Standard Categories
Standard Categories
Best Film Winner: Grown Up Day – David Capsir – France
Best International Film Winner: Darlene – Heidi Wilson – Australia Honorable Mention: Impacted – John Myrick – United States
Best European Film Winner: Did I Feel It? – Emma McIntyre – United Kingdom Honorable Mention: Frevd Riddle – Vesely Marek – Austria Honorable Mention: That Thing in the Head – Jan Kalina – Czech Republic
Best Asian Film Winner: Aghbash – Samad Ghorbanzadeh – Iran, Islamic Republic of Honorable Mention: Grahan – shariq Ali Khan – India
Best American Film Winner: AA! monsters – Matt Hamilton – Canada Honorable Mention: Where is Coco? – Olga Kamyshok – United States Honorable Mention: Why Are You Still Dreaming, (Human)? – Martin Del Carpio – United States
Best Italian Film Winner: Background Noise – Angelo Pennisi – Italy Honorable Mention: I Love you – Fabio Pannetto – Italy Honorable Mention: The voice of the painting – Mariano Pistella – Italy
Best Lombard Film Winner: Torat – claudio bongiovanni, niccolò conti, giorgia crescenzi – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes) Winner: 1 2 3 Revolution – Antonio Malfitano – Italy Honorable Mention: The Ghost And His Unfortunate But Phenomenal Tale – Jim & Nick Zounis – Australia
Best Super Short (under 15 minutes) Winner: Meat Grinder – Olga Volodina – Russian Federation, Uzbekistan Honorable Mention: Out There. Somewhere – Patrick Tang – Netherlands
Best Medium Length (under 60 minutes) Winner: Bosafumi – Andrew Wolf – United States Honorable Mention: Shape Games – John Muse – United States Honorable Mention: Lock and Key – John Barnes – United States
Best Low Budget Film Winner: Single-use – Richard Joray – Switzerland Honorable Mention: “Our Way” – Lada – Krzysztof Sokół – Poland Honorable Mention: Mystery at Reðasafn – Mariana Gomez – Iceland
Best Original Idea Winner: The Best Medicine – Anna Deluche – France, United States Honorable Mention: Doomed to love – Stanislau Turko – Lithuania
Best Debut Film Winner: Thief – Nicoletta Michaletos – United Kingdom Honorable Mention: Your future kingdom – Thomas Clavreul – France
Best Title Winner: Mirror Magnetism – Helias Dzimoulakis – Greece Honorable Mention: Epicrisis – Diana Martínez Tancredi – Argentina
Absurd Genre Awards
Best Absurd Film Winner: I hid my heart – Danyul Kim – South Korea Honorable Mention: Death of a Kitty – Sophie Sither – United States Honorable Mention: La favola di Pornocchio – Roberto Di Vito – Italy
Best Drama Winner: Dreams – Eliza Salnikova – United Kingdom Honorable Mention: Elena – Daniele Spezzacatena – Italy Honorable Mention: Man for Hire – David Conroy – Canada
Best Experimental Film Winner: The Death of Marilyn Monroe – Gerard Gentil – United States Honorable Mention: The Problem – Elisabeth Nolte-Franzen – Germany Honorable Mention: Now Again – Part One – Richard Philpott – United Kingdom
Best Comedy/Parody Winner: Shake – Christian Ewald – Germany Honorable Mention: Gigi Schools You – Chiara Montalto Giannini – United States Honorable Mention: Don’t Tell Mom – Karl J Niemiec – United States
Best Horror/Mystery Winner: Film Night Bite – Craig McEwan, William Samson – United Kingdom Honorable Mention: And, Cut! – Gayathri Krishnakumar – United States Honorable Mention: Inner Life – Christian Skibinski – Germany
Best Action/Thriller Winner: Mind Game – Omguru – India Honorable Mention: We Will Find You – Judson Vaughan – Spain
Best Sci-fi/Fantasy Winner: thursday – Jordon Foster – United States Honorable Mention: Fortune – David Bright – United States Honorable Mention: Beyond the Void with Captain Dalton Mattix – Ben Kurstin – United States
Best Documentary Winner: “Mothers in Shadow” – Viviana Mura – Italy Honorable Mention: The Femme Fatales of West Australian Wrestling – Zeke Morgan-Hind – Australia Honorable Mention: The Doctor of Souls – davidevincenzo salmeri – Italy
Best Animation Winner: Stultus Ovis – Tayla Marie Whitworth Randall – New Zealand Honorable Mention: Skip & Henry – Austin Cole – United States Honorable Mention: The Saccharine Fabulist – Wayne Howe – United Kingdom
Best Music/Musical Winner: Feminista – Publio César de la Vega García – Spain Honorable Mention: Nos extinguiremos de estupidez – Publio César de la Vega García – Spain Honorable Mention: SayChingon – – Not Specified
Best Romance Winner: Romance Anónimo – Charlie Waters-Anderson – United Kingdom Honorable Mention: El cruce – Publio César de la Vega García – Spain
Best Crime/Violence Winner: The Root of All Evil – Pamela Hanson Ryder – United Kingdom
Best Silent Film Winner: Food For Thought – Gary Hanna – United States Honorable Mention: Vida perra – Publio César de la Vega García – Spain
Best LGBTQ+ Film Winner: Jam Jar – Sam Rooke – United Kingdom Honorable Mention: Romeo and Julian – Da’Ante Bowman – United States
Technical Awards
Best Director Winner: As they pass – Patrice Masini – France Honorable Mention: Yard Saleing – Tom Logan – United States Honorable Mention: Il volo di Marie Andrè – davidevincenzo salmeri – Italy
Best Young Director Winner: Tall Poppy – Karina Abbasi – Australia Honorable Mention: Dying to Deliver – Brianna Joy Neowhouse – Not Specified Honorable Mention: Theatre 6 – Isabella Loring – United States
Best Soundtrack Winner: Wisteria – Ian Garrucho – Spain Honorable Mention: My First High – Alejandro Alvarado – United States Honorable Mention: Gnosis – Andrea D’ambrosio, Emanuele D’ambrosio – Italy
Best Editing Winner: Daniel – Pavlos Vissariou – Greece Honorable Mention: Ziwei- TaiBai Prophecy on Doomsday – Shihyun Wang – United States Honorable Mention: Forever Famous Immortal Retreat – Trix StarT – United Kingdom
Best Screenplay Winner: The Voyagers – Uther Moon Dadaleares – United States Honorable Mention: Your Call Is Important to Us – Sheida Kermani – United States
Best Cinematography Winner: Royal Retribution – Dustin Hawkins – United States Honorable Mention: In Cold Love – Yorgos Keramydas – Greece Honorable Mention: In the Church of Charon – Adam Ingram Perry – United States
Best VFX Winner: Artists and Aliens – Jaymz Bee – Canada Honorable Mention: Movement I – Disciple: Episode I of the Harmony Saga – Brad Reinhold – United States Honorable Mention: CCTV – Edoardo Magliarella – Italy
Best Actor/Actress Winner: Visions – Nelia Rose Holley, Co – Director Micheal Shoultz – United States Honorable Mention: Drowned – Sonya Richards – Ryan Nunes, Sean Campbell – United States
Best Producer Winner: A Monkey’s Portion – Akaysha Brunker – Not Specified Honorable Mention: The Oatsman – Chase Breedlove – United States Honorable Mention: Addis – Zelalem Woldemariam – Jean-Paul Wall – Ethiopia, Sweden
Best Arthouse Winner: Homeridolia – Helias Dzimoulakis – Greece, Latvia Honorable Mention: The Butterfly Keeper – Guy Mayfield – United States Honorable Mention: Ghost Chair: a concept film to move the soul! – Nancy Paradis – United States
Best Movie Poster Winner: Captain Eco – Brandon Beytrison – Switzerland Honorable Mention: In Your Eyes – Matteo Vicinanza – Italy Honorable Mention: Behind The Joy – Jamal Smart – United States
Special Award
Rebel Vision Award Winner: American Breakfast – John Muse – United States
Best Wannabe Absurd Winner: The Woman Is Perfected – Ruth Fowler – United States Honorable Mention: Luna – Marty Agabob – Canada
Best You Have a Good Pusher Winner: The Best Medicine – Anna Deluche – France, United States
Best It Deserved an Award So We Created One Winner: Curse of the Were-Puppet – Matt Jeston – Australia Honorable Mention: No Trespassing – Daryl Hrdlicka – Not Specified
Best WTF Plot Twist Winner: The prize – Matteo Capatti, Lorenzo Mazzucchi – Italy Honorable Mention: The One That Got Away – Ella Mons – United Kingdom
Best Don’t Watch It When You’re Eating Winner: Dead Man’s Lottery – Joanna Marlena Gackowski – Australia Honorable Mention: Appetite – Gabriella Niles-Ewen, Reiss Massicotte – United Kingdom
