December 2025
December 2025
Best Film: Winner: Vertigo Spritz – Cecilia Brianza – Italy
Best International Film
Winner: Rose-Tinted Nostalgia – David Mahmoudieh
Honorable Mention: The Sweetest Goodbye – Emily Schooley – Canada
Best American Film
Winner: Yard Saleing – Tom Logan – United States
Honorable Mention: Night Shift – Bernadette Speaks – Not Specified
Best European Film
Winner: The counter-currents – Aurélien Rapatel – France
Honorable Mention: Un lieu nommé Wahala – Jürgen Ellinghaus – Germany
Best Asian Film
Winner: A Dream For My Daughter – Mauricio Osaki – Japan
Honorable Mention: Where Leaves Remember – Nan Su – China
Best Italian Film
Winner: Because You Are Because You Are Me – Giuseppe Andreozzi – Italy
Honorable Mention: Solo – Tommaso Sacco, Emiliano Bambusi – Italy
Honorable Mention: Il mobile infinito e l’alchimia – Caterina Paino, Emilio Neri Tremolada – Italy
Best Lombard Film
Winner: White Rabbit – Marco Antonacci – Italy
Honorable Mention: The Secret – Francesco Pedrazzi – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes)
Winner: Hope – Joe Fares – Lebanon
Best Super Short (5 to 10 minutes)
Winner: The Weight of Silence – Misan Akuya – United States
Honorable Mention: Writer’s Block – Jaszmin Kuhner – Not Specified
Best Standard Short (10 to 20 minutes)
Winner: To Charlie, From Kamryn – Kamryn Sands, Reed Vrooman – United States
Best Medium Length (under 60 minutes)
Winner: Mal Sagrado – Tandie Sogo, Pedro Lacerda – Brazil
Honorable Mention: The Endless Shifts: Stories that Keep Care Alive – Felipe Andres Noriega – Canada
Best Low Budget Film
Winner: King of the Barr – Ham Cockett – United States
Honorable Mention: The human – Iman Davari – Iran
Best Title
Winner: Metanoia – Kai Chang – United States
Honorable Mention: One Last Glance – Joe Ronca – United States
Best Original Idea
Winner: Detained – Brandon Broady – Not Specified
Honorable Mention: D.E.A.T.H. Group – Curnal Ausilio – Not Specified
Best Debut Film
Winner: La Lueur – Manon Feuvray – France
Honorable Mention: Range Anxiety – Andrew Herzman – United States
REALITY AWARDS
Best Drama
Winner: Kotowari – Coralie Watanabe Prosper – France
Honorable Mention: White Noise – Sara Nesson, Charlie Hannah – Not Specified
Best Social Drama
Winner: A Day Through My Eyes – Charalampos Kontopanagos – Greece
Honorable Mention: I Was Silent Until… – Julia Verdin – Not Specified
Best Family Drama
Winner: To Charlie, From Kamryn – Kamryn Sands, Reed Vrooman – United States
Honorable Mention: One Last Glance – Joe Ronca – United States
Best Female Drama
Winner: Butterflies – Lena Dana – France
Honorable Mention: Rictus – Alexandre Baudet Labiano – France
Best Documentary
Winner: The Miracle of Gaza – Hala Nicolas Bou Saab – Lebanon
Honorable Mention: Born a Soldier – Sahara Moeini – Not Specified
Best Social Documentary
Winner: Men Who Hate Drags – Andrea Banfi – Italy
Honorable Mention: – Noah Berlow – United States
Best Independent Documentary
Winner: Eitai – Community Togetherness – Sally Bashford-Squires – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Bloodlines at Sea – David Munoz – France
Best Experimental Film
Winner: Sheep – Iliana Belkhadra – France
Honorable Mention: Anthropos – Kit Warner – United Kingdom
Best Experimental Arthouse
Winner: Be-Living in the Ocean – Craig Sim Webb – Canada
Best Animated Film
Winner: Spacemetery – Stephen Shelton – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Tender Dream – Nazli Eda Noyan – France
Best Comedy & Irony
Winner: Misfit – Tristan Zerbib – France
Honorable Mention: The Auteur – Irina Kompa – United States
Best Horror & Mystery
Winner: Voodoo Party – Richard Anthony Dunford – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Patient Zero – Will McFadden – Not Specified
Best Crime, Action & Thriller
Winner: Letters of Love – Johan Wickholm – Gibraltar
Honorable Mention: Our Father – Janelle Christa – Not Specified
Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Winner: Echo – Charly Delporte – France
Honorable Mention: Megaville – After Hours – Tim Cürlis, Christian Skibinski – Germany
Best Romance
Winner: Diljala Raanjha – Yashvardhan Jha – India
Best Music & Musical
Winner: You Are Special – Ilia Noyabrov – Ukraine
Honorable Mention: Lullaby – Oleksandr Shvets – Ukraine
Best Inclusive Film (LGBTQ+)
Winner: Find the boy – Paulin.e Goasmat – France
Honorable Mention: Unbroken – Kathy Moore – Australia
TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director
Winner: Toy – Jiayi – Not Specified
Honorable Mention:When He Comes Home – Roberto Leite – Brazil
Best Actor & Actress
Winner: Our Etiquette – Giulia Zeta – United States
Honorable Mention: Choice – Dawn Young – United States
Best Screenplay
Winner: 4 friends – Franciszek Kizinski – France
Honorable Mention: Uno su quattro – Antonio Malfitano – Italy
Best Cinematography
Winner: Trigger – Dimitris Logothetis – Greece
Honorable Mention: Forbidden Holiness – Nati Avital – Israel
Best Editing
Winner: The Castle of Baron Finch – Don Cunningham – United States
Honorable Mention: Bulosan: On American Democracy – Andres Luz – United States
Best Soundtrack
Winner: The Angel’s tears – Chris Garcia – France
Honorable Mention: Los Triciclistas de Holcà – Francis Corby Ceschin – Brazil, Mexico
Best Producer
Winner: Black bear – Dan Chen – Gabrielle Davenport – United States
Honorable Mention – Kidney Trial – Neeman Kedar – Doron Neeman
Best Movie Poster
Winner: Unspoken Words – Danny Roger Snoek – Netherlands
Honorable Mention: The path – Wes Gillum – United States
SPECIAL AWARD
Best Realistic Film – Sotto il velo del karma – Laura Catullo – Italy
