyaire Gray. United States

Gen Z, By Jose Sunny. Australia

Grizzly Jim, By Richard Guthrie. United Kingdom

I'm With You, By Jensen Kelly. United States

I've Got You, By Orlando Herrero. Ecuador

Innovatio, By Sukanya Bm.India

Never, By Briggs Gibson. United States

Not For Profit, By Tre'ymaine Eason, Merrill Sampson. United States

Portrait Of The Artist As A Posthuman, By Zoran Poposki. Hong Kong

Raw Deals, By Chuck Marra, Megan Marra. United States

Recycle, By Venkatesh Balasubramanian. United Arab Emirates

Rotten, By Cody Long. United States

Savoring The World, By Jianzhong Zhang. China

Scaffold, By Chris Chichester. United States

Shadows Of State Violence: Testimonies Of The Survivors, By Seo Eun Kim, Jun Lee. South Korea

Shadows Of The Korean Dream - Voices Of Migrant Workers, By Shinwoo Kim. South Korea

Shanghai Sherlock, By Shane Gentles, Alex Kiehl, Daniel D. Newman, Jiao Sybilla Wang. United Kingdom

Sureiya: The Eidolon Plane, By Shervonne Brown. United States

The Accountant And The Hitman, By Wendy Crouse. United States

The Gunslinger & The Wrangler - Lee White, By Lee White, Al Zavala. United States

The Key, By Cillian García. Colombia

The Summit, By Shiloh Murphy. United States

Traffickers, By Gavin Kim. United States

Your Broken Heart, By Westley Blanco. Paraguay

Feature & Half Length Films

40 Years Without Giancarlo Siani, By Filippo Soldi. Italy

A Player, By Bodhi Sunyav. India

Consciousness And Science, By Jacques-Hervé Fichet, Elisabeth Loesch. France, Switzerland

Ed Gein: The House Of Horrors, By Sushank Kini. United Kingdom

I Am A Filter, By Nash Anderson. United States

It Was Him, By Harvey Jackson. United States

Nora, By Stephen Dryer. United Kingdom

Seek Ii: The Unsung Scars, By Shane Kosugi. Japan

Spectacular By Comparison, By Evan Cannon, Tyson Kroening. United States

The Press, By Koa Matos. Spain

The Witchdoctor And The Windmill, By Robert Hamilton. Australia

Waiting In The Cave, By Yang Yongsheng. China

Screenplays

The Latent Bridge, By Richard Wilson. United States

Echo Protocol, By John None. United States

Pacho, By Emilio Rasquín. Mexico

Posters

Consciousness And Science, By Jacques-Hervé Fichet, Elisabeth Loesch. France, Switzerland

Ed Gein: The House Of Horrors, By Sushank Kini. United Kingdom

Gen Z, By Jose Sunny. Australia