2025 Edition
Main Competition Award
BEST DRAMA SHORT
NEVER
By Wang Wang
CHINA | 2023
__________________________________________
BEST COMEDY SHORT
BADMOUTH GRANDMA
By Timothy Blackwood
U.S.A. | 2024
__________________________________________
BEST HORROR SHORT
THE WORMS OF THE EARTH
By Fred Winter
U.K. | 2024
__________________________________________
BEST SCI-FI SHORT
VERFLECHTUNG
Philip Hofmänner, Simon Jonas Pflanzer
SWITZERLAND | 2024
__________________________________________
BEST LGBT SHORT
SINGLE USE
By Finn Hyndman
NEW ZEALAND | 2024
__________________________________________
BEST DISABILITY SHORT
SPECIAL DOCTOR
By Sofia Vitver
KAZAKHSTAN | 2023
__________________________________________
BEST ACTION SHORT
A BOY NAMED SUE
By Andrea D'Eredità
ITALY | 2024
__________________________________________
BEST ANIMATION SHORT
FATHER'S MOUNTAINS
By XiaoJun Tan
CHINA | 2024
__________________________________________
BEST STUDENT SHORT
THEY LEFT FOR THE ABYSS
By Max Larsson
SWEDEN | 2024
__________________________________________
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
SAMLINGI
By Mohan Singh Aulakh
INDIA | 2024
__________________________________________
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
THEY'RE TAKING MY HOUSE
By Dan Lopez
U.S.A. | 2024
__________________________________________
BEST NO WORD SHORT
BLUENESS
By Francis Kong
U.S.A. | 2024
__________________________________________
BEST MOBILE SHORT
THE MEANING OF NO
By Reid McGowan, Mik Gojic
AUSTRALIA | 2024
__________________________________________
BEST 1-MINUTE SHORT
THE TRIP
By Elham Sadeghian
U.S.A. | 2023
__________________________________________
BEST DANCE FILM
TERRITORY
By Zachary Chant
AUSTRALIA | 2024
__________________________________________
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
SI NO ES (IF IT IS NOT)
By YAR Leo Bastidas Yar
ECUADOR | 2024
__________________________________________
Honorable Mention
DRAMA SHORT
LELAINA
Kouhei Nagamune
JAPAN | 2024
Ex aequo
FIABEXIT
Lorenzo Giovenga, Giuliano Giacomelli
ITALY | 2024
__________________________________________
SCI-FI SHORT
BLANK SPACE
Maximus Phillips
U.S.A. | 2023
__________________________________________
LGBT SHORT
THE FOUR
Таня Вайнштейн
RUSSIAN FEDERATION. | 2024
__________________________________________
DISABILITY SHORT
IL CASSETTO
Daniele Bonarini
ITALY | 2024
__________________________________________
ACTION SHORT
DOJO
Armin Alic
U.S.A. | 2023
__________________________________________
ANIMATION SHORT
TIGRE
Maria Victoria Sanchez
ARGENTINA, MEXICO, VENEZUELA, REPUBLIC OF BOLIVARIAN | 2024
__________________________________________
MOBILE SHORT
THE NIGHT SHIFT SECURITY
Myles Lavelle, Kareem Everison
U.S.A. | 2024
__________________________________________
NO WORD SHORT
BE HAPPY FOREVER (OKAY?)
Robert Hamilton
CANADA | 2024
__________________________________________
Film Craft Award
FILM DIRECTING
DISCONNECT
Riley Wadden
CANADA | 2023
__________________________________________
CINEMATOGRAPHY
SECLUDED
Gabriel Lar Thorarinsson, Iver Schøyen Løkken
(cinematographer Gabriel Lar Thorarinsson)
NORWAY | 2024
__________________________________________
ORIGINAL SCORE
INFERNALIS
Naomi Wildermuth
(composer Frank Dormani)
U.S.A. | 2024
__________________________________________
FEMALE ACTING
INFERNALIS
Naomi Wildermuth
(actress Kira L Wilson)
U.S.A. | 2024
__________________________________________