SHORTLIST 2026

Congratulations to all those that made the 2026 shortlist!

CITY OF FILM

AlUla, Saudi Arabia

Film AlUla

Calgary, Canada

Calgary Economic Development

Gold Coast, Australia

Gold Coast Film Commission

Gothenburg, Sweden

Film i Väst

Tampa Bay, US

Film Tampa Bay

Toronto, Canada

City of Toronto

Zagreb, Croatia

Zagreb Film Office

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION AWARD

A Year in London, UK

LonRom Film Production

Blue Season, UK

Featherstone Pictures & Golden Finger Entertainment

Crip Trip, Canada

Catapult Pictures

Emerging from the Shadows: The Legacies of Weinberg and Korngold, Lithuania

BFMI & Kristina Reiko Cooper

Lemonade, Ireland

Underground Films in co-prod with Rocliffe

Rooted Representation: Authentic Storytelling in New Mexico, US

New Mexico Film Office

ECONOMIC & SOCIAL IMPACT AWARD

Building a Sustainable Film Ecosystem, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Film Commission

California Beyond The Screen, US

California Film Commission

How To Train Your Dragon (live action) Below-the-Line Traineeship, US

NBCUniversal

La Bohème, UK

Finite Films & TV

Pegasus Media Project, US

Dallas Film Commission

Screenability, Ireland

Film in Limerick

Sonnenwagen - Future Mobility, Germany

Department Studios Filmproduction

The Righteous Gemstones, US

HBO / WBD

Wicked & Wicked: For Good Below-the-Line Traineesh

NBCUniversal

EMERGING LOCATION

El Paso, Texas, US

Visit El Paso

Fort Worth, Texas, US

Fort Worth Film Commission

Slovakia

Slovak Film Commission

Spain

Spain Film Commission

Vancouver Island South, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver Island South Film & Media Commission

FILM COMMISSION OF THE YEAR - CITY/REGION

Brisol Film Office, Bristol, UK

City of Edinburgh Council, Film Edinburgh, Scotland

Dallas Film Commission, Dallas, US

Humboldt-Del Norte Film Commission, Humboldt-Del Norte, US

Ottawa Film Office / Bureau du Cinéma d'Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Savannah Regional Film Commission, Savannah, US

Toronto Film Commission, City of Toronto, Canada

FILM COMMISSION OF THE YEAR - STATE, PROVINCE & NATIONAL

California Film Commission, California, US

Manitoba Film & Music, Manitoba, Canada

New Mexico Film Office, New Mexico, US

New Zealand Film Commission, New Zealand

Screen Queensland, Australia

IMPACT LEADERSHIP AWARD

Jayne Foley, Ireland

Fresh Film

Jeff LaPlante, US

Universal Pictures

Linn Rott, Austria

EVERGREEN PRISMA, LAFC & Dept for Art and Culture Lower Austria

Tshepiso Chikapa-Phiri, South Africa

Known Associates

Zoe Ramushu, South Africa

Wrapped

LOCATION OF THE YEAR - NATURAL

Seacrow Island, Sweden

Film Stockholm

Svalbard, Norway

Arctic Film Norway

Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland

Glassriver & SPi

LOCATION OF THE YEAR - SITE/MAN-MADE

Götheborg, Sweden

Film i Väst

Longcross South Underwater Stages, UK

Longcross South Studios

The Old Royal Naval College, UK

The Old Royal Naval College

STUDIO OF THE YEAR

Bovingdon Airfield Studios, UK

Disney Studios, Australia

RD Studios, UK

Shadowbox Studios Shinfield, UK

United Illusions, Hungary

Universal Studios Lot, US

Vancouver Film Studios, Canada

VERSA Studios, UK

SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE

EVERGREEN PRISMA, Austria

LAFC & Dept for Art and Culture Lower Austria

First Australian Studio to Install Solar, Australia

Disney Studios Australia

From Wrap to Reuse: Digitalising Circularity, UK

AssetFlow

Nordic Ecological Standard (NES), The Nordics

Nordic Ecological Standard (NES)

Reel Green™, Canada

BC Film Commission at Creative BC

Sustainability Action Plan, New Zealand

New Zealand Film Commission

The Fuel Project, UK

Film London & Creative Zero

Wicked: For Good’s “Green For Good" Campaign, US

NBCUniversal

SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AWARD (FILM)

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, US

NBCUniversal

Frankenstein, US

Netflix

Hamnet, US

Focus Features

Jurassic World Rebirth, US

NBCUniversal

Kevlar Soul, Sweden

Zentropa Sweden

Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant, New Zealand

Hot Candle Wave

SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AWARD (TV)

A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms, US

HBO / WBD

All Her Fault, US

NBCUniversal

Down Cemetery Road, UK

60Forty Films

Hijack, season two, UK

60Forty Films

One Piece, season two, US

Netflix

Ransom Canyon, season one, US

Netflix

Sky Arts Awards, UK

Sky Arts, DRUM Studios & Picture Zero

The A-Talks, Norway

Monster

Under Salt Marsh, UK

Sky & Little Door Productions

Young Sherlock, UK

Motive Picture