Best Short Film
January — August 2025 Honorable Mentions
Bad blood
Directed by: Guillermo Ronco
Best Feature Film
Itu Ninu
Directed by: Itandehui Jansen
Best Experimental Short Film
Best Editing
The Days of Knight: Chapter 3
Directed by: John P Martinez
Best Experimental Feature Film
FUTURE OF ART
Directed by: Zox, Cru
Best Short Documentary Film
Sijo
Directed by: Michael Anthony Unger
Best Feature Documentary Film
We Are Inside
Directed by: Farah Kassem
Best Micro Short Film
The Edit GOD
Directed by: Imon Raza
Best Feature Documentary Film Director
Fedelta: Soldiers. Prisoners.
Directed by: Stephen Mancini
Best Short Documentary Film Director
Nomad Games — A world beyond time
Directed by: Alexandra Ghejan
Best Short Film Director
Viles
Directed by: Dave Alcaide
Best Animation
Noga & The Monitor Express
Directed by: Eran Zur, Netta Lahav
Best Actress
Katabasis
Directed by: Samantha Casella
Best Short Screenplay
The Art Of Despair
Written by: Hannah Avery Cronk
Best Unproduced Screenplay
On The Record
Written by: Adam Goudchaux
Best First-Time Screenwriter
They Lie Beneath
Written by: Michaelle Lee
Best Original Screenplay
THUNDERBOLT
Written by: Rick Zingale
Best First-Time Director
Hold Me
Directed by: Andrew L Tingle, Terezia Benova
Best Student Film
Please Listen to Me
Directed by: Keyu ZHOU
Best Music Video
The Promise
Directed by: Jay Carney
Best Dance Video
We Dance for Life
Directed by: Ian Sciacaluga
Best Producer
What About Me
Directed by: Alex Visani
Best Horror
Sewing A Nightmare
Directed by: Louise Mason
Best AI Film
The Dance of the Nain Rouge
Directed by: Eric Millikin
Best Symbolic Film
PRIMORDIAL
Directed by: George Zorbas, Nana Papadaki
Best Erotic Film
Juicy Ligero
Directed by: Natalia Gonzalez Garzon
Best Inspirational Film
FEEL
Directed by: Cihan Kar
Best Educational Film
Bunny Boogie
Directed by: REBECCA A STORROW
Best Independent Film
COLOMBANO & LA 21ESIMA FETTA
Directed by: Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti
Best 360
Meridian Transmissions
Directed by: Eric Patrick
Best Original Soundtrack
Liberi Respiri (and the silence in between)
Directed by: Stefano Attuario