Winners in the 2016 International Peace & Film Festival were announced on January 17, 2017. A total of 145 filmmakers competed across categories from Documentary, International Narrative, Shorts and Music Videos. 40 Finalists were selected for the judge’s panel to review, with 9 award winners being selected as the best in their category. Submissions came from 28 countries worldwide, starting in June 2016.
The complete list of official selections and award winners are listed below:
2016 Official Awards & Selections
| 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 |