These are the winners of awards of February – March 2025:
STANDARDN CATEGORIES
Best Film: The Pheasant – Mai Hedvig Lyngby – United Kingdom
Best International Film
WINNER: Fahrenheit 2051 – Hadrien Genest – France
HONORABLE MENTION: Autographed By God – Bill Doty – United States
Best European Film
WINNER: Father – Chris Garcia – France
HONORABLE MENTION: This Way Up – Andreas Lambis – United Kingdom
Best Asian Film
WINNER: Smile – Yuan Yuan – China
HONORABLE MENTION: Manuscripts – Mahdi Iravani – Iran
Best American Film
WINNER: Jeff Hilliard – My Face – Jeff Hilliard – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: Last Spy Standing – Dillon Latham – United States
Best Italian Film
WINNER: Mimmo the Milker – Nicolò Donatello Milano – Italy
HONORABLE MENTION: Messaggio dal Passato – Matteo Fioravanti – Italy
HONORABLE MENTION: I meme – Lemuel Cara – Italy
Best Lombard film
WINNER: Once Arrived – Marco Riva – Italy
HONORABLE MENTION: Il Difetto – Daniele De Stefano, Dennis Paternò – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 min)
WINNER: JJ wasted love – Vesely Marek – Austria
HONORABLE MENTION: Barbie Styles – Nadine Mann – United States
Best Super Short (under 15 minutes)
WINNER: LOOK! The Invisible Man – Elliott de Neve – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: Campus legends – Nian Zhen You – Taiwan
Best Medium Lenght (under 60 min)
WINNER: The Auteurs – Fin Bowles, Jack Marshall – United Kingdom
HONORABLE MENTION: Paul Jannowski – Björn Beton Warns – Germany
Best Low Budget Film
WINNER: Message From Mars – John Airey – Canada
HONORABLE MENTION: Freelancer – Randy Sage – United States
Best Original Idea
WINNER: My Snow Man – Lisa Meuser – Canada
HONORABLE MENTION: Boudoir – Parker Love Bowling – United States
Best AI Film
WINNER: Our Magic – David Byron Kelley – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: The Sleight of the Machine – Maria Mavropoulou – Greece
HONORABLE MENTION: Impossible Velocity – Scott Petill – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: Three – Scott Petill – United States
ABSURD AWARDS
Best Wannabe Absurd (we know reality can be absurd)
WINNER: Mentally Confused – Sophie Menacher – Germany
HONORABLE MENTION: El Barnaverso – Sebastian C. Santisteban – Spain
Best You’re lucky
WINNER: Pizza Hunt – Thomas Lorber, Naomi Frenette – Canada
HONORABLE MENTION: Benighted Creatures – Gilles Bovon – United States
Best You have a good pusher
WINNER: Living Dolls – Dimitris Vrouvas – United Kingdom
HONORABLE MENTION: In her Skin – Kazım Mutlu – Turkey
Best It deserved an award so we created one
WINNER: Super Good Deals – Nicolas Dejaham – France
HONORABLE MENTION: Dert – Ali Zhetpis – Kazakhstan
Best Font
WINNER: Familiar Execution – William Grammer – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: Lucifer Sam – Stephen Bobinski – United States
Best Plot twist
WINNER: Fast-Firming Wand – Kristin Duffy – United Kingdom
HONORABLE MENTION: Eye Thief – Shayi Chayi – Iran
HONORABLE MENTION: When Foodies Quarantine – Joe Donato – United States
Best Villain
WINNER: Cabin – Nancy O’Brien – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: The Case of the Time Traveling Serial Killer – Jay Carney, Penny Towers, Frank Farbehind – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: Deaf Hour – Adnan Kičin – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Best Lie
WINNER: Jon #2 – Lucas Eubank – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: Romanticissimo – Alessio Conti – Italy
HONORABLE MENTION: Life – Alfredo Moreno – Italy
Best Don’t watch it when you’re eating
WINNER: Crawl Space – Randy Scott Slavin – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: Dinner Date Night, Tastes Just Right – Larry Rosen – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: Juli – Rajit Chandan – India
Best It should be porn
WINNER: Manic Pixie Dream Girl – Zachary J Allen – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: The World of James Gagmy – Lon Takiguchi – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: Rehearsals for a Utopia – Carla Madeira – Portugal
FILM STYLE AWARDS
Best Wes Anderson
WINNER: Futsukayoi – Gabriel Kei – France
HONORABLE MENTION: Molasses Foxtrot – Pamela Price – Canada
Best Ken Loach
WINNER: Talon Club – Lorenzo Catapano – Italy
HONORABLE MENTION: Mentally Confused – Sophie Menacher – Germany
Best Stanley Kubrick
WINNER: Red Ink – Evan Haigh – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: Holy Calamity! – Charles-Taylen Davis – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: The Garden of Heathens III: Shape of Events to Come – Richard G Miller – United States
Best Quentin Tarantino
WINNER: O.G.R.A.F. – François Audoin – France
HONORABLE MENTION: Hardliner – Richard Miller – United States
Best Federico Fellini
WINNER: Fellini’s – Jay Carney – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: Persona(s) – Sameer W Jafar – Canada
Best Hayao Miyazaki
WINNER: Homo Homini Lupus – Lorenzo Bentivogli – Italy
HONORABLE MENTION: The Blackbirds’ Dream – Nicolas Guzmán – Mexico
Best Sam Raimi
WINNER: Inascoltabile – Giovanni Salomi – Italy
HONORABLE MENTION: Nonfiction – Justin Albertini – United States
Best Christopher Nolan
WINNER: Yesterday Again – Jorge Del Toro – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: In Her Skin – Kazım Mutlu – Turkey
GENRE AWARDS
Best Absurd
WINNER: The Vulture – Cristopher Fernandes de Oliveira – Brazil
HONORABLE MENTION: Hairball – Nancy O’Brien – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: A Little Extra – Bijoyeta Sahoriya Das – United States
Best Drama
WINNER: Kiddo – Maks Nowicki – Poland
HONORABLE MENTION: La Valse des Adieux – Louis Salvatore Bellanti – France
HONORABLE MENTION: Red Triangle – Maks Stupak – Ukraine
Best Experimental
WINNER: Perfect Wall – Sea-Hoon Jeon – Korea, Republic of
HONORABLE MENTION: Pic Pic – Carol-Ann Belzil-Normand – Canada
HONORABLE MENTION: The Heart of Things: Not a Movie – Greece
Best Comedy/Parody
WINNER: Bluebottle Theory – John J. Sanders, Luke O. Roberts – United Kingdom
HONORABLE MENTION: Dough – Alessia May – Italy
HONORABLE MENTION: The Route – Geronimo Reig – Argentina
Best Horror/Mystery
WINNER: The Game – Inga Sunagatullina – Russian Federation
HONORABLE MENTION: The Black Silence – C.A. Cooper – United Kingdom
HONORABLE MENTION: Scroll Zombie – Diamond Alexia Freeman – United States
Best Action/Thriller
WINNER: Treasure Imagination – Scott Rice – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: The Ride – Ashwin Alok – India
Best Sci-fi/Fantasy
WINNER: Spaceship – Gal Ziv – Israel
HONORABLE MENTION: Solar Y – Kevin Jones – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: One Giant Waddle – Kevin David Jones – United States
Best Documentary
WINNER: Artists of Survival – Jaan Tootsen – Estonia
HONORABLE MENTION: Benbodhi: Decoded – Leo Clark Ribeiro – Australia
HONORABLE MENTION: How to Get Rid of Spotted Lanternflies – Matthew A Haas – United States
Best Animation
WINNER: Oniris – Nano Bor – Argentina
HONORABLE MENTION: Double-O Bo – Stephen J Bobinski – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: Human Layers – Fatemeh Zare – Netherlands
Best War/Western/History
WINNER: Darlin’ – Robert Gamperl, Travis Lee Eller – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: Echoes of Yesterday – AJ Sykes – United Kingdom
Best Web/TV Pilot/Tv Series
WINNER: Cero Productivos – Jorge Luis Montalvo Valer – Peru
HONORABLE MENTION: Totally Mindblowing Show – Blake Laitner – United States
Best Music/Musical
WINNER: There Is a Moose – Robert Hicks – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: Breaktime Rockstar – Jarvis Xu – Hong Kong
HONORABLE MENTION: Agents of Project Blue Book/Wrestling with Survival – Kevin Scott Davis – United States
Best Romance
WINNER: Tub – Odette Aldrich – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: Memorie – Domenico Pace – Italy
HONORABLE MENTION: Valentoes Dinner – Remy Katz – United States
Best Crime/Violence
WINNER: Suzy Makes Cupcakes – Jayson Therrien – Canada
HONORABLE MENTION: Get Out My Cave – Otis Sutter Jones – United States
Best Sport/Inspirational
WINNER: Film Library – Dimitri Dima Montanari – Italy
HONORABLE MENTION: Everything is You – Jaymica Abenojar Rapisura – United States
Best Silent Film
WINNER: Sanguine Deposit – Robert Del Campo – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: Ballooming – Willem Whitfield – Australia
HONORABLE MENTION: Wanted – Jess Boylan – Ireland
Best LGBTQ+
WINNER: The Man by The Sea – Ben Li – United States
TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director
WINNER: Catalina’s Curse – Danilo Wyatt – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: Jogger – Michael Romano – United States
Best Young Director
WINNER: When Time Stopped – Alexandros Kouros – Greece
HONORABLE MENTION: Bipolar Disorder – Zhi-ji Zhong – Taiwan
HONORABLE MENTION: On Strings – Tom Lee – United Kingdom
Best Soundtrack
WINNER: Demigod – Aggelos Athanasiadis – Greece
HONORABLE MENTION: Covid Party: una tipica festa napoletana – Rigel Cat – Italy
HONORABLE MENTION: Masterjam – James Curry – United States
Best Editing
WINNER: In and Out – Mateusz Mirczyński – Poland
HONORABLE MENTION: Resin – Daniel Weismüller – Germany
Best Screenplay
WINNER: Protasov – Laboratorio “Pier Paolo Pasolini” – Italy
HONORABLE MENTION: Re-in-WHAT!? (Change is Good) – Linda Pallotta – United States
Best Cinematography
WINNER: Sloppy Sunday – Christoff LeBlanc – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: Drastic Measures – J. Adams – Greece
Best Vfx
WINNER: Lamento – Diego Contreras – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: Treasure Imagination – Scott Rice – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: My Minefield – Loreto Quijada – Germany
Best Actor/Actress
WINNER: The Trip – Ayanda Dube – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: Behind Closed Door – Arty Fomin – Russian Federation
HONORABLE MENTION: The Casting – Sara Pettarini – Italy
Best Producer
WINNER: Berny… – Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti – Italy
HONORABLE MENTION: C-Nugz – Brandon Mcwhorter – United States
Best Makeup, Hairstyling or Costumes
WINNER: It Came Out of the Sky – Justin R Romine – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: Appointment with The Plague Doctor, Lester Haywood – L.S. Strange – United States
Best Title
WINNER: Venus Flytrap – Marc Pubreuil – France
HONORABLE MENTION: Apocryphal – J. Hal Cordova – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: Avamposto 81 – Sergio Sansone – Italy
Best Movie Poster
WINNER: Atonia – Krystal Alexandria – United States
HONORABLE MENTION: Histroy – Ülkü Sönmez – Turkey
