The 2016 International Peace & Film Festival concluded on January 17, 2017. Please read below for the official selections and award winners. All selection participants and award winners have been notified by email.
| First Name | Last Name | Film Title/Project | Awards | Country |
| Kazuhito | Takazawa | Odayaka-Ya | Avante Garde Award | Japan |
| Mahyar | Hamidian | Happy without Money | Best International Documentary | Iran |
| Karthik | Gandhi | Kagidha Odam – Paper Boat | Best Music Video | India |
| Adrian | Alonso Cordoni | Magic Cobra Tattoo | Best Short Documentary | Argentina |
| Daria | Korneeva | The Sky Over Berlin of My Childhood | Best Short Narrative | Kazakhstan |
| Eglė | Mameniškytė | Hidden | Best Student Film | Lithuania |
| David | Ohikhuare | Dear John | Best Student Short | Nigeria |
| Mazin | Sherabayani | The Kids & The Bike | Judges Choice Award | United Kingdom |
| Cheryl | Halpern | WishMakers | Judges Choice Award | United States |
| Alexey | Protsenko | Newspaper Desires | Russian Federation | |
| Alexey | Protsenko | The 8th Miricale | Russian Federation | |
| Alexey | Protsenko | The book – the best gift | Russian Federation | |
| Alexey | Protsenko | Help a fellow man | Russian Federation | |
| Alexey | Protsenko | The Day Off | Russian Federation | |
| Alexey | Protsenko | Acquaintance | Russian Federation | |
| Sara | Eustaquio | 4242 | Portugal | |
| Junhua | Li | Worlds Apart | China | |
| Pedro | Solís García | Cuerdas | Spain | |
| Sayed | Ebrahimi | The Terrorist | Afghanistan | |
| Heba | Abdelbaky | The Car | Egypt | |
| Erik | Wiesbaum | Cydonia’s Smile | Germany | |
| Ahmed | Nabil | Utters of imagination | Egypt | |
| Zahra | Jafari | Unconsciousness With Open Eyes | Iran | |
| John | Stanley | Crane | United States | |
| Terry | Jones | Soup For My Brother | United States | |
| Giorgia | Brandolese | Mataleòn – “Atari” | Italy | |
| Ivan | D’Antonio | Bolero | Italy | |
| Vijay | Kumar | Maagh Mela | India | |
| Hassan | Moosavi | I am an Azriel | Afghanistan | |
| Wangechi | Ngugi | Monsoons Over the Moon Part 1 | Kenya | |
| Hasan | Najmabadi | Copper wire | Iran | |
| Gholamreza | Jafari | Boomerang | Iran | |
| Ling-Qun | Hu | No Pain Labor & Delivery – Global Health Initiative | United States | |
| Rati | Tsiteladze | Mother | United States | |
| Katherine | Dudley | The Perfect Selfie – How far would you go? | United States | |
| Katherine | Dudley | The Bet | United States | |
| Lida | Sadeghi | In the Station | Iran | |
| Fuad | Khater | Hole | Saudi Arabia | |
| Ryan | LaPine | Pushing | United States | |
| Diane | Fellows | We Listened. We Collaborated. We Made Waves. | United States | |
| Cynthia | Pepper | Polka Dott | United States | |
| Michael | Faulkner | In the Water | United States | |
| Nick | LeDonne | Hanging | United States | |
| Keun Young | Ko | Ode to the Unsung Heroes | Korea | |
| Bradley | Evans | Appassionato | United States | |
| Prakas | Aheibam | The Living God: Medicine and The Ancient Meetei Civilization | India |