Caribbean Film Awards 2026: Complete Winners List

Homage has won Caribbean Film of the Year at the inaugural Caribbean Film Awards, with Doubles taking Best Feature Film and Chiney K and Majah Hype receiving the leading acting awards. The organizers have released their winners graphic, confirming 14 awards across film, performance, writing, music and emerging talent.

The organizers list Best Feature Film and Caribbean Film of the Year as separate categories: Doubles won Best Feature Film, while Homage received Caribbean Film of the Year.

The awards celebration took place on October 10, 2026, at Theater N in Wilmington, Delaware, as part of the Caribbean International Film & Fashion Festival, known as CARIFF. The results bring together established entertainers, emerging filmmakers and productions telling stories from the Caribbean and its diaspora.

Kerry-Ann “Chiney K” Collins’ Best Actress victory and Majah Hype’s Best Actor award place two familiar Caribbean entertainment personalities among the inaugural acting winners. Deon Gibson received Best Director, while Ina Sotirova was named Best Caribbean Emerging Filmmaker. The official winners graphic names these individual recipients without attaching a film title to their awards.

Beach Inna Bondage won Best Documentary, bringing recognition to a film focused on the fight for public access to Jamaica’s coastline. Stew Peas received Best Original Screenplay, while Threads Of Us claimed the Caribbean Heritage Film Award.

The music honors extended from cinema to the music-video format: Unbelievable won Best Original Soundtrack, and Sharon Marley’s Steppah took Best Caribbean Music Video. Heartfall received Best Costume Design & Fashion, recognizing another part of the creative work that shapes a film’s visual identity.

Below is the complete list of the 14 awards published in the organizers’ official winners graphic.

Caribbean Film Awards 2026: All Winners

Best Caribbean Film of the Year (Top Award): Homage

Best Feature Film: Doubles

Best Director: Deon Gibson

Best Actor: Majah Hype (Homage)

Best Actress: Kerry-Ann "Chiney K" Collins (Stew Peas)

Best Documentary: Beach Inna Bondage

Best Screenplay: Stew Peas (written, directed, and produced by Sosiessia Nixon-Kelly)

Best Short Film: I Love this Arrangement

Caribbean Heritage Film Award: Threads Of Us

Best Emerging Filmmaker Award: Ina Sotirova (Stinky Mango)

Best Original Soundtrack: Unbelievable

Best Costume Design & Fashion: Heartfall

Audience Choice Award: Someone Loves You

Best Caribbean Music Video: Steppah — Sharon Marley

The inaugural results show how broad the awards’ scope is: feature films and shorts sit alongside documentary, cultural heritage, costume design and music. For audiences discovering Caribbean cinema through this first winners list, the honorees offer a starting point for exploring the region’s filmmakers and the stories they bring to the screen.

Source: The official winners graphic published by @caribbeanfilmawards.