January – February 2025
These are the winners of January – February 2025:
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Best Film
Winner: Gioja22 – Stefano De Felici – Italy
Best International Film
Winner: I Went to See the Pantanal and It Wasn’t There – Wiland Pinsdorf – Brazil
Honorable Mention: South Georgia. In the Heart of the Wild – Andrii Andreiev – Ukraine
Best American Film
Winner: We Are People Too – Anastasiia Timmer, Anya Bogomazova – United States
Honorable Mention: Masterjam – James Curry – United States
Best European Film
Winner: The Soldier – Danyl Yevhenovych Dedkov – Ukraine
Honorable Mention: Les oubliés de l’île – Sebastien Cassen – France
Best Asian Film
Winner: Me – Lee Min Kyu – South Korea
Honorable Mention: Project 101: A Hundred Farmers & One – Rajeev Amit Singh – India
Honorable Mention: Redemption By the Promenade – Fanny Ben David – Israel
Best Italian Film
Winner: The Reach – Luca Caserta – Italy
Honorable mention: Esseri Urbani – Mariasole Caio, Marco Occhionero, Camilla Parodi, Simone Pontini – Italy
Honorable mention: Margherita Sarfatti, La Regina senza Corona – Giulia Lorusso Caputi – Italy
Best Lombard Film
Winner: The Pull of the Earth – Luca d’Onofrio – Italy
Honorable mention: Give Me Your Hand – Claudio Bongiovanni, Francesco Catanese – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes)
Winner: Three – Scott Petill – United States
Honorable Mention: Confession – Brett Bower – United States
Best Super Short (between 5 and 10 minutes)
Winner: What’s Behind the Hill? – Alessandro Lucarini – Italy
Honorable Mention: Lost – Rohit Battepati – United States
Best Standard Short (between 10 and 20 minutes)
Winner: Heavy Weight – Sea-Hoon Jeon – Republic of Korea
Honorable Mention: Hija – Abigail Tello, Olga Pedraza-Cano – United States
Best Medium Length (under 60 min)
Winner: Outsiders – Maxime Simone – France
Honorable Mention: Alaska Long Hunters – Mark Rose – United States
Honorable Mention: Rubedo – Cecilia Bertoni – Italy
Best Low-Budget Film
Winner: Miracle à Maiori – Anouk Phéline – France, Italy
Honorable Mention: Sacred Saturday – Ömer Nusret Tanır – Turkey
Best Debut Film
Winner: Smile for the Dead – Hamilton Young Ward – United States
Honorable mention: Posh Boy – Robert Andrews Wood – United Kingdom
Honorable mention: Memorie – Domenico Pace – Italy
Honorable mention: Corona – Lolo Martín – Spain
REALITY AWARDS
Best Realistic Film
Winner: Bad Day – Jess Boylan – Ireland
Honorable mention: Coercion – Ellen Coughlan – Ireland
Best Experimental Film
Winner: Perfect Wall – Sea-Hoon Jeon – Republic of Korea
Honorable Mention: Mementos – Thomas Adamicka – Germany
Honorable Mention: Repression – Jess Boylan – Ireland
Best Original Idea
Winner: Never Leave Your Side – Amber McGrath, Wayne Byrne – Ireland
Honorable mention: The Vicious Vacuum – Kate Rodriguez – United States
Honorable mention: Disconnected – Jess Boylan – Ireland
Best Inclusive Film (LGBTQ+)
Winner: Underneath the Veil – Elisa Ward – Lebanon
Honorable mention: Arthur Ave. – Joey Medina – United States
Best Documentary
Winner: Babalawo – Cyrill Noyalet – France
Honorable Mention: The Price of a Millimeter: The Struggle Within – Maksym Chuzha – Ukraine
Honorable Mention: Seeds of Sovereignty – Stuart J Tanner – United States
Honorable Mention: Onwards – Ben Wallbank – New Zealand
Best Animated Film
Winner: Justin Case and the 40 Capitalists – Raphaël Noble – France
Honorable mention: Harpo’s Blues – Sally Eckhoff – United States
Honorable mention: One Giant Waddle – Kevin David Jones – United States
Honorable mention: Jewy Jesus – Wilson & Michael Ogberefor – United States
Best Social Drama
Winner: Blind Faith – Bruce Hickey – United States
Honorable mention: Corner Man – Adam Young – United Kingdom
Honorable mention: Marianna – Luigi Di Domenico – Italy
Best War/Western/History
Winner: Darlin’ – Robert Gamperl, Travis Lee Eller – United States
Honorable mention: The Museum Keepers. Chapter 1. Ivankiv – Solomiia Kozolup – Ukraine
Best Family Drama
Winner: Kiddo – Maks Nowicki – Poland
Honorable mention: Due To Love – Elisa Ward – Lebanon
Honorable mention: On Tape – Andrea Fortunato – Italy
Best Female Drama
Winner: Khadima: The Caregiver – Govind K Saji – India, United States
Honorable mention: How to Summon Ghosts – Dan Blasterio Salsano – Italy
Honorable mention: Clinging – Liat Glick – Israel
Best Comedy/Irony
Winner: Tiffany Brittany Brooke – Cevin Soling – United States
Honorable mention: All Cigarettes and No Smoke – Arda Keskin – Turkey
Honorable mention: Lie Detector – Andrey Churkin – Russian Federation
Best Horror/Mystery
Winner: The Stay – Frazer Lee – United Kingdom
Honorable mention: Creepover! – Jess Boylan – Ireland
Best Action/Thriller
Winner: Ride or Die – Joshua Shultz – United States
Honorable mention: Hellbound Fugitive – Christopher Patrick Vallone – United States
Best Web/TV Pilot/TV Series
Winner: Fragments – Joao Castello, Paulo Castello – Brazil
Honorable mention: Joy – Arthur Asriyants – United States
Best Sci-fi/Fantasy/Futuristic
Winner: Lawmaker Dissent – Von Krome – United States
Honorable mention: White Bone – Keyri Soto – United States
Best Romance
Winner: Baggage – Arseniy Seroka – France
Honorable mention: Memorie – Domenico Pace – Italy
Honorable mention: Shadows of Desire – Lucio Luna – Brazil
Best Music/Musical
Winner: Girls, Angels, Melodies – Zoltán Bognár – Hungary
Honorable Mention: The Healing Process – An-J Hays – United States
Best Crime/Violence Drama
Winner: In Monster’s Hands – Christopher Sheffield – United States
Honorable mention: Double Dog Dare: The Pitch – John Theissen Jr. – United States
TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director
Winner: Christmas, Dumpling and Tortellini – Zilong Wang – United States
Honorable mention: smokeBreak – Lisa Robertson – Canada
Best Young Director
Winner: The Visit – Nereo L Rossi – United States
Honorable mention: Roma WWF Superstar to Teacher: A Mini Documentary – Patrick Civitelli, Ethan Chaplinski – United States
Best Soundtrack
Winner: Isola – Giulia Fo – Italy
Honorable mention: Too Close – Annimieke Amtsberg, Franziska Buchali – Germany
Best Editing
Winner: Westbound – James Curry – United States
Honorable mention: How to Ruin Your Relationship with Hollywood – Šarūnas Gurklys – Lithuania
Best Screenplay
Winner: Wanted – Jess Boylan – Ireland
Honorable mention: Heavy Stuff – Emme Harris – United States
Honorable mention: With prejudice – Gary Rollinson – United States
Best Cinematography
Winner: The Last Wish – Ilya Noyabrev – Ukraine
Honorable mention: Five Questions – David Arrow – United States
Honorable mention: On the corner – Cecilia Bertoni
Best Vfx
Winner: Elvis the Dog – Marco Riva – Italy
Honorable mention: Neon Hell – Dave Thomas, Juan Emilio Veliz – United Kingdom
Best Actor/Actress
Winner: Double Dog Dare: The Pitch – John Theissen Jr. – United States
Honorable mention: The Package – Micheal J. Hill – Canada
Best Producer
Winner: The House I Live In – Gary Rollinson – United States
Honorable mention: A Vampire’s Kiss – Mark Francis – United States
Best Movie Poster
Winner: Cabin – Nancy O’Brien – United States
Honorable mention: Battle of the Bands – Roberta Rockwell – United States
Honorable mention: The Nightmare of the Running Ones – Ivan Kashlakov – Bulgaria
Best Title
Winner: Plainspoken – Andrew Greer – United States
Honorable Mention: Little Mother Lies – Amanda Deering Jones – United States
