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14 NOVEMBER 2026
PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
The International Motor Film Awards crosses the Atlantic to the world-renowned Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles - marking a spectacular new chapter on the global stage. As the World's premier automotive museum, the Petersen is home to over 400 of the rarest and most iconic vehicles throughout history.
With both the 2nd floor of the museum and the 4th floor rooftop used for the awards show, guests will quite literally dine amongst the cars including some iconic, screen-used film and television cars. Notable highlights on display include the Back to the Future DeLorean, the 1989 Batmobile and rotating franchise exhibits like 25 years of Fast & Furious vehicles.
DRINKS RECEPTION / RED CARPET / AWARDS GALA MUSEUM TOURS / NETWORKING / AFTER PARTY
Pre-awards reception: 4pm
Awards ceremony: 7pm
After party: 9pm
Carriages: 12am
Dress code: black tie
Welcome to the International Motor Film Awards, the ultimate car film festival and the world's most prestigious event for the automotive film and television industry.
As a networking event and high profile showcase of talent, the Motor Film Awards strives to discover, inspire and celebrate established and emerging talent within the automotive space, and bring together creatives and enthusiasts that share this passion.
Supported by leading authorities and brands within the automotive sector, leading brands within the film and television industry, and Oscar, Emmy and BAFTA winning professionals; the International Motor Film Awards are the Oscars for the motoring world.
Introducing the 2026 International Motor Film Awards nominees, a collection of the very best in film, television and photography from the world of cars, motorbikes, action, motorsports and everything else in between. This list represents the best from the top creators and talent from the automotive world.
LAST BULLET
Guillaume Pierret
Inoxy Films
Versus Production
FASTER
Morgan S. Dalibert
Radar Films
France 2 Cinéma
Umedia
CRIME 101
Bart Layton
Amazon MGM Studios
Working Title Films
RAW
TOM CLANCY'S JACK RYAN: GHOST WAR
Andrew Bernstein
Amazon MGM Studios
Genre Arts
Paramount Pictures
ICE ROAD: VENGEANCE
Jonathan Hensleigh
Code Entertainment
Envision Media Arts
Servo Production Services
HALLOW ROAD
Babak Anvari
London Film & TV
Two & Two Pictures
Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland
ON DRIVE
Artem Lytvynenko
Dream Film
Production A17
THE BAD GUYS 2
Pierre Perifel
Universal Pictures
DreamWorks Animation
Scholastic Entertainment
TRON: ARES
Joachim Rønning
Walt Disney Pictures
Paradox
AFTERBURN
J.J. Perry
CAA Media Finance
Endurance Media
Original Film
GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE
Waldemar Fast
MACK Magic
THE LOST BUS
Paul Greengrass
Apple Original Films
Blumhouse Productions
Comet Pictures
THE RACE
Anghel Damian / Millo Simulov
Vertical Content
BACK IN ACTION
Seth Gordon
Netflix
Chernin Entertainment
Exhibit A
Good One Productions
EENIE MEANIE
Shawn Simmons
20th Century Studios
Reese Wernick Productions
THE RUNNING MAN
Edgar Wright
Paramount Pictures
Domain Entertainment
Genre Films
PEGASUS 3
Han Han
PMF Pictures
Tianjin Maoyan Cultural Media
Damai Entertainment
SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE
Jalmari Helander
Subzero Film Entertainment Good Chaos
Cosmic Snowball
Screen Gems
THE PICKUP
Tim Story
Amazon MGM Studios
Davis Entertainment
Eddie Murphy Productions
THE RIP
Joe Carnahan / Artists Equity / Starlight Media
FORZA
Adán Langbaum
SUMMER OF '76
Ashton Arbab
THE DOGLEG
Piotr Szubra
EVERY TIME I SEE A YELLOW CAR
Matt Chandler
BUCA
Mohamed Alemam
LOLLIPOP RACING | EPISODE ZERO
Steven Ilous
CRIDDLERS
Blaine Moir / Eliot Murray
A SLOW AFTERNOON
Narkcheon Kim
NO SIGNAL
Áron Mezei / Dávid Gajdics
THE KAISER
Lyubomir Kolev Marinov
THE FABULOUS FLOCKS
Jeff Kaminski
LIMITED SLIP
Clint Calvert / Caleb Johnson
THE DRIVE
Brody Atticus Van Arnam
ZHILEMO
Zivar Hojati
TURN IT UP?
Srinath Weerakoon
WATCHDOGS
Miguel Ángel Condor Bautista
QUICK FIX
Will Smart
TOYOTA X SIRIUSXM - TEA TIME
Knate Lee
THE LAST RIDE
May Liu / Fangyi Zhou
A DRIVE AT DAWN
Joe D'Ovidio
GRAY PHAM'S FULL THROTTLEFULL THROTTLE
Gray Pham
33 PARROTS - A TWO WHEELED JOURNEY THROUGH REMOTE KYRGYZSTAN
Eric Stumpf
RACING FOR LAVERDA: P.K. DAVIES
Chad Jardine
THE DRIFT KINGS
Juozapas Mikulėnas
DRIVE LIKE A GIRL
Sean Lander
AMATEUR HOUR RACING
Nick James Hyphen
ONE OF ONE
Ben Bertucci
FULL PUSH
Alexander Langley
THE PHILIPSTOWN WIRECAR GRAND PRIX
Paul Ward / Dima Lochmann
DE TOMASO ENIGMA
Davide Maffei
TUNING WILL NEVER DIE
Cyril Domanico
RACE/AMERICA
Chris Barron
YALLA HABIBI!
Edwin El Bainou / Ryan Kluftinger
JOÃO DE LACERDA: THE VISIONARY COLLECTOR
Museu do Caramulo
HERBY
Antoine Bergevin Richer
SPIRIT OF LEMONS
Phil Gioja
THE ENGINEER
Sam Alexander Reynard
A LIFE DRIVEN: THE REMARKABLE STORY OF BRENT OLIVER
Jeff Myers
THE LOST DREAM
Sergei Zjuganov
TT FOR LIFE
Michele Riccomini
MY DAD'S TRUCK
John Burton
THE BAHAMA YELLOW 912
Alex Schiller
RARE SHADES: BIRCH GREEN
Kevin McCauley
RELENTLESS
Alex Bernstein
THE MARTIN INDY SPECIAL
Ivan Ilagan
9000 HOURS
Chris Lovelock
THE ALFA
Lukas Dong
HIS COLLEGE SIDE HUSTLE BOUGHT HIM A CARRERA GT
Owen Garceau / Zach Harnish
STILL RIDING ON
Shoji Kurokawa
FLOATING
Cameron Austin Robert Bernard
CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
Luca Brinciotti
A CHILD'S DREAM
Manolo Andrade Gorab
THE ROAD TO ONE - FELIX CARDIN
Chiang Ping Chen / Alex Kao
OWNERS REUNIONS - COLOMBIA
Tom Escobar
CENTURION
Manolo Andrade Gorab
TRACKSIDE
Marcus Eriksson
PAGANI. WHO WE ARE.
Andrea Calderone
HAGERTY'S 50 YEARS OF THE PORSCHE 911 TURBO
Anthony Esposito / Robert Dalrymple
VIVIAN CAMPBELL: BETWEEN STAGES
Michael Venn
MONTÉ CARLO HISTORIQUE 2026: AN ODE TO ELEGANCE
Maël Pierre Gérard
AUTOTRADER WHEELIE BAD IDEAS EP1: DRIVING A CAR ON TRAIN TRACKS! IT WORKS!
Rory Reid
OWNERS REUNIONS: MEXICO
Tom Escobar
BUILT NOT BOUGHT: THE STORY OF NEWBARN RACING EP1
Nathan Jollands / James Dollin
MOST DIRT WINS
Drew Murphy
GUARDIAN OF SPEED EP1: THE MYTH
Maël Pierre Gérard
RARE SHADES: MOONSTONE
Kevin McCauley
THE BEST TROPICAL ADVENTURE RALLY YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF
Rob Hamilton
ON THE EDGE: INSIDE A FRONT-RUNNING GT4 RACE TEAM
Curtis Boggs
BEST OF MADEIRA: FACEL VEGA HK 500
Salvador Patrício Gouveia
THE ASCENT
Cami Hay
SAFE LIFE RACING EP4: TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY COLLIDE AT ROAD AMERICA
Chris Petruccio
SENNA AND ME: JOHN WATSON
Salvador Patrício Gouveia
FOUR WIDE EP1
Jeremy Hammer
THE KUSTOM KHRONICLES EP1: PARADISE ROAD: THE ORIGINS OF JAPANESE LOWRIDING
Peter Aziz
THE ROOKIE - FROM SIM TO DTM
Markus Zwilling
THE FASTEST INDIAN EP1: DISRUPTING LEGACY
Steve Dsouza
RACING FOR HOPE
Lee Foster
CLASSIC CAR ENVY
Jim Masi
JUST HANDS: FOR THE LOVE OF RACING
Ian Hotchkiss
BMW M ELECTRIFIED EP5: TESTING TO THE LIMITS
Philip Eder
PAGANI HUAYRA R EVO ROADSTER | PERFECTION ON FOUR WHEELS
CAR magazine / James Dennison / Joseph Wright
IS IT WORTH THE HYPE? NA MAZDA MIATA REVIEW
HonJazzz / Nick Walker / John Hasbrouck
CAMMISA'S ULTIMATE LAP BATTLE 2025
Hagerty / Jason Cammisa / Anthony Esposito
FORD RAPTOR T1+ MEETS ARIEL NOMAD 2
Hagerty / Henry Catchpole / Glenn Winhall
HWA EVO: A LEGEND REBORN
Hagerty / Henry Catchpole / Glenn Winhall
TOYOTA LAND CRUISER PRADO 250: DOES IT DESTROY THE DEFENDER?
Autotrader / Rory Reid / Alex Legouix / Kiall Garrett
PRODRIVE 550: DRIVING THE LAST V12 FERRARI TO WIN AT LE MANS
Hagerty / Henry Catchpole / Glenn Winhall
STREETFIGHTER V2 S V STREET TRIPLE 765 RS V MT-09 SP
MCN / Michael Neeves / Joseph Wright
2 ICONS, 1 FRACTURED NATION: ASTON DB12S VS BENTLEY GT SPEED
Autotrader / Rory Reid / Vicky Butler-Henderson / Kiall Garrett
TALKING CARS - THE FERRARI 250 GT SWB
Laurent Auxietre / Christophe Schmidt / Alex Schiller
RETROSPECTIVE
Hagerty / Jason Cammisa / Anthony Esposito
TALKING CARS - 1955 PORSCHE 550 SPYDER
Christophe Schmidt / Anders Warming / Alex Schiller
SJ 87
Luca Brinciotti
THE MORGAN EXPERIENCE
GenuinelyLAS / Luke Shaw
RED BULL - RACE THROUGH TIME
Red Bull / Jeremiah Burton / Max Verstappen / Arvid Lindblad
HYPERCAR BOSSES DRIVE RIVAL CARS!
Top Gear / Christian von Koenigsegg / Mate Rimac / Rob Dickinson / Charlie Rose
BONNEVILLE ON THE BRINK
Pam Miller
NEW 1067BHP PORSCHE 911 SLANTNOSE! '80S HERO REBORN
Top Gear / Ollie Marriage / Charlie Rose
NEW MCLAREN W1! GAME OVER FOR THE FERRARI F80?
Top Gear / Jethro Bovingdon / Charlie Rose
FERRARI F355 RESTOMOD BY EVOLUTO
Hagerty / Henry Catchpole / Glenn Winhall
SLAMMEDENUFF GATLINBURG 2025 OFFICIAL AFTER MOVIE
Chris Petruccio
72ND MACAU GRAND PRIX - THE FILM
Sergio Basto Perez / Ho Man Yu
LE MANS CLASSIC SERIES: SPA-CLASSIC
Maël Pierre Gérard
2025 SKUSA SUPERNATIONALS KARTING RACE
Chris Ortenburger
DUNLOP - TAKING THE LINE / 24H RACE NÜRBURGRING 2026
Tobias Kahler
A WORLD WHERE THE BIKES FLY
Meta Clutch
EVOLUTION
Michał Korzewski
THE ART OF AUTOMOTIVE - STANCEFEST TAIWAN & TDGP FUNCITY DRIFT
Lin-Zhi Ko
ROYAL DRIFT SERIES: THE FIRST CHAPTER
Danila Lukin
THE PILOT: DRIFT MASTERS
Lukas Caikauskas
AUDI - SUMMER OF SEOUL
Alex Schiller
TOYOTA GR WRC RALLY ACROPOLIS 2026
Theodoros Tzartos
MONTEREY MADNESS
Urban Automotive
LE MANS CLASSIC SERIES: GRAND PRIX DE L'AGE D'OR
Maël Pierre Gérard
PIERRE GASLY: UNFILTERED
Pierre Gasly / Joshua Ward
LE MANS CLASSIC SERIES: ESPÍRITU DE MONTJUÏC
Maël Pierre Gérard
FALKEN TYRES – THE PERFECT LAP
Daniel Michaelis
WOLFSGART 15 - THE VERMONT FINALE
Sam Schwartz
JOTA RACING CHALLENGE - OFFICIAL MUSIC FILM
Jonathan Neves / Bruno Cassetari / Matheus Mathos Pio
2025 CROWDSTRIKE 24 HOURS OF SPA
Chris Ortenburger
MERCEDES-BENZ - YOU & ME
Nikolas Meyberg
GENESIS - AN EXQUISITE BALLET OF STYLE AND PERFORMANCE
Mohammed Shams
MERCEDES-AMG - DRIFT OF A LIFETIME
Nicholas Schrunk
LEXUS - STANDARD OF AMAZING
Alberto Blanco
PORSCHE - SPEED OF LIGHT
Kit Lynch Robinson
AUDI - GINGERBREAD VILLAGE
Nicholas Kleczewski
TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES - TRUE ORIGINALS NEVER SETTLE
Nick Dean
VOLKSWAGEN - 4X FORCE OF NATURE
Lourens van Rensburg
HARLEY DAVIDSON - FIND YOUR FREEDOM
Veneet Raj Bagga
BMW - 40 YEARS OF M3
Philip Eder
ŠKODA - WHEN TWO GLOBAL ICONS MEET
Prateek Sethi / Monis Ahmad
LUCID - DRIVEN
James Mangold
FORD - PARALLELS
Nico Poalillo
PORSCHE - 75 YEARS OF PORSCHE MOTORSPORT: OUR LEGACY
Jack Driscoll
BENTLEY - CONTINENTAL GTS
James Gough
AKRAPOVIČ - ECHOES FROM THEN AND NOW
Daniel Michaelis
TOYOTA - SEQUOIA
Nick Dean
TATA MOTORS - STEALTH EDITION
Ken Rolston
VOLKSWAGEN - MADE OF LEGEND
Ken Rolston
RENAULT - R5 TURBO
Lukas Tielke
MERCEDES-BENZ - OF DREAMS AND DREAMERS
Ken Rolston
VOLKSWAGEN - THE LEGEND IS BACK
Walk In Brothers
GWM - THE CALLING
Riyan Durrani
TOYOTA - WHERE DREAMS BEGAN
Alberto Blanco
LAND ROVER - THE WORLD'S TOUGHEST DEFENDER
James Gough
LURE X HOOSIER - CONQUER EVERY LAP WITH TRACKATTACK RACE
Bria Little
CFMOTO - 675NK: NXT_LVL
Anthony Jaska
SMART - RECONNECT.
Gideon Merz
MOTION STATE - THE RIVIAN ARM CAR PROJECT
Amber Koniniec / Corey Koniniec / Colby Brickwell
HERO XPULSE 210 - MORE ATTITUDE, MORE LATITUDE!
Veneet Raj Bagga
QUADRANT - MAKE YOUR MARK
George Nicholls
TOYOTA - PROOF OF ADVENTURE
Nick Dean
LAMBORGHINI - HYPER-SIMULATED REALITY: UNLEASHING TEMERARIO
Zion Wen
HARLEY DAVIDSON - RIDING INTO THE SPOTLIGHT
Veneet Raj Bagga
BUGATTI - SOLITAIRE
Alex Schiller
BENTLEY - FULL SEND
Jon Richards
YAMAHA - DOMINION
Alex Kao
TENSAI - THE TENSAI STANDARD
Timothy Fare-Matthwes
HUSQVARNA - LIVING LEGACY
Max Skrein
MASERATI - 100 YEARS OF THE TRIDENT
Stephane Benini / Bruno Detante
URBAN AUTOMOTIVE - SUMMON THE STORM
Cami Hay
LAMBORGHINI - GENEVA RUSH #WEAREFULLHYBRID
Anton Logan Norgaard / Misha Kashtelyan
PORSCHE - HOME FOR DREAMERS
David Stachura
CHEVROLET - THE SILVERADOS
Mohamed Maged
FORD - WELCOME TO RAPTOR VALLEY
Ford / Dan Peters
PORSCHE - MIRAGE
Jared Galley
BMW - DESIGN OF THE BMW M CONCEPT NEUE KLASSE
Philip Eder
ALPINE FORMULA ONE TEAM - THE NEXT CHAPTER | BWT
Joshua Ward
THRILL SEEKER
Ken Maldonado
FOLLOW
Stéphane Gillot
2UP/SOLO
Christian Ensign
THE DELIVERY
Fangyi Zhou / May Liu
LONG ISLAND GT40
Sam Schwartz
AUDI F1 - GAME CHANGED
Habib and Matheus
DRIVE YOUR DREAMS
Vincent Vidal
CONTAMINATION
Neil Chase / David Heacock
TEAM 28
David A Wittkower
JUNGLE RULES STILL APPLY
David Bascombe
LOST ON PLANET 11
Rob Hamilton
DO LEGENDS DREAM
Jules Bywater-Lees
THE RESCUE
Ismail Nasir
BMW I7 THE COCOON
Priyank Jitendrabhai Savaliya
A JUNKYARD. AN AUCTION. A LEGACY
Katja Haecker
START YOUR IMPOSSIBLE
Daniel Olivares
THIRTY SECONDS: A DRIFTING STORY
Jonathan R Moore
PORSCHE-OPHILE
James E. Newman
NOTHING BUT INSTINCT
Gianluca Armenio / Luca Ruggiero / Andrea Astarita
RB30 SWAPPED TOYOTA SUPRA MK5
Sam Schwartz
FROM CAR WASH EMPLOYEE TO GT3RS OWNER
Owen Garceau
THE NEW ERA OF THE NOMAD.
Zarif Khamidullin
THE DNA WITHIN..
Pedro Ferreira
THE BEAUTY OF SLOWNESS
Tony Prat Jiménez
BEYOND THE MACHINE
Saif Sarwar
THE LAST ROAD RACE: 75 YEARS OF LA CARRERA PANAMERICANA
Manuel Alejandro Díaz Ruiz
SKYBOUND PURSUIT: THE ROTORS & MOTORS CHASE
James Newby / Robert Newby
SUNG KANG X DRIFTER | AE86 IN TAIWAN
Laticia Fan
PRISTINE DRIVE
Artur Piotr Krzykowiak
MEANT TO BE DRIVEN
Sebastian Menicucci
EQUILIBRIO PERFECTO
Daniel Olivares
SENNA - RAINMASTER
Habib and Matheus
PETER AUTO: SEASON LAUNCH
Maël Pierre Gérard
ASCENSION
Dylan Wineland
THE JESUS BIKERS AND THEIR “PEACERIDE” TO THE POPE
Svea Celine Wenderoth
AFTER THE FINISH LINE
Waldemar Castro
BLUESHIFT
Lee Wei Hong
SINFONIA #45
Pedro Bruno Rodrigues
ERL - ROAD TO GT
Márcio Renner D'Almeida
SIX DAYS TO CABO - THE STORY OF BRYANT BLAKEMORE
Zahn Schultz / Jamie Corsi
DRIVEN BY DREAMS
Matteo Auriemma
CROSSRENT: MADE FOR THIS
Luis Simeon Heuberger / Fabio Paulmichl / Mira Zielbauer
CLASSIC CONVOY
James Keeble
GRIP IS DEAD
Mitchell Mansfield-Smith
KID WEEK (THE WEEK WITHOUT THE PARENTS)
Joseph Hiatt
THE M MASTERPIECE
Mahammadsami Matadar
FLOW STATE OF MIND
Daan Schilders
FAN FAVORITE ON TWO WHEELS A MOTOAMERICA JOURNEY
Jeff Heiser
FINDING THE FORMULA
TJ McErlean
DG12: GRASSROOTS GLORY
Sarah Kirby
DRIFT LOVE - JONATHAN CARRILLO
Raúl Rodríguez Jordán
POLE POSITION
Esme Grace Jones
PULSE
Srdjan Kove Kovacevic / Mousa Sow
DRIFT: THE STORY OF TESSA WHITTOCK
Izzi Ramsden
VALENTINO
Luis Rosa
BEHIND GLASS
Riley Tessler
THE 812 SUPERFAST
Hardik Kamlesh Khandelwal
THE CULTURE
Sebastian Lujan
ASTON MARTIN IN PARIS
Junghoo Lee
1969 APEX PREDATOR
Mahammadsami Matadar
CODE 911: GHOST
Mahammadsami Matadar
RACING HEAVYWEIGHTS
Adam Redondo Pearce
PORSCHE POSTCARDS
Hanna Frieda Lange
HUMMER OMEGA
Junghoo Lee
LEWIS X FERRIS
Scott Weintrob
INNELLEA - SLAVE TO THE HYPE
Marco Fumolo
PEC LE MANS - THE GAME
Maël Pierre Gérard
INTRODUCING THE FERRARI 296 GT3 EVO
Matteo Tondini
THE MISSION
Fangyi Zhou
MERCEDES BENZ - LOS ANGELES
Gabriel Taylor
VANQUISH – ASTON MARTIN TITLE SEQUENCE (INSPIRED BY JAMES BOND)
Luca Goury
PURSUIT OF LIGHTNESS
Michał Korzewski
RED BULL - 20 YEARS OF RED BULL F1
Oisin Tymon
QUESTA È LA FERRARI
Paddy Cartwright
RED BULL SHOWRUN: KLAIPEDA
Vytautas Adomaitis
CHOICE OF THE STARS. TOYOTA X QFA
Mohammed Shams Sattar
COSMOS
Srdjan Kove Kovacevic
THE EDGEFLOWER
Aksinja Bellone
TOYOTA GR COROLLA: PARTS AND ACCESSORIES
Gabriel Taylor / Elliott Perrigo
TRIUMPH | BONNEVILLE IMMERSIVE
Ben Treston
BEYOND THE DUST
Alex Kao
REVUELTO.EXE
David Whitaker
RED BULL - BEAUTY IN CHAOS
Oisin Tymon
REVVED UP: THE IRON CIRCUIT
Ian Minshull
NEW ERA, NEW OPPORTUNITY
Joshua Ward
PROJECT ICARUS
Peter Bamboukian
A CHRISTMAS MEMORY
Owen Garceau
ELECTRIFY YOUR DRIVE | PORSCHE TAYCAN
Matthew Flynn
Winners for the photography themes to be announced at the awards night
Vintage & Classics
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Track & Motorsports
NOMINEES: View on Instagram
Nightscapes & Abstract
NOMINEES: View on Instagram
Exotic & Supercars
NOMINEES: Open for submissions!
Lifestyle & Fashion
NOMINEES: Open for submissions!
Two Wheels & Other
NOMINEES: Open for submissions!
Modified & Custom
NOMINEES: View on Instagram
Black & White
NOMINEES: View on Instagram
Golden & Blue Hour
NOMINEES: View on Instagram
Best Photography Award
WINNER: Open for submissions!
To participate, submit your photos via Instagram. Rules on our story highlights.
Nominees for the Best Creator Award to be announced next month.
We are still taking submissions for this category so use the form below to nominate your favourite creator!
Nominated films are eligible for the technical achievement awards. Nominees to be announced next month
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WINNER: To be announced at the awards night
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