August 2025
Standard Categories
Best Film: Don’t Bury It – Kristian Fitsall – United Kingdom
Best International Film
Winner: Golden Fish – Svetlana Butkevich – Russian Federation
Honorable Mention: The Threshold – Jacek Kadaj – Poland
Best European Film
Winner: All Eyes On You – Ted Clarke – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Heart Consciousness – Anna Ramane – Latvia
Best Asian Film
Winner: The Karol – Alexander Shingurov – Kazakhstan
Honorable Mention: The Silent Pyre – Nilesh Jha – Nepal
Best American Film
Winner: Legado – Eric Limarenko – United States
Honorable Mention: Jurassic Island – Caitlyn Bailey – United States
Best Italian Film
Winner: Geometries of Time – The Cockroach – Francesca Ferrario – Italy
Honorable Mention: Dressed for Dinner – Andrea Verardi – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes)
Winner: Prisoner – Diljá Benediktsdóttir – Iceland
Honorable Mention: Capharneüm – Estelle Cortet – Germany
Best Super Short (under 15 minutes)
Winner: Mash & Mayhem – Lucas Kermarec – France
Honorable Mention: Bitches of Baker Street – Tyler Townsend – United States
Best Medium Length (under 60 minutes)
Winner: Zone of Shards – Dániel Bóta – Hungary
Honorable Mention: In Sheep’s Clothing: The Attempt at a Documentary – Vincent Mathissen – Germany
Best Low Budget Film
Winner: Weirdthings Mottolesi – Chronicles from the Anthropocene – Giovanbattista Lobianco – Italy
Honorable Mention: Alleys of Paranoia – Christian Forte – Italy
Best Original Idea
Winner: No Dice – Sagor Islam – Bangladesh
Honorable Mention: Malebolge. Imaginary Architecture of Dante’s Hell – Paulo de Tarso Souza – Brazil
Best Debut Film
Winner: Quadraturine – Anna Kalinova Yanakieva – Bulgaria
Honorable Mention: Traces – Elif Demiroğlu – Germany, Turkey
Best Title
Winner: Happy Day of the Dead – Luka Štigl – Slovenia
Honorable Mention: Sjhlrùl – Belgium – Belgium
Absurd Genre Awards
Best Absurd Film
Winner: L’Âge de Pierre – Hacina Amara – France
Honorable Mention: Irony – K. S. Brooks – United States
Best Drama
Winner: Pedro’s Pedals – Vinícius di Castro – Brazil
Honorable Mention: My Father : Eye Am Not Okay – Kenneth Richard Everett, Jr., Valerie Denise Jones – United States
Best Experimental Film
Winner: The Shame of the Truth – Mike Klug – United States
Honorable Mention: A Form of Consciousness – Miraç Çavdur – Turkey
Best Comedy/Parody
Winner: The Code – Paul Marra – United States
Honorable Mention: Lavender Space: A Parody of Lavender Haze by Taylor Swift – K. S. Brooks – United States
Best Horror/Mystery
Winner: Boulevard de la Mort – Benedek Koszorus – Hungary
Honorable Mention: Choke on It – Kelley Allen, Rachel Sazon – United States
Best Action/Thriller
Winner: A.I.: How I Learned to Love the Singularity – Yorgos Keramydas – Greece
Honorable Mention: Howl of the Blue Moon – Marie France Louis – United States
Best Sci-fi/Fantasy
Winner: The Waywarede – Tommy Peter Walton – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Mushroom Daze – Raegan Young – United States
Best Documentary
Winner: Solastalgia – Josefine Ljungkvist – Norway
Honorable Mention: Sleeping With The Dragon – Mark L. Feinsod – United States
Best Animation
Winner: The Porker and Roundy Show – Patrick Adam Peña – United States
Honorable Mention: Earth’s Echo – Yannis Grimm, Janis Schweizer – Switzerland
Best Music/Musical
Winner: The Blossom and the Mountain – Kathleen Stevenson – United Kingdom
Best Romance
Winner: The Last Guest – Colman Otunga – Uganda
Best Crime/Violence
Winner: Amy – Dustin Mills – United States
Honorable Mention: Les Amateurs – DT Kofoed – United States
Best Silent Film
Winner: Patience of a Saint – Ben Akers – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Thirsty Branches – Rod Lara – Australia
Technical Awards
Best Director
Winner: Ghost Light – Tyler Townsend – United States
Honorable Mention: Cue Juliet – Tyler Townsend – United States
Best Young Director
Winner: Far Away – Kassiani Maglara – Greece
Honorable Mention: Nothing to Lose – Joe Brooks – United States
Best Soundtrack
Winner: Father! – Abe Smyth, Sophia Adli – Ireland
Honorable Mention:
Best Editing
Winner: Shards of Time – Alexandros Kouros – Greece
Honorable Mention: Cat, Jellyfish, and the Moon – Xinran Li – United States
Best Screenplay
Winner: Aruna – Valerio Di Lorenzo – Italy
Honorable Mention: Reconstruction of the Case of a Previously Confirmed Ghost – Antonio Malfitano – Italy
Best Cinematography
Winner: A Friend in the Night – Vinicius de Castro Gomes, Filipe Coelho – Brazil
Honorable Mention: A Man Named Lucky – Graeme Rhodes – Australia
Best Actor/Actress
Winner: To Love in L.A. – David Weinberg – United States
Honorable Mention: Antonio and His Sea – Cristiana Esposito – Italy
Best Producer
Winner: The Royale – Yash Bansal – United States
Honorable Mention: Frangible – Marie France Louis, Ankur Mehta, Emily Pokora – United States
Best Arthouse
Winner: The Sight Is a Wound – Parham Ghalamdar – Iran
Honorable Mention: I Speak the Truth – Marcie Ryan – United States
Best Movie Poster
Winner: No Escape – Roger Dvorak – Australia
Honorable Mention: Tender Requiem – Zemario Sheppard – United States
Special Award
Rebel Vision Award
Winner: Wake Up – Georgios Mantzakos – Belgium
Honorable Mention:
Best It Deserved an Award So We Created One
Winner: The Legend of the Producer – Luisant Rodríguez Juan – Spain
Best WTF Plot Twist
Winner: Mr. Taps – Kristian James – United States
Best Don’t Watch It When You’re Eating
Winner: Chompers – Chef Joe Gatto – United States
