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Best Feature Film
Honoring excellence in long-form cinematic storytelling.
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Inaugural Edition · MMXXVI
The Future of Cinema
Deserves Its Own Stage.
Celebrating the world's most original creators, unforgettable stories, groundbreaking cinematic universes, and the future of filmmaking.
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An Invitation
Welcome to IQStar Awards
Two minutes. One invitation to imagine your story among the world's most celebrated cinema.
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IQStar Awards · MMXXVI
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One Ecosystem
The Saber IQ Entertainment Ecosystem
Three premium destinations. One creative continuum — from the spark of an idea, to the global stage, to the audiences that complete the story.
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Sister Platform
CinemaSIQ
Turn one idea into a complete movie using the world's most advanced AI film studio.
Open CinemaSIQ↗
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Sister Platform
StreamSIQ
Share your stories with audiences across the world.
Open StreamSIQ↗
Each platform is fully independent · Linked by craft, not by login
Countdown to Ceremony
The next IQStar Awards begins in…
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The Trophy
An object built to outlive its winner.
Cast in solid gold, anchored on hand-cut black marble, refracted through optical crystal — the IQStar is a sculpture before it is an award. Every facet is engineered to catch the light of the stage that earned it.
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- 24K plated
- Crystal
- Hand cut
- Base
- Black marble
The Categories
Every craft. Every voice. Every frontier.
Eleven inaugural categories — designed to evolve with the medium, expanding each year as new forms of cinema emerge.
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Best Series
For episodic worlds that redefine modern television.
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Best Director
The singular vision behind the year's finest work.
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Best Screenplay
Words that became unforgettable cinema.
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Best World Building
Universes designed with depth, rules and wonder.
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Best Cinematic Universe
Interconnected stories of extraordinary scope.
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Best Original Score
Music that elevates story into memory.
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Best Visual Design
Production design, cinematography and visual identity.
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Rising Creator
A new voice the world should know.
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Audience Choice
Selected by millions of viewers worldwide.
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Lifetime Achievement
A body of work that shaped an era.
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Hall of Legends
Names the world will remember.
Director of the Year
The Visionary
"Cinema is the only language that doesn't need translation."
Best Screenplay
The Storyteller
"We write so that strangers might feel less alone."
Best World Building
The Universe
"Worlds are built one believable detail at a time."
The Evening
An evening designed for history.
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Red Carpet
Arrivals beneath a sky of light.
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Main Stage
Where legends are introduced to history.
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Award Presentation
The hand-off of an enduring trophy.
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Winner Speech
Words that outlive the night.
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Closing Celebration
A standing ovation that never quite ends.
The Foundation
A mission older than the medium.
We celebrate imagination.
Story is the technology that built civilization.
We recognize originality.
Only the work that could not have been made by anyone else.
We protect creators.
Authorship matters — in every frame, in every era.
We inspire future generations.
The stage exists so that someone, somewhere, will dream of standing on it.
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Countries Participating
48,000
Films Submitted
16,500
Creators
2,100
Studios
340
Awards Presented
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Inaugural Year
One day, you'll stand on that stage.
Submissions for the inaugural IQStar Awards are now open to creators worldwide.