Awards of December 2025
Standard Categories
Best Film: Winner: Laundry Day – Ben Sibulkin – United Kingdom
Best International Film
Winner: The World is My Idea – Alexander Wolfgang Smadja – Belgium
Honorable Mention: A Grim Tale: Fill-Ups Funhouse – Jake Frazer – Australia
Best European Film
Winner: A Carousel in the Rain – Jaro Jääskeläinen – Finland
Honorable Mention: Echoes – Shahrokh Nael – United Kingdom
Best Asian Film
Winner: Let’s Share One Wagyu Cow – Kaho Sugisaki – Japan
Honorable Mention: Whisper Of The Well – Elif Dokur – Turkey
Best American Film
Winner: Be the Cowboy – Bruno Cortazzo – Uruguay
Honorable Mention: Yard Saleing – Tom Logan – United States
Best Italian Film
Winner: 9,99 – Rosa Maria Roccatagliata – Italy
Honorable Mention: Fake Art – The Deception Of Fascism – Tito Giliberto – Italy
Best Lombard Film
Winner: Arianna – Davide Forleo, Stefano Attuario, Max Zanotti – Italy
Honorable Mention: Vol – Volare Tra Le Stelle – Ilaria Pezone – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes)
Winner: Lights Over Hallow Creek – Morgan Sage – United States
Honorable Mention: Clone Poker – Marius Hordys – Germany
Best Super Short (under 15 minutes)
Winner: The Hero – Oliver Woolridge – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: A Weird Dream – İrfan Kayaş – Turkey
Best Medium Length (under 60 minutes)
Winner: Snoworries – Stephen Shelton – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Burnout Blues – Danil Ishimov – Russian Federation
Best Low Budget Film
Winner: An Interference – Tamás Tarcsi – Hungary
Honorable Mention: The One Beyond, The One Within – İbrahim Evin – Turkey
Best Original Idea
Winner: Tapped Out – Marina Zivkovic – Australia
Honorable Mention: The Last Yug – Shubham Singh Panwar – India
Best Debut Film
Winner: Demon Core – Anthony Laurita – United States
Honorable Mention: Assassin – Brian Jackson – United States
Best Title
Winner: The New Creation – Seth Oliver Olson – United States
Honorable Mention: Die Before You Die – Triggered – Rafael Maria Friebe – Germany
Absurd Genre Awards
Best Absurd Film
Winner: Nobody Nureddin – Amil Hakimdzhan – Finland
Honorable Mention: Snake Pit – Director’s Cut – Noah Isaac Reyes, Melissa Hernandez – United States
Best Drama
Winner: To Charlie, From Kamryn – Kamryn Sands, Reed Vrooman – United States
Honorable Mention: Parallel – Talya Dayan – United States
Best Experimental Film
Winner: Anthropos – Kit Warner – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Blue Moanin’ – Allen Brooks – United States
Best Comedy/Parody
Winner: Out Of Validations – Briana Walsh – United States
Honorable Mention: Bewicted – Eugene Aglushevich – Canada
Best Horror/Mystery
Winner: Joshua Tree – Rachel Keaton – United States
Honorable Mention: Footstep – Yaoming Guo – China
Best Action/Thriller
Winner: Anemone – Rodolfo Melchiorre – United States
Honorable Mention: Eye Of The Empress: The Street Fight – Sanjini Bhakata – United States
Best Sci-fi/Fantasy
Winner: I Made The Invisible Man – Luke Walters – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Qubit – Francesco Loi – Sweden
Best Documentary
Winner: Doubt Us – Cash Versailles – United States
Honorable Mention: 20.10.20 – Flugten Fra Herstedvester – Tara Salas – Denmark
Best Animation
Winner: Mathis Favre – A Guts & Blackpowder Short Film – Nicholas Alkobi – United States
Honorable Mention: Menu-Morphosis – Flynn Arvythis – Australia
Best Music/Musical
Winner: Cruel, Naturally – Silvio Severino – Ireland
Honorable Mention: Back To Omaha – Scott West – United States
Best Crime/Violence
Winner: Gumma Kaffi – Adam Emil Ríkharðsson, Nói Þrastarsson – Iceland
Honorable Mention:
Best Silent Film
Winner: Endless – Nan Su – United States
Honorable Mention: Komorebi – Emanuel Lupu-Marinei – Romania
Best LGBTQ+ Film
Winner: The Tragedy Of The Lady – Doron Neeman – Israel
Honorable Mention: The Sweetest Goodbye – Emily Schooley – Canada
Technical Awards
Best Director
Winner: Binary – David-Jan Bronsgeest – Netherlands
Honorable Mention: A Vampire’s Kiss – Mark Francis – United States
Best Young Director
Winner: Mr. Joyful – Oscar O’callaghan – Australia
Honorable Mention: The Day We Did(n’t) Meet – Den Fazekas – Romania
Best Soundtrack
Winner: Jay: The New Adam – Lerio Corrado – Italy
Honorable Mention: The Transition Room – Aaron Penney – United States
Best Editing
Winner: Bronze Age – Antonio Malfitano – Italy
Honorable Mention: Forty Shades O’ Greene – Tim Byron Owen – United States
Best Screenplay
Winner: Chimera – Anne Lower – United States
Honorable Mention: Forbidden Holiness – Doron Neeman – Israel
Best Cinematography
Winner: Que Paso – Gio Morales – United States
Honorable Mention: Ninejay – Robert R Jimenez – United States
Best Visual Effects
Winner: Time Pals – Chris Mangano – United States
Honorable Mention: Dark Dreamer – Max Ponischowski – Germany
Best Actor/Actress
Winner: I Love You, Too, You Stinky Elephant – Mara Surkov – Indonesia
Honorable Mention: G O N E R – BJ Pepukayi – United States
Best Producer
Winner: Clown 345 – Juan Carlos Hernandez (Adria Kay Hernandez) – United States
Honorable Mention: Arnaldo Had An Ideia – Ricardo Mordoch, Dan Moraes – Brazil
Best Arthouse
Winner: Rusalia – Horia Bazavan – Belgium, Romania, United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Shattered Petals – William Viera – United States
Best Movie Poster
Winner: Richie’s Hollywood Pitch – Danny Wolf – United States
Honorable Mention: Land Of Confusion – Sönke Erik Nissen Hünding, Christian Skibinski – Germany
Special Award
Rebel Vision Award
Winner: VOL – Volare tra le stelle – Ilaria Pezone – Italy
Honorable Mention: Killer Grannies – Jack Truman – United States
Best It Deserved an Award So We Created One
Winner: True West – Christian Skibinski, Timo Josefowicz – Germany
Honorable Mention: To Die – Ülkü Yıldız – Turkey
