AUGUST 2025

NOMINEES

BEST OF FEST

 

Urdo on the Dead Wood by HAN BOWEN
Follow the Sun by Leonid Kulibaba
BILLY by Pablo Damián Schiel
Unsung by Alison McDonnell
Hole in the wall by Tianji Gu
The Last Card by Corentin Millet

 






BEST SHORT FILM

 

Urdo on the Dead Wood by HAN BOWEN
Unsung by Alison McDonnell
Hole in the wall by Tianji Gu

 







BEST FEATURE FILM

 

Follow the Sun by Leonid Kulibaba
Even by Giulio Ancora
Howl Of The Blue Moon by Marie France Louis

BEST SHORT DOC

 

Echoes of the Past by Ava Ferrera
The oracle by Sukru Gursoy
BILLY by Pablo Damián Schiel

BEST FEATURE DOC

The Neighbors, the last Witnesses of the Ukrainian genocide of Poles by Jacek Mateusz Międlar
IRABŪ of the Kudaka Island, Okinawa by Kazuo OKADA, Yuki SUZUKI
Through the winter by Bartłomiej Woźnica




BEST ANIMATION SHORT

 

Gentle Teaching’ a stop-motion animation by human hand by Tsumugi Yagi
Qahwa Sada by Alex Amoresano, Maria Alessia Di Maio
PLAY AGAIN? by Rita Chen

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

 

Watchful Eyes by Gianluca Lasaracina
Welcome to Vegas by Hae Sun Hong
Ascended by Jacopo Iebba

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

 

Khauf by Arkish Aftab
Zagara miele e sale by Just Maria Maria
She-wolf by Mathilde Ferry

 







BEST WEB SERIES / TV PILOT

 

KOBA by Nurzhan Yerkinuly
CRINGE by Mevlüt Şahin, Berk Ergün
Turtletastic? by Rae Leonovich




BEST POSTER

 

Not enough projects for this month. See you the next one!

 





BEST TRAILER

 

Not enough projects for this month. See you the next one!

 







BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

 

sea urchin by Edoardo Sandulli
ZIDANE (our idols)by Mathieu Delaunay
Adolfo by Franco Nicolás Maldonado

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

 

Waiting Room by Stanislav Kacar
GHOSTLIGHT by Francesco Colangelo
A Troubled Past by Christopher Walker, Joshua Walker



BEST DIRECTOR

 

Urdo on the Dead Wood by HAN BOWEN
Follow the Sun by Leonid Kulibaba
BILLY by Pablo Damián Schiel




BEST SCREENWRITER

 

Follow the sun by Sergey Yankovsky
The Last Card by Corentin Millet
Unsung by Alison McDonnell


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

 

Hole in the wall by Chu Zhou
Billy by Pablo Damián Schiel
Unsung by Alison McDonnell



BEST EDITING

 

Urdo on the Dead Wood by HAN WENJIE
Billy by Pablo Echiel
Unsung by Sebastian Hayes



BEST SOUND

 

Watchful Eyes by Gianluca Basili
Follow the sun by Timur Kulibaba
Unsung by Joe Brooks James Game

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

 

Unsung Michael by LLEWELYN Barker
Follow the sun by Timur Kulibaba
Even by Giulio Ancora 

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

 

Follow the sun by Leonid Kulibaba
Urdo on the Dead Wood by HAN BOWEN
Unsung by Alison McDonnell

BEST LEADING ACTOR

 

Urdo on the Dead Wood – KAIKAIZI
Follow the sun – Sergey Yankovsky”
Watchful eyes – Lorenzo Gioielli


BEST LEADING ACTRESS

 

Longing Bayshore – Xiaoqing YeXiaoqing Ye
Unsung – Mia Borthwick
Even – Federica Pagliaroli

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 

ARGINI – Emanuele Casati
Howl Of The Blue Moon – Walker Rott
Follow the sun – Sergey Migitsko

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 

Watchful Eyes – Mariacarla Casillo
Even – Simona Cavalari
Howl Of The Blue Moon – Charissa Palmer