January – March 2025 – 3rd period Awards

These are the winners of awards of January – March 2025 – 3rd period Awards

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Best Film: Treasure Imagination – Scott Rice – United States

Best International Film
Winner: The black silence – C.A. Cooper – United Kingdom
HONORABLE MENTION: For Better or Worse – Oswald Hunter – Sweden

Best Italian Film
Winner: The lost white – Laura Pizzato – Italy
Honorable Mention: Il Coraggio di Vivere – Clara Caponi, Ravindu Ranatunga – Italy

Best European Film
Winner: His master’s voice – Alexandre Pierrin – France
Honorable Mention: Out of control – bellopropello – Switzerland

Best Asian Film
Winner: Cutting edge – Wang Wang – China
Honorable Mention: We, Dancers – Clemens Chua – Singapore

Best American Film
Winner: The notice – Yelisey Kazakevich – United States
Honorable Mention: Jewy Jesus – Wilson & Michael Ogberefor – United States
Honorable Mention: Thank you, mom – Michaela Ternasky-Holland – United States

Best Lombard film
Winner: Service – Cloè Chabert, Luca Galliano, Domenico Matteo Orlando, Claudio Santagostini – Italy
Honorable Mention: Scratches – Daniel Lama – Italy

Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes)
Winner: You light the stars – Gregory Christopher Snelgar – Japan
Honorable Mention: Hellbound fugitive – Christopher Patrick Vallone – United States
Honorable Mention: Lonely in this crowd – Jay Carney, Abrahan Castro – Mexico

Best Super Short (between 5 and 10 minutes)
Winner: Who’s next ? – David Laurent – France
Honorable Mention: First dates – Lino Russell, Aram Coen – Canada
Honorable Mention: Dal pelo dell’acqua in giù – Davide Guerra, Lucas Berardi – Italy

Best Standard Short (between 10 and 20 minutes)
Winner: Michigan visits matter: The family cost of incarceration – Bryce Mackie – United States
Honorable Mention: Intruder – Abbs Stoiber – United States
Honorable Mention: The museum keepers. Chapter 1. Ivankiv – Solomiia Kozolup – Ukraine

Best Medium Lenght (under 60 min)
Winner: The reach – Il braccio – Luca Caserta – Italy
Honorable Mention: In an impasse – Navid Ghiasi – Iran
Honorable Mention: Exist – Dontel R. Sullivan – United States

Best Original Idea
Winner: Quebrado – Joffre Faria Silva – Canada
Honorable Mention: The Figlio Brothers – Wilson & Michael Ogberefor – United States

Best Low Budget Film
Winner: Zombie Revolt – Kevin Jones – United States
Honorable Mention: Cat People – Jill Tenney – United States

Best Nocturnal Film
Winner: Apt 44 – Laura Musgrave – United States
Honorable Mention: Deal – Arthur Valdez – United States
Honorable Mention: Free – Erran I’Hano Booker – United States

Best AI Film
Winner: AI Illusion – Leandro Carofiglio – Slovakia
Honorable Mention: Anima Ex Machina – Nico Mastorakis – United States

Best Experimental
Winner: Just Matthew – Dmytro Malkov – United States
Honorable Mention: A whisper – Takashi Miwa – Japan

Best Debut Film
Winner: Grave – Oz Durose – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Fading colors – Aleksander Emé – Denmark
Honorable Mention: The tape man – Nathan Shilaimon – United States

NIGHT AWARDS

Best Parody
Winner: Camp Riga! – Wilson & Michael Ogberefor – United States
Honorable Mention: Sandalen mit Socken – Veronica Isola, Pol Diggler – Germany
Honorable Mention: OSmic the Hedgeh’ OS – Welcome to the Next Year! – J.K. Arsyn – France

Best Dark Comedy
Winner: In and out – Mateusz Mirczyński – Poland
Honorable Mention: Joe Schmoe – Wilson & Michael Ogberefor – United States
Honorable Mention: Krakens maw – Miro Santeri Seppänen – Finland

Best Satire
Winner: All that she wants – Ross Langill – Canada
Honorable Mention: Audience with a vampyre – Daniel S. Janik, William Maltese, Setsuko Tsuchiya, Pam Hoffman – United States

Best Mockumentary
Winner: The world of James Gagmy – Lon Takiguchi – United States
Honorable Mention: L’art du casting – Kaeden Beliveau – United States
Honorable Mention: Coercion – Ellen Coughlan – Ireland

Best Documentary
Winner: Safara – Paolo Calcagni – Italy
Honorable Mention: La vita, la vita – Phil Schneiter, Nils Affolter – Switzerland
Honorable Mention: Bir sinefilin dramı – Özgür Nuri Çiçek – Turkey

Best Dystopian Sci-Fi
Winner: Botching – Brian Williams – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: In her skin – Kazım Mutlu – Turkey
Honorable Mention: A device to save the world – Walter David Jones, Kevin Michael Jones – United States

Best Comedy Sci-Fi
Winner: Of robots and rednecks – Kevin Davis – United States

Best Philosophical Film
Winner: Mentally confused – Sophie Menacher – Germany
Honorable Mention: Seaside azan (for a lover of pearl) – Andrew Kamel – United States
Honorable Mention: With prejudice – Gary Rollinson – United States

Best Existential Drama
Winner: Kiddo – Maks Nowicki – Poland
Honorable Mention: Butterfly on a Wheel – Trevor Morris – Canada
Honorable Mention: The Last Wish – Ilya Noyabrev – Ukraine

Best Action Drama
Winner: Ride or Die – Joshua Shultz – United States
Honorable Mention: Second Contact – Hitch Ewald, Matias Luge – Germany
Honorable Mention: No Ticket, No Entry – Henry Austwick – United Kingdom

Best Crime Drama
Winner: Pizza Hunt – Thomas Lorber, Naomi Frenette – Canada
Honorable Mention: Sons & Broken Noses – Colin Fleming – Ireland
Honorable Mention: The Filthy Three – Raphael Oettel – Germany

Best Noir
Winner: Kruz’ – Loic Zimmermann – United States
Honorable Mention: Hub City – Robby Robinson – United States
Honorable Mention: Clock Shop – Jennifer Sklias-Gahan – United States

Best Drama Thriller
Winner: Cabin – Nancy O’Brien – United States
Honorable Mention: Chauffeur – William Findinge – Denmark
Honorable Mention: Say His Name – Silas James Rowland – United States

Best Psychological Thriller
Winner: Confession – Brett Bower – United States
Honorable Mention: ‘Til Your Last Breath – Peter Alexander Dorn-Ravlin – United States
Honorable Mention: Repression – Jess Boylan – Ireland

Best Fantasy Drama
Winner: Never Leave Your Side – Amber McGrath, Wayne Byrne – Ireland
Honorable Mention: The Dachshund in a Picture Frame – Tatiana Skorlupkina – Russian Federation

Best Historical Drama
Winner: Darlin’ – Robert Gamperl, Travis Lee Eller – United States

Best Romantic Drama
Winner: Blind faith – Bruce Hickey – United States
Honorable Mention: Life – Alfredo Moreno – Italy
Honorable Mention: Shadows of desire – Lucio Luna – Brazil

Best Family
Winner: Wanted – Jess Boylan – Ireland
Honorable Mention: Here’s your bike – Nikki Smallwood – United States

Best Horror
Winner: The stay – Frazer Lee – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Twilight journey – Martyn Le Roux, JC Bosman – South Africa
Honorable Mention: The pretty – Miguel Córcoles – Spain

Best Surreal Film
Winner: All sides of you – Ilia Dorofeev – Russian Federation
Honorable Mention: The Call – Cathy Beasley – United States
Honorable Mention: Manic Pixie Dream Girl – Zachary J Allen – United States

Best Animation
Winner: Matilda and the Brave Escape – Ash Reed – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Zombie Ship – Art Borowiec – Poland, Spain
Honorable Mention: Meevil the Weevil: Breakfast of Champions – Kyle Arneson – United States

Best LGBTQ+
Winner: My Best Friend – Elina Street – France, United States
Honorable Mention: Dating As a Vampire – Emma Herzig – United States
Honorable Mention: Before transforming we exist – Rae Phoenix Grant Duff, Chantal Dobles Gering – Canada

TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best Director
Winner: The Masquerade – Joslyn Rose Lyons – United States
Honorable Mention: Our Days – Jacopo Marchini – Italy

Best Young Director
Winner: Iam Me – Siara Mason – United States
Honorable Mention: Between Thoughts – Nina Mondin, Kain Thomas – France

Best Soundtrack
Winner: Daddy’s Girl – Sebastiano Della Bianchina – United States
Honorable Mention: Hot July Road – Jeffrey Scott Turner – United States

Best Editing
Winner: Resin – Daniel Weismüller – Germany
Honorable Mention: Westbound – James Curry – United States

Best Screenplay
WINNER: In Monster’s Hands – Christopher Sheffield – United States
Honorable Mention: Corona – Lolo Martín – Spain

Best Cinematography
Winner: Junction – Luciana Salinas, Trina Mulligan, Caitlyn Spiritus – United States
Honorable Mention: Dear diary 1944 – Christopher Pinto – United States

Best Vfx
Winner: Leech – Pier Mazzi – Australia
Honorable Mention: Neon Hell – Dave Thomas, Juan Emilio Veliz – United Kingdom

Best Actor/Actress
Winner: Cabin – Marian Aguilera – United States
Honorable Mention: Whispers in the mist – Jody Shane Dean – United States

Best Makeup, Hairstyling or Costumes
Winner: Deep Within (POC) – Scott Micheal Branan – United States
Honorable Mention: Appointment with The Plague Doctor, Lester Haywood – L.S. Strange – United States

Best Title
Winner: Isaia 1:18-20 – Maria Rosaria Dell’Orto – Italy
Honorable Mention: Married to math – Nina Zaretskaya – United States

Best Movie Poster
Winner: Ely’s freedom – Watchara Nuampha Chiri – Italy
Honorable Mention: Stone age – Antonio Malfitano – Italy