STANDARD CATEGORIES
Best Film
Winner: Un Bracco Poco Baldo – Filippo Cristiano – Italy
Best International Film
Winner: Present – Dario Cirrincione – Switzerland
Honorable Mention: Le Réveil – Marielle Raynal – France
Best European Film
Winner: Mr. Rossi – Belgium
Honorable Mention: Ispos Na Fygo – George Malissovas – Greece
Best Asian Film
Winner: Soft Room – Dan Alexander Newton – United Arab Emirates
Honorable Mention: Velvet Static – Weifan Er – China
Best American Film
Winner: Flower – Nebal Shafi, Hyunjin Lee – United States
Honorable Mention: The Narrowz – Anthony Parker – United States
Best Italian Film
Winner: Still Walking: Ep 1 – Christophe Gouazé – Italy
Honorable Mention: Faust – Tommaso Lorenzi – Italy
Best Lombard Film
Winner: Mamma – Mike Montagna – Italy
Honorable Mention: Still Life – Anna Celada – United States, Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes)
Winner: No Man’s Land – Ross Langill – Canada
Honorable Mention: Caillou™ – Victor Massicot – France
Honorable Mention: The Boy Who Never Cried – Ruben Barreto – United States
Best Super Short (5 to 10 minutes)
Winner: Our Dynastia – Josias Ortiz – United States
Honorable Mention: Dating Dagboek van een Oudere Vrouw – Willy van der Griendt – Netherlands
Best Standard Short (10 to 20 minutes)
Winner: Coviamo Serpenti – Andrea Sallusti – Italy
Honorable Mention: Sers-Moi – Gastón Hache Almada – Argentina
Honorable Mention: Death Stream – Azeez Gabsi – United States
Best Medium Length (under 60 minutes)
Winner: The Artist and the End – George Gittoes – Australia
Honorable Mention: Beyond the Horizon – Stergios Mitas – Greece
Best Low Budget Film
Winner: Space Dad – Bryce Mackie, Tom Mackie – United States
Honorable Mention: The Final Chord – Anja Sučić – Slovenia
Honorable Mention: The Cowboy, the Coven, and the Unresolved – Abby Tull – United States
Best Original Idea
Winner: Very Wild Boar – Tomas Mitkus – Denmark, Germany, Lithuania, Netherlands
Honorable Mention: Society Monster – Karina Laukaityte – Lithuania
Best Debut Film
Winner: The Perfect Couple – Maya Wolery, Melody Ricketts, Stephen George – United States
Honorable Mention: Pithered – Kegan Matthew Henderson – United States
Best Title
Winner: Fish of the Desert – Vladimir Izhendeev – United Arab Emirates
Honorable Mention: Strange New World – Dr. Osmosis – United States
ABSURD GENRE AWARDS
Best Absurd Film
Winner: Truman’s Last Photo B – Dimitrios Georgios Karatzas – Greece
Honorable Mention: Night at the Jokers’ Lounge – Ana Rivera Betlejewski – United States
Best Weird Absurd
Winner: Asche Zu Asche – Edward Horsky – Germany
Honorable Mention: Mr TV Man – Wes S Smith – United States
Honorable Mention: The Ethereal – Joshua Dean Young – United States
Best AI Film
Winner: The Seven Books – Samo Rera – Egypt
Honorable Mention: 2920 – Mario Narciso – Argentina
Best Drama
Winner: Viking Blood – Rolf Höhne – Germany
Honorable Mention: Exhibition – Yeter Çiçek – Türkiye
Best Experimental Film
Winner: Cruel – Haseena Peera, Brandon Mishawn – United States
Honorable Mention: Mandalo Al Carajo – Alisa Shereshkov – Costa Rica
Honorable Mention: Flower Code – Ja’Siahn Nathaniel Sexton – United States
Best Experimental Arthouse
Winner: Heaven’s Dark Side – Margaret Fisher, Jim Cave, Robert Grove Hughes – United States
Honorable Mention: Immortal She – Isabela Tanashian – United States
Best Comedy
Winner: Lo Scrittore, la Scienziata e il Condannato a Morte – Chiara Casalini – Italy
Honorable Mention: Un Jour Comme Ça – Daniela Rossi – Belgium
Best Horror
Winner: The Knocking – Jake Webber – United States
Honorable Mention: First Taste – Lar Collicott – Canada
Honorable Mention: The Sleepwalking Whispers – Vanessa Monique Chattman – United States
Best Thriller & Crime
Winner: Shadow of the Fighter – Yaroslav Savchak – United States
Honorable Mention: Yard Saleing – Tom Logan – United States
Best Sci-fi/Fantasy
Winner: Rosemary Souvenir – J Matthew Smith – United States
Honorable Mention: First Contact with My Bumper – Mitchell Botting – New Zealand
Best Documentary
Winner: The Water Collector – Gary Beeber – United States
Honorable Mention: Recidivism – Lennie Turner – United States
Best Animation
Winner: Daisies – Francesco Filippini – Italy
Honorable Mention: Mirror of Time – Maya Ioffe – Israel
Best Music Film
Winner: Femicide – Inaiah Lujan – United States
Honorable Mention: Tyco Toyz Not for Psycho Boyz – Dr. Osmosis – United States
Honorable Mention: Bling Bling – Emme McCormick – New Zealand
Best Romance
Winner: Memorias: O Vago Recuerdo Extraño de un Amor Oxidado – Jacob V. Gonzalez – Mexico
Honorable Mention: Borrowed Skies – Josias Ortiz – United States
Best Silent Film
Winner: Film Piccante – Antonio Malfitano – Italy
Honorable Mention: Two Doors – Matthew McPherson – United Kingdom
Best Inclusive Film (LGBTQ+)
Winner: Death by Chocolate – Marc Erdahi – United States
TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director
Winner: Control Is Power – Cameron Reuben Hudson – United States
Honorable Mention: The Nonsense Generator – Nikolai Demin – Russian Federation
Best Young Director
Winner: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Seconds – Iara Garcia – Netherlands
Honorable Mention: 3 Minutos – Tristan Torrents – Spain
Best Soundtrack
Winner: Blue Curve – Fernando Herrera – United States
Honorable Mention: Salmos 23 – Rosalia Sosa – United States
Best Editing
Winner: Employee of the Year – Joseph Rossi – Canada
Honorable Mention: Otect City News Ep2 “The Glitch” – Sammy Jo Pendergrast – United States
Best Screenplay
Winner: The Upstanding Millars (of Society) – Franco Rizzo – Malta (Laura Chantler, Franco Rizzo)
Honorable Mention: It’s Not Real – Timothy Grandia – Canada
Best Cinematography
Winner: The Above – Reno Bennie van Zanten – Netherlands
Honorable Mention: Dawn at Dominion – Carl Bailey – United States
Best Actor/Actress
Winner: Noche de las Velitas – Eliza Salnikova – United Kingdom (Alba El Mrabet Marín)
Honorable Mention: The Haven – Antony Jenkins – United Kingdom (Robert Traynor)
Best Producer
Winner: Fusarium – Finley Wohlman – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Dreams – Rachel Deng – Australia
Best Movie Poster
Winner: Dismemberment – Connor Edward Victor Clancy – Canada
Honorable Mention: Fobia – Patty Fang – Brazil
SPECIAL AWARDS
Rebel Vision Award
Winner: Oh, Fortuna! – Antonio Malfitano – Italy
Honorable Mention: The Turtle Unmasked – Igor Francescato – Italy
Honorable Mention: Uma Butnot Thurman – Yevhenii Rzhanov – Ukraine
Best Wannabe Absurd
Winner: Conscious – Isaac Thornton – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: The Chatbot Killer – Pete Jacelone – United States
Best Villain
Winner: Weeds – Stefano Toniatti – Canada
Honorable Mention: Sirens from the Movie 6 Songs – Felice Santulli – Italy
Best Font
Winner: It’s All About ‘Noo’ (Rats) – Yuttharin Liamsombat – Thailand
Honorable Mention: Hush – Julie Fergus – United States
Best It Deserved an Award So We Created One
Winner: City Don’t Sleep – Nich Esposito – United States
Honorable Mention: Tensayuu – Charli McMahon – Australia
Best Creative Courage
Winner: Fritchi Manor – Jermaine Alexander – United States
Honorable Mention: Daphne – Caulkdraggin – United States
Best Don’t Watch It When You’re Eating
Winner: Morningshed – Miette Deschenes – United States
Honorable Mention: There’s a Monster in the Shed! – Pete Jacelone – United States
Best Should Be Porn
Winner: The Chosen Nightmare – Terry Osterhout – United States
