March – April 2025
These are the winners of March – April 2025:
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Best Film
Winner: The King of Forks – Raphaël Lopez – France
Best International Film
Winner: Doll – Danny Lau – Canada
Honorable Mention: The Neighbors, the last Witnesses of the Ukrainian genocide of Poles (episode 1 “Prelude”) – Jacek Mateusz Międlar – Poland
Honorable Mention: Benbodhi: Decoded – Leo Clark Ribeiro – Australia
Best American Film
Winner: Stubborn – Robert Gamperl – United States
Honorable Mention: Hermit or: The Immortality of the Crab – Oliver Cubillos – United States
Best European Film
Winner: Confrontation – Marie Abbenanti, Sandy Pujol Latour – France
Honorable Mention: Petto d’angelo – Carmine Cristini – Italy
Honorable Mention: The infinite line – Amie S. Williams – France
Best Asian Film
Winner: A Love Story in the Summer – Dan Mitchel – Japan
Honorable Mention: Mopped – Fintan Kearney – China
Best Italian Film
Winner: Ali di cera – Filippo Pigozzi – Italy
Winner: Il tempo di un ricordo – Carlo De Benedictis – Italy
Honorable Mention: The Flame of Santa Lucia – Eduardo Cocciardo – Italy
Best Lombard Film
Winner: Street Rhythms – Milan Through Colors and Sounds – Sara Emara – Italy
Honorable Mention: Perfect Frame – Gabriele Marcarini – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes)
Winner: The Superstitious Man – Yoni, Bori Ninova, Kalin Stanev, Elizaveta “Ellis” Malyanova – Bulgaria
Honorable Mention: A Long Night – Michael Lindsey – United States
Best Super Short (between 5 and 10 minutes)
Winner: The Trip – Bongiwe Kopolo – United States
Honorable Mention: Cat People – Jill Tenney – United States
Best Standard Short (between 10 and 20 minutes)
Winner: The Vulture – Cristopher Fernandes de Oliveira – Brazil
Honorable Mention: Dream or Not – Angel Dobrinov Kunev – Bulgaria
Best Medium Length (under 60 min)
Winner: Rent – Lyubomir Zhelev – Bulgaria
Honorable Mention: Elephant Warriors – Roberta Anne Staley – Canada
Best Low-Budget Film
Winner: New World New Beats – Reno Anastasio – Canada
Honorable Mention: 7×4 – Alexander Sinkevich – Belarus
Best Original Idea
Winner: Man versus Ferry – Gee Stewart – Canada
Winner: Dystopia – Jonathan Taverne – France
Best Debut Film
Winner: The Leap of Success – Lorenzo Freglio – Italy
Honorable Mention: Laceless Sneakers – Jeny Poquet, Oscar Gómez – Spain
REALITY AWARDS
Best Drama:
Winner: The Plot – Jesús Cambil – Spain
Honorable Mention: Detour – Marvin Emetom – United States
Honorable Mention: La valse des adieux – Louis Salvatore Bellanti – France
Best Experimental Film
Winner: West – Vivianne Werkhoven – Netherlands
Honorable Mention: Helezon Akışkan – Cihan Abdal – Turkey
Honorable Mention: Radiate – Scott David Petill – United States
Best Inclusive Film (LGBTQ+)
Winner: Don Queerxote – Pablo Ros-Cardona – Spain
Honorable Mention: Liminal Spaces – Ernie Zahn – United States
Best Documentary
Winner: La montagna che rivive – Daniele Gangemi – Italy
Honorable Mention: Wuhlo – Coal – Maja Nagel, Julius Günzel – Germany
Honorable Mention: La casa degli angeli – Dal Paradiso all’Inferno – Pierfrancesco Cantarella, Daniele Chiariello – Italy
Best Animated Film
Winner: Ember – Howard Wimshurst – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: It’s You – Reese Morgan – United States
Honorable Mention: Forevermore – Danilo Del Tufo – Italy
Best Social Drama
Winner: A Sip of Mercy – Nijat Habibullayev – Turkey
Honorable Mention: Blood Alone – Brian Nestor – United States
Best War/Western/History
Winner: Echoes of Yesterday – AJ Sykes – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Reditus – Stephen Bouldin, Michael Kelley – United States
Best Family Drama
Winner: Red triangle – Maks Stupak – Ukraine
Honorable Mention: Reflection – Jacob Archer – United States
Best Female Drama
Winner: Reading – Sophia Indelicato – United States
Honorable Mention: Mrs. Rosinha – Kk Araujo – Brazil
Honorable Mention: Ash – Yiran Chen – United States
Best Comedy/Irony
Winner: Catharsis – Valeria Popova – Russian Federation
Honorable Mention: Mimmo the Milker – Nicolò Donatello Milano – Italy
Honorable Mention: Death is Only the Beginning – Andy Winward – United Kingdom
Best Horror/Mystery
Winner: You Can Trust Me – David van Marten – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Left – Seif Abdel Raouf – Egypt
Honorable Mention: Abondoned – Bouchakour Farid – Germany
Best Action/Thriller
Winner: Amaro – Mauro Lippolis – Italy
Honorable Mention: The Return – Bohdan Donald Tanasijczuk – Canada
Best Web/TV Pilot/TV Series
Winner: Super Good Deals – Nicolas Dejaham – France
Honorable Mention: Last Evangelist S1E1 – David Heavener – United States
Best Sci-fi/Fantasy/Futuristic
Winner: Maroserana “The Quest” – Nya Rafali – United States
Honorable Mention: The Essence – Max Kirichenko – Russian Federation
Honorable Mention: In Her Skin – Kazım Mutlu – Turkey
Best Romance
Winner: Shall We Play? – Jeny Poquet – Spain
Honorable Mention: Donation for the Wedding – Darya Bogachkina – Russian Federation
Best Music/Musical
Winner: Mantènnere – Holding the Sacred Sound – Diego Pani – Italy
Honorable Mention: Echo – Ariadna Fortuny Cardona – United States
Honorable Mention: Embers – Wesley Crutcher, Javon Everett, Tionnedre Tribble – United States
Best Crime/Violence Drama
Winner: Chauffeur – William Findinge – Denmark
Honorable Mention: A Diamond in the Holler – Rich Adams – United States
TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director
Winner: King’s Betrayal – Johnathan C. Williams – United States
Honorable Mention: Good Job – Yinghan – Not Specified
Best Young Director
Winner: In and Out – Mateusz Mirczyński – Poland
Honorable Mention: A Flower to You – Nelli Nádja Kovács – Hungary
Honorable Mention: When Time Stopped – Alexandros Kouros – Greece
Best Soundtrack
Winner: Codex Olympia – Jeffrey A. Brick – United States
Honorable Mention: Apt 44 – Laura Musgrave, Eian, Modern Vintage – United States
Best Editing
Winner: Retreat – Mari SanGiovanni – United States
Honorable Mention: Anima ex Machina – Nico Mastorakis – United States
Best Screenplay
Winner: The Days of Knight: Chapter 1 – John P Martinez – United States
Honorable Mention: Caccia Grossa – Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti – Italy
Best Cinematography
Winner: 사 (4) – Danny Lau – Canada
Honorable Mention: Ascending Beyond Shadows – Patrick Civitelli – United States
Best Actor/Actress
Winner: Finding Hero – Wenston Black – United States
Honorable Mention: Black Hole Son – Ian David Holmes – United Kingdom
Best Producer
Winner: The Last President – Bin He, Xuetao Hu, Xiaoyu Li – United States
Honorable Mention: Socrates – Ken Sagoes, Jay Deitzel, Erick Kindred, Georgianna Kindred – United States
Best Movie Poster
Winner: Veradens – Tomás Pedro – Portugal, United States
Honorable Mention: OSmic the Hedgeh’ OS – Welcome To The Next Year! (e01: 2025) – J.K. Arsyn – France
Best Title
Winner: Protasov – Laboratorio “Pier Paolo Pasolini” – Italy
Honorable Mention: Audience With A Vampyre – Daniel S. Janik, William Maltese, Setsuko Tsuchiya, Pam Hoffman – United States
