Winners 2025






Honorable Mention - Love Language – Damien Nembhard

Grand Prix: Short FilmFather to Son – George Perrin

Grand Prix: Short DocumentaryThe Empty Journey – Qinwei Hu

Grand Prix: Feature FilmA Walk Along the Borne – Nick Igea

Grand Prix: Feature DocumentaryRESET – Min Bae

Grand Prix: Animation FilmHot Mess – Tortor Smith

Grand Prix: Super Short Film (under 10')The Interview – Bethany Taylor-Goh

Grand Prix: Student FilmAmuse-Bouche – Matthew Turner

Grand Prix: Music VideoUnforgiven – Justin Suttles, Bryan Tan, Jesse Scimeca

Best Director Short FilmFather to Son – George Perrin

Best Director Short DocumentaryTeyuna - Lost City – Stuart Fortune

Best Director Feature FilmUNDER MY SKIN – Pascal Tessaud

Best Director Feature DocumentaryGyörgy Kepes. Interthinking Art + Science – Márton Orosz

Best Director Animation FilmJus d’orange – Alexandre Athané

Best Director Super Short FilmSherlock Holmes and the Headless Bishop – Danna Wilberg

Best Director Student FilmTwo Scars – Lan Wei Hao 

Director Music Video - Glistening Benevolence - Matt Cargill

Indie Short FilmKILL – Ruth Sewell

First-time Director ShortThe Job Interview – Joncart Jonathan

Indie Feature FilmToo Little, Too Late – Neill Fleeman

First-time Director FeatureA Walk Along the Borne – Nick Igea

Young Filmmaker (under 30y.)La Mission – Arnaud Favre

Male DirectorForgiveness in F Minor – Doug Sroka, Chad Tailor (Co-Director)

Female DirectorSwallow – Marina Dessiatkina

DramaLa valse des adieux version anglaise – Louis Salvatore Bellanti

Director DramaALIX – Ana Maria Hermida

ComedySome Of Us Watch The Sunset, Too - Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz

Director ComedyHouse of Switzerland – Bernie Forster

Animation for KidsThe Square Symphony – Etienne Jaxel-Truer

Sci-fi/FantasyDREAMER – Julian Schnizer, Elis Zuleger

Director Sci-fi/FantasyMan in the Mountain – Dennis Trombly

Horror FilmCHEW – Félix Dobaire

Director Horror FilmParty Panda - The Birth of a Serial Killer – Uriah Herr

Thriller FilmThe Days of Knight: Chapter 3 – John P Martinez

Director Thriller FilmL.A. 4ORCE – Giovanni M Zelko

ExperimentalThe Italian Gaze – Sandro Del Rosario

Director ExperimentalMoisture – Duda Gorter

Web Series - Only PilotThe Madness of David Judge – Mike Mayhall

Director Web Series - Only PilotThe Soul Trader – Susan Dynner

TV Series - Only Pilot"I Could Eat" Pilot Episode – Rick Bedrosian

Director TV Series - Only Pilot"I Could Eat" Pilot Episode – Rick Bedrosian

LGBTQ FilmIf June Never Fades – Philipp Boukhors, Theo Carow

Director LGBTQ FilmAnyone Who Ever Loved – Jeff Lambert Wingfield

Western FilmMiracle In The Valley – Don Schroeder

Director Western FilmMOTHER UP – Jake Thornton

Action FilmHalf Samurai – Rashad Haughton

Director Action FilmHalf Samurai – Rashad Haughton

Crime Film20 Euros – Alexander Machlouzarides-Shalit

Director Crime FilmInherited Shame – Fruzsina Skrabski, Sándor Kiss

War FilmAN AMERICAN HERO – Gerard M. Cahill

Human Rights FilmIn a Whole New Way – Jonathan Fisher

Biopic FilmThe Man Who Wanted To Fly – Frank Shouldice

Director Biopic FilmThe Man Who Wanted To Fly – Frank Shouldice

Commercial ProjectBeauty Banks - A Helping Paw – Vasilii Mesropov

Director Commercial ProjectBeauty Banks - A Helping Paw – Vasilii Mesropov

TrailerBefore It Was Cool – Michael West, Lia Komakhidze

American Director Short FilmSome Of Us Watch The Sunset, Too - Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz

Asian Director Short FilmBLEND # 1974 – Aki Buraikan

Actor (Short/Feature/Music Video)Pégame – Vladimir Zamudio

Actor (Short/Feature/Music Video)Woman Alive – Sasha Okun

Child/Young Actress (Short/Feature)The Tears We Cry – Stella Alraun

CinematographyFather to Son – George Perrin

EditingA Day of Peace – Igor Borghi

ProducerEscobank – Yaron Nativ

Sound DesignTHEY WERE – Olivier T.

Visual EffectsA Day of Peace – Igor Borghi

Feature Screenplay - Aliyah - Martin Foroz

TV Pilot Screenplay - Precursor -  Steve Brown

Drama Screenplay - Victor - Aaron Huckleberry

Comedy Screenplay - VOODOO VALENTINOS - Michael Louis Gould

Horror Screenplay -  The Long Dark - Ruben Solano

Sci-fi Screenplay - SPIRALMIND - Benito F Perez, Jackson J Smith

Short Screenplay - Out of her shadow - Clara Cantos