Standard Categories
Best Film: Unfairy Tale – Letizia Zocco – Italy
Best International Film
Winner: Clairvoyance – Brandon Gotto – Belgium
Honorable Mention: Stroke of Genius – Karel Van Bellingen – United Kingdom
Best European Film
Winner: Les nocturnes de Clémence – Fabrice Drocco – Switzerland
Honorable Mention: Kokokatepetl – Aleksandra Ivanović Prodanović, Milo Bešović, Miloš Prodanović – Montenegro
Best Asian Film
Winner: Ringo juice – Alin Bijan – Japan, United States
Honorable Mention: Victim – Muawiah Bin Khalid – Saudi Arabia
Best American Film
Winner: Puddle – Samuel O’Dair Holovacs – United States
Honorable Mention: The Flock of Forgotten Faces – A.B. Osborne, Emily McBrayer Hogue – United States
Best Italian Film
Winner: Le regole della notte – Lorenzo Gennari – Italy
Honorable Mention: In the garden – Eugenio De Rosa – Italy
Best Lombard Film
Winner: Unfairy tale – Letizia Zocco – Italy
Honorable Mention: Reelax – Mirko (Cirko) Catoio – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes)
Winner: The Wolf – Ryleigh Kennedy, Ollie Calabretta – United States
Honorable Mention: Sweet Escape – Muriel Rasolofo, Maxime Divier – Canada
Best Super Short (under 15 minutes)
Winner: Invaders of the Valley Saloon – Dustin Tidwell – United States
Honorable Mention: Burnout – Karina Zhou, Will Larsen, Lewi Thute, Batu Alpas – United States
Best Medium Length (under 60 minutes)
Winner: After Life – Nina Hummel – United States
Honorable Mention: Inspiration in the Midst of Horror – Michael Bergmann – United States
Best Low Budget Film
Winner: The Television License – Adrian Abbott – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Birth of Venus – Alex Zita – United States
Best Original Idea
Winner: The House Girl – Siraje Serunjogi – Uganda
Honorable Mention: Ugly Pig – Aneta Kernova, Caroline Elise – United States
Best Debut Film
Winner: Ball is Life – Trevor Letourneau – United States
Honorable Mention: David Rolls For Initiative – Theo Quinn – United States
Best Title
Winner: The Christmas Hitlist – Jonathan Andrew Nettleton – United States
Honorable Mention: A subconscious travel celebration – Ed Portoghese – United States
Absurd Genre Awards
Best Absurd Film
Winner: Gaijin Samurai – Sven Knüppel – Germany
Honorable Mention: The Singular Piece of Toilet Paper – Robin Stewart, Thomas Carter Wright – United Kingdom
Best Drama
Winner: The Lord Provides – Sean Walker – United States
Honorable Mention: Sandman – Simon Barracchini – United States
Best Experimental Film
Winner: Hainschatten – Daniel Wolters – Germany
Honorable Mention: lover//girl – Mo Milan – United States
Best Comedy/Parody
Winner: Not your house – Ángel M. Pecci – Spain
Honorable Mention: Cucumber – Harald Furuholmen – Norway
Best Horror/Mystery
Winner: Marrow – Jay T Grimes – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Zapping Mortal – Nano Bor – Argentina
Best Action/Thriller
Winner: Isabell – Rolf Höhne – Germany
Honorable Mention: SubRosa – The Package – Steve Windels, Sven Brych – Germany
Best Sci-fi/Fantasy
Winner: Origine – Frédéric Kuhn – France
Honorable Mention: Shape of Things to Come – Tony Savo – United States
Best Documentary
Winner: Night Out With Ronnie – Kabir Mehta – India
Honorable Mention: Shop My Stash – Ivan Francis Clements – United Kingdom
Best Animation
Winner: Not Alone – Momo Cao – United States
Honorable Mention: Circles – Paul Huenemann – United States
Best Music/Musical
Winner: Acqua frizzante – Tommaso Ferrara – Italy
Honorable Mention: I pray for love – Olivia Hadjiioannou – Greece
Best Romance
Winner: See me – Anton Svantesson-Helkiö – Finland
Honorable Mention: The Angel’s tears – Chris Garcia – France
Best Crime/Violence
Winner: Set crush – Carl-Johan Westregård – Sweden
Honorable Mention: Silence of the wound – Yashvardhan Jha – India
Best Silent Film
Winner: Harbor Zero – Dimitris Nikou – Greece
Honorable Mention: Somnambulistic – Alan Emslie – United Kingdom
Best LGBTQ+ Film
Winner: That Ex of Mine – Victor L. Cezar, Rafaella Blat – Brazil
Honorable Mention: Thread: just a maid – Melfin Pereira – United Kingdom
Technical Awards
Best Director
Winner: Jane 2687 – Joe Benedetto – United States
Honorable Mention: Pari Leto – Jason Seelmann – Canada
Best Young Director
Winner: Like in the Movies – Ray Cuthbertson – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Glutton – Reese Carmen Villella – United States
Best Soundtrack
Winner: Mutation – Carlo Ayhllón – Mexico
Honorable Mention: Daily Dose – Caitlin Devon – Canada
Best Editing
Winner: Nightfall – Chris Moreira – France
Honorable Mention: The Awakening – Marco Waldis – Italy
Best Screenplay
Winner: The Pizza Man – Alex Bodega – Czech Republic
Honorable Mention: The Legend of Skunk Ape – Matty Murillo – United States
Best Cinematography
Winner: Booked – Billy Haigh, Sam Newey – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Forest 779 – Steve Barnett – United Kingdom
Best Vfx
Winner: Wukong Couriers – Peter Gabriel Gagnon – United States
Best Actor/Actress
Winner: At Arm’s Length – August Broussard – United States
Honorable Mention: When Eddie Came Home – Elena Ahmed – Canada
Best Producer
Winner: Der geräderte Mensch – Steve Windels – Germany
Honorable Mention: Croaked! – John Oleniacz – United States
Best Arthouse
Winner: Turner – Joanna Mamede – Brazil
Honorable Mention: The One in Red – Alvise Carraro – United States
Best Movie Poster
Winner: Laura, 29 old compton street – Weiqi Cai – China, United States
Honorable Mention: A crowd – Orwa Alahmad – France, Norway, Syrian Arab Republic
Special Award
Rebel Vision Award
Winner: Dafuqaway – Jeia Scott – United States
Honorable Mention: One Night with Misty – Maksimilian Damnjanovic – United Kingdom
Best Wannabe Absurd
Winner: Cell Phone Madness – Dave McGrath – United States
Best You Have a Good Pusher
Winner: God is dead – Daniel Shadrack Booroff – United Kingdom
Best It Deserved an Award So We Created One
Winner: Channelvue – Brandon Tauszik – United States
Honorable Mention: Suffer on Silent – Cannon Gauthreaux – United States
