The Film Invasion L.A. team is proud to announce these awards for our 2026 Festival in Lima, Peru!<\/p>\n
Best Feature Film – Making Megaforce <\/b>
\nBest Featurette – Pierre West <\/b>
\nBest Short Film – We Meet Again <\/b><\/p>\nLo Mejor de Per\u00fa – Lima<\/h3>\n
Best Peruvian Film – Featurette – The Return of the Lifeblood <\/b>
\nBest Peruvian Film – Short – The Last Play <\/b><\/p>\nAudience Awards – Lima<\/h3>\n
Best Feature Film – in my land, Carnival is religion <\/b>
\nBest Featurette – Caesar’s Cache <\/b>
\nBest Short Film – The Summoning <\/b><\/p>\nGrand Jury Awards – Lima<\/h3>\n
Best Acting – Experimental – fear, my sickness <\/b>
\nBest Cinematography – Experimental – The Last Day <\/b>
\nBest Cinematography – Feature Film – The River At The Bottom Of My Garden <\/b>
\nBest Cinematography – Short Film – Roughing It <\/b>
\nBest Cinematography – Featurette – Caesar’s Cache <\/b>
\nBest Director – Feature Film – Bob Lindenmayer – Making Megaforce <\/b>
\nBest Director – Short Film – IB Asanga – Soeur Celeste <\/b>
\nBest Editing – Feature Film – Felix Chamberlain – Making Megaforce <\/b>
\nBest Editing – Featurette – Arnold Sotomayor – The Return of the Lifeblood <\/b>
\nBest Editing – Short Film – Tadeo Escalante – Break Out <\/b>
\nBest Feature – Documentary – The River At The Bottom Of My Garden <\/b>
\nBest Featurette – Arthouse – FUTURE OF ART <\/b>
\nBest Featurette – Comedy – TV Man <\/b>
\nBest Featurette – Documentary – PATOU: In Black & White <\/b>
\nBest Featurette – Horror – The Return of the Lifeblood <\/b>
\nBest Lead Performer – Feature Film – Bob Lindenmayer – Making Megaforce <\/b>
\nBest Lead Performer – Featurette – Tomas Hartwig – Pierre West <\/b>
\nBest Lead Performer – Short – Maria Olga Matte – EL MONSTRUO DE LA FORTUNA <\/b>
\nBest Music Video – The Big Picture <\/b>
\nBest Performance by a Duo – Richard Riehle & Vernon Wells – We Meet Again <\/b>
\nBest Performance by Cast – Comedy – Break Out <\/b>
\nBest Production Design – Feature Film – Making Megaforce <\/b>
\nBest Production Design – Featurette – THE MIRROR PARAJANOV <\/b>
\nBest Production Design – Short Film – Hey Alexa <\/b>
\nBest Series\/Pilot – Rule of Three <\/b>
\nBest Short – Animation – Lifted <\/b>
\nBest Short – Arthouse – Boulevard de la mort <\/b>
\nBest Short – Comedy – Lou <\/b>
\nBest Short – Dance – Psyche <\/b>
\nBest Short – Documentary – Holding It Together <\/b>
\nBest Short – Drama – Dark Matter <\/b>
\nBest Short – Horror – Long Time, No See <\/b>
\nBest Short – SciFi – Hey Alexa <\/b>
\nBest Song – Chavela Vargas – \u201cVolver, Volver\u201d – Becoming Chavela <\/b>
\nBest Sound Design – Feature Film – Rodrigo Resende Coutinho – in my land, Carnival is religion <\/b>
\nBest Sound Design – Featurette – Caesar’s Cache <\/b>
\nBest Sound Design – Short Film – Hope <\/b>
\nBest Soundtrack – PATOU: In Black & White <\/b>
\nBest Supporting Performer – Feature Film – Barry Bostwick – Making Megaforce <\/b>
\nBest Supporting Performer – Featurette – Jona Zeschke – Caesar’s Cache <\/b>
\nBest Supporting Performer – Short Film – Cesar Rengifo Salazar – The Last Play <\/b>
\nBest Writing – Feature Film – Documentary – Cambia Tu Vida, Chico – Una Vida en DEGASE <\/b>
\nBest Writing – Short – Drama – The Choice <\/b>
\nBest Writing – Featurette – Documentary – Plainspoken <\/b>
\nBest Writing – Short – Animation – Yellowstone 88 – Song of Fire <\/b><\/p>\nFilmmakers Awards – Lima<\/h3>\n
Oustanding Performance by a Duo – Short – The White Shoes <\/b>
\nOutstanding Cinematography – Short – Whispers <\/b>
\nOutstanding Editing – Short – Drama – Soeur Celeste <\/b>
\nOutstanding Feature – Documentary – Cambia Tu Vida, Chico – Una Vida en DEGASE <\/b>
\nOutstanding Featurette – Documentary – DIG DEEPER <\/b>
\nOutstanding Featurette – Documentary – THE MIRROR PARAJANOV <\/b>
\nOutstanding Lead Performance – Short – One Last Breath <\/b>
\nOutstanding Music Video – Beautiful Day <\/b>
\nOutstanding Originality – Short Film – ALLURE <\/b>
\nOutstanding Cast Performance – Comedy – Short – Sasquatch Roommate <\/b>
\nOutstanding performance by Cast – Short – Fairy God Bro <\/b>
\nOutstanding Peruvian Film – Short – fear, my sickness <\/b>
\nOutstanding Peruvian Film – Short – Ananias <\/b>
\nOutstanding Short – Animation – Yellowstone 88 – Song of Fire <\/b>
\nOutstanding Short – Arthouse – The Last Day <\/b>
\nOutstanding Short – Comedy – Becoming Chavela <\/b>
\nOutstanding Short – Documentary – The Long Road Home <\/b>
\nOutstanding Short – Drama – The Choice <\/b>
\nOutstanding Short – Drama – Butcher <\/b>
\nOutstanding Short – Horror – Hope <\/b>
\nOutstanding Short – SciFi – The Power of Ink <\/b>
\nOutstanding Writing – Documentary – Every Line Becomes A Circle <\/b>
\nOutstanding Writting – Short – Drama – Fleeing Shadows <\/b><\/p>\nAward Definitions\/Explanations<\/h3>\n
Best In Fest<\/strong> \u2013 Determined by the festival\u2019s official selection committee. Source: FILA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Film Invasion L.A. team is proud to announce these awards for our 2026 Festival in Lima, Peru! Best In Fest – Lima Best Feature Film – Making Megaforce Best Featurette – Pierre West Best Short Film – We Meet Again Lo Mejor de Per\u00fa – Lima Best Peruvian Film – Featurette – The Return … <\/p>\n
\nLo mejor de Per\u00fa<\/strong> \u2013 Determined by the festival\u2019s official selection committee to honor films from our home nation of Per\u00fa.
\nAudience Awards<\/strong> \u2013 Determined by highly scientific instruments to measure audience satisfaction.
\nGrand Jury Awards<\/strong> \u2013 Determined by the festival\u2019s official selection committee.
\nFilmmakers Awards<\/strong> \u2013 Determined by a panel of alumni filmmakers whose films have been Official Selections at our cousin festivals FI-Los Angeles and Sherman Oaks Film Festival.<\/p>\n