Handing out awards is an inherently paradoxical act, trying to measure something as subjective as art. Yet, since launching this initiative in 2022, we have come to see this process not as a definitive judgment, but as an essential extension of artistic practice itself. Making a choice—even a difficult, intensely debated one among a small group of people—is how we dialogue with the work. Every film in this edition holds immense value to us, and the awards are simply our way of forcing ourselves to push this internal conversation further. A heartfelt THANK YOU to every filmmaker, who shaped this edition with their work.

We thank also the viewers, who expressed their support for the films, making the Audience Awards possible.

The six programs comprising the Summer 2026 edition remain available until June 22nd, there is still time to watch the edition!

THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED by Usama Alshaibi | USA | 2025 – Jury Award
LEVURES SAUVAGES / WILD YEASTS by Joachim Soudan, Maud Girault, Jérôme Zahno | Belgium | 2025
Special Mention
LA CASA DEL MINOTAURO / THE HOUSE OF THE MINOTAUR by Federico Raúl Bongiorno | Argentina | 2024
Audience Award

THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED by Usama Alshaibi, USA | 2025
Jury Award

LEVURES SAUVAGES / WILD YEASTS by Joachim Soudan, Maud Girault, Jérôme Zahno | Belgium | 2025
Special Mention

LA CASA DEL MINOTAURO / THE HOUSE OF THE MINOTAUR by Federico Raúl Bongiorno | Argentina | 2024
Audience Award

ENXOFRE / SULFUR by Karen Akerman, Miguel Seabra Lopes | Brasil, Portugal | 2024 – Jury Award
Περιμένοντας τους Βαρβάρους / EN ATTENDANT LES BARBARES / WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS
by Georges Sifianos | Greece, France | 2026 – Special Mention
LE JEU DES FUSIONS by Yasha Vetkine | France | 2026 – Audience Award

ENXOFRE / SULFUR
by Karen Akerman, Miguel Seabra Lopes | Brasil, Portugal | 2024
Jury Award

被梦见的是我 / REVERIE OF THE DREAMT by Siyu Chen | China, UK | 2026 – Special Mention

LE JEU DES FUSIONS by Yasha Vetkine | France | 2026
Audience Award

NAPA / NAVEL by Mox Mäkelä | Finland | 2026 – Jury and Audience Awards
HURRICANE SEASON by Michelle Trujillo | Canada, USA | 2026 – Special Mention

NAPA / NAVEL by Mox Mäkelä | Finland | 2026
Jury and Audience Awards

HURRICANE SEASON
by Michelle Trujillo | Canada, USA | 2026
Special Mention

Σήμερα λαχείο, αύριο ταμείο / PICK A LOT, WIN A LOT by Konstantinos Merentitis | Greece | 2024 – Jury Award
EXISTO MINIMA by Oleksandr Isaienko | Ukraine | 2020 – Special Mention
AUSSIE ESTO THIRD GEN by Imbi Männik | Australia | 2018 – Audience Award

Σήμερα λαχείο, αύριο ταμείο / PICK A LOT, WIN A LOT
by Konstantinos Merentitis | Greece | 2024 – Jury Award

EXISTO MINIMA
by Oleksandr Isaienko | Ukraine | 2020
Special Mention

AUSSIE ESTO THIRD GEN by Imbi Männik | Australia | 2018
Audience Award

JOURNAL OF A SELF IMPROVEMENT by Sylvie Boisseau, Frank Westermeyer | Germany, Switzerland | 2026
Jury Award
DEADEYE by Ian Gibbins | Australia | 2025 – Special Mention
외주 / Outsourcing by Jun Seok Yoon | South Korea | 2026 – Audience Award

JOURNAL OF A SELF IMPROVEMENT by Sylvie Boisseau, Frank Westermeyer | Germany, Switzerland | 2026
Jury Award

DEADEYE by Ian Gibbins | Australia | 2025 – Special Mention

외주 / Outsourcing by Jun Seok Yoon | South Korea | 2026 – Audience Award

THE EAGLE & THE DEER by Michelle Siu | UK | 2025 – Jury and Audience Awards
樹樁 / WHAT DOES THE TREE STUMP HOLD FOR ME? by Feifei Pan | China | 2025 – Special Mention

THE EAGLE & THE DEER by Michelle Siu | UK | 2025
Jury and Audience Awards

樹樁 / WHAT DOES THE TREE STUMP HOLD FOR ME? by Feifei Pan | China | 2025 – Special Mention

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Pebbles Underground is focused on showcasing and promoting experimental, avant-garde, underground, and no-to-low budget projects by artist-humans from all over the world. Absurd, uncanny, witty, humorous, slow-video – all are welcomed, and loved. Pebbles Underground is an independent project not funded by any government or corporation, and we intend to keep it that way. Main source of funding is personal donations from humans organizing the project, who are artists themselves, and the main drive of the project is formed by the energy and involvement of the organizers, and the public.

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Pebbles Underground is focused on showcasing and promoting experimental, avant-garde, underground, and no-to-low budget projects by artist-humans from all over the world. Absurd, uncanny, witty, humorous, slow-video – all are welcomed, and loved. Pebbles Underground is an independent project not funded by any government or corporation, and we intend to keep it that way. Main source of funding is personal donations from humans organizing the project, who are artists themselves, and the main drive of the project is formed by the energy and involvement of the organizers, and the public.