STANDARD CATEGORIES
Best Film
Winner: Cilecca – Fabio Bilardo – Italy
Best International Film
Winner: Match No.∞ – Chin-Chun Tang – Taiwan
Honorable Mention: Voicemails – Mackenzie Lee Baumert – United States
Honorable Mention: Sibling Rivalry – Jake Welge – Ireland
Best European Film
Winner: My Last Breakfast – Yana Kols – Russian Federation
Honorable Mention: Under Chrome and Glass – Giorgio de Bruijn – Netherlands
Honorable Mention: Ego – Juan Carlos Macías Camacho, Jorge G. Satí – Spain
Best Asian Film
Winner: Sakana – Yun-Rei Chuang – Taiwan
Honorable Mention: Hyacinth – Tzu-Ling Chan, Yun-Chen Chen, Yao-Jyun Lin, Yu-Rung Tsai – Taiwan
Honorable Mention: Pillow Men – Jacky Wong – China
Best American Film
Winner: Disgraziato – Edward Figura – Canada
Honorable Mention: Almost Midnight – United States
Honorable Mention: The One Arm Bandit – Rich Allen – United States
Best Italian Film
Winner: Il Diavolo Bianco – Walter Rastelli – Italy
Honorable Mention: 4:21 – Stefano Tesi – Italy
Honorable Mention: Saved // Salva – Luca Bertossi – Italy
Best Lombard Film
Winner: Cilecca – Fabio Bilardo – Italy
Honorable Mention: Casual Hope – Daniele Zerbi – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes)
Winner: The Mark – Heng-Hao Wang, Wen-Ting Ding – Taiwan
Honorable Mention: The Lemon Experiment – Gianluca Facchini – Italy
Honorable Mention: Hide and Seek – Scott Quinn – Sweden
Best Super Short (5 to 10 minutes)
Winner: Embers – Yi-Chen Cheng, Chan-Kai Lin – Taiwan
Honorable Mention: Emotional Catharsis – Yong-Xiang Wang – Taiwan
Honorable Mention: Kasih – Szu-Fan Jao, Jia-Yun Yang, Fang-Yi Liu, Wen-Ching Yang, Yue-Zhen Che – Taiwan
Best Standard Short (10 to 20 minutes)
Winner: Cat in the Portrait – Chi-Ni Weng, Jyun-En Huang – Taiwan
Honorable Mention: Time Will Tell – Andrés López – Spain
Honorable Mention: Table For Two – Tom Logan – Not Specified
Best Medium Length (under 60 minutes)
Winner: Inn for a Wild Night – Emily Valentin, Dylan Buyskes, Nate White – United States
Honorable Mention: Yard Saleing – Tom Logan – United States
Honorable Mention: Aurora – Cyberhuman: Freedom’s Edge – KI William – Italy
Best Low Budget Film
Winner: Just Water – Kessy Eberlein – Germany
Honorable Mention: Alondra del Mar – Eduardo Eddy Rivera – Puerto Rico
Honorable Mention: Just a Walk – Law Jones – United States
Best Original Idea
Winner: The Freakin’ Dead – Dan Szentmiklosy – United States
Honorable Mention: Cycle of Life – Israel
Honorable Mention: Butter – Christopher Kitsakis – Australia
Best Debut Film
Winner: Il Gioco Delle Sedie – Anastasia Vittoria Sarro – Italy
Honorable Mention: L’Armatura – Anakafilm – Italy
Honorable Mention: Hold – Chen-Wei Chang, Jen-Chieh Lee, Qi-Chen Xie – Taiwan
Best Title
Winner: Broccoli Monster – Che Young Shin – South Korea
Honorable Mention: Tidings – Lally Ben-Dov – Israel
Honorable Mention: Phantom Ice – Takasumi Shindo – Japan
ABSURD GENRE AWARDS
Best Absurd Film
Winner: Le Destin de Nathalie X – Firouz Farman-Farmaian – France
Honorable Mention: The Blind Detective: Part 2 – Richard Gordon – Not Specified
Honorable Mention: FriE?H FRoM ?E CAn – Ronny Augenheimer – Germany
Best Weird Absurd
Winner: Draumur – Gerardo Castañeda – Mexico
Honorable Mention: Focused – Matteo Markolaj – Italy
Honorable Mention: A Tiny Play for Illusions of Grandeur – Loraine Wible – United States
Best AI Film
Winner: The Tell Tale Heart – Racheal Leigh – Australia
Honorable Mention: Lens – United States
Honorable Mention: Further from the Ground – Jacky Wong – China
Best Drama
Winner: The Black Door – Shannon Denise Evans – United States
Honorable Mention: Flames of Courage – Cristiano Cardoso – Brazil
Best Experimental Film
Winner: Transamorem/Transmortem – Salomé Eloy – France
Honorable Mention: Fukanzen-Sa – Saxon Mitchell – Australia
Honorable Mention: Theater of the Absurd – Fran Forman – United States
Best Experimental Arthouse
Winner: Tüş/Oneiric – Cansu Ezgi Bozkurt – Türkiye
Honorable Mention: Flowers – Karyna Aslanova – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Victoria Regia – Désirée Jung – Brazil, Canada
Best Comedy
Winner: So Wrong – David Kline – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: The Blind Detective: Part 1 – Richard Gordon – Not Specified
Honorable Mention: Student Driver – Olivia Dellums – United States
Best Horror
Winner: Dead Zone – Lauren Marshall – United States
Honorable Mention: Bear With Me – Dane Helg – Australia
Honorable Mention: Umbra – Danny Bohmer – United States
Best Thriller & Crime
Winner: Lana Turner’s Eyes – Allyson Adams – United States
Honorable Mention: L’Affaire Montenegro – Fernanda Ávalos, César Camán, Alonso Montoya – Canada
Honorable Mention: Treasure – Jake Frazer – Australia
Best Sci-fi/Fantasy
Winner: Human Compost – ManLorFilm, Manuel Faticoni, Lorenzo Mariotti – Italy
Honorable Mention: The Prophetical Fish – Sela Goldfarb – United States
Best Documentary
Winner: Excuse Me – Long He – China
Honorable Mention: The Island – Long He – China
Best Animation
Winner: Dear, All Robots – Aiji Komala – Taiwan
Honorable Mention: The Followers – Hsiang-Wen Lu, Wei-Hsuan Chen – Taiwan
Honorable Mention: Scars of Remembrance – Shin-Yu Shiu – Taiwan
Best Music Film
Winner: Lonely Star – Long He – China
Honorable Mention: On Lungs Alone – Steven Hillen – United States
Honorable Mention: Mango Boy – Long He – China
Best Romance
Winner: Into the Long Goodnight – Joshua Radensky – United States
Honorable Mention: The Dinner Date – Michael Rogers – United Kingdom
Best Silent Film
Winner: Calypso – Bek Barthelman, Adrien Cruz Jones – United States
Honorable Mention: Don’t Stare – Ryan McGee – United States
Best Inclusive Film (LGBTQ+)
Winner: God Hates a Coward – David Leo – United States
Honorable Mention: Microaggressions – FNU Eris – United States
TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director
Winner: Laws of Desire – Albert Orr – Australia
Honorable Mention: Azaadi – Jake Joss – India
Best Young Director
Winner: Corsano’s Roach – Anna Blaney – United States
Honorable Mention: Pull the Plug – Gavin M Gavin – United States
Best Soundtrack
Winner: The Final Curtain Call – Jessica Orcsik, Robbie Ryde – United States
Honorable Mention: 95 Goodie Mob – Ty Brueilly – United States
Honorable Mention: Ann Helene Hagen – In Between the Lines – Mert Ertunç – Türkiye
Best Editing
Winner: Sending – Mohamed Dahshan – Egypt
Honorable Mention: Glitchy Mina – Deon Michael Donovan – United States
Best Screenplay
Winner: Ocupado – Sérgio Spina, André Tashiro – Brazil
Honorable Mention: Lila Thornton – Zech Thomas – New Zealand
Best Cinematography
Winner: Unhinged – Edward Coleman Figura – Canada
Honorable Mention: Murder of Crows – Conrad Murphy, Noah Manglapus – United States
Best Actor/Actress
Winner: Last Call – Mike Pratt – United States (Bri Bagley)
Honorable Mention: Broccoli Rob Goes Hollywood – Robert Anthony Ruffalo – United States
Best Producer
Winner: All My Friends Are Static – Migo Matas – Philippines (Patty Espiritu)
Honorable Mention: Regroove – Davide Di Saro – Canada
Best Movie Poster
Winner: The Candyshop Girls – Mel Blake – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Outsourcing Rhapsody – John Wang – China
SPECIAL AWARDS
Rebel Vision Award
Winner: Charlie Is Not a Boy – Pol Kurucz – France, Hungary, United States
Honorable Mention: Pregiudizi – Antonio Malfitano – Italy
Best Wannabe Absurd
Winner: Return Home – South Korea
Best Villain
Winner: Visceral – David Campanella – Italy
Honorable Mention: The-Calling – Zechariah Thomas – New Zealand
Honorable Mention: The Legend of Spearfinger – Christopher E Knox – United States
Best Font
Winner: Wish Granted – Jill Lin, Ting-Zih Jiang – Taiwan
Honorable Mention: This Was Always Understood – Christopher Kull – United States
Best It Deserved an Award So We Created One
Winner: Vulnerare – Sergio Mario Illuminato – Italy
Best Creative Courage
Winner: Green Thumb Weed Killer! the Future of Lawn Enforcement! – Carter Cox – United States
Honorable Mention: I Was 12 – Sylvie Renault – Italy
Best Don’t Watch It When You’re Eating
Winner: Auntiger – Yi Pan – Taiwan
Best Should Be Porn
Winner: Fear Feed: Play Again Tomorrow – Miah Allsman – United States
Honorable Mention: Ladyboys – Jungle Unchained – Long He, Hu Zi – China
