MLC PRODUCTIONS
2026 SCENE AWARD WINNERS
OFFICIAL WINNERS LIST
BEST DRAMA SHORT UNDER 30 MINUTES
• Headlights
• Detour
BEST SERIES PILOT
• Winona
• Matched
AUDIENCE VOTE
BEST SHORT UNDER 5 MINUTES
• Breach — 56.5% of the vote
• Nightfall — 21.7% of the vote
BEST SHORT AT HEART
• He/She/Us
• Ray
BEST ANYTHING SHORT UNDER 10 MINUTES
• A Priest Walks into a Bar
• Lifeline
AUDIENCE VOTE
MOST MOVING SCENE UNDER 3 MINUTES
• A Dog’s Life — 48% of the vote
• Ray — 44% of the vote
BEST SMARTPHONE-SHOT SHORT UNDER 15 MINUTES
• Grow Your Own Ideas
BEST DOCUMENTARY UNDER 120 MINUTES
• Come Here Brother Wolf: A Veterans Pilgrimage
BEST COMEDY SHORT UNDER 30 MINUTES
• The Christmas Hitlist
• The Beast of the Black Forest
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT UNDER 10 MINUTES
• The Sociopath
• Another Season Gone Already
BEST IDEA IN A SERIES OR FILM
• 305 Fishkill Avenue
• We Regret to Inform You
• The White House Is Fake: Ep. 1 Pilot
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS — ANY LENGTH
• Finding History
• Pari Leto
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
• Vampire Becomes Kind
• Homeless at Sea
BEST EDITING — ANY LENGTH
• Bang Bang
• Skully & Terry, “The Drop”
BEST THRILLER — ANY LENGTH
• Notification
• Statico
BEST ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE
• Rome Romanne for his role as Chandler in Worth Taking
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE
• Marina Bianco for her role as Beatriz in The Infinity Beyond the Void
BEST SHORT FILM DIRECTOR
• Bella Rinsky for Papa
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: OVERALL MUSICAL TREATMENT IN A PRODUCTION
• Gustavo Letelier (Director) for Even in the Best Families, the Restoration
BEST STORYTELLING IN A SERIES
• Miggy15
BEST SERIES DIRECTOR AND WRITER
• Vivienne Aubry (Director and Writer) for Heading Southwest
BEST SERIES ACTOR — ANY GENDER
• William Petrano for his role in The White House Is Fake: Ep. 1 Pilot
BEST EDITING IN A SERIES
• Joe Hawk for The White House Is Fake: Ep. 1 Pilot