MAY 2025

NOMINEES

BEST OF FEST

 

A Minor Key by Runnan Zhao
Bezuidenhout by Wouter Hermans
Gommaar Gilliams. A Spark and a Blanket by Steve Brouwers
Solstice by Yuwei Zhang
Strokes of Wildflowers by Livvy Seabrook-Wilkins
The Apple Picker’s Son by Yang Zimik






BEST SHORT FILM

 

A Minor Key by Runnan Zhao
Solstice by Yuwei Zhang
The Apple Picker’s Son by Yang Zimik

 







BEST FEATURE FILM

 

Bezuidenhout by Wouter Hermans
Isabella’s Obsession by Matteo Corazza
Red Bird by Alexandre Laugier, Thomas Habibes, Houssam Adili







BEST SHORT DOC

 

Babbi’s 18 years old by Qihang Liu
Despite Everything, Everything Can Change by Nicola Dal Molin
Othman in the Vatican by Yasir Bin Ghaneem

BEST FEATURE DOC

 

Gommaar Gilliams. A Spark and a Blanket by Steve Brouwers
Meneide by G. Daniele De Stefano
NADO by Daniele Farina




BEST ANIMATION SHORT

 

Chiquito by Lesley Marroquin, Anna Riva
Kin by Jia Cao
Strokes of Wildflowers by Livvy Seabrook-Wilkins

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

 

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

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

 

Blood On your Teeth by Ayesha Fernandez
Cantami by Francesco Colangelo
Technophobia by Rio Wolta

 







BEST WEB SERIES / TV PILOT

 

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





BEST POSTER

 

BLINK by Barto Muñoz
Kumaran by Ryan J Noronha
Shards of Time by Alexandros Kouros




BEST TRAILER

 

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







BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

 

Ettore’s Podcast by Carmelo Segreto
The perfect smile by Mehdi Talbi
We®ID by Sophia Lassi

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

 

AFTERBIRTH by Margot Meirom
Black Diamonds by Gabriella Niles-Ewen, Paul G Andrews
The Last Schoolhouse by Adam William Galassi

 



BEST DIRECTOR

 

Livvy Seabrook-Wilkins for Strokes of Wildflowers
Yang Zimik for The Apple Picker’s Son
Yuwei Zhang for Solstice





BEST SCREENWRITER

 

Dulguun Bayasgalan for The Apple Picker’s Son 
Lili Malysh for You are a Boy now
Livvy Seabrook-Wilkins for Strokes of Wildflowers



BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

 

Liz Mealey for The Apple Picker’s Son
Robert M Berger for Bezuidenhout
Yuxin Cha for Solstice



BEST EDITING

 

Lesley Marroquin for Chiquito
Nikki Gorissen for Bezuidenhout
Thomas Habibes, Alexandre Laugier for Red Bird 





BEST SOUND

 

Florian Chaubet Mazzone for Red Bird
Marcus Rice for Strokes of Wildflowers
Poul Sven de Haan for Bezuidenhout

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

 

Ajit Chandran for Kumaran
Marcelo D’Avila, Mauricio Trabanino, Orlando Eldes for Chiquito
Marcus Rice for Strokes of Wildflowers




BEST COSTUME DESIGN

 

Bezuidenhout
Fireflies
Solstice



BEST LEADING ACTOR

 

Dirk Gunther Mohr for Bezuidenhout
Neil Khurania for The Apple Picker’s Son
Thomas Habibes for Red Bird



BEST LEADING ACTRESS

 

Belinda Barth for Isabella’s Obsession
Bonnie Rose for Living With Grandma
Heather Lynn Wong for So You Remember to Miss Me
Liliia Kuriacha for You are a Boy now


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 

Andy Liu for A Minor Key
Jimmy Baratta for Isabella’s Obsession
Thomas Kühl for The Safe

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 

Tetiana Sarovska for You are a Boy now
Thamar Rieser for The Safe