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2026 MiSciFi Awards

Festival Q & A

THE OFFICIAL MiSciFi 2026
Nominations & Awards
. . . updated 2/8/2026…
… more to come during virtual festival

Beacon Award – CAIHONG CITY, Romania

Best Sci Fi Feature – Quantum Rave
Best Ensemble Feature – Quantum Rave
Best Practical Effects Feature – Quantum Rave
Best Sci Fi Musical Feature – Quantum Rave
Most Empathetic Film – All the Money in the World
The Audience Award Short – SHELLE
Best Special Effects Short – Encyclopedia Galactica
Best Cinematography Zero Budget – The Adjudicator
Best Wardrobe Feature – CAIHONG CITY
Best Visual Effects Short – The Theory of Infinity
The Audience Award – Halcyon Daze
Best Cinematography – CAIHONG CITY
Best Color Grading – CAIHONG CITY
Best Sci Fi Concept – MODIE!
Best Children’s Film – Keepers
Best Costume Design Short – Hyperburn
The Mythopoeia Award – CAIHONG CITY
Best Made in Florida Short – All the Money in the World
The Ginnungagap Award – The Adjudicator

Best Fantasy Thriller – La Cosa en la Niebla
Best Sci Fi Comedy Thriller – La Cosa en la Niebla
Best Student Film – Jirba
Best SciFi Musical Short – Emergence
Best SciFi Documentary – The Eagle Obsession
Best Narration – Jeffrey Morris
Best Fan Film Documentary – Halcyon Daze
Best MicroDoc – Graphene
Best Director Feature – James Anthony Usas
Best Chid Actor
Best Actors
Bes supporting actors
Best SciFi Short
Best Horror Thriller
Best Animation Feature

Best SciFi Animation Feature – John Vardar vs. The Galaxy   < – – –

Best SciFi Animation Short – Labile   < – – –

Best Child Actor – Evan-Riley Brown, The Keeper

Best Music Video – Dreamin’

The Awakening   <—-

Yacht Rock

Best Actor Thriller Feature – Izzy Martinez, It Hunts  <—-

Alan Emrys, Personhood

Best Supporting Actor Feature – Chaihong City

La Cosa en la Niebla

Nobel & the kid

Quantum Rave

Sisters of the Shattered Moon   < – – –

Best Supporting Actor – Short – Afterlife

Alienated

Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting

Eximo

Shelle

What’s Left   < – – –

Best Director Feature – Anti Scar,

Chaihong City,

John Vardar vs. the Galaxy,

Nobel & the Kid,    < – – – –

Quantum Rave,

Sisters of the shattered Moon

Best actress Feature – Beings

Caihong City

It Hunts   <- – – – –

La Cosa en la Niebla

Nobel and the Kid

Personhood

Quantum Rave

Sisters of the Shattered Moon

Best Sci-Fi Thriller Feature – Caihong City

La Cosa en la Niebla  <——

Nobel & the Kid

Best Actor in Feature – Anti Scar

Caihong City

It Hunts

La Cosa en la Niebla

Nobel and the Kid

Personhood  <- – – – –

Quantum Rave

Sisters of the Shattered Moon

Best Supporting Actress Short – Afterlife

EXIMO

Human Resource

Invasion 53′

Parthenogenesis

SHELLE

The Last Fool

What’s Left  < – – – –

Best Cinematography Short – Aura

Em & Selma go Griffin Hunting  <- – –  –

Encyclopedia Galactica

Mr. Vertigo

SIDRA

Texas Strange

The Time we Keep

What’s Left

Best Actress Short – Afterlife

Alienated

Em & Selma go Griffin Hunting

EXIMO

Human Resource

Parethenogenesis

SHELLE

SIDRA

Terra Luna

The Last Fool

What’s Left    < – – –

Best Actor Short – Afterlife

AURA

EXIMO

Invasion 53′

Passing Signals

Recall

SHELLE

Well-Being

What Remains in the Stars

What’s Left   < – – –

While Some Must Sleep

Best Set Design – Feature – Caihong City

Nobel & the Kid

Personhood

Quantum Rave   < – – –

Best Visual Effects – Feature Nobel & the Kid  < – – – –

Quantum Rave

Best Musical Score – Feature Nobel & the Kid

Quantum Rave   < – – – –

Sisters of the Shattered Moon

Best Music Video – Dreamin’

Yacht Rock

The Awakening   < – – – –

Best Afrofuturism Restore   < – – –

Best Webseries Bar SciFi – Reunion:03   < – – –

Best Supporting Actress – Feature Caihong City

La Cosa en la Niebla

Nobel & the Kid

Quantum Rave

Sisters of the Shattered Moon

Best Fantasy Em & Selma go Grifinin Hunting   < – – – –

Mr. Vertigo

Reddening

The Time We Keep

Best Animation – Feature John Vardar vs. The Galaxy  < – – – –

Best Horror Thriller La Cosa en la Niebla  < – – –

Best Child Actor The Keeper  < – – –

Best Director – Short A-1

Afterlife

Aura

Em & Selma go Griffin Hunting

Human Resource

Invasion 53′

Labile

Mr. Vertigo

Passing Signals

Star-Crossed

The Theory of Infinity

The Time We Keep

Well-Being    < – – –

What’s Left

Ginnungagap Award All the Money in the World

Andorra

Parthogenesis

The Adjudicator   < – – –

What Remains in the Stars

Best Musical Score – Short A-1

Afterlife

Bar SciFi – Reunion:03

Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting

Emergence    < – – –

Mr. Vertigo

Recall

Reddening

Star-Crossed

Best Set Design – Short AURA

Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting

Encyclopedia Galactica

EXIMO   < – – – –

Invasion 53′

The Phenomenon of Presense

What Remains in the Stars

Best Editing – Short Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting

Human Resource

SIDRA     < – – –

Star-Crossed

The Phenomenon of Presense

What Remains in the Stars

What’s Left

Best Wardrobe – Short A-1

Bar SciFi – Reunion:03

Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting  < – – –

Emergence

Human Resource

Mr. Vertigo

SIDRA

Best Editing – Feature CAIHONG CITY

Nobel & the Kid  < – – –

Quantum Rave

Best SciFi – Short Invasion 53′  < – – – –

Labile

What’s Left

Encyclopedia Galactica

 

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Best AI Generated Content – NONE

 

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