Films in the official selection:SARAH – Pierre Renverseau – FranceDead Man’s Lottery – Joanna Marlena Gackowski – AustraliaCambio vita – Ettore Zito – ItalyEchoes – Daniel Crowe – IrelandUrban Life: A Trilogy – Cem Göcmen – Sweden MAIN CATEGORIES Best International FilmWinner: RED TAVERNA – Natalie Agathokleous – AustraliaHonorable Mention: Kirikko vs Kitsune – Pai Chen – Taiwan Best Italian FilmWinner: The Scapegoat – Gianmarco Amato – ItalyHonorable Mention: THE BORDER – CARLO FUMO – Italy Best European FilmWinner: Inner Life – Christian Skibinski – GermanyHonorable Mention: BEHIND THE DOOR – Leonardo Valenti – France Best Asian FilmWinner: Skin Disorder – Ying Wang – China, GermanyHonorable Mention: Last Two Lovers – Ting Sue – Thailand Best American FilmWinner: Pony – Cecilia Seaward – United StatesHonorable Mention: The Deadliest Toy Chest – Werner Jauch – United States Best Lombard filmWinner: DIGITAL DETOX – iCLIC Collective – ItalyHonorable Mention: the passion flower – Cristian Benaglio – Italy Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes)Winner: The Ghost And His Unfortunate But Phenomenal Tale – Jim & Nick Zounis – AustraliaHonorable Mention: Cold Suffocation – Timothy Lindenfelser, Vivian Li, Ani Alynakian – United States Best Super Short (between 5 and 10 minutes)Winner: Second Shadow – Vernor Schneider – United StatesHonorable Mention: Forward – Michael Naphan – Canada Best Standard Short (between 10 and 20 minutes)Winner: Domotized – Publio César de la Vega García – SpainHonorable Mention: The Blue-Eyed Boy & Mister Death – Jaysen Phillip Buterin – United States Best Medium Lenght (under 60 min)Winner: ANYTHING FOR HER – GERARDO GOUVERNEUR – VenezuelaHonorable Mention: The Peddler – Arthur Ericsson – United States Best Original IdeaWinner: The Perfect Woman – Dennis Collins Johnson – United StatesHonorable Mention: Echoes – Mathilde Bek Hansen – Czechia Best Low Budget FilmWinner: BLACK FRIDAY – WIDAD – United StatesHonorable Mention: SMILE ISLAND – Luca Arienti – Italy Best NocturnalWinner: Please. – Agostinho Sinigalia Fernandes Filho – United StatesHonorable Mention: E.T.E.N.E.B.R.I.S – BENEATH THE LESSER GODS – Liborio Savio Ciufo – Italy Best ExperimentalWinner: ARTEMIS – Lorenzo Olson – United StatesHonorable Mention: Death Knocked Three Times – Michael Trachiotis – United States Best DebutWinner: “Misused- Abused- Used up” – Joanna Olichwer – NorwayHonorable Mention: Sight ⠎⠊⠛⠓⠞ – Matvey Nikolaev – United Kingdom NIGHT AWARDS Best ParodyWinner: Khaki Dreams: An Achy Breaky Heart Parody – KS Brooks, Kathryn D. Patton – United StatesHonorable Mention: COLOMBANO & LA 21ESIMA FETTA – Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti – Italy Best Dark ComedyWinner: Potent Parcel – Guylaine Marcoux – CanadaHonorable Mention: Dead In A Snowbank with Subtitles – Eric Thomure – United States Best SatireWinner: The Chronicles of the Struggling Actor – Lyud Hristov – United KingdomHonorable Mention: Gold Rush – CJ Friedlander – United States Best MockumentaryWinner: Man Versus Cyclekart – Gabriella Gee Stewart – CanadaHonorable Mention: HEDGEHOG HUNTING – Gregor Ingermann – New Zealand Best DocumentaryWinner: Boteler 500 – Alice Jane Roberts – United KingdomHonorable Mention: Under The Ice – John Martin – Canada, South Africa Best Dystopian Sci-FiWinner: Imperia (English version) – Marcel Barsotti – GermanyHonorable Mention: All Power – Clint Sleeper – United States Best Comedy Sci-FiWinner: Muted – Jenna Reilly – United StatesHonorable Mention: Space Pirate Ja Ralla! The Cosmic Joke – AJ Spencer – United States Best Philosophical FilmWinner: After Link (12mins) – Catarina De Cèzanne – PortugalHonorable Mention: Not So Different – William Teichner – United States Best Existential DramaWinner: Sky Full of Stars for a Roof – James Ciganek – United StatesHonorable Mention: Metanoia – Kai Chang – United States Best Action DramaWinner: Five Stars – Demetrius Joyette – United StatesHonorable Mention: STAIRS to FREEDOM – Kyriacos Demetriou – Cyprus Best Crime DramaWinner: White Dress Red Flag – Tamara Pasquier, Jeffery Schnyder – SwitzerlandHonorable Mention: BOOM! – Robert Monegan – United States Best NoirWinner: 7eventh 7irkle – Ty Brueilly – United StatesHonorable Mention: Beyond the Sea – Vladimir Scavuzzo – Italy Best Drama ThrillerWinner: Don’t Cry – Alessandro Grassi – ItalyHonorable Mention: DUMPSTER – Giuseppe Munafò – Italy Best Psychological ThrillerWinner: Viral – David Andrew Tybor – United StatesHonorable Mention: Rouhi – Noor Majid Al Qasimi – United Arab Emirates Best Fantasy DramaWinner: Aberth – Jesse Scales – United StatesHonorable Mention: What’s Up Boss? – Leela Stone – Canada, India Best Romantic DramaWinner: Vena Amoris – Luca Mahnke – LuxembourgHonorable Mention: A Stage In A Journey – Charan Parimi – India Best FamilyWinner: Grandma, Me, and the Dandelion – 해방 liberation – South KoreaHonorable Mention: Infection – Hüseyin Özdemir – Norway Best HorrorWinner: L’AFFIDO – A Foster Child – Maria Porzio – ItalyHonorable Mention: Old Well – Andrés Hernández Covarrubias – Mexico Best Surreal FilmWinner: Nun of the Above – Tom Danon – United StatesHonorable Mention: Through in Between – Chase Bradburn – United States Best AnimationWinner: BRIDGE -My Little Friends- – Kazuyuki Ishihara – JapanHonorable Mention: hoodoo – bellopropello – Switzerland Best LGBTQ+Winner: FETISH IN E[X]ILE – Dom of Pigland – BulgariaHonorable Mention: Äned am Bärg (Yonderland) – Renée Steffen, Li Tavor – Switzerland Best Music/MusicalWinner: Crescent Moon and Golden Star – Karen Braysher – United KingdomHonorable Mention: Unforgettable Venice-2 – FISHEL PUSTILNIK – Canada TECHNICAL AWARDS Best DirectorWinner: Table For Two – Tom Logan – United StatesHonorable Mention: Queen of Hearts – Angela Andronache – United States Best Young DirectorWinner: Onchain Humans – Jawna Standish – United StatesHonorable Mention: Blackmail – Timothy Lindenfelser, Carson Good – United States Best SoundtrackWinner: Dawn of HUMANIMATE – Susan Mey Lee Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, Samudra Kajal Saikia – SingaporeHonorable Mention: Cosmic Rhapsody : A Symphony for our Planet – susan Mey Lee Lim, Manu Martin, Christina Teenz Tan – United Kingdom Best EditingWinner: The Haunted – Perception is Reality (46m) – Mike Fox – United StatesHonorable Mention: ESPORTS LEGEND – Jacob Lacate – Canada Best ScreenplayWinner: PA KOURI – Grégory FOY – MartiniqueHonorable Mention: HOW MANY MILES? – Massimo Dallaglio – Italy Best CinematographyWinner: On This Occasion – Jennifer Fletcher – United KingdomHonorable Mention: A Dreamer’s Dream – Ale Cetrangolo – Argentina, China, Italy, United States Best VFXWinner: Mr TV Man – Wes S Smith – United StatesHonorable Mention: LEVEL DARK – Anurag Chaudhary – India Best Actor/ActressWinner: The Nose – Daniel McCorkle – United StatesHonorable Mention: YOUR CALL IS IMPORTANT TO US – Sheida Kermani – United States Best ProducerWinner: Fatal Twist – Tony Manders – United KingdomHonorable Mention: Reconstruction of the case of a previously confirmed ghost – Antonio Malfitano – Italy Best TitleWinner: Tshangyang A Love Beyond Dharma – Jigme TG, Jigme Wangchuk – BhutanHonorable Mention: Stai Bene – Sean Daniel Cunningham – United States Best Movie Poster Winner: The Return – BOHDAN DONALD TANASIJCZUK – CanadaHonorable Mention: Perception – Philippe-Alexandre David – France