2025 WINNERS
SEASON 1
BEST SHORT FILM
By the Roadside
Directed by Adrien du Chouchet (France)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
ChildHood life
Directed by Md. Imran (Bangladesh)
BEST ACTOR & ACTRESS
Picture Break
Directed by Pedro Nogueira (Portugal)
BEST FEATURE FILM
The Old Man and the Demon Sword
Directed by: Fábio Powers (Portugal)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Realize
Directed by BENNETT R. BOYLE (United States)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
HUT
Directed by Kate Tiuri (Ukraine)
BEST LOW BUDGET SHORT FILM
The old chairs
Directed by Pit Serrig (Luxemburg)
BEST ART SHORT FILM
Sumarsólstöður
Directed by Amélie Ravalec (France)
BEST DIRECTOR
I Made The Time Machine
Directed by Luke Walters (United Kingdom)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM
Atlantic Poems - La Force
Directed by Florian Felix Koch(Germany)
BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM
The Ferris Wheel
Directed by Victoria Mukhonko (Russian Federation)
BEST MOBILE PHONE SHORT FILM
Life Path
Directed by Ioulia Lymperopoulou (Greece)
BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM
Tiny Teaching Tales
Directed by Julie Anne Burch (United States)
BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM
Anatta
Directed by SONG WANG (China)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Hares - Smoke Snake
Directed by Killian Charton (France)
BEST BLACK & WHITE SHORT FILM
REFLECTION
Directed by Yana Toyber (United States)
BEST ACTION SHORT FILM
Jackal and Hide
Directed by Andy Gray, Nick Sneath, Lee Alan Donaldson (United Kingdom)
BEST COMEDY SHORT FILM
I Made The Time Machine
Directed by Luke Walters (United Kingdom)
BEST HORROR SHORT FILM
"A Vampire's Kiss"
Directed by Mark Francis (United States)
BEST INDIE SHORT FILM
THE UNSEEN WOUND
Directed by PARAG CHHAPEKAR (India)
BEST SCIFI SHORT FILM
LEVEL
Directed by: Martin O'Donoghue (Ireland)
BEST EDITING
Breaking Out
Directed by David Glass (United States)
BEST DANCE SHORT FILM
DANIELA
Directed by Noam Kaestner (Germany)
BEST PRODUCTION
An Ever After Drama
Directed by Michelle Lynn (United States)
BEST TRAILER
Father's Blade - Trailer
Directed by Thomas Husband (United Kingdom)
BEST COSTUME
An Ever After Drama
Directed by Michelle Lynn (United States)
HONORABLE MENTION
Researcher, Directed by Mikhaill Romanov (Russian Federation)
El Poder del Diálogo, Directed by Miguel García Bernal (Spain)
Nakhatya, Directed by Bishwas Bajracharya (Neapal)
Release, Directed by Zoltan Gergely Szabo (Hungary)
Hopes - Music Video, Submitted by Roni Skaly (United Kingdom)
Be Like Angel Pardalos, Directed by Angeliki Pardalidou (Greece)
OSIYO, Directed by MUHAMMADALI MUZAFFAR O'G'LI SAMADOV (Uzbekistan)
Tinseltown's Queer: 30 Years Later, Directed by Nicholas Snow (United States)
What is Love? Directed by Martina Herzog, Reinhard J. Steiner (Switzerland)
Prisoners of Fire: The Dude Fire Story, Directed by Scott E Briggs (United States)
LOOK UP—The Science of Cultural Evolution, Directed by Nini Caroline Skarpaas Myhrvold, Espen Jan Folmo (Norway)