Award of July – September 2025

These are the winners of awards of Award of July – September 2025

Films in the official selection:
El Jardín – Ben Labadia, Olivia Wezdenko – United States
Shelters – Kiko Prada – Spain
Sabbia e Cenere – Federico Cadamuro – Italy
The Threshold – Jacek Kadaj – Poland
Winner: Stalk(h)er – Sandra Lee Ramsay – Australia

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Best International Film
Winner:
Shelters – Kiko Prada – Spain
El Jardín – Ben Labadia, Olivia Wezdenko – United States
Honorable Mention: Walk With Me Through The Fire – The Curse of KK Hammond – K.K. Hammond – United Kingdom

Best Italian Film
Winner: Sabbia e Cenere – Federico Cadamuro – Italy
Honorable Mention: Oni – Andrea Zaro – Italy

Best European Film
Winner: THE OTHER – Cyril Ferment – France
Honorable Mention: Megaville – After Hours – Tim Cürlis, Christian Skibinski – Germany

Best Asian Film
Winner: Night Out With Ronnie – Kabir Mehta – India
Honorable Mention: Breaking Through – Ale Cetrangolo – Argentina, China, Italy, United States

Best African Film
Winner: M.A.D Stories – Mark Anthomy Duckitt – South Africa
Honorable Mention: THE HOUSE GIRL – Siraje Serunjogi – Uganda

Best American Film
Winner: Mr. Taps – Kristian James – United States
Honorable Mention: Once Upon a Dream – Stephen K Bess – United States

Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes)
Winner: The Plastic Problem – Lucy Dabbs – Canada
Honorable Mention: Unbroken – Kathy Moore – Australia

Best Super Short (between 5 and 10 minutes)
Winner: It Changes – Luke Anthony Halstead – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Snacktime – Alphonse Ferrari – France

Best Standard Short (between 10 and 20 minutes)
Winner: The Good Life – David Mahmoudieh – United States
Honorable Mention: The Girl & The Horse – Åsa Rockberg, Raitis Vulfs – Sweden

Best Medium Lenght (under 60 min)
Winner: Fortunata (Sub Ita 2152) – Max oliva bartolozzi – Italy
Honorable Mention: Invincibles – Shana Rosilio – France

Best Original Idea
Winner: The Good, The Bad and The Bloodthirsty : Sun’s Salvation – John Kalning – United States
Honorable Mention: A Grim Tale: Fill-Ups Funhouse – Jake Frazer – Australia

Best Low Budget Film
Winner: IN A DAWN – Andrea Biancolella, Gianluca Baronchelli – Italy
Honorable Mention: The Journey – Nadine Mann – United States

Best Experimental
Winner: Come as you are – Zhuoxuan LI – Italy
Honorable Mention: Payload – Sai Kelly – Ireland, United Kingdom

Best Debut Film
Winner: Sensus Mori – Sydney Rincón – United States
Honorable Mention: The Fail-Safe Mode – Jan Brzeziński – Poland

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NIGHT AWARDS

Best Parody
Winner: Lavender Space: A Parody of Lavender Haze by Taylor Swift – K. S. Brooks – United States
Honorable Mention: The Forbidden Files : The Witches – Rachel ALLIGNET – France

Best Dark Comedy
Winner: Irony – K. S. Brooks – United States
Honorable Mention: Not your house – Ángel M. Pecci – Spain

Best Satire
Winner: A Man Named Lucky – Graeme Rhodes – Australia
Honorable Mention: Mafia Daddies – Dianna M Ippolito – United States

Best Tragicomic Film
Winner: The Experiment – Pedro Esteves – Brazil
Honorable Mention: THE HOUSE GIRL – Siraje Serunjogi – Uganda

Best Mockumentary
Winner: The Supermarket – Jay Sillence – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Fossil Record – Karla Weber – Canada

Best Documentary
Winner: M.A.D Stories – Mark Anthomy Duckitt – South Africa
Honorable Mention: Love, Law, Legacy – Joseline J. Hardrick – United States

Best Dystopian Sci-Fi
Winner: Soulmate – Richard Fenwick – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Lunatic – Robin Noorda – Netherlands

Best Comedy Sci-Fi
Winner: Erntezone – Harvesting Zone – Daniel Raboldt – Germany
Honorable Mention: Neighbourhood Watch – Naomi Clasohm – Australia

Best Philosophical Film
Winner: 2045: CREATORS – Richard Hollerung – Germany
Honorable Mention: Lost and found – Swappnil Tiwari – India

Best Existential Drama
Winner: Washington Avenue – Vince Minniti – United States
Honorable Mention: Tomorrow Never Knows – Alexander Hogarth – United Kingdom

Best Action Drama
Winner: CHILDE – Jyo Carolino – United States
Honorable Mention: THE GARGOYLES – Julie W CARLSON – France

Best Crime Drama
Winner: Visitation – Christian Skibinski – Germany
Honorable Mention: Mouse – Episode 2 – Roth Rind – United States

Best Noir
Winner: The Magic Coffin Bank – Christopher Pinto – United States
Honorable Mention: Bhramari (The Turn) – Sugandh Lamba, Siddharth Kumar – India

Best Drama Thriller
Winner: Stalk(h)er – Sandra Lee Ramsay – Australia
Honorable Mention: Separate Ways – Oscar Bermudez – United States

Best Psychological Thriller
Winner: The Secret Box – Nikhil Bharadwaj Vanamamalai, Sourabh Burgula
Honorable Mention: CALLIOPE – Maya Tunasar – United States

Best Romantic Drama
Winner: RESET – Andrea Colussi – Italy
Honorable Mention: Once Upon a Dream – Stephen K Bess – United States

Best Family
Winner: The Super Six Short Film – Naomi Clasohm – Australia
Honorable Mention: Stefano’s discomfort – Mario Blasi – Italy

Best Horror
Winner: SPUDS – Vance Mellen Mellen – United States
Honorable Mention: Tantibus – Ángel M. Pecci – Spain

Best Surreal Film
Winner: Marthasville: Pilot – Chase Commins – United States
Honorable Mention: rehearsals for a utopia – Carla Madeira – Portugal

Best Animation
Winner: Not Alone – Momo Cao – United States
Honorable Mention: Where the two seas meet – Motaz H Matar – United States

Best LGBTQ+
Winner: Songs and Secrets – Sherri Z. Heller – United States
Honorable Mention: Law’s World : Lipstick Bandit – Law Artis – United States

Best Music/Musical
Winner: FLYZIR – Mondi Paralleli – ANDREA PAROLO – Italy
Honorable Mention: Preacher in The Graveyard – Marcus Schütz – Germany

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TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best Director
Winner: Foxhole – Jonathon Symons-Lawrence – Australia
Honorable Mention: Slayed – Tahirr Aashhraf – United Kingdom

Best Young Director
Winner: Shards of Time – Alexandros Kouros – Greece
Honorable Mention: Art de Toucher (The Art of Touch) – Ipek Karan – France, Turkey

Best Soundtrack
Winner: No Escape – Roger Dvorak – Australia
Honorable Mention: Nightfall – Chris Moreira – France

Best Editing
Winner: Dark Places I have known Episode Three “Too far too close” – Juergen Hirsch – Germany
Honorable Mention: Weegee’s New York – Eric Weeks – United States

Best Screenplay
Winner: Chandler the Handler…You Can’t Bully Me! – Kem Frasier, Warren Michael – United States
Honorable Mention: Unexpected Ties – Grant Housley – United States

Best Cinematography
Winner: The Threshold – Jacek Kadaj – Poland
Honorable Mention: Leggera – Federico Canciani – Italy

Best VFX
Winner: DreamBrew – ben bayliss, anthony hampshire – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Zone of Shards – Dániel Bóta – Hungary

Best Actor/Actress
Winner: In Sunshine and in Shadow – David Air, Dustin Wonch – United States
Honorable Mention: THE CIGARETTE – Jefferson Bittencourt – Brazil

Best Producer
Winner: Longing Bayshore｜惜別港灣 – Bobby Pan, Orion Zhang – Canada, Hong Kong
Honorable Mention: Potato – Birgitta Liljedahl – Sweden

Best Title
Winner: Nice to meet you – Noah Kara – Sweden
Honorable Mention: 2 Scotts 1 Cup – Philip John Trossarello – United States

Best Movie Poster
Winner: One Crawls Over the Spider’s Web – Dhananjay Nachar – Canada
Honorable Mention: Mint In Box – Mike Logan – Canada