These are the winners of May 2025:
Standard Categories
Best Film: The Angel – Barrett Burgin, Jessica Burgin – United States
Best International Film
Winner: Method – Nicholas James Reilly – United States
Honorable Mention: Ellen Waits – Kelly Patterson – United States
Best European Film
Winner: Badineries – Gabriel Schmidt, Clovis Traissard – France
Honorable Mention: A door – Joris Bürger – Germany
Best Asian Film
Winner: Hikikomori – Jakub Holynski – Japan
Honorable Mention: Break Free – Abhi Tundel – India
Best American Film
Winner: A Face – Natalia Plascencia – Mexico
Honorable Mention: Franz’s Memory – Jose Flores – United States
Best Italian Film
Winner: Ascended – Jacopo Iebba – Italy
Honorable Mention: Morgana – Prandolini Andrea – Italy, Japan
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes)
Winner: The Promotion – Jack Steele – United States
Honorable Mention: Dead Poets – Josh Block – United States
Best Super Short (under 15 minutes)
Winner: The Lost Ones – Devin Morano – United States
Honorable Mention: Pumpkin – Naro Guardado – United States
Best Medium Length (under 60 minutes)
Winner: A Film by Roland Wehap – Roland Wehap – Austria
Honorable Mention: I Think I Should Say Something – Mbali Mashaba – South Africa
Best Low Budget Film
Winner: None – Ezel Manay – Turkey
Honorable Mention: Lucifer Sam – Stephen Bobinski – United States
Best Original Idea
Winner: Orange Like Me – Suzannah Samuel – United States
Honorable Mention: Vivian – Maggie McGrath – United States
Best Debut Film
Winner: Sus – Peter Blair – United States
Honorable Mention: Collateral Evil – Kaat Rybak – Netherlands
Best Title
Winner: I’m Only Human – Eric Thomas – United States
Honorable Mention: Spuds – Vance Mellen – United States
Absurd Genre Awards
Best Absurd Film
Winner: Lupalism – Jan Schmitz – Germany
Honorable Mention: Diner of darkness – Kevin B Ploth – United States
Best Drama
Winner: Off the Rails – Geonwoo Ko – Republic of Korea
Honorable Mention: Die, Die My Darling – Julian Vincenzo Ricci – Italy
Best Experimental Film
Winner: Tree People – Philip Vanderhyden – United States
Honorable Mention: The Dark Alibi – David Breaux – United States
Best Comedy/Parody
Winner: Big Momma Earth – Jeffrey Riley Kazanjian – United States
Honorable Mention: The Dog Salesman – Tristan Upp – United States
Best Horror/Mystery
Winner: Slave 4 Love – Michael Shlain – United States
Honorable Mention: Reunion – Mark G. Lakatos – Hungary
Best Action/Thriller
Winner: Lilium – Beatriz Alejandra Migueles – Canada
Honorable Mention: Alla fine del giorno – Julian Vincenzo Ricci – Italy
Best Sci-fi/Fantasy
Winner: Thærf – Thomas Tulak – United States
Honorable Mention: Sumarsólstöður – Amélie Ravalec – France
Best Documentary
Winner: Gornet – Francesco Ciarapica – Italy
Honorable Mention: Aragorn – Artur Mikhailov – United Kingdom
Best Animation
Winner: Double-O Bo – Stephen J. Bobinski – United States
Honorable Mention: Lorraine and the Ladybugs – Muriel Smith – Canada
Best Romance
Winner: Sapno Ki Premika – Yashvardhan Jha – India
Best Crime/Violence
Winner: Visitation – Christian Skibinski – Germany
Honorable Mention: Down Came The Rain – AJ Sykes – United Kingdom
Best Silent Film
Winner: The Better I Look (The Less People Want To Interact With Me) – Georgie McGuigan, Nick Williams – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: On the Street – Dave McGrath – United States
Best LGBTQ+ Film
Winner: Slaycation – Nicholas James Reilly – United States
Technical Awards
Best Director
Winner: Tether – Igor Pending – United States
Honorable Mention: Lost Is My Breath – Ehsan Aslani – Canada
Best Young Director
Winner: The Body -Ryleigh Kennedy – United States
Honorable Mention: It’s not me – Andrew Chan – Hong Kong
Best Soundtrack
Winner: Non ci sono più i fascisti di una volta – Antonio Malfitano, Nicola Bortone – Italy
Honorable Mention: My Oscar dream – Shihyun Wang – United States
Best Editing
Winner: Produci, Consuma, Crepa – Julian Vincenzo Ricci – Italy
Honorable Mention: Perv With A Film Camera – Amir Meyuhas – Israel
Best Screenplay
Winner: Slasher Sessions – Thomas A Fowler – United States
Honorable Mention: What’s Right as a Human – Masahiro Ota – Japan
Best Cinematography
Winner: Inside The Inferno – Steven Hernandez – United States
Honorable Mention: The Last Time Your Name is Spoken – Amanda B Matthews – United States
Best VFX
Winner: Dream Man – Harald Takke, Steven Takke – Germany
Honorable Mention: Secrets of the Runes – Christin Unwod Dorga – Norway
Best Actor/Actress
Winner: King’s Betrayal – Johnathan C. Williams – United States
Honorable Mention: Forest of Echoes – Benjamin Watts – United States
Best Producer
Winner: Just What the Fuck Is Going on in There?! – Chance Fuerstinger, Jen Potcher – United States
Honorable Mention: Paranormal Party Thriller – Danny MAlin – Canada
Best Arthouse
Winner: My Friend Sebastian – Tina Quinnen, Rory Baynham, Mariella Driskell – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Dynamics – Teo Baehler, Jeroen Tapper, Jeroen Dirrix – Netherlands
Best Movie Poster
Winner: Broken Ashler – Kevin Wayne – United States
Honorable Mention: Osiris – Onur Akın – Turkey
Special Award
Rebel Vision Award
Winner: Potato – Birgitta Liljedahl – Sweden
Honorable Mention: The Old Country – Jessica Gomula-Kruzic, Shannon V. Stevens – United States
Honorable Mention: The Library – Brice Stan Bowman – United States
Best It Deserved an Award So We Created One
Winner: Self-portrait: fragments of Me – Sara Maria Bărbat – Romania
