Roll of honour
Lead performance
12 winners · 7 years · 2019–2025
Every lead performance AFIN has awarded, newest first. This category has carried more than one title over the years, and each entry below shows the exact title awarded that year: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Lead Performance.
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2026
Nominees · winner announced 19 September 20266 nominees
- My boyfriend, a mannequin Best Lead Performance Anastasiya Panova
- Something Pointless Best Lead Performance Owen Teale
- Never Too Late Best Lead Performance Steve Lichtenstein
- Guardian of the Field Best Lead Performance Hadi Hejazifar
- Scary lullaby Best Lead Performance Anna Nikiforova
- FAL: Fatal Act of Love Best Lead Performance Valerii Melashenko
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2025
5 nominees alongside
- A GUEST IN MY COUNTRY Best Lead Performance Bayo Akinfemi
- CHICKEN BROTH SOUP Best Lead Performance Name Önal
- IF YOU SHOULD LEAVE BEFORE ME Best Lead Performance Shane P. Allen
- PIERRE WEST Best Lead Performance Tomas Hartwig
- SEARCH FOR HAWAIKI Best Lead Performance Maaka Pohatu
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2024
5 nominees alongside
- BURN OUT Best Lead Performance Everett Osborne
- DIVE Best Lead Performance Lily Roebeck
- HEEL Best Lead Performance Ian Bolt
- MONDAY MOURNING Best Lead Performance Dominic Bogart
- SEMPER LIBER: ALWAYS FREE Best Lead Performance Moon-Jeong Jung
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2023
8 nominees alongside
- BANSHEES RIDGE Best Actor Matthew Caffoe
- GET AWAY Best Actor Adrian Quinonez
- Let Me Have My Son Best Actor Cristóbal Krusen
- The Way Home Best Actress Renata Monterola
- Hedgehog Best Actress Emma Pearson
- We Are Living Things Best Actor Jorge Antonio Guerrero
- We Are Living Things Best Actress Xingchen Lyu
- Assisted Living Best Actress Virginia Gray
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
3 nominees alongside
- The Malicious Best Actress Jacki Mison
- Hope is French Best Actress Elizabeth Wautlet
- Underdog Best Actor Alex Zou
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