JULY 2025

NOMINEES

BEST OF FEST

 

Bedouins of the Wind by Danish Farhan
The Experiencers by Dean Alioto
THE TIDE by Haowen Geng
The Turtle and the Eagle by kunyang zhang
TR – The Last Harvest by Osman Emre
Tomorrow Will Be Better by Xuanchen DUO
TR – The Last Harvest by Osman Emre




BEST SHORT FILM

 

THE TIDE by Haowen Geng
Tomorrow Will Be Better by Xuanchen DUO
TR – The Last Harvest by Osman Emre

 

 







BEST FEATURE FILM

 

Internacional. A Different Team by Jaime Cobo Levi
The Experiencers by Dean Alioto
We Were – Siamo Stati by Alfredo Amatucci

BEST SHORT DOC

 

A LA RECHERCHE DU PANDA by Deng Xiangfeng
Bedouins of the Wind by Danish Farhan
The Banned by Haman Vaferi

BEST FEATURE DOC

 

Internacional. A Different Team by Jaime Cobo Levi
The Experiencers by Dean Alioto
We Were – Siamo Stati by Alfredo Amatucci




BEST ANIMATION SHORT

 

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

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

 

Agnosia by James Autery
Perennial Light by Colin Hickey
The Metamorph by Saeid Mohammadi

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

 

Amor Incierto by David Martos Korvo, Jonatan Martos Korvo
Dernière Plage by Alessandro Onorato
Jimmy Goldmouth-Game Changer by Dimitris Chrisostomidis

 







BEST WEB SERIES / TV PILOT

 

Holmes: The Myth Of Whitechapel by Nathan Bres
PUKE BITCH by Sam Tricomo
Unconventional by Stu Gamble





BEST POSTER

 

GHILO! by Gabriele Ghilardi
The Guild by Malik Myers
What We Carried by Carolina Pereira



BEST TRAILER

 

God & Country by Arnav Agarwal
Hamdardi by Ashley Tabatabai, Stefan Fairlamb
What We Hide by Alexander Osman





BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

 

Almost Heard by Kimberly Olsen
Returns by Pasquale Pio Troiano
Rough Odds by Don DiPetta

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

 

A Close Divide by Jesse Dorian
Hosking by Jedediah Parker, Christena McManus
The Dust Bowl by Aaron Lumley



BEST DIRECTOR

 

Haowen Geng for THE TIDE
kunyang zhang for The Turtle and the Eagle
Xuanchen DUO for Tomorrow Will Be Better


BEST SCREENWRITER

 

Arnav Agarwal for God & Country
Özlem Büyük Çoşkun for TR – The Last Harvest
Samah Kanaan for Lines We Cross


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

 

Hadi – Fatayri for Lines We Cross
Wu Dong for THE TIDE
Liu xixian for Tomorrow Will Be Better


BEST EDITING

 

Xuanchen DUO for Tomorrow Will Be Better
Wang Dashu – Zhang Kunyang for The Turtle and the Eagle 
Lin Lifeng for THE TIDE




BEST SOUND

 

hash patil, samiel howard, daniel zimmer for God & Country 
Rhyan Zhang Chonge for Tomorrow Will Be Better
Han Huicong for The Turtle and the Eagle

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

 

David Edmonds for Holmes: The Myth of Whitechapel
Franz Wihelm Ferlin for The Turtle and the Eagle
Riccardo Trevisan for Sabbia e cenere

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

 

Ashley Tabatabai, Stefan Fairlamb for Hamdardi
Emily Pieters for Holmes: The Myth of Whitechapel
habigail horton for God & Country

BEST LEADING ACTOR

 

Francesco Morelli for Sabbia e Cenere
Jack Chambers for Holmes: The Myth of Whitechapel
Jacob Wayne O’Neill for God & Country


BEST LEADING ACTRESS

 

Kimberly Cruchon Brooks for PUKE BITCH
Mirna Bou Aboud for Lines We Cross
XUE QUING for THE TIDE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 

FEND XUELONG for THE TIDE
Harry Dillon for Holmes: The Myth of Whitechapel
Brandon Engel for PUKE BITCH

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 

liu guomei for the tide
Elie – Mitri for Lines We Cross
Liu ying for Tomorrow Will Be Better