
WINNERS
Best International Short – Dear Departed (Lauren Sims, United Kingdom)
Best International Feature – Water Lily (Julien Botzanowski, France)
Best Animation Short – Cymebelle (Linn Htut Oo, Australia)
Best Documentary Feature – Americans Smell Good (Emir Cakaroz, United States)
Best Documentary Short – The Imagination of a Child (Cesare Catania, Italy)
Best Drama Feature – Bespoke ART (Jingjing Chen, China)
Best Drama Short – Lonely person are shameful (Ziyao Zhang, China)
Best Experimental Short – TAGE IM WINTER (Carsten Fuhrmann, Mark Klotz – Germany)
Best First-Time Filmmaker Movie – Opposite Direction (Kaveh Farhoudian – Iran, Islamic Republic of)
Best Music Video – Lelee – Rane (Edin Suljić, Slovenia)
Best Romance Short – You Burn (Saadi Belgaid, France)
Best Sci-Fi Feature – The Multidimensionals (Ewa Pirog-Rojas, United States)
Best Student Short – Strings (Ava Pearson, Eleanor Smith, Nina Zandvliet – United Kingdom)
Best Trailer – On the Road (Federico Manfredi, Italy)
Best TV Pilot – Go(o)d things come in two (Antonio Esposito, Italy)
Best Feature Script – Path of Liberation (Mansoor H Laghari, United States)
Best Short Script – New Year’s Eve, 2024 (Emanuele Richetti, Italy)
Best TV Pilot Script – Where Did The Love Go (Dalila E Johnson, United States)
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Best Acting Ensemble – Water Lily (directed by Julien Botzanowski, France)
Best Actor – David Schaal (The Silver Lining – directed by Mikey Altoft, United Kingdom)
Best Actress – Eleanor Sims (Dear Departed – directed by Lauren Sims, United Kingdom)
Best Cinematography – Aurovenkatesh Dop (Once Upon a Forest – Auroville Botanical Gardens – directed by Paul Blanchflower, Aurovenkatesh Dop – India)
Best Costume Design – Lauren Sims (Dear Departed, United Kingdom)
Best Director – Eliana Cordova (One Minute of Unconsciousness, United States)
Best Editing – Emir Cakaroz (Americans Smell Good, United States)
Best Original Soundtrack – Renato Umali (Americans Smell Good – directed by Emir Cakaroz, United States)
Best Screenplay – Bibi Lucille (The Silver Lining – directed by Mikey Altoft, United Kingdom)
Best Poster – The Silver Lining (directed by Mikey Altoft, United Kingdom)
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Project Title | Directors | Country of Origin |
Baron Munchausen (Karl) | Ilya Noyabrev | Ukraine |
Prelude to a Death (Script) | Danny Ashkenasi (Writer) | United States |
Hui Ling | Peijin Li | China |
FINALISTS
Project Title | Directors | Country of Origin |
undertow | Justin Taylor | United States |
The Old Man and the Demon Sword | Fábio Powers | Portugal |
Reflection | Sheng Xuehe, Zeng Yan | China |
The Shape of Water | Huxinya Wang, Suhao Zhang | China |
The Video Of Violence | Ning HUANG | France |
New Day | Ahmed Fadhel Halmah | Yemen |
SEMI-FINALISTS
Project Title | Directors | Country of Origin |
150,000 Shots | Xiaobo He | Hong Kong |
Zer0 | Shiran Mostovoy | United States |
Ons Se Land | Bryce Donson | South Africa |
Manhattanese | Robertson Tirado | United States |
Be My Love | HARRY WANG | China |
The Revelation of Aurora (The Dawn) | Leonardo Cinieri Lombroso | Italy |
Returning Home | Bowen Qiu | China |
Payichi Vahan | Uday Metkar | India |
Rise Up & Fight | Nolan Williams, Jr. | United States |
Reminiscence | Meysam Ebadipour | Iran, Islamic Republic of |
Ashes | Ioannis Mathioudakis | Greece |
Tu Mens | Alba Camarero | France |
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