According to Ukrinform, the Ukrainian Film Academy announced the winners on Facebook.

"We congratulate all the winners, nominees, and creative teams behind contemporary Ukrainian cinema. Thank you for the stories that stay with us, for the courage to address important issues, and for the talent that continues to advance Ukrainian filmmaking even in the most challenging times," the Academy said.

The winners of the 2026 Golden Dzyga Awards are:

Contribution to Ukrainian Cinema – Serhii Bukovskyi;

Discovery of the Year – Artem Ryzhykov;

Best Costume Design – Tetiana Lavrynenko (Malevych);

Best Makeup – Tetiana Tatarenko (Gray Bees);

Best Production Design – Vladlen Odudenko and Mariia Denysenko (U Are the Universe);

Best Supporting Actress – Irma Vitovska (Malevych);

Best Actress – Maryna Koshkina (War Through the Eyes of Animals);

Best Cinematography – Mstyslav Chernov and Alex Babenko (2,000 Meters to Andriivka);

Best Editing – Ivan Bannikov (U Are the Universe);

Best Visual Effects – Oleksii Hapon, Antonina Patramanska, Oleksandr Suprunovskyi, Yurii Bonadrenko, and Maksym Holovin (U Are the Universe)

Best Sound – Serhii Stepanskyi (U Are the Universe)

Best Original Song – No Promises, No Forgiveness from Well, Mom (performed by Mykhailo Klymenko (ADAM) and Uliana Zolkina; arrangement by the late Mykhailo Klymenko; music and lyrics by Serhii Lazo);

Best Original Score – Mykyta Moiseiev (U Are the Universe)

Best Supporting Actor – Vasyl Kukharskyi (posthumously) (Oxygen Station);

Best Actor – Volodymyr Kravchuk (U Are the Universe);

Audience Award (MEGOGO Audience Award) – * U Are the Universe* (director Pavlo Ostrikov);

Best Short Documentary – * 769 Kilometers Away, New York* (director Sofiia Buhrii);

Best Animated Film – * My Grandmother Is a Parachutist* (director and producer Polina Piddubna);

Best Drama Series – Limited Fit (director Arkadii Nepytaliuk);

Best Documentary Feature – * 2,000 Meters to Andriivka* (director Mstyslav Chernov);

Best Screenplay – Pavlo Ostrikov (U Are the Universe);

Best Director (Yurii Illienko Award) – Pavlo Ostrikov (U Are the Universe);

Best Film – * U Are the Universe* (producers Anna Yatsenko and Volodymyr Yatsenko; director Pavlo Ostrikov)

As previously reported by Ukrinform, filming has wrapped in Kyiv on The City, director Stanislav Bytiutskyi's contemporary screen adaptation of Valerian Pidmohylnyi's classic novel.

Lead photo: Ukrainian Film Academy / Facebook

Photos in text: Oksana Naumova / Detector Media