These are the winners of April 2025
Standard Categories
Best Film: Cherry B – Ornella Hawthorn Gardez – United Kingdom
Best International Film
Winner: Under the saw – Juraj Rusnák – Slovakia
Honorable Mention: These Boots are Made for Walken – Jeremy Pack – United States
Best European Film
Winner: Pvrgatorivm – Máté Gergely Kiss – Hungary
Honorable Mention: The Trouser Thief – Gabriel Louis – United Kingdom
Best Asian Film
Winner: Mirage – Shuyue Zhang – China
Honorable Mention: Rem:restricted – Yashvardhan Jha – India
Best American Film
Winner: The society of the snow – Julio Pañi – Ecuador
Honorable Mention: While Some Must Sleep – Craig Urquhart – Canada
Best Italian Film
Winner: I am calabrese – antonio Malfitano – Italy
Honorable Mention: Nessuno è vecchio in Paradiso – Antonio Auriemma – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes)
Winner: Midnight Station – Rafael Beck – Brazil, United States
Honorable Mention: Reena – Anaïs Maro – Australia, France
Best Super Short (under 15 minutes)
Winner: Loyal – Sara Chia-Jewell, Antonis Papamichael – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: A Couple Lives Together – Ryan Delouya – United States
Best Medium Length (under 60 minutes)
Winner: The magic coffin bank – Christopher Pinto – United States
Honorable mention: Audience with a vampyre – Daniel S. Janik, William Maltese, Setsuko Tsuchiya, Pam Hoffman – United States
Best Low Budget Film
Winner: Bishop’s Day – Christopher Kelly – United States
Honorable Mention: Forfeit – Leon Oteng – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: The Wig – Jeanie Miller – United States
Best Original Idea
Winner: All the babies are born naked in Cachoeira do Sul – Thiago Beckenkamp, Eduarda Rodrigues – Brazil
Honorable mention: CUT! – Ulrica de la Mar – Netherlands
Best Debut Film
Winner: In a place like this – Shannon Glover – Australia
Honorable mention: The flock – Chen Wang – China
Best Title
Winner: The Boulder – Ashley Catherine Dick – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: A Monday in Knightsbridge – Robin Stewart – United Kingdom
Absurd Genre Awards
Best Absurd Film
Winner: Missing – Laura Calle – United States
Honorable mention: La porta rotta – Antonio Bonagura, Giuliano D’Acunzo – Italy
Best Drama
Winner: Tadareru/becomes sore – Keishi Suenaga – Japan
Honorable mention: Tell her in the sunshine – Dan O’Neill – Ireland
Best Experimental Film
Winner: Disintegration – Billikin Boddah – United Kingdom
Honorable mention: Liminal – Daryl Ferrara, Adrianne Lovato – United States
Best Comedy/Parody
Winner: The xmascist – Andy Winward – United Kingdom
Honorable mention: The postman – Gavin Irvine – United Kingdom
Best Horror/Mystery
Winner: Find me – Molly Li Lin – United States
Honorable mention: The flock – Chen Wang – China
Best Action/Thriller
Winner: Rapture: Nimbus Reborn – JJ Eringa – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Anonymous – Ryker Sixkiller, Colby Luper – United States
Best Sci-fi/Fantasy
Winner: Sonata in D – Craig Urquhart – Canada
Honorable Mention: Exit – Jean-François Celli – France
Best Documentary
Winner: Promised land – Jürgen Baums – Germany
Honorable mention: Cairo cats, a dystopic glance – Tania Kamal-Eldin – Egypt
Best Animation
Winner: Meevil the Weevil: Breakfast of Champions – Kyle Arneson – United States
Honorable Mention: Solar Neighbor – Austin Cole – United States
Best Music/Musical
Winner: BASSNINJA film the live in the ring episode０ – Kenji Ogusu – Japan
Honorable mention: Face to face – Daniele Ippolito, Elijah Negasi – United States
Best Romance
Winner: See You Friday – Makeba L. Ross – United States
Honorable Mention: Lovely – Craig Urquhart – Canada
Best Crime/Violence
Winner: The days of knight: chapter 1 – John P Martinez – United States
Honorable Mention: The Girl – Emily Kathleen – United States
Best Silent Film
Winner: Findings – Kristina Schippling – Germany
Best LGBTQ+ Film
Winner: Vagary – Ross G. Hewitt – United States
Technical Awards
Best Director
Winner: Jump Cut – James Martin Morrison – United States
Honorable Mention: Spineless – Adam Gorry – United Kingdom
Best Young Director
Winner: 13th floor – Vlad Gherghel – United States
Honorable mention: Impressionable – Brian Tran – United States
Best Soundtrack
Winner: Round machine – Yan Péchin – Belgium
Honorable mention: The broken whistle – Frank X Panico – United States
Best Editing
Winner: Meu Pequeno Sentinela – Lucas Marques – Brazil
Honorable Mention: Coulrophobia – Christopher White – United States
Best Screenplay
Winner: Felt – Joseph Rossi – Canada
Honorable Mention: Me – LEE min kyu – Korea
Best Cinematography
Winner: Syncope – Clyde Sheridan – United States
Honorable mention: Dear diary 1944 – Christopher Pinto – United States
Best VFX
Winner: The warranty department – Isac Malmgren – United States
Honorable mention: The sibilate – Andrew Bourne – United Kingdom
Best Actor/Actress
Winner: Madame Yvonne likes noddles – Anaïs Maro – Australia
Honorable mention: Apt 44 – Kiara Griffin – United States
Best Producer
Winner: The Art of Eating Sin – Samuel Meaker, M. Bryceson Treharne, Hunter Leech – Australia
Honorable Mention: Past Your Eyes – Elisabeth Meurer – United States
Best Arthouse
Winner: Still – Elliot Barbernell, Rose Zhang, Kellen Kauffman – United States
Honorable mention: Beautiful drain – Lee Bishop – United States
Best Movie Poster
Winner: The henhouse state – Arda Wuyts, Dimitrios Manias – Belgium, United States
Honorable mention: The forgotten asylum – Michael Eauslin – United States
Special Award
Rebel Vision Award
Winner: TV man – Leonardo Valenti – Italy
Honorable mention: Il Termosifone – Pasquale Fresegna – Italy
