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title: "2026 Award Winners | The Sixth Borough Film Festival"
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date: 2026-06-01
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# 2026 Award Winners | The Sixth Borough Film Festival

Kakos School of Arts & Sciences

2026 Award Winners

**Award Winners from a Global Festival of Cinema**

The Sixth Borough Film Festival recognizes outstanding achievements in independent filmmaking from around the world. Selected from submissions representing 30 countries, these award-winning films exemplify excellence in storytelling, creativity, technical craft, and artistic vision while reflecting the diverse voices that define contemporary cinema.

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### Award Categories

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 The three-day festival award categories include:

- Best Animation Film
- Best Bronx Tale Film
- Best Documentary Feature Film
- Best Documentary Short Film
- Best Horror Film
- Best Music Video
- Best Narrative Feature Film
- Best Narrative Short Film

#### Special Categories Include:

- Audience Favorite Award
- Best of Festival Award
- Jury Chair Award

 

### 2026 SBFF Award Winners

#### Best Animation Film

**Autistic Mode**  
USA

#### Best Bronx Tale Film

**Spray Can Stories**  
USA

#### Best Documentary Feature Film

**Ali vs Ali**  
Iran

#### Best Documentary Short Film

**Shucking Tradition**  
USA

#### Best Horror Film

**Nebuchadnezzar**  
Canada

#### Best Music Video

**Siddharta-In the Sky**  
Slovenia

#### Best Narrative Feature Film

**Eugene O'Neill's The First Man**  
United Kingdom

#### Best Narrative Short Film

**Suçlu (The Guilty)**  
Turkey

#### Best Student Film

**Give a Reason Not to Stay With You**  
Argentina

#### Best of Festival Award

**Secret Mall Apartment**  
USA

#### Jury Chair Award

**Dancing in Tomorrowland**  
USA

#### Audience Favorite Award

**Carry My Couch**  
Canada

 

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Media Contact 

Judy Cooper   
[**jcooper07@manhattan.edu**](mailto:jcooper07@manhattan.edu)

 

Program Director 

Michael Grabowski  
<sbff@manhattan.edu>

 

Executive Director 

Robert Cole  
<rcole01@manhattan.edu>

 

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Explore the award-winning films and filmmakers recognized by the Sixth Borough Film Festival at Manhattan University, selected from 30 countries.