the Jury members and The AWARDS
THE VANIA EXERJIAN AWARD
Founder's Award given to a film Empowering Women & Girls
NARRATIVE FEATURES
Sebastien Sisak
Kal Naga
Claude Fischer - Herzog
Pierre Linhart
Odile Bouhier
DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
Roger Hendricks Simon
Leon Descloseaux
Nini Shvelidze
Tom Helberg
Leslie Taubman, PhD
NARRATIVE SHORTS
Abhilash Sharma
Tomoaki Aomatsu
Yoni Benyamini
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
Matthias Leupold
Loulwa Khoury
Alex Bezeau
SCRIPTWRITING
Brigitte Gauthier
Charlie Allenson
Gabrielle Denize Newsam
THE VISION AWARD by IndiePix
Aaron Lieberman at IndiePix
THE WFCC AWARD
Ladyparts Blog
THE KIRK AWARD
Raffi Regis Bakian
the 2026 Jury members
YONI BENYAMINI
TOMOAKI AOMATSU
LEON DESCLOZEAUX
TOM HELBERG
CLAUDE FISCHER HERZOG
ODILE BOUHIER
ROGER HENDRICK
SIMON
KAL- EL NAGA
CHARLIE ALLENSON
SEBASTIEN SISAK
LESLIE TAUBMAN
PIERRE LINHART
LOULWA KHOURY
MATTHIAS LEUPOLD
REGIS BAKIAN
BRIGITTE GAUTHIER
LADY PARTS/LIRON & MIMI
ABILASH SHARMA
AARON LIBERMAN
NINI SHVELIDZE
MONICA GLEBERMAN
GILL JACOB
We thank our diligent International Jury members for their time and dedication
in choosing the winners.
The Madagascar Silk Bandana Scarf
by Lost Pattern (*)
Stop Holding Back
A book by Joze Piranian, Global Keynote speaker, Stand-up comedian, and HarperCollins author of Stop Holding Back, will be joining us and presenting his book as part of our awards. The winners will be receiving signed copies.
The Awards & Prizes
Awards by SR Socially Relevant Film Festival NY
The Vanya Exerjian Award
Best Narrative Feature
Best Documentary Feature
Best Narrative Short
Best Documentary Short
The KIRK Award
Named after Kirk Kerkorian, the Armenian philanthropist, who headed MGM for many years. He was very generous in his support for Armenia and Armenians and produced the Feature film The Promise on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in 2015.
Raffi Regis Bakian of Associated Artists offers this award, and it is given to two Armenian films from the selection.
The IndiePix Unlimited Vision Award
Awarded to a film of exceptional merit and commercial prospect.
It consists of a distribution offer from IndiePix Films.
The Scriptwriting Competition
Four winners (first place, second place, third place, and honorable mention).
Winners will receive a 3-month InkTip Pro Membership. As an InkTip Pro Member, thousands of filmmakers can find and read the scripts, and scriptwriters will be able to pitch directly to production companies every week. With over 3,000 options and 400 movies made, InkTip is the place for independent film.
The Women Film Critics Circle Award.
The Women Film Critics Circle gives a women-directed short film in the official selection.
Consultancy session with CinemaLibre Studio
The feature film winners in the Narrative Feature and Documentary feature categories are offered an hour-long free consultation and first choice for the distribution of their film.
(*) The Award
The award trophies this year are special LOST PATTERN scarves graciously donated by Lost Pattern to the winning filmmakers.
